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Paint Reuse Scheme (Wiltshire Council)
If you’re doing a spring clean and come across any leftover paint, you can donate it for reuse at the Salisbury Household Recycling...
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Mar 28, 2024


Follow-up on Defibrillator Demonstration
During the Demonstration on 21 March, the trainer (Paul) mentioned that if you need to contact the emergency services from somewhere...
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Mar 22, 2024


Five Rivers Centre now operating on zero carbon emissions
In line with its aspiration to become carbon neutral by 2030, Wiltshire Council has been undertaking a programme of works across many of...
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Mar 17, 2024


Cyclepath & footpath News
Progress is being made at the cycleway/footpath between Ashley Road and Five Rivers Heatlh & Wellbeing Centre, with a new wide trackway...
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Mar 16, 2024


'The city in the castle and the castle in the city' lecture by Alex Langlands - listen again
We learned that the title of the lecture 'The City in the Castle and the Castle in the City' has been attributed to Henry of Avranches...
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Mar 15, 2024


Guild Talk 'Butan and Nepal' - REVIEW
Stratford sub Castle Guild 13 March 2024 - Elizabeth Waterman This talk by Elizabeth Waterman arose from the longstanding and devoted...
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Mar 13, 2024


Volunteer car drivers needed
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Mar 2, 2024


Garden Club 28 March talk - WW2 Gardens
Our meeting in March is on Thursday 28th March at 7.30pm in the Reading Room. The speaker will be Lynda Warren who will be talking about...
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Feb 29, 2024


Mill Lane vandalised bridge repaired - then vandalised again within hours
Some 3 or 4 years ago, a Mill Lane resident was awoken at 3 am one morning by a loud banging noise. He left his home to investigate and...
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Feb 17, 2024


Mawarden Court in 1805
If you were at the Guild talk* in the Reading Room this evening, 14 February, you will have heard David Richards refer to Mawarden Court,...
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Feb 14, 2024


'Old Sarum, The Pitts and their Diamond' - REVIEW
Stratford sub Castle Guild 14 February 2024 David Richards is a local historian and a Blue Badge Guide for Salisbury. He has led tours of...
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Feb 14, 2024


Garden Club's 29 February talk
Our next meeting will be on Thursday 29th February at 7.30pm. The speaker is Mr Michael Bowyer who will be talking about “The 2022 Flower...
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Feb 1, 2024


Otter sighting in the Avon 15 January
The website was delighted to receive this message from a local resident today: "Walking along the east bank of the Avon Valley Nature...
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Jan 15, 2024


Clearing Up after the flooding
Our local Flood Warden, Duncan Hopkins, has been busy over the past few weeks checking flooding levels and reporting the situation to the...
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Jan 15, 2024


'The Devenish Family at Little Durnford Manor' - REVIEW
Stratford sub Castle Guild 10 January 2024 The new year started with a talk by Ruth Newman on the Devenish Bradshaw family living in...
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Jan 10, 2024


Seeing double over Old Sarum
On 31 December, 2023, a double rainbow was visible over Old Sarum. How do the two spectra differ in a double rainbow and why is the arc...
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Jan 1, 2024


Riverpark Scheme - December News
The extract below taken from the Salisbury Riverpark Scheme's December Newsletter, explains the weather conditions that have resulted in...
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Dec 24, 2023


Salisbury's Riverpark Scheme
The November Newsletter published by Kier, the contractors working on the Riverpark project, is available to download below. It outlines...
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Dec 13, 2023


Stratford sub Castle Lunchtime Christmas Café Special 2023 - Review
I am pleased to be able to say that our Christmas Café was, once again, a great success. The place was buzzing with the chatter of happy...
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Dec 8, 2023


Stratford sub Castle Garden Club's next talk - 25 January
There is no meeting of the Garden Club in December. Our first meeting in 2024 is on Thursday January 25th at 7.30pm. Our speaker will be...
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Dec 1, 2023


Another incident on the Woodford Road
Evidence of a vehicle having left the road between Stratford Bridge and Avon Farm has been spotted by Kerry O'Connor, who also points out...
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Nov 30, 2023


Work on the chancel roof at St Lawrence Church
The scaffolding has now been dismantled. The last stages of replacing the tiles on the chancel roof. News and image from Barry Goldsmith...
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Nov 21, 2023


A touch on Gold on local Royal Mail box
The posting slot on the Royal Mail letter box outside Old Sarum View has been lined very carefully with gold foil. It's a mystery who has...
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Nov 15, 2023


Stratford Motors
Following the publication of an article about Stratford Motors in the November Parish Magazine (copied below for reference), Karl and...
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Nov 14, 2023
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