Our new regular columnist, Ralph Oswick, looks back (fairly) fondly to his days as a resident of Bradford on Avon

Rosie MacGregor discusses the events and themes that inspired her latest book: Remnants and Yarns Poverty and protest in the woollen industry in Bradford on Avon.

Any nasty bugs and evil imps hanging round the Hens’ Orchard were well and truly sent packing at the end of January.

Dan Farrell, General Manager and Technical Director at the Moulton Bicycle Company, will be presenting the next in our series of talks on Wednesday 15 February.

The Preservation Trust are pleased to announce that we have donated £13,000 to A New Skate Park for BoA. 

We’ll be Singing Around the Christmas Tree with the Courage Choir at Barton Farmyard on Sunday 18 December, from 4-5pm.

The Bradford on Avon Carollers will be singing some real traditional carols around the town during December.

Anne Gregson opens our new season of talks on Wednesday 16 November, at 7.30 for 8pm in the Priory Barn.

A personal reminiscence by Rosie MacGregor about dodgy land deals and even dodgier information technology sell-offs at West Wiltshire District Council.

Are there lilac blooms in the heart of town? Maybe not, but the living green wall has transformed an eyesore.

Our 2022 Members’ Open Forum will be held at the Priory Barn, Newtown, at 7.30pm on Thursday 6 October.

About a year ago the Preservation Trust approached the Town Council to seek help in restoring the pennant surface of the lovely and well-used footpath between the top of Church Street and Barton Orchard

“... our traditional ceremonies of wassailing the trees took place, pouring cider on their roots and hanging toast on the branches to attract robins – guardians of the trees”

An old picture postcard prompted Geoff Andrews to search for the real story behind a life-long estrangement in the mid-19th century

West Barn Artsian Christmas Market on 4th and 5th December, plus Sing Around the Christmas Tree on 18th December.

Our housing and the way we live has changed dramatically and continues to change in the 21st century. The housing development known as Southway Park is typical in many ways of estates built during the 1970s and 80s.

Andrew and Vibeke Jenkins have very kindly had several of the pictures in their collection photographed for reproduction so that we can all enjoy them.

A warm welcome to our new treasurer. Daniel Wiltshire is an independent financial adviser with offices in Silver Street. We also welcome Joceline Bury as our new Membership and Admin Secretary.

A question overheard on a wet autumn day in the TIC led to a family reunion and the discovery of a musical tradition, as Geoff Andrews recounts.

As he and his family prepare to leave Bradford on Avon, Gerald Milward-Oliver reflects on more than a quarter of a century in the town – and looks forward to a future of continuing non-conformity.