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1969 |
Swindon Town FC beat Arsenal 3-1 at Wembley to win the Football League Cup. |
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Amesbury
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1969 |
Brass band reformed as Amesbury Town Silver Band |
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Box
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1969 |
The remaining quarries were closed |
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Box
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1969 |
Selwyn Hall, the village hall, was built |
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Corsham
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1969 |
Regal Cinema renamed Corsham Film Theatre and the new library opens in Pickwick Road |
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Cricklade
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1969 |
Methodist congregation share the Congregational chapel with the Congregationalists; Methodist chapel in Calcutt Street closed |
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Minety
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1969 |
Minety Church of England School built at Sawyers Hill |
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Purton
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1969 |
Village Hall opened; Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist churches unite to become Purton Methodist Church, using the Wesleyan chapel in Play Close; Congregational chapel demolished; the Bell Inn at Purton Stoke completely renovated |
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Sherston
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1969 |
Tubb's Elastic Factory is established and occupies the former silk mill |
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Westbury
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1969 |
Glove manufacture at Bull's Mill ceases; Angel Mill and Bitham Mill, the last 2 woollen mills in Westbury, closed; extensive underpinning carried out to the tower of All Saints Church to save it from collapsing; Anglican chapel at the Cemetery closed and remaining chapel renovated |
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Wilton
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1969 |
The old Methodist chapel in Kingsbury Square opened as the Roman Catholic St. Edith's Church |
