History of Agricultural Education in Wiltshire - Lackham Countryside ...

Introduction
The original book from which this edition is taken was published by Lackham
College of Agriculture in 1984 and is held in the Library at Lackham. This online
edition has been made possible by the very kind permission of the Thomas family
and the College.. JO Thomas was intimately involved in Education in Wiltshire
either side of the Second World War and was a passionate educator.
This edition is as true to the original as possible and, apart from correcting the
(very occasional) typo, the text has been transcribed word for word. The original
page length has not been retained and so the original Contents page has not been
included as it would be inaccurate and confusing.
The new contents page includes hyperlinks to allow access directly to the part of
the document referred to. Ctrl + Clicking on any of the blue underlined titles will
move to the section concerned, please note that the chapter starts at the
chapter title, not the first sub section below it. So that it is possible to return
to the Contents page easily hyperlinks (indicated by a small blue [i] ) are placed
at the end of each section. It is hoped that, although necessarily not present in
the original, these will not detract from the experience.
Lackham still holds historically important photographic archives of the College
from its very start. I would like to record my thanks to Ian Revil, Director of
Curriculum Land Based and Service Industries, Wiltshire College, for permission
to use images from this collection. Throughout the text there are hyperlinks to
relevant images, clicking on the [*] hyperlink below the image will return you to
the departure point in the text. To return to the Illustrations menu use the [p]
link beneath each picture instead of the [*]
The few external links will open in a new window, to return simply close that
window.
The early history of the College is not widely known, and the publication of
this book, the 1957 HMI report and early photographs, on the College
website, is an attempt to make this important period more accessible.
If you have any further information on anything in the book please do get in
touch with the College or myself
Tony Pratt
Hon. Estate Historian, member of the Gardens Staff, Wiltshire College Lackham
August 2011