D S White Archive

 A set of D. S. White's photographs are now available HERE

Herbert Ponting events

 Cancelled

Film show at St John's Place, Lower Bemerton

The Civic Society and the Bemerton Film Society will be showing The Great White Silence, filmed by Ponting, on March 18th. He recorded almost every aspect of the 1910 expedition – the scientific work, life in camp, the local wildlife, the preparations for the assault on the Pole – and edited his footage into this remarkable feature, complete with vivid tinting and toning. The alien beauty of the landscape is brought dramatically to life and the challenges facing the expedition revealed in brilliant detail.

For this event there is one admission charge of £6 for all - payment at the door. Non-alcoholic beverages will be available at 50p, or a glass of wine for £2.

The doors will open at 6.00pm, with the film starting at 6.30, and ending at about 8.25. Some parking is available opposite the church, in the small car park and on the road. The address is Lower Road, Bemerton, Salisbury SP2 9NT.

Plaque unveiling

The plaque to Herbert Ponting will be unveiled at 4pm on Saturday March 21st, at the location of his birthplace, 21 Oatmeal Row in Salisbury Market Place. The unveiling will be carried out by Wendy Searle, who recently completed a solo expedition to ski unaided, dragging a sledge carrying her supplies and tent, over 700 miles from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole. It will be followed by tea. All are welcome at the unveiling but there are limited places for tea, which will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If you would like to attend, please contact Janet Patch, 01722 330096, patch.janet@gmail.com.

The Origins of Photography in Salisbury - - A talk by Anthony Hamber

As part of the supporting events and before the exhibition closes on 4 May, the curator and photographic historian Anthony Hamber, will be giving a talk here at the museum on Thursday 2 May at 6.30pm.

Click HERE for more info
https://salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/lectures/origins-photography-salisbury-1839-1919-talk-anthony-hamber

Obituary for Ivor Smith

Ivor was a member of Salisbury and Ringwood Camera clubs for many years. In Salisbury he wins his first Trophy in 1983 and his last in 2008/9. You can see all this information and every other Trophy winner in Salisbury CC from 1954 HERE
Below we reproduce 11 of his photographs by kind permission of his daughter Linda. Please click on an image to see a larger version.

Nave Bristol Cathedral

Boilerman

Salisbury Cathedral

Altar Salisbury Cathedral

Girl in Straw Hat

Girl in Straw Hat - back of print mount

Winning Hand

Winning Hand - back

Red Head

Girl in Vintage Car, Lockerley

St Thomas's Church Pulpit

Male Portrait

Female Portrait

Ivor used to run a repair garage in the village of Broad Chalke. He had a collection of prints he made of the village. I believe he found the glass negatives in the village. He gave copies to the church.

Our Millennium Project now safe

Today I donated the Project that the Camera Club made in 1999 for the new Millennium to Salisbury Museum.
Jeremy and Sheila helped me load the 130 panels into my car and later we had fun unloading them into the Museum with the help of Adrian Green the Museum Director.
He said he was very pleased to accept them and has various plans in mind to use them such as covering from floor to ceiling a corridor in the Museum. I will let you know when and if this happens.
Meanwhile below are copies of the paperwork. This has a unique number that will allow us to see the items if we should wish to do so. Click on the images to enlarge them.
Perhaps now is the time to do a repeat for 2020 twenty years on to see the changes in Salisbury.

Stonehenge 100

As part of English Heritage celebrations to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Stonehenge being gifted to the nation and cared for on behalf of us all, we are hosting a ‘show and tell’ afternoon at Bemerton Heath Centre supported by the Celebrating Age project.

Bring your photos, memories and stories of Stonehenge to share with others and join in the afternoon’s heritage activities.

This free event takes place at Bemerton Heath Neighbourhood Centre, Pinewood Way, SP2 9HU on Monday 29th October, 1.30 – 3.00pm.

For more information, speak to Dawn at the Bemerton Heath Centre on 01722 417100.

Celebrating Age is a three year programme with the aim of helping older people, especially those facing loneliness and isolation access art and cultural activities within their own communities.  See here for more information about the programme.

Incredible Images at the Museum 7th June

Salisbury Health Care History

An interesting web site has just been uploaded concerning the history of Salisbury Hospital extending back into the 16th century.
If nothing else it makes fascinating reading. Florence Nightingale features quite a bit.
Even the Camera Club's current venue is here. Click on THIS to see.
You can visit the Hospital museum on the 5th floor if you wish too.

Volunteers sought to locate, investigate and record

Dear All, 

I am writing to let you know about our public art project. This project aims to locate, record and photograph public art, namely artwork made by an artist, arts practitioner or craftsperson and located in publicly accessible spaces and places in Wiltshire. Data collected as part of the project will be made available in the Local Studies Library at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre with images deposited in the Historic Photograph and Print Collection. The images will then be pinned to the Know Your Place site http://www.kypwest.org.uk to map their location geographically. More details can be found at this link: https://creativewiltshire.com/get-involved/ and on the attached flyer.

Creative Wiltshire are running a series of workshops across the county for those interested in getting involved in the project; to help prepare, organise and collate material. Volunteers are encouraged to register their interest to help support public art in the places that matter to them.

I’ve attached details of the first workshop to be held in Calne Library on Tuesday 11 July 2017 at 6pm to 7pm. This is followed by a workshop at Marlborough Library on Thursday 20 July 2017, 6-7pm. Other dates are in the process of being arranged in other locations across the county. Please email localstudies@wiltshire.gov.uk to find out more details on these events.

We’d very much appreciate it if you could forward this to your networks, club members or to anyone you think might be interested in helping us with this project. Please also feel free to include this information in any newsletters or distributions/circulations you might have.

Many thanks

Best Wishes

Meril Morgan

Arts Lead

Wiltshire Council Arts Service

Department of Communications and Communities

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Cocklebury Road

Chippenham

Wiltshire

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Tel: 01249 705531

Mobile: 07793 802665

Email: arts@wiltshire.gov.uk

Web: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/arts-galleries 

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Salisbury History project - HELP needed

We need your help to shape our new history website – please can you take 5 minutes to complete our survey

Click link
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3YK93FN

Background : Salisbury District Hospital’s ArtCare team has been awarded a £40,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to record and improve access to its collection of historical archives, memorabilia and medical equipment, through exhibitions, workshops, talks and permanent displays. The collection includes photographs, video, artwork and medical objects that give a distinctive view of Salisbury and the way healthcare has developed from 1700 to the present day.

The second phase of this project is to create a website to share these collection items with the public. ArtCare need your help, to shape the way the website looks and let us know what aspects of these interesting and unique stories you would like to be told.
This survey will be open until 31st March 2017.

Much appreciated,

Lesley Meaker 
ArtCare
www.artcare.salisbury.nhs.uk
01722 336262 ext 5618

More about our history project and archives
http://www.artcare.salisbury.nhs.uk/healthcarehistory.htm

Wilfred Chaplin Photograph 1945

An old member Wilfred was a clever and good photographer. He it was who made the Bull Trophy for the most humorous photograph sadly now abandoned because it so hard to get a good funny photograph. W A Chaplin was a dab hand at this genre as you can see in the archives on our site.
The Chaplin bowl is named after him too. It is now awarded for the Highest Aggregate Score in the Gold PDI in the current club year. See HERE and  HERE for more. This has changed the way it has been awarded over the years so for instance in from 2008 until 2014 it was awarded to Silver members for the best Prints scores accumulated over the season.

W A Chaplin

Salisbury Market 1945
CLICK on image to see it full size.

WSCH Photography archive

In this archive there are some fascinating entries that may like to read.
So click HERE to go to the web site.

Dear Mr. Temlett,

I've attached a press release about an exciting new book Two Rivers Press has just published: Fox Talbot & the Reading Establishment. I think this book might be of interest to those members of the Salisbury Camera Club who are interested in the history of photography.

In 1843, the photography pioneer, William Henry Fox Talbot and his associate, Nicolaas Henneman, set up the first commercial studio to mass-produce photographs from negatives and they chose the Berkshire town of Reading as its location. The Reading Establishment, as it became known, marks a pivotal moment in the development of photography. Martin Andrews tells the story of these momentous events and places them in the context of the discovery and early history of photography.

Please feel free to forward this information to your members or anyone one else in the organisation who might find it of interest. If the Salisbury Camera Club wishes to announce the publication of Martin Andrews' book, 'Fox Talbot & the Reading Establishment' in your newsletter or on a website or Facebook page, please feel free to do so. We would be happy to provide a cover illustration and a URL to link to.

NB: the book is normally priced at £10.00 but as 2014 is Two Rivers Press' 20th anniversary, there is a 20% discount off all orders placed via our website, on the 20th of each month throughout the year. This means that 'Fox Talbot & the Reading Establishment' is only £8.00 if ordered on the 20th of August, September, October, November and December!

This book is also available in bookstores (though it might have to be ordered!)

There is more information and about Martin Andrews and the book on our website, from which one can also order copies of the book:

http://tworiverspress.com/wp/fox-talbot-the-reading-establishment/

We can also provide terms and conditions for review copies, discounts on purchases of 10 or more copies, or reselling of the books. If you require further assistance, please contact me or Sally Mortimore on 07834 827611 for enquiries about discounts, (Mon – Fri 10am-3pm): Email: sallym@tworiverspress.com or to place orders please contact Barbara on 0118 987 1452 or emailorders@tworiverspress.com.

The workshops are held in Dorchester, Dorset.
Kind regards,

Karen

Bowyer Bridge Photograph

Sally found a print of this bridge in a junk shop and has kindly allowed us to put it on the web site.
To see it click HERE
A marvelous find. See also Sarah Shelly's amazing find HERE

Sid Finch and the Sanger Trophy

We have received a lovely email with details of Sid Finch from his daughter.
What has this to do with the Club?
Answer: a member H M Wood took a Portrait photograph of Sid and entered it into the 1961 Sanger Trophy. So this information has been placed in the Archives section of our web site. If you click HERE you can see for yourself this fascinating story.

50 Years Ago

A recent Salisbury Journal contained and entry related to the Club under the
From our files column showing what was published 50 years ago.
See it HERE

More Club History

There are two new galleries showing some interesting snippets of events in the Club in the past.

1. At one time we had an exhibition in the Library in Amesbury. The date is unknown - unless you know better? Find this HERE
2. The next item is some pictures that were in a postal competition over 100 years ago. The interesting part is the critiques that came with the images. The remarks are amazingly similar to those we hear today. Read these HERE
3. Note in the above gallery is a single photo taken in 1946 of an exhibition. Where was this held? Does anyone recognise the room? Let me if you do please.
   

Salisbury International Exhibition

Someone handed Tony Oliver LRPS, CPAGB a copy of the catalogue for our exhibition that was held in 1954.
This may be of interest to those who like a of history of the Club.
You can find this and much more HERE

Photographs of Yesteryear

I came across a wonderful set of pictures from 1935 to 1948.  All monochrome of course but great quality.

Click HERE to see what I mean.

The Millennium Project by Salisbury Camera Club

The plans we made when we did the Millennium project have now been uploaded.

See HERE