Our ‘Into the Archives’ document of the month is a photograph published in the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Standard on 12th August 1922 of a luncheon party at Watermoor House, held in honour of the Prince of Wales when visiting Cirencester for a polo tournament. The Prince visited on 3rd August to take part in a gymkhana and polo match arranged… Read more
‘Into the Archives’ – Document of the month – May 2025
This month’s archive document is a poster for Cirencester Operatic Society’s production of The Merry Widow, performed 38 years ago in 1987. The Society has been regularly producing musical theatre shows since 1951. The Merry Widow was performed at The Phoenix Centre, which today is the Barn Theatre and still the venue for the Society, although they now go under… Read more