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Nursery school’s charity work in Africa
Founders and owners of Farley Nursery School, Gary and Sue Palmer, were invited to Kensington Palace. There, they were thanked for their support for Street Child the charity dedicated to funding education for vulnerable children in Africa and Asia. The school helps...
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Free lunch after festive frenzy
A lunch for the community organised by the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Gillingham, and St. Mary the Virgin Primary School is in the New Year. A Community Café on Thursday, January 3 is at at St. Mary the Virgin Primary School on Pheasant Way, Shaftesbury...
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Walkers stride into Christmas
More than 140 Get Wiltshire Walking registered walkers from across the county took to the countryside around Salisbury on Friday, December 7 to celebrate the festive season and another fantastic year for Get Wiltshire Walking. They started at Salisbury Rugby Club on...
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Cut-price keep-fit offer
Students aged 16-plus and in full time education can buy a leisure centre membership for £29.99 from Wiltshire Council. It entitles them to unlimited access to the fitness suite, public swimming sessions, group exercise classes, health suites (where available) and...
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Whites move on to cup semis
Salisbury FC were up against Chippenham Town in the quarter final of the Wiltshire Senior Cup. The North Wiltshire team is currently 11th in the Vanarama National League South. With their 1-0 victory, the Whites secured their spot in the semi-finals and they also...
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Marathon’s last milestone
The Sarsen Trail and Neolithic Marathon has had its last run. Wiltshire Wildlife Trust said the mass participation event in the Trust's calendar, held every year in May for the past 30 years, attracted walkers and runners, and latterly cyclists and dog walkers, to...
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Waste and recycling changes over the Christmas period
Waste and recycling collection dates over Christmas and new year: No collections on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Catch-up collections on Saturday, December 29, January 5 and January 12. Garden waste collections stop from Monday, December 24, for two weeks and...
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Relate hopes all have a really happy Christmas
An argument-free Christmas and not a January divorce statistic: that’s the wish from Relate Dorset & South Wiltshire. Last January, they received a 42% increase in calls compared to an average month. The charity, which offers relationship counselling for couples...
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Wiltshire Council sees the light
The lights won’t be going out all over Wiltshire if the council achieves its ambition to make savings of more than £1 million a year by investing in low-energy street lighting. The council has about 45,000 lights on its highways, but with stinging energy costs rising...
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Town Council in Wilderness bid
Shaftesbury Town Council plans to go into The Wilderness when it makes a bid at an auction in Sherborne on Friday (December 14). Shaftesbury residents are keen to see the land used for continued public benefit. As an old quarry, the area is a significant landscape...
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City prepares for big summer event
Hotels, B&Bs and campsites in and around Salisbury are expected to be fully-booked during the three-day Armed Forces event in Salisbury in June. But 250,000 visitors are expected, and demand for accommodation already exceeds supply in the Salisbury area. Valley...
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Lib Dems claim another victory
Wiltshire’s Liberal Democrat councillors are celebrating what appears to be another U-turn by the ruling Conservatives at County Hall. After reversing a decision to end free parking, the Conservative cabinet has now proposed a way to keep open the outdoor education...
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Nursery school’s charity work in Africa
Founders and owners of Farley Nursery School, Gary and Sue Palmer, were invited to Kensington Palace. There, they were thanked for their support for Street Child the charity dedicated to funding education for vulnerable children in Africa and Asia. The school helps...
read more
Free lunch after festive frenzy
A lunch for the community organised by the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Gillingham, and St. Mary the Virgin Primary School is in the New Year. A Community Café on Thursday, January 3 is at at St. Mary the Virgin Primary School on Pheasant Way, Shaftesbury...
read more
Walkers stride into Christmas
More than 140 Get Wiltshire Walking registered walkers from across the county took to the countryside around Salisbury on Friday, December 7 to celebrate the festive season and another fantastic year for Get Wiltshire Walking. They started at Salisbury Rugby Club on...
read more
Cut-price keep-fit offer
Students aged 16-plus and in full time education can buy a leisure centre membership for £29.99 from Wiltshire Council. It entitles them to unlimited access to the fitness suite, public swimming sessions, group exercise classes, health suites (where available) and...
read more
Whites move on to cup semis
Salisbury FC were up against Chippenham Town in the quarter final of the Wiltshire Senior Cup. The North Wiltshire team is currently 11th in the Vanarama National League South. With their 1-0 victory, the Whites secured their spot in the semi-finals and they also...
read more
Marathon’s last milestone
The Sarsen Trail and Neolithic Marathon has had its last run. Wiltshire Wildlife Trust said the mass participation event in the Trust's calendar, held every year in May for the past 30 years, attracted walkers and runners, and latterly cyclists and dog walkers, to...
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Brexit Betrayal Rally London, 9th Dec
Join the Brexit rally on 9th Dec. Coach from Salisbury at 09:00 am leaving London at 3:30 pm. Email londonrally091218@gmail.com for details.
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2012 (62) Hyundai i20 active
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Genuine slate small quantities
Landscapes! Small quantities of genuine slate for collection, Motcombe. Kenwood breadmaker unused £40 ono, 01747 850080.
Motor cycle jacket, Golf pullover and metal letter box
1960’s Motor Cycle jacket “Lewis Leathers” Brando style lined, double breasted, black bull-hide, medium/ perfect collectors item £90. New Golf pullover with St Andrews logo, dark green, Scottish made highland wool, Medium. New metal letter box newspapers etc, black,...
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ONE BOTTLE OF BACARDI
ONE BOTTLE OF BACARDI WHITE RUM ONE LITRE UNWANTED GIFT 6.00 CALL AFTER 6 SIMONF4@BTINTERNET.COM WIILL DELIVER LOCALLY
Brexit Betrayal Rally London, 9th Dec
Join the Brexit rally on 9th Dec. Coach from Salisbury at 09:00 am leaving London at 3:30 pm. Email londonrally091218@gmail.com for details.
RECORDS WANTED
RECORDS WANTED Vinly LP’s BOWIE,DYLAN,STONES, FLOYD,ZEPPELIN
KINKS,WHO. ROCK Artists good Cash prices paid. Collector Call Graham
2012 (62) Hyundai i20 active
One lady owner/driver, full main dealer service history, 60000 miles, £30 a year tax, carefully looked after, new mot £4295 tel 07741482899
Genuine slate small quantities
Landscapes! Small quantities of genuine slate for collection, Motcombe.
Kenwood breadmaker unused £40 ono, 01747 850080.
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Residential Support (Childcare) Worker
We are looking for Residential Support Workers to come and join our family at one of our homes in the heart of Salisbury, here you will assist the children/young person in understanding their own emotions and articulating their feelings, building a culture of mutual...
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We currently have an excellent opportunity for a reliable, creative and effective Weekend Chef in a local school. Working Term Saturdays and Sundays 08:00 - 20:00, we are looking for an individual who will be able to cover Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner for up to 90...
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Would you like to earn extra money by hosting our international students? We are currently looking for hosts in Salisbury for our group students visiting all year round starting early in 2019. Our host families can be families with children at home, families where...
read moreResidential Support (Childcare) Worker
We are looking for Residential Support Workers to come and join our family at one of our homes in the heart of Salisbury, here you will assist the children/young person in understanding their own emotions and articulating their feelings, building a culture of mutual...
read moreWeekend Chef – Shaftesbury
We currently have an excellent opportunity for a reliable, creative and effective Weekend Chef in a local school. Working Term Saturdays and Sundays 08:00 - 20:00, we are looking for an individual who will be able to cover Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner for up to 90...
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21 Hours plus 2 sleep-ins per month. Supported Living setup. Please email salisburysupportworker@aol.co.uk
read moreAdministrative / Accounting Assistant
Successful candidates will exude great pride in their work, welcome challenging assignments. Email resume to micahbare1@hotmail.com
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An absolute beauty
By Fanny Charles Salisbury has had an awful year, no question – you don’t need reminding. What you DO need is a dose of unabashed, gloriously colourful, warm-hearted, hilarious, touching and just plain wonderful pantomime. Oh yes, you do! Believe me! When Salisbury...
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In history: fire at the Cattle Market
On July 22, 1911, the Salisbury & Winchester Journal reported a fire in Station Road, Gillingham, which had occurred in the early hours of Sunday, July 16 at Messrs. Senior and Godwin’s Repository. The enclosed cattle ring in the centre of the market was burned to...
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Spinning gold from old stories
By Fanny Charles There’s no clutching at straws in Bumblefly’s 2018 Christmas show for children. The three-strong company spins pure gold (as well as puns) from the tale of Rumpelstiltskin, which opened at Greyfriars at Ringwood and will be touring, Dorset, Wiltshire...
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What Katie did in Mere
Mere Amateur Dramatic Society (MADS) presented Katie's Party from Thursday, November 22 until Saturday 24. The poignant village tale by local author Adrienne Howell linked two World Wars. Katie, whose son in law has a Bentley, turns up at a local country pub for her...
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Service to the community awarded
Muzib Rahman, owner and manager of Agra, the Indian restaurant in Warminster, was awarded the 2018 Civic Award on Saturday, October 20, for his services to Warminster community. He took over the restaurant on East Street in 1984, he has raised thousands of pounds for...
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Mysterious object found at Bishop’s House
Katrina ffiske chats with Robina Hattersley During the Summer heatwave, the gardener at The Bishop’s House, in The Close, Salisbury, spotted a mysterious object laying on the river-bed. "While I was cleaning the river I saw something shiny and covered in mud," Daniel...
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Abigail’s Party, but we weren’t invited
By Katrina ffiske. Arriving at Salisbury Playhouse for Abigail’s Party was strangely comforting but also cringe-inducing. Lee Newby’s set instantly transported us to that strange era, the 70s: brown bookcases, beige and cream flock wallpaper, shag pile rug, lava lamps...
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Breakfast with Giant Peach
By Katrina ffiske What better way to get the creative and business brain cells going than attending one of Giant Peach's Higher Growth Collective breakfasts? At Bird and Carter, Wilton a group of diverse companies gathered over bacon sandwiches, croissant and coffee....
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Chalke Valley Stores celebrates five years
By Katrina ffiske The award-winning Chalke Valley Stores is celebrating its fifth birthday. I went to meet manager Ellen Smets (pictured below), we sat in the Coffee Shop behind the main shop, where there is a buzz of chit-chat, cyclists arriving for coffee and cake,...
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Carnival illuminated Salisbury
By Chloe May Oh, what a show. Many local organisations and clubs putting on ‘quite the show’ when Salisbury carnival danced through the city on October 19. The procession started at 7:30pm and went on until 9pm. Local cheerleaders Phoenix stars were cartwheeling and...
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Welcome return of old-fashioned musical
By Katrina Ffiske For instant escapism, run to Salisbury Playhouse to see Salad Days, a wonderfully nostalgic, magical musical. Bryan Hodgson’s production is almost perfect in every way. “I am thrilled to be able to stage Salad Days again this autumn," Bryan said. “It...
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Salisbury favourite is back as pantomime dame
Salisbury favourite Richard Ede is back as the Dame in this year's Salisbury Playhouse pantomime Beauty and the Beast - and more than 12,000 tickets have already been sold. Richard returns to Salisbury, having previously appeared as Widow Twanky in Aladdin in 2016 and...
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An absolute beauty
By Fanny Charles Salisbury has had an awful year, no question – you don’t need reminding. What you DO need is a dose of unabashed, gloriously colourful, warm-hearted, hilarious, touching and just plain wonderful pantomime. Oh yes, you do! Believe me! When Salisbury...
read more
In history: fire at the Cattle Market
On July 22, 1911, the Salisbury & Winchester Journal reported a fire in Station Road, Gillingham, which had occurred in the early hours of Sunday, July 16 at Messrs. Senior and Godwin’s Repository. The enclosed cattle ring in the centre of the market was burned to...
read more
Spinning gold from old stories
By Fanny Charles There’s no clutching at straws in Bumblefly’s 2018 Christmas show for children. The three-strong company spins pure gold (as well as puns) from the tale of Rumpelstiltskin, which opened at Greyfriars at Ringwood and will be touring, Dorset, Wiltshire...
read more
What Katie did in Mere
Mere Amateur Dramatic Society (MADS) presented Katie's Party from Thursday, November 22 until Saturday 24. The poignant village tale by local author Adrienne Howell linked two World Wars. Katie, whose son in law has a Bentley, turns up at a local country pub for her...
read more
Service to the community awarded
Muzib Rahman, owner and manager of Agra, the Indian restaurant in Warminster, was awarded the 2018 Civic Award on Saturday, October 20, for his services to Warminster community. He took over the restaurant on East Street in 1984, he has raised thousands of pounds for...
read more
Mysterious object found at Bishop’s House
Katrina ffiske chats with Robina Hattersley During the Summer heatwave, the gardener at The Bishop’s House, in The Close, Salisbury, spotted a mysterious object laying on the river-bed. "While I was cleaning the river I saw something shiny and covered in mud," Daniel...
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