
Town Guides
Witham Town Guides 1983/4-2013
In our archives, we have 13 copies of the Witham Town Guide.
The oldest one is undated, but we can pin it down to either 1983 or 1984 from the foreward by the then Mayor, Councillor W.A. Marsh. This was possibly the first to be published after Witham Town Council was formed in 1982.
We also have in our archives the Town Guides issued in 1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013. The final Witham Town Guide which was dated 2013-15. Today Witham Town Council publishes The Witham Voice. The Witham Voice is a quarterly parish magazine that started in 2016 and is still published and delivered to every household in Witham today.
The Town Guide traditionally included a map of the town, an introduction from the Mayor at the time, a history of the town and a list of clubs and amenities. In the older versions, the map is a fold out version at the back of the guide.
The guides contain paid-for adverts from local businesses, giving us a nostalgic view into the Witham of the last 40 years