Well done Tim. Very nice coverage of the event. Sadly I wasn't able to attend. Pete.

So happy to see this Tim, I was too unwell to attend the awards ceremony. Thank you for showcasing all the wonderful gardens we had this year - in spite of the weather!

I’ve been there

More information in the quilt and the Priestley250 project here: www.calneheritage.co.uk/p/priestley250.html

I remember many years ago the residents of North End, North Way, North Cote and Bremhill View though they were not getting a fair share of things and were being ignored by the then Calne Borough Council so the said residents put on a Carnival Float with the Mayor of North End and his North End Councillors.

Omg, I lived in calne many moons ago and just came across this ! I recall walking past this factory many times as a child, very nostalgic……..

now 10 bells

A peal ring by the G&B at a tower in the SDGR territory. Some people weren’t happy about it 🤣🤣

the bells are cast by abraham rudhall john rudhall charles and george mears robert II wells mears and stainbank there is a scantus bell and a disused

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my name is I live in Hingham can you get some real fascination with. church. bell

It is sad that it had closed,I remember going here when I was at my cousins house

New mural in Calne, 'A Carnival of the Seasons'. Designed by Sandi Sayer and expertly painted by a team of local artists, this is a fantastic addition to the public art of Calne.

Established in 1886, Calne Town FC is one of the oldest football teams in Wiltshire and were founder members of the 1894 Wiltshire League. Going by the nickname of the lilywhites, the team play out of Bremhill View in Calne. The 21/22 season saw the team playing in the Hellenic League Premier Division

Sad that the later part of the video is missing. I have lots of Don's photographs ( and one or two of my own) which could be used to remake the latter part of the programme. (Chris Leigh)

Helló 😊👍🇭🇺😊👍🎄beautiful

i live where this once was, creepy

Thanks Tim. The music sounds like an Einaudi mashup :-)

Calne is such a special place. It means a lot to me! I used to live in Corsham

The bronze calf sculpture in Chippenham was also designed by Richard Cowdy. I think it would have been better placed in Calne though as calf sounds like Calne!

This place was very special to me in my childhood! Especially the pets corner

I have many memories of cycling along the black dog bridge several years ago to Calne. My favourite part is the bridge behind Patford Street. I grew up living in Corsham, and if I moved back to Wiltshire I’d choose to live in Calne.

Where does the origin of the name Calne come from?

Recognise my husband at the back by Nicki

Great picture's really enjoyed them,

1:02 "Quacker meeting house." Made me chuckle.

be good to see blue plaque david hemmings lived here in calne

Wanna be a BRO gonna get me a harley ride the wind

For reference purposes, I'd been looking to indentify an abandoned abattoir/factory that a punk band I was in played during late August 1983 and this is definitely the one. Being from London, I wasn't familiar with the history and its been interesting to learn about the place; as someone else mentioned, looking at this great footage is quite emotional, so many buildings and places from our salad days no longer physically exist and this is like an echo from the past. To answer some of your comments, I've read from a few other sources that the demolition was in 1984.

You caught me haha

The bottle things

I have found one of those at my dads work

I lived 4 New Road - right next door as this was coming down - Would watch the lead ball swinging from our garden - house at 7:56 . A young child, it was exciting. Hate to think how much asbestos we kids breathed in at that time.

Lovely Tim. very informative. Enjoyed watching it . Thank you .

Unbelievable footage of a very traumatic time for Calne. I would have been 5/6 years old (guessing this 1982/1983?) when the building was knocked down and can remember watching from the main road by the Lansdown Hotel and then seeing it on the news later. My family left Calne in 1990 and in that time the town never recovered. I somtimes drive through and stop off to walk through the centre and it seems to have improved. This footage though, is very emotional to watch and somewhat haunting. Calne always had its fair share of problems but the town experienced the same issues as a lot of our large cities. Thankyou for sharing this video as this has helped me piece together my memories of the building that once dominted my home town.

Nice video & stills Pete, so good to see this lovely town captured on one of it's special nights. Didn't make it this year but the family did. Just found your site so working through vids/vlogs, good work.

That's a great sequence Tim and completes the story of the day that I was unable to do. Well done. Pete.

i served my apprenticeship in the printing dept up station Rd as a hand bookbinder, from June 2nd 1964 / oct 1970. now retired after 49 yrs in printing. Paul Cripps your name rings a bell, did your family come from Compton ? .

I worked in the factory before I was married in 1980. I remember it closing and how devastating it was for the town then. My son watched the stone ball knock some of it down when he was 2 so it must have been 1983. I cannot believe how much land the whole factory took. To see Calne now with all the improvements it's a job to get my head round how it used to look. A brilliant video although very sad and a bit depressing but great to see how the town has recovered.

I found that quite sad to watch, I went to Fynamore school & had friends whos parents worked in the factory & I had been in there many times. My wife worked there from school in the accounts office on the corner of silver street, entrance off station road. I did not see the demolition of the factory as I was working in International transport and was rarely in the country. I can remember old Mr Harris riding through the town on his pony & trap too. Nothing seems to last forever, except the memories.