We Were Always Here @ Chippenham Pride Fest
Sat 13 Jun
|Chippenham Pride Fest
Join us in Yelde Hall from 1:30pm for a talk about the Importance of LGBTQIA+ History or find us by the giant deck chairs in Island Park to find out more about We Were Always Here, our exciting project to find out more about LGBTQIA+ history in Wiltshire.


Time & Location
13 Jun 2026, 10:00 – 17:00
Chippenham Pride Fest, Yelde Hall & Island Park, Chippenham
About the Event
We Were Always Here is an exciting project to find out more about LGBTQIA+ history in Wiltshire. Come along to Chippenham Pride Fest to meet our volunteer research team, find out more about the project, get involved, and tell us what you know! We'll be at two locations during Pride Fest:
1100-1700: Deck Chairs, Island Park, Chippenham
The Swindon & Wiltshire Pride team and We Were Always Here volunteers will also be at Island Park throughout the day, find us by the giant deck chairs!

1330-1500: Yelde Hall, Chippenham - talk starts at 1400
The We Were Always Here research team will be at Yelde Hall from 1:30pm. At 2pm, Andrew Foyle, project Historian and co-founder of Outstories, Bristol, will give a talk on the Importance of LGBTQIA+ History. Not to be missed!
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