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visited the town and received an address from civic leaders in front of the town hall on 22 July 1907. A small building behind the town hall was home to the fire service until 1966 when it moved to
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was formed in 1974. The town hall subsequently became the meeting place of Calne Town
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much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government after the enlarged
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