Pamela Smith – January 2020
Pamela’s interest in Russia started at a young age when her father worked in London near to the Russian Shop and bought home books and artefacts as presents. She went […]
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Christmas Lunch with Lt Col Neil Stace
Our Christmas “bring and share” lunch is always an enjoyable event and this year joint chair Clare Russell and Ann Smith started by presenting Kay Francis with some flowers as
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Liz Brooke Ward – November 2019
Liz Brooke Ward was the speaker for our November meeting. I first saw Liz’s work many years ago at Art In Action so I was interested to meet the artist
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Nikki Vesey Williams – October 2019
Nikki is a talented artist in so many disciplines and the Guild is fortunate to have her as a member. We could not be anything but inspired by the breadth
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Jennifer Hughes – September 2019
After what seems a very long break Jennifer Hughes got our programme under way again with a very interesting talk entitled “Hats and bound feet”. Jennifer brought with her a
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Victoria Riley – July 2019
Victoria’s father worked in the oil industry and she was brought up in Houston and Jakata where she discovered her love of batik. She followed a course to learn the
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Alison Hulme – June 2019
Alison Hulme discovered stitch after a challenging event in her life. She first tried cross stitch and then silk ribbon embroidery and stump work. Alison joined the Salisbury Embroiderers Guild
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Val Toombes – May 2019
Our speaker this month was Val Toombes. She enjoyed drawing and needlework classes as a teenager and made her own clothes at the age of 12. In the early days
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Ploughman’s lunch and Vernice Church – Textiles, the Taj Mahal & tuk tuks
This month the branch enjoyed our annual Ploughman’s lunch, a lovely choice of cheeses and ham together with bowls of fresh fruit salad. After lunch, member Vernice Church, continued
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Karen Nicol – March 2019
Very few of our speakers have had such a prestigious CV as Karen Nicol. Karen’s mother was a keen flower arranger and she was brought up with flowers everywhere. Flowers,