THE Princess Royal is due to officially open the purpose-built Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham later this morning.
Princess Anne is due to be met outside the £11.1m centre in Cocklebury Road by the Lord Lieutenant for Wiltshire, the High Sheriff and council officials from Chippenham and Swindon.
North Wiltshire MP James Gray will also be among the dignitaries to meet with the Queen's daughter as she arrives.
Since the centre opened at the end of October more than 10,000 people have visited or taken part in the events it has organised.
The centre, funded by Wiltshire County Council and Swindon Borough Council, is home to hundreds of thousands of artefacts and paper records from across the country.
In addition to the record facilities, the building can boast temperature-controlled storage facilities, a library, specialist research laboratories and a public search room.
Posted by: Necker, Trowbridge on 8:52pm Fri 9 May 08
This centre sounds fantastic. Admittedley I will probably never use it but at least someones thinking about the future generations and the importance of our 'heritage'.
To say it's not important is to shun everything that is us and has made us.
I suppose I'd rather have the Princess Royal open open this centre than 'someones mum'.
Investment in our future, through the past in our area.
Don't knock it.
This centre sounds fantastic. Admittedley I will probably never use it but at least someones thinking about the future generations and the importance of our 'heritage'.
To say it's not important is to shun everything that is us and has made us.
I suppose I'd rather have the Princess Royal open open this centre than 'someones mum'.
Investment in our future, through the past in our area.
Don't knock it.
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