Institute Hall, Wilmington

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First steps to form an institute in Melrose were taken in 1869. First meeting held on 10 June 1869 in the Courthouse. Mr T B Marshall’s offer of a room, rent free, for 4 months was accepted. 

On August 20 a lease of 2 cottages at the rear of the stables of the North Star Inn for 7 years, at 1/- per annum, was signed. A sum of £10 was spent putting the cottages in order, and there the Institute grew, and prospered.

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