Malmesbury went back in time when King Charles 1st visited the town last weekend (20th April) The weather cheered up to provide a warm and sunny afternoon for the visit and the “King” visited many places in the town, including the Abbey, Barn Owl Books, Tower House and the Kings Arms
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The Malmesbury Jackdaw were given a unique opportunity to photograph a rescue training exercise to recover a “casualty” from the Bell Tower in Malmesbury. There were teams from Wilts and Dorest Fire Brigade as well as specialised rope units from Stratton. The Jackdaw thank Mike Lewis from the Bell Ringers and Jamie Johnstone from Malmesbury
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Storm Henk made a very wet start to the New Year; again, parts of Malmesbury bore the brunt and suffered flooding. Storm Henk came on top of a very wet few weeks and the combination of the Storm and previous wet weather made paths and bridleways very muddy and sometimes impassable. Some problems are clearly
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Aided by two Chelsea Pensioners and children from Malmesbury Primary School, Malmesbury’s Mayor Councillor Gavin Grant, unveiled a Defibrillator at Sweetnam and Bradley this morning
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Some photos from a wet Malmesbury Remembrance Day Parade – this year we were joined by soldiers from the 9th Logistics Regiment at Buckley Barracks
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Our next edition will be distributed during w/c 24th April – we hope you enjoy it – we have a very special new edition to the magazine, which we hope will be a regular contribution. We have had a number of new followers on the Jackdaw Facebook page – we welcome them all and hope
We have updated the Malmesbury Jackdaw’s photo archive – have a look, to remember some of the great events that happened in Malmesbury during 2022 – we will be updating the Jackdaws website early in the New Year with some of the planned activities for 2023 – keep watching our website for the latest news.
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Outline planning permission has been granted off Park Road and at the old allotments, despite the application being rejected by the Town Council, Wiltshire Council Strategic Planning Committee and against the wishes of local residents. The developers went to appeal and the planning inspector granted outline planning permission. Yet again the wishes of local residents,
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It’s good to see new businesses coming into the town and The Malmesbury jackdaw is keen to help promote them. For £104/year a quarter-page advert provided great value – this cost covers the advert in 4 editions of The Malmesbury jackdaw. For new advertisers that take out an advert, we will publish an advertorial promoting
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Our next Edition will be distributed during the week commencing 30th January – we hope you enjoy it. Leave a comment on our website to let us know whether you enjoyed it and what else you would like to see in it
We were taken by surprise by the snowfall overnight on Saturday/Sunday morning. Here are a few photographs taken early on Sunday morning whilst it was still snowing. I have included some black-and-white images that enhance the effect of the snow.
Some photographs of the brilliant shop window displays in preparation for Christmas and Late-Night shopping on the 2nd of December. I will continue to publish more pictures as other windows displays are finished and they will all be on the Malmesbury Jackdaws website – Photo Gallery
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