Pat is well-known for her authorship of numerous books on Corsham. There is one that is particularly relevant to the display that has been created by Corsham Area Heritage and will run over the course of March 2015. The display is entitled “Corsham’s Prefabs + the Pickwick Road Library Construction”. (Both of these aspects of Corsham’s history relate to the time-frame 1965-6. Please forgive us, we couldn’t resist calling this display, “And in the Beginning………, bearing in mind that the Campus is actually built on the very site of many of these prefabs, while the New Library which is part of the Campus has replaced the one that, until recently, operated from the building next to the Mansion House.)
One of Pat’s books – an obviously relevant one to this display – is entitled “Corsham Memories 2: The Prefab Years, 1930/40”. Many of us have a copy, but not all will have been signed by the author. Now is the opportunity to rectify that. Pat will station herself in front of the display between the hours of 10 and 1 on Saturday, 28 March. Why not come along? A chance to ‘network’ with old friends, perhaps, or meet some new ones.
A word of explanation. Pat’s book comprises 12 ‘chapters’, each bearing the name of a person who once lived in the town. All will be familiar to you. Note, however, some have ‘moved on’ and not all ever lived in a prefab, in Corsham or otherwise. They are just people who were known to Pat as living in Corsham in the 1930/40 period.
One of Pat’s books – an obviously relevant one to this display – is entitled “Corsham Memories 2: The Prefab Years, 1930/40”. Many of us have a copy, but not all will have been signed by the author. Now is the opportunity to rectify that. Pat will station herself in front of the display between the hours of 10 and 1 on Saturday, 28 March. Why not come along? A chance to ‘network’ with old friends, perhaps, or meet some new ones.
A word of explanation. Pat’s book comprises 12 ‘chapters’, each bearing the name of a person who once lived in the town. All will be familiar to you. Note, however, some have ‘moved on’ and not all ever lived in a prefab, in Corsham or otherwise. They are just people who were known to Pat as living in Corsham in the 1930/40 period.