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Singer Rosemary Squires has been awarded the British Music Hall Society’s 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award. She had been booked to perform as the star cabaret at the society’s annual ball, which was held in the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, and was overwhelmed when the honour was sprung on her. The ball was compered by veteran […]
The Duchess of Cornwall visited flooded out residents in the town bridge area of Malmesbury on 7 December 2012. The river burst its banks on 25 November.
Lady Lansdowne gave The Duchess of Cornwall a tour of the Bowood House Christmas Extravaganza at Bowood House on 7 December 2012. Her son Tom Parker-Bowles was also at the event for a book signing. Related: Duchess of Cornwall in Malmesbury in 2012
The Duchess of Cornwall visited two Wiltshire destinations on 7th December. As Patron of The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust, she attended the Bowood House Christmas Extravaganza which was helping to raise funds for the charity. She was met by Lord and Lady Lansdowne on arrival, then met the Director of the Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust […]
For the first time, Salisbury is holding a Christmas market with 55 festive wooden huts selling everything from crafts to mulled wine. Set in front of the Guildhall, the huts are bringing in thousands of people from far and wide. The market is open daily from 10am to 6pm with late night shopping until 7pm […]
There’s plenty to get you in the festive mood in Wiltshire this year including: Friday 16th Nov – Sunday 9th Dec (Friday to Sunday only) then daily from Friday 14th Dec – Monday 7th Jan (excl. Christmas Day) at Longleat – Ice rink, Santa Train, reindeer, Owls by Moonlight and an eleven-metre-tall Christmas tree with more than […]
The BBC One Show programme’s Rickshaw Challenge team made their way through Wiltshire, raising funds for Children in Need. Pedalled by six volunteer young people with connections to the charity, the bike was on the long journey from Llandudno in North Wales to London where it finally arrived on Friday 16th November – official Children […]
It may be best known for its African animals, but it’s a rare native species that’s now causing excitement at Longleat Safari & Adventure Park. This week, staff reported sightings of a wild otter close to a stream in the centre of the Longleat estate. Jon Cracknell, Director of Animal Operations said: “We’d started getting […]
