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1971 |
M4 motorway opens, running through the north of the county. |
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Aldbourne
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1971 |
Public convenience opened in The Square; village used by the BBC. for the filming of an episode of Dr Who |
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Amesbury
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1971 |
Bus depot closed |
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Calne
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1971 |
St. Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School built |
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Corsham
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1971 |
Congregational Church closed and converted to offices |
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Cricklade
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1971 |
County branch library opened on a site off Bath Road behind the fire station |
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Hullavington
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1971 |
New village hall built |
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Pewsey
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1971 |
Pewsey Infants' school transferred from River Street to a site adjoining Pewsey Vale school; Pewsey Hospital (Special) School renamed Wyvern school |
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Purton
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1971 |
Library moves to the Workmen's Institute building |
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Ramsbury
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1971 |
A new and larger telephone exchange built off Oxford Street |
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Ramsbury
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1971 |
The population of the village has dropped to 1,390 |
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Wootton Bassett
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1971 |
The Local History Museum opens |
