These are a collection of precious memories from residents who lived in the village for much of the twentieth century. The interviews were conducted by Ann Rivers Davies for the village Millennium project. Unfortunately many of the villagers have now died.
Other articles, such as letters, have also been added to this section.
Click on the persons name below to select which villagers memories to read.
A Rectors Farewell
Below is the Revered George Hadow’s open letter, dated August 5th 1901, to the village, announcing that he was leaving ...
Ann Rivers Davis
(The photo above shows 30 & 31 Greens Lane circa 1913: At number 30, left, Mary Jane & Tom Davis ...
Ben Barnett
My father, John Francis Barnett (see photo above) and my mother, Jane Barnett, came to Calstone in the early 1920s ...
Bert Heath
I spent the first twenty years of my life in Calstone being born in 1917 at Theobalds Green. My family ...
Dorothy Robertson – Associations with Calstone
My associations with Calstone are through the Moore family and the Bowsher family. I used to visit my Bowsher grandparents ...
Emily Maud Cleverley (Shook)
I was born in Calne on June the 7th 1915. My parents were Amelia Louise Cleverley and Ernest Cleverley. To ...
Herbert and Ruth Baumgartner
Herbert Baumgartner (1st February 1924 - 25th May 2011) (This was taken from the July 2011 edition of "The Villages".) ...
Herbert Ealey
My first memory of North Wilts, in general, and Calstone, in particular, was of the early Twenties. My father, Frank ...
