New and rescheduled events for 2021

Event Date: 28th September 2020

All is not lost!  In spite of unavoidable cancellations this year,  most of the events have been rescheduled for 2021, thanks to the generosity and flexibility of speakers, hosts, venues and the hard work of members of the GP committee. We hope to open our 2021 events  in May with a talk from Pippa Goldfinger.  […]

Annual Open Meeting (our first live online event!)

Event Date: Wednesday 21st October 2020

THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE EMERGING SALISBURY NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 7.00 – 8.30pm on 21st October 2020 This online event is a joint venture with Salisbury Neighbourhood Plan team in association with Wiltshire Creative and inspired by the Salisbury 2020 Big Weekend ‘What Next For The City’ conversations held earlier this year. We want to […]

Cancelled – TALK Caroline Dakers – Fonthill Houses

Event Date: Thursday 19th November 2020

Due to the Covid-19 restrictions we have taken the decision to cancel, for this year, the talk by Professor Caroline Dakers and have provisionally rescheduled for Thursday 16 September in 2021 Professor Dakers will be taking us on a journey through Fonthill Houses: Lost, Recovered and Rebuilt.    Professor Dakers has  been Professor of Cultural History at […]

BLUE PLAQUE to Herbert Ponting

Event Date: 25th November 2020

The installation of the plaque marking the birthplace of Herbert George Ponting will go ahead at 21 Oatmeal Row in Salisbury’s Market Place on 25 November.  However, due to the current Covid-19 restrictions there will be no unveiling ceremony or refreshments. Born in 1870, the son of a bank manager, Herbert eventually chose photography as a career. His […]

FILM The Great White Silence

Event Date: Saturday 28th November

In conjunction with the installation of the blue plaque to Herbert Ponting at Oatmeal Row, Salisbury,  the Civic Society and Bemerton Film Society will be showing Herbert Ponting’s film THE GREAT WHITE SILENCE on Saturday 28th November at St John’s Place. All seats must be pre-booked through bemfilmbooking@gmail.com with name, address and phone number for each […]