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SUMMARY:Salisbury Branch: The Roman Army at Old Sarum – Finds\, Fact & Fiction with John Smith
DESCRIPTION:Join ESU Salisbury branch for a discussion on the Roman army at the White Hart Hotel\, Salisbury. \nA living history talk\, describing a set of Roman Legionary soldiers’ equipment from helmet crest from cross. All items that John Smith will be using to bring history to life are copies of examples found as archaeological finds. \nJohn will provide a personal experience of what the ‘kit’ can and cannot achieve. His talk will also include important items such as money\, writing\, measurement\, and pottery. \nTo book please email Julia Tibbs at ESUSalisbury-EventsSec@esu.org.  \nTickets: £28 for lecture and lunch\, £12 for lecture only.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/salisbury-branch-the-roman-army-at-old-sarum-finds-fact-fiction-with-john-smith/
LOCATION:White Hart Hotel\, 1 St John's Street\, Salisbury\, England\, SP1 2SD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Social
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240408T110000
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SUMMARY:Salisbury Branch: The parting of the desert- the building of the Suez Canal with Stephen Carr-Smith
DESCRIPTION:The building of the Suez Canal was both a marvel of engineering construction and the symbolic meeting of East and West. It was the vision of Ferdinand de Lesseps\, a French diplomat\, who with his enthusiasm for the project won the vital backing of Louis Napoleon\, whose perseverance overcame the British Prime Minister’s determination to prevent the Canal’s completion; and whose friendship with an 11-year-old Egyptian boy\, with a craving for spaghetti\, paid dividends. \nIt was de Lesseps’ pioneer spirit that eventually saw the project completed in 1869\, after 15 years of ceaseless effort\, both in planning and in construction.  But he did it\, and the desert was parted. \nTo book on this talk please contact Julia Tibbs and ESUSalisbury-EventsSec@esu.org and she will be able to provide further information.  \nTickets: £28 for lecture and lunch\, £12 for lecture only.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/salisbury-branch-the-parting-of-the-desert-building-of-the-suez-canal-with-stephen-carr-smith/
LOCATION:White Hart Hotel\, 1 St John's Street\, Salisbury\, England\, SP1 2SD\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240311T110000
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SUMMARY:Salisbury Branch: Music of the English Country Church with Frances Howard
DESCRIPTION:Join the Salisbury Branch of the ESU for a talk on the history of the Music of the English Country Church at the White Hart Hotel\, hosted by Frances Howard. \n‘Music of the English Parish Church’ is a subject which brings to life a music tradition that is under the radar of most books about music. Great musical achievements do not arrive ‘oven ready’\, Handel’s Messiah or Beethoven’s 5th Symphony need singers and orchestras who can perform these works. \nFrances’ talk will show that Church music based on rational ideas\, musical modes\, language and liturgy led to the great works in England and on the continent. The recorded examples which we will hear will be in historical order with references to the Saxon churches in and around Salisbury. \nThe publication of Hymns Ancient & Modern in 1861 went into churches\, schools and hospitals all over the world and was a landmark in English culture. Frances will explain the links it had with the Book of Common Prayer and the search for ancient sources by the Editor. \nTo book please email Julia Tibbs at ESUSalisbury-EventsSec@esu.org. \nTickets: £28 for lecture and lunch\, £12 for lecture only.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/salisbury-branch-music-of-the-english-country-church-with-frances-howard/
LOCATION:White Hart Hotel\, 1 St John's Street\, Salisbury\, England\, SP1 2SD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Social
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240212T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240212T150000
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SUMMARY:Salisbury Branch: The Bustard Story
DESCRIPTION:Join the Salisbury Branch of the ESU for a talk on the Great Bustard\, a once-extinct population of birds in Wiltshire.  The talk will take place from 11am at the White Hart Hotel\, Salisbury \nDavid Waters’ founded the Great Bustard group in 1998 and his talk will give a brief history of the Great Bustard\, why it is important\, and how the project was undertaken. The story involves working with UK\, Russian and Spanish governments\, how David worked as an office cleaner on evening shifts to pay rent on the nature reserve\, and meeting with various members of the Royal Family. \nThe main theme is of course the Great Bustard itself\, the heaviest flying bird in the world and Wiltshire County Bird. \nIf you would like to book please email Julia Tibbs on ESUSalisbury-EventsSec@esu.org. \nTickets: £28 for lecture and lunch\, £12 for lecture only. \n 
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/salisbury-branch-the-bustard-story/
LOCATION:White Hart Hotel\, 1 St John's Street\, Salisbury\, England\, SP1 2SD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Salisbury Branch: Oman: a journey from medievalism to modernity with Angus Ramsay
DESCRIPTION:Join the Salisbury Branch of the ESU for a discussion on the country of Oman and its journey from medievalism to modernity with Angus Ramsay. The talk will begin at 11 am at the Mercure White Hart Hotel\, Salisbury. \nIn 1970 the world\, if it had heard of Oman at all\, expected the tiny\, wretchedly poor\, and backward Sultanate of Muscat & Oman to be taken over\, Crimea-style\, by communist revolutionaries. Post Vietnam\, communism seemed everywhere unstoppable\, and its acquisition of Oman would have given Moscow control over the vital Straits of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf.  Both the Middle East and the West would have lost abundant resources and had to develop in very different ways. \nFor ten years the Sultanate fought back\, and under a charismatic Sandhurst-trained young ruler\, it won a genuine victory and rapidly fashioned an enduring peace. Low-profile Oman is now one of the safest\, loveliest\, and friendliest of all Arab countries. Angus Ramsay\, who from 1973 – 1975 led an Omani rifle company in the war-torn province of Dhofar\, charts the astonishing development of this fascinating country. \nTo book please contact Julia Tibbs at ESUSalisbury-EventsSec@esu.org. \nTickets: £28 for lecture and lunch\, £12 for lecture only. \n 
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/salisbury-branch-oman-a-journey-from-medievalism-to-modernity-with-angus-ramsay/
LOCATION:White Hart Hotel\, 1 St John's Street\, Salisbury\, England\, SP1 2SD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Salisbury branch: The wonderful world of glass with Dr Francis Burroughes
DESCRIPTION:Join ESUs Salisbury and Wiltshire branch for an interactive experience that explores the history of glass-making. \nFrom his own collection\, Dr Burroughes brings historic and valuable items of glass for members to examine for themselves\, to illustrate the history of glass-making from 3\,000 B.C. to the present day. He is an acknowledged expert and is often asked to lend pieces and speak about them for various television antique programmes. \nTo book your place please contact the Luncheon Secretary – Julia Tibbs. Tel\, 01722 325552 or e-mail\, jejtibbs@gmail.com. \nGuests are welcome to arrive from 10.15 for coffee\, followed by the interactive workshop and talk and finishing with lunch.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/salisbury-branch-the-wonderful-world-of-glass-with-dr-francis-burroughes/
LOCATION:White Hart Hotel\, 1 St John's Street\, Salisbury\, England\, SP1 2SD\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T150000
DTSTAMP:20250320T105629
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SUMMARY:Salisbury Branch: Churchill's Abandoned Prisoners with Rupert Wieloch
DESCRIPTION:Join Salisbury branch for an interesting lecture with Rupert Wieloch \nThe Salisbury branch of the ESU invites you to a lecture with Rupert Wieloch to learn more about Churchill’s Abandoned Prisoners. \nOne hundred years ago a group of fifteen British soldiers serving with the British Mission to Siberia were captured by the Red Army on Russian Christmas Eve (6th January). They were held in a lice-infested room at Krasnoyarsk for three months\, whilst Prime Minister Lloyd George’s representative signed a prisoner exchange treaty with Lenin’s envoy in Copenhagen. One of the prisoners was a young Captain Brian Horrocks (played by Edward Fox in the film A Bridge Too Far)\, who succumbed to epidemic typhus\, but was saved by his best friend who nursed him through the illness. Another captive\, Francis McCullagh\, was the only western correspondent to interview the Tsar’s assassin. In March\, the prisoners were escorted to Irkutsk where a British train arrived to pick them up\, but the Bolshevik authorities only allowed the women and children to leave and sent the despondent soldiers 3\,500 miles to hateful prisons in Moscow. \nIn his talk at the English-Speaking Union\, Rupert Wieloch will describe how the soldiers maintained morale and coped with their fearsome ordeal and explain what the War Secretary\, Winston Churchill\, did to secure their protracted release and how their incarceration became a ’cause célèbre’ in the House of Commons. Rupert was educated at Winston Churchill’s alma mater and completed a Fellowship in International Relations at Pembroke College\, Cambridge during a 35 year career in the British Army. His extensive research includes a treasure-trove of unpublished document\, as well as archives from Philadelphia\, London\, St Petersburg and Oxford and the testimony from the families of some of the prisoners. \nTo book your place please contact the Luncheon Secretary – Julia Tibbs. Tel\, 01722 325552 or e-mail\, jetibbs@gmail.com. \nGuests are welcome to arrive from 10.15 for coffee\, followed by the lecture and then lunch.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/salisbury-branch-churchills-abandoned-prisoners-with-rupert-wieloch/
LOCATION:White Hart Hotel\, 1 St John's Street\, Salisbury\, England\, SP1 2SD\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231009T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231009T150000
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SUMMARY:Salisbury Branch: The Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms with James Stopford
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, 9 October\, Salisbury and Wiltshire branch of the ESU are joined by James Stopford to hear more about the history of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. \nThe Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was first formed in 1509 during the turbulent years of Henry VIII to act as a mounted escort to protect the sovereign. The Corps was present as part of the King’s entourage at the Field of Cloth in 1520. Over time they became a dismounted Body Guard armed with poleaxes\, which they still carry today on ceremonial occasions. The Corps last saw active service during the English Civil Wars at the Battle of Edgehill (1642). \nWe will hear more of its colourful history\, its role as The Nearest Guard and how it helped honour and say farewell to our Late Queen and stood to arms at our King’s Coronation. \nTo book your place please contact the Luncheon Secretary – Julia Tibbs. Tel\, 01722 325552 or e-mail\, jetibbs@gmail.com. \nGuests are welcome to arrive from 10.15am for coffee\, followed by the lecture and then lunch.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/salisbury-branch-the-honourable-corps-of-gentlemen-at-arms-with-james-stopford/
LOCATION:White Hart Hotel\, 1 St John's Street\, Salisbury\, England\, SP1 2SD\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230911T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230911T150000
DTSTAMP:20250320T105629
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SUMMARY:Salisbury Branch: Wolfe Frank ‘The Voice of Doom’ with Paul Hooley
DESCRIPTION:In 2021 Salisbury Civic Society asked Paul Hooley to unveil a Blue Plaque at the former home of Wolfe Frank in Mere\, Wiltshire. Salisbury and Wiltshire branch will be joined by Paul Hooley to discuss Wolfe Frank as part of their lecture series. \nInvolved in proceedings from the start of the Nuremberg war crimes trials\, Wolfe Frank interpreted the judge’s opening statements and announced the sentences to the Nazi war criminals. From manuscripts found 25 years following his death\, we will learn more about this unique man – engineer\, resistance worker\, ‘an enemy of Germany’\, a former Captain in the British Army\, playboy\, risk taker and a man of immense courage\, integrity\, ability and good manners. Strikingly handsome he married five times. Post Nuremberg he single-handedly tracked down the ‘most wanted’ Nazi criminals. \nTo book your place please contact the Luncheon Secretary – Julia Tibbs. Tel\, 01722 325552 or e-mail\, jetibbs@gmail.com. \nGuests are welcome to arrive from 10.15 for coffee\, followed by the lecture and then lunch.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/wolfe-frank-the-voice-doom-with-paul-hooley/
LOCATION:White Hart Hotel\, 1 St John's Street\, Salisbury\, England\, SP1 2SD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Education,ESU Social
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