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Salisbury, Wiltshire UK

There's no need to go out on a dark winter's evening for the Guild's January talk as the meeting will be held on Thursday 15 January at 2 pm in the Reading Room . The talk 'Local Disaster Management and Recovery' will be presented by Chris Manuel, the Community Resilience Lead Officer for Wiltshire & Swindon Prepared , the public facing side of Wiltshire & Swindon Local Resilience Forum (LRF), which is a multi-agency partnership established to plan and prepare for emergencie

Brilliant Mini Beasts - Speaker Juliet ten Doeschate A fascinating introduction to the amazing and intriguing world of invertebrates including wasps, butterflies, ladybirds, flies and many more. Some are very familiar and common visitors to our gardens, but others are so tiny (a mere 3mm) and so well hidden that we are not aware of them. Juliet concentrated principally upon those which inhabit her garden of 2 acres which is half woodland and half garden. Many are parasitic fe

Forged signatures and how to detect them - John Jameson-Davis   John stepped in when our booked speaker became ill and cancelled all speaking engagements. He answered our call while on holiday in Crete! John is a Questioned Handwriting and Document Examiner. His work mainly entails the examination of questioned signatures (those which have been challenged or doubted for some reason, perhaps on a Will, a passport, a bank or credit card or other document). He is also asked to l

The Guild's 2025-26 season began on Wednesday 10 September at 7.30 pm in the Reading Room, with a talk by Colin van Geffen entitled 'The...

“The Wonderful World of Glass” - Dr Francis Burroughs   Our speaker gave us a fascinating talk which traced the origins of glass-making...

There is nothing more enticing than a date as a heading for a dissertation by an historian. The date in this case was not enough to...

The local historian Ruth Newman was an especially welcome speaker at this meeting of the Stratford sub Castle Guild being well known to...

Fanny Nelson, a Hero’s Wife - a talk by Christine Mason    The connection between Horatio, Lord Nelson, his wife Fanny and Stratford sub...

Stratford sub Castle Guild Report February 2025 - "Pantomime – a classic British tradition" Our speaker, Wayne Newport, has spent 30...

Christine Mason’s talk on ‘Fanny’ Nelson was cancelled at short notice due to the difficult driving conditions on her route. It was...

Guild members enjoyed a convivial Christmas Social evening in the Reading Room on Wednesday 11th December. 2 photos courtesy of Guild...

Fireworks and Explosives a talk by Joe Cameron We all enjoyed a lively and appropriate talk for November. Joe introduced himself by his...

Stratford sub Castle Guild 9 October 2024 "Beauty and the Beast" Juliet ten Doeschate An amazing and beautiful photographic journal of...

Stratford sub Castle Guild September 11th “Do you know who I am?” Julian Gee Julian opened our new season with a relaxed, amusing look...

The Guild's new season opens on Wednesday 11 September at 7.30 pm in the Reading Room with a talk "Do you know WHO I AM ?' by Julian Gee,...