Melksham is growing, with 750 new homes approved, to be constructed in the very near future - just over the back, behind our home. And there's a new secondary school already being built, to be known as "Melksham Oak" and replacing the George Ward, which is tired and worn out. "Melksham Oak" is going to be just a few hundred yards down the road from us Access from the town will be either the A365 from "The Spa" Roundabout - which hasn't got a footpath - or along the cul-de-sac in front of our home, carrying on along a path to join the main road.


You can probably imagine me saying "Not In My Back Yard", but actually I'm not - even thought the construction crane is clearly visible from our lounge. For Melksham will benefit from growing, and it does deserve a new school and other new facilities too - much better for it to grow and be a vibrant town than to moulder slowly away as some poor backwater - and that IS a danger we need to guard against with the new Wiltshire Council seeming having an orchestrated marketing line of "Salisbury, Trowbridge and Chippenham" even before they officially exist.


But although I'm not a NIMBE, I do share concerns that have been expressed with regard to access to the school. For sure, it's opposite the big new extension to the Bowerhill area, but only a small proportion of the pupils will walk in from there - the rest have to go through this narrow gullet on the A365, and I can anticipate some pretty big increases in traffic at school time, but perhaps I'm being too much the profit of doom - we'll see; this may just be a minor issue after all.


Yesterday, I walked along the road up to "The Oak" and took a few pictures; some accompany this article, and others may be found here.
(written 2008-12-07 00:15:53)

 G102 - Well House Consultants - Things to do in Melksham
  [2175] Melksham in pictures - (2009-05-11)
  [2141] Town Crier competiton - (2009-04-25)
  [1894] Shopping in Melksham - (2008-11-19)
  [1452] Santa on the train to Melksham - (2007-12-01)
  [1330] While waiting for Melksham Post Office - (2007-09-02)
  [989] Melksham Quiz - (2006-12-15)
  [977] Melksham and Norwich - (2006-12-10)
  [957] Improving the historic town of Melksham - (2006-11-30)
  [951] What happened at Geekmas - (2006-11-28)
  [929] Presenting Melksham - for a weekend away in Wiltshire - (2006-11-17)
  [829] Where to go within 30 minutes of Melksham - (2006-08-11)
  [670] Architectural Heritage - Devizes - (2006-04-04)
  [524] Santa comes to Melksham - (2005-12-11)
  [500] Bowerhill, Melksham, 2006 Calendar - (2005-11-19)
  [488] Looking for railway groups and users - Swindon, Salisbury, Southampton - (2005-11-06)
  [354] Ballooning from Bath - (2005-06-21)
  [344] Walk in Bath - (2005-06-11)
  [342] The evening after the course - (2005-06-09)
  [329] the Stately Homes of England - (2005-05-29)
  [325] Gone Racing - Larkhill, Wiltshire - (2005-05-26)
  [312] Maud Heath - (2005-05-15)
  [305] Within about an hour - (2005-05-08)
  [298] Sharing pictures of Wiltshire - (2005-05-02)
  [266] A beautiful place to live and learn - (2005-04-04)
  [51] Gym and swimming - Melksham Blue Pool - (2004-09-16)
  [5] Driving in the UK for new arrivals from the USA - (2004-08-07)

M201 - Well House Manor - Around Melksham, Wiltshire
  [2585] Consultation in Melksham, on Melkshams future - (2010-01-17)
  [2528] Melksham Christmas Lights - (2009-12-05)
  [2497] Brown horses in Melksham - (2009-11-08)
  [2480] Pantomimes around Melksham - 2009/2010 season - (2009-10-28)
  [2349] Businesses effected by road works in Melksham - (2009-08-11)
  [2329] Great to be in Melksham - (2009-08-08)
  [2297] Standing on the corner, Melksham Carnival - (2009-07-19)
  [2262] History is not always pretty - (2009-06-30)
  [2253] Walks in and around Melksham, Wiltshire - (2009-06-21)
  [2168] In honour of the photograph, I present ... a walk from Reybridge to Lacock - (2009-05-10)
  [2142] Riverside Development - (2009-04-26)
  [2066] Melksham Industrial - (2009-03-04)
  [2064] East of Melksham Countryside - (2009-03-02)
  [2043] Confidence, Customer Service and Tourism in Melksham - (2009-02-15)
  [2008] The Month Ahead - What is happening in Melksham - (2009-01-25)
  [1986] Walk to Bowerhill - (2009-01-10)
  [1977] Going round the block - (2009-01-04)
  [1451] More PHP sample and demonstration programs - (2007-12-01)
  [1436] A little touring help during a business trip to England - (2007-11-18)
  [1368] Getting the local voice heard - (2007-09-26)
  [1360] Asda in Melksham - Welcome or not? - (2007-09-21)
  [1343] Melksham Laundrette - (2007-09-09)
  [1341] Moving to Melksham? Househunting map. - (2007-09-09)
  [1271] Till the cows come home - (2007-07-19)
  [1266] Party in the Park - (2007-07-14)
  [1206] Where and When - can you place the picture? - (2007-05-27)
  [1177] Sorting out for a site map - (2007-05-05)
  [1137] Wiltshire Circles - (2007-04-07)
  [1117] Newport Male Voice Choir - (2007-03-24)
  [879] Tuesday night is party night - (2006-09-26)
  [866] A lazy programmer is a good programmer - (2006-09-15)
  [847] Image maps for navigation - a straightforward example - (2006-08-28)
  [830] Butterflies in a Wiltshire garden - (2006-08-12)
  [811] Melksham in Bloom - (2006-07-22)
  [805] Melksham Carnival Parade - (2006-07-16)
  [676] Melksham, Wiltshire - (2006-04-08)
  [437] Outside of the box - (2005-09-06)

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Training Passports - booking a training program
Frosty Morning, foggy evening
Bath Christmas Market
2009 - Hotel, Meeting, Training Course prices
Melksham Oak Secondary School, Melksham, Wiltshire
Team changes at Well House - looking forward
Flash (client) to PHP (server) - example
Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
Preventing ^C stopping / killing a program - Perl
Making it all worthwhile