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Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Salisbury care home to host 1940s-themed street party to mark VE Day
A Salibury care home is set to host a 1940s-themed street party to celebrate 80 years since the end of the Second World War. Salisbury Manor, on Shapland Close, will open its doors to the community on Thursday, May 8, from 2.30pm to 4pm, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. VE Day, which was celebrated on May 8, 1945, marked the end of the war in Europe after Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced the news on the radio. This sparked spontaneous street parties and celebrations across the country. The team at Salisbury Manor has been busy organising a special commemorative event, which will see residents and guests enjoy an afternoon of food and entertainment from local singer Charlie Greenwood, who will perform wartime songs. READ MORE: VE day commemorations at Boscombe Down Aviation Collection The mayor of Salisbury and children from Chafyn Grove will join residents, their family members, and other community members to embrace the spirit of the 1940s. The home will be decorated with bunting, flags, sandbags, and nostalgic wartime pictures, while the Royal British Legion will also be present to share information. Resident Tony Child said: "As Winston Churchill said on his VE Day speech, 'This is your Victory', Lest we forget." Skye Williams, general manager at Salisbury Manor, said: "We love building and maintaining intergenerational relationships here at Salisbury Manor, so we're pleased to be opening our doors to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day for a special day of sharing memories with children from Chafyn Grove and the wider community. "Intergenerational relationships can be incredibly beneficial to both younger and older people alike and can help provide residents with a stronger sense of wellbeing and purpose. "It will be inspiring to see the residents sharing their experiences and memories from wartime Britain – and hopefully a fascinating history lesson for the children, too. READ MORE: VE Day 80 beacon lighting ceremony to take place in Ringwood "We're looking forward to marking such a significant milestone on what we anticipate will be a nostalgic and enriching day at our VE Day street party." Salisbury Manor has officially received 'Veteran Friendly' status for meeting eight standards laid out in the Veteran Friendly Framework (VFF), a collaboration between Armed Forces charities Royal Star & Garter and Royal British Legion and NHS Veterans' Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA), with funding support from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. The VFF framework involves noting Armed Forces status within residents' care plans, addressing social isolation, and signposting residents and their relatives to relevant support services, such as their local Royal British Legion branch and other charities that provide support for veterans and their partners. Designed to enable residents to live active and fulfilled lives, while also promoting independence, Salisbury Manor incorporates plenty of space for leisure activities and hobbies. The home provides full-time residential, nursing and dementia care, as well as short-term respite care. To find out more about Salisbury Manor visit the Care UK website.
BBC News
24-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Protecting Old Sarum Airfield is about 'protecting our heritage'
Protecting the hangars on an historic airfield after one was gutted by a huge fire is a matter of safeguarding "our national heritage," according to the proprietor of a collection of vintage blaze destroyed the Grade II*-listed hangar three and the neighbouring cafe at Old Sarum Airfield in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on the evening of 17 Sharpe, of the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, said his first response to the news was "absolute panic" followed by sadness at the loss of people's collection is housed in a neighbouring hangar, but he warned all of the buildings are of the same World War One-era design and could be vulnerable to fire. Speaking to BBC West, Mr Sharpe said: "My immediate reaction was absolute panic."(Colleagues) calmed my down by saying its hanger three, so I suppose my reaction was considerable relief, but then also a certain amount of sadness - people's livelihoods were going up in smoke."He continued: "They are old buildings, we all know the problems with them, but also the number left in the UK now are reduced by another pair and that's really sad.""It's really concerning because the building that we occupy is exactly the same as the one that went up in flames." Mr Sharpe said he and colleagues are now debating whether or not the fire safety systems are sufficient to protect the collection."(We have) a lot of aircraft that are one-offs and if they go they can't be replaced, it's as simple as that."We have to do what ever we can to protect what is effectively our national heritage." Gordon Blamire, founder of Go Skydive, which has the site adjacent to Hangar three and the cafe, was driving back from Heathrow Airport when he heard the news of the said his initial feeling was one of "helplessness"."I got here just as the last of the fire was burning," he said."We just went straight into 'how do we resolve things' - no one was hurt and that's a great starting place." Some of Mr Blamire's staff were still on-site when the fire broke out and were able to rescue some of the Blamire said the business was fortunate because "we are in a place where we've got aircraft and we've got parachutes and we are in a position to carry on operating"."Resilience is a key part of this business, we are going to rebuild and will be open again by Friday," he fire broke out just a week after developers - Old Sarum Airfield Ltd - were given the go-ahead for up to 315 homes to be built there following a battle for permission. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has said its investigations "are likely to carry on well into next week".
