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Mobile Library News
Wiltshire's Mobile Library service began in 1954, which is when this image was taken. It is on display at the back of the current mobile...
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Sep 1, 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 22, 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


Garden Club report of May meeting and 'Adieu' from Dorothy
This is my last report from the Garden Club as I am signing off after eight years. When I became Chairman in Sept 2015 I started writing...
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Jun 14, 2023


Revd Sarah to become Chaplain to Bishop of Salisbury
This news was updated on 7 September 2023. VIEW THE UPDATE The Revd Sarah Wood-Roe who is the Associate Priest for St Lawrence Church,...
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Jun 13, 2023


Route of Roman Road through Stratford is visible again
This route was the subject of an Old Sarum Landscapes Project survey in 2019. Details here: https://www.stratfordsubcastle.org.uk/oslp-ro...
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Jun 11, 2023


Kerbside collections - recycling changes but still no BLACK plastic **
You will need to follow revised guidance to sort your recycling from now on, in readiness for the next kerbside collection from Stratford...
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May 30, 2023
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