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Ruth Butler
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Day job in heritage education & public engagement with #archives + volunteer roles focusing on #history #heritage & #culture inc #SarumChronicle & City Livery. Views my own.
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Rain clouds cleared & @salisburycathedral.bsky.social bathed in late afternoon #autumn sunshine.

#stormhour #autumncolours
Salisbury Cathedral bathed in late afternoon sunshine, with autumnal trees and grass in foreground & row of trees with orange brown leaves in mid ground. View of Salisbury Cathedral's west end bathed in late afternoon sunshine. Shadows cast across the grassy foreground. Background of blue sky with fluffy white grey clouds.
October 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Wiltshire #bigsky at its best on my drive home with #moonrise over Roundway Down & #sunset over Bromham. Beautiful.

#Wiltshire #fullmoon
October 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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A much needed day off. A spot of #mindful wandering around my happy space - the Cathedral Close @salisburycathedral.bsky.social Popped into @salisburymuseum.bsky.social for another look at the #ElizabethFrink exhibition. Still time to catch the last few days.
#wellbeing #salisbury
View of Salisbury Cathedral from the north including north porch, north transept with spire towering above. Deep blue sky. In the foreground green grass, lamppost & solitary jackdaw. Foreground of white building eaves with chimneys on rooftops. Silver Street, Salisbury. St Thomas's Church tower in the background showing south and east sides of the tower, including the clock at 1pm. Wind vane atop the tower with a St George's flag flying from flagstaff. Elizabeth Frink bronze sculpture of a head and shoulders. Background deliberately blurred. Sculpture part of the Frink exhibition at The Salisbury Museum.
September 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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A lovely looking sky earlier this evening (Tuesday), but wispy #cirrus #clouds a sure sign rain is on its way. How much rain is another matter.

#stormhour #cloudscape #summer #weather
Evening sky showing blue sky and high, wispy cirrus clouds.
August 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Great 'in conversation' event with @alanlester.bsky.social & @sathnam.bsky.social @salisburycathedral.bsky.social Every day a learning day & so relevant to my day job with #archives & as a #volunteer guide at the Cathedral.
August 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Go England. What a result. Amazing team effort. And congrats to Michelle Agyemang on being named Young Player of the tournament.
#lionesses #kcl #reggie #kingscollegelondon
July 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Also popped by to say hello to the Salisbury Giant & Hobnob @salisburymuseum.bsky.social He was a mascot for the #medieval Tailors' Guild in #Salisbury. Pageant giants / figures were once a common sight in parades involving livery companies & trade guilds in cities across the country.
#citylivery
Pageant figure the Salisbury Giant with his hobby horse companion Hobnob. The giant is clothed in a long red cloak with a sash.
July 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Running a few errands in town but had time to pop into @salisburymuseum.bsky.social to see the Frink #exhibition (for the third time). Lovely to just sit, look & contemplate.
#elizabethfrink @wessexmuseums.bsky.social
Foreground shows a sculpted head called Tribute III. In the background is a large photo of sculptor Elizabeth Frink working on one of her large scale figures. Background shows image of Elizabeth Frink with three prints. Front right is Tribute III - a large sculpted head. Background right, a smaller sculpted head. View of Elizabeth Frink exhibition gallery including prints on the walls plus six sculptures on plinths. A horse & dog on the right; a group of figures and a large head on the left; another head plus a cockerel centre back.. Photo of Salisbury Cathedral from Salisbury Museum. Gravel footpath in the foreground with border of flowers. Behind are umbrellas & tables. Cathedral in the background.
July 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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An afternoon indoors in the cool @salisburycathedral.bsky.social

#volunteering #volunteers #heatwave #summersun
July 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Where #Roman, #Medieval & modern London meet. St Alphage Garden by London Wall is one of my favourite City spots.

#cityoflondon #citylivery #history #heritage
June 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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No need for the gym when you've moved 42 boxes of books weighing in at 530kg! Something special about opening those first boxes to see fab looking *Churches of Salisbury & District*. See website for pre-launch offer & order form.👇
sarumchronicle.wordpress.com/churches/

#sarumchronicle #churches
A pile of brown labelled boxes on a wooden pallet with two boxes open to show books titled Churches of Salisbury & District. The book cover shows Salisbury Cathedral & 3 other churches. 3 brown boxes on a sack trolley with a pile of boxes behind, stacked on a wooden pallet & covered in plastic. Piles of boxes and books in a storage unit.
June 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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They've arrived.🎉 Tad later than expected... but they're here. All 750 copies of *Churches of Salisbury & District*. See website for offer price & order form which downloads automatically.
sarumchronicle.wordpress.com/churches/

#salisbury #churches #history #architecture #sarumchronicle
May 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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From the Walking Madonna @salisburycathedral.bsky.social head to @salisburymuseum.bsky.social for the Elisabeth Frink #exhibition.
#mustsee #summerexhibition #elisabethfrink #sculpture
May 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Fierce blaze at Highpost Farm late this afternoon sending up a thick pall of black smoke. Hope everyone's ok.
#fire #Salisbury @salisburyjournal.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Beautiful #gardencolour as the sun peaked out from behind the early morning cloud today - a peachy coloured #rose, red #peonies & yellow #poppies.

#gardenflowers
May 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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#OTD 1945 it looks like dad was denied #VEDay leave! In Egypt with #REME (Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers) - either he'd upset someone or as a senior NCO was made responsible for ensuring junior ranks behaved themselves... (He would have hated that!)
Page from an Army Pay Book showing requests for personal leave plus leave for VE & VJ Day. Personal leave approved. VE & VJ Day leave denied
May 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The yellow #peonies seemed rather short-lived this year. Seed heads are all the remain. My red #peony is now showing itself (alongside the Welsh poppies) with a couple of other buds yet to open. #gardencolour #yellowpeonies #redpeonies
May 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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A glorious May day with cathedral & trees looking splendid in the spring sunshine.
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#treeoftheday #treesoftheday #salisbury
May 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Trees of the day - Cedar trees in the Cloister Garth @salisburycathedral.bsky.social Planted to celebrate the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.
#treeoftheday
April 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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My lunchtime view @salisburycathedral.bsky.social
#contemplation #peace #tranquility #birdsong
April 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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What, a wire hair #dachsie...?! Had to pause & rewind @channel4news.bsky.social report from Rome just to be sure. This lovely #dachsund apparently part of the city's civil protection team. Go #dachshunds.
April 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Not sure the #peonies count for #wildflowerhour but they have been in this garden for 50yrs. Cranesbill geraniums are taking over. Welsh poppies about to burst forth. Plus daisies & dandelions. I like a wild garden! (That's my excuse & I'm sticking to it.😆)
April 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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#OldSarum earlier this evening.

#WW1 #lostheritage #history #aviationhistory
April 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Massive fire at #OldSarum has gutted a #WW1 hangar & looked to be spreading to airfield cafe. Firefighters had to go to Lysander Rd & The Portway to connect to hydrants. Go Skydive staff managed to rescue some of their kit. BDAC #museum appears ok.🤞
#listedbuilding #lostheritage #history
April 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Listed #WW1 hangars at #OldSarum being destroyed by massive #fire
#heritage gone.

@salisburyjournal.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM