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	Amateur Radio also known as Ham Radio or Radio Hams for licensed persons who have obtained the correct qualifications


	TROWBRIDGE

Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire England, situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, approximately 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Bath, Somerset. The origin of the name is uncertain; one source claims derivation from treow-brycg, meaning "Tree Bridge", referring to the first bridge over the Biss while another states that the true meaning is the bridge by Trowle, the name of a hamlet and a common to the west of the town.

The Kennet and Avon canal runs to the north of Trowbridge and played a large part in the development of the town as it allowed coal to be transported from the Somerset. The town was a also a major centre in the textile industry in south west England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and was described as "The Manchester of the West".

Trowbridge has a railway station on the Wessex Main Line. The civil parish of Trowbridge had a population of 28,163 at the 2001 census, making it the third largest settlement in the county after the town of Swindon and the city of Salisbury. Neighbouring towns and villages include Bradford on Avon, Westbury, Melksham and Devizes.


My Hobbies

	I enjoy my amateur radio, I also enjoy fly fishing, walking and cycling along the Kennet and Avon canal tow paths.



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