Can you fill in the missing pieces of Lyneham's History?

Following the highly successful BBC's Family History Week and BBC2's fascinating documentary series 'Who Do You Think You Are' we are looking for your treasured memories in a way to record a 'Celebration of Life in Lyneham'.

We are looking for any pictures on how the village used to be, any paper snippets of events that was reported years ago. Your celebrations, any event that occurred in the village, you might have pictures off or memories, that will help put together the giant jig-saw of Lyneham's history.

We are compiling an archive of the village, something that has never been done before, recording lifestyles and times right back to the early days. Would like you to help or could you? Do you remember how the village life was before the airfield was built?, or how the village changed when the RAF station was being constructed and the many years after. Can you remember the many ponds in the village, the old shops, the pig farms or any memory Mum, Dad or Grand parents have spoken about our village.

What about how the White Hart Inn used to look like, who owned the property prior to you, did you take any photo in the village and have them stored in an old photo album? Do you have photos of the village buildings or landscape before the newest housing estates were built. Anything would be appreciated. Maybe some of your memories have not been documented, but you can vividly remember how the lifestyles were, and what buildings used to be before the current occupants owned them This information is so valuable to paint that era of the past.

So that we can start to bring these jig-saw pieces together, consolidating all those memories and bygones, we need your assistance. Your images memories will be so valuable, as the National Record Archives has very little on Lyneham village. Those images or text you have, we can have them scanned quickly, so you will not be without the treasures for long. We will of course give you the full credit for the information provided.

Please contact the webmaster either by email webmaster@lynehamvillage.com or phone 07986 134015 if you can help in anyway.

Many thanks in advance
Andy
Webmaster
Lyneham Village Online
In the mean time spare a few minutes and see what history and facts we have gathered so far in Lyneham Village Online. You will be surprised to see what is online already.