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Salisbury, Wiltshire UK
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Garden Club's October talk - Dahlias
The October meeting will be held on Thursday 26th October at 7.30pm in the Reading Room, Stratford Road SP1 3LL (across from St Lawrence...
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Sep 29, 2023
'Ghosts, Royals, and Ferrymen' - REVIEW
Stratford sub Castle Guild - Wednesday 13 September 2023 Brian Margetson presented an entertaining talk on a quite unusual subject – his...
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Sep 13, 2023
Au revoir to the swallows at Parsonage Farm
Sadly it's goodbye to the swallows in the stables for this year. Following a mass gathering on the telephone wires in Shelley Drive on 6...
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Sep 12, 2023
Stratford sub Castle Summer Sunday Cafés – End of the Season 2023
Our summer season started with a special Coronation café in May and we finished on a high in September with glorious weather and a great...
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Sep 8, 2023
Revd Sarah Wood-Roe presented as Bishop's Chaplain
At the Evensong service at Salisbury Cathedral this evening, Revd Sarah Wood-Roe, formerly Associate Priest at St Lawrence Church...
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Sep 7, 2023
Garden Club's September Talk
Our first meeting of the new season will be on Thursday 28 September at 7.30pm in the Reading Room SP1 3LL. The speaker for this month is...
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Aug 24, 2023
Parsonage Farm Swallows are still here
The Parsonage Farm swallows are still around. This morning some of them have been exploring the thatched roof of Old Sarum View, perhaps...
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Aug 23, 2023
'Sort it before you bring it' (to the HRCs) request from Wilts Council
“Sort it before you bring it” – help us recycle as much as possible at our household recycling centres. First, we asked you to help sort...
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Aug 21, 2023
US Army Air Forces (USAAF) Photographic Reconnaissance units photos from 1943-4
As announced by the BBC this morning, 3,600 aerial photos taken by the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) Photographic Reconnaissance units in...
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Aug 16, 2023
Last of this season's Summer Cafés
September will be the last café of the season, so we hope you will come along and join us for another enjoyable afternoon from 2.30pm...
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Aug 13, 2023
Archaeologists return
Updated news from the Old Sarum Landscapes Project team Today Dr Kris Strutt posted an update on X (formerly known as Twitter), about the...
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Aug 11, 2023
August Summer Café
Update - Review What a busy café we had, just like old times, with a great friendly atmosphere and good result. The weather couldn’t make...
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Aug 11, 2023
2nd brood of Swallows at Parsonage Farm
I started my last update on the swallows by saying "Really good news on this front." I can begin this one by saying "Even better news...
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Aug 9, 2023
Update on the River Park Scheme
The Environment Agency has published its August Newsletter, providing images and a progress report on the works so far. SPOILER -...
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Aug 8, 2023
Hedging our Best
Dutch Elm disease wrought havoc on elms in copses and woods. Survivors are often solitary trees in hedgerows that kept socially distanced...
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Jul 29, 2023
Heads Up on a Council Tax rebate scam
A local resident has received several unsolicited phone calls in the past few weeks from someone who has been trying to obtain his credit...
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Jul 27, 2023
History Group looks back to Stratford sub Castle in 1649
In the mid 17thC Parliament set about selling off Crown and Church Lands. To do so they drew up surveys detailing buildings and lands....
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Jul 17, 2023
Garden Club's AGM & Social and the New Programme
The Club’s AGM and social evening was held on the 29th June and was well attended, with everyone contributing to making it a very...
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Jul 10, 2023
July's Summer Café raised £280 for Childrens Chance
Once again, the weather was kind to us and, although the café was quieter than usual, we still had a good turnout. Jane Miller from...
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Jul 3, 2023
Have you seen these two new signs in Stratford?
Do you know where they are and what they communicate? The Sarsen Way image is a waymarker recently attached to the Rights of Way signpost...
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Jul 3, 2023
Summer Café Sunday 2 July
A reminder that there will be a Summer Café on Sunday 2 July at the Reading Room from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm. Beverages and cakes, kitchen...
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Jun 29, 2023
Change to Last Collection from Stratford postbox
Royal Mail has placed a notice on the postbox outside Old Sarum View, Stratford Road, advising that effective from 10 July, 'the final...
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Jun 27, 2023
Five swallow chicks on a roof
A short video of the 5 chicks from stable one at Parsonage Farm, exploring the world outside their nest-site with an adult alongside....
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Jun 27, 2023
Swallows at Parsonage Farm
Janet Brownlie has provided an update on the Parsonage Farm Swallows. She writes: "Really good news on this front. We have three nests...
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Jun 23, 2023
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