spire 2013 - Friends of Salisbury Cathedral

SPIRE
2013
The Eighty-Third Annual Report of the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral
The Friends of the Cathedral are most grateful to those listed below who by
their generous contributions have assisted in the production of this report
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CONTENTS
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Officers and Members of the
Executive Council
29 Extract from the Dean’s sermon at
Roy Spring’s memorial service
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The Bishop of Salisbury
32 Friends’ Day Programme and AGM
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The Dean
33 Report of the Executive Council
and Accounts
10 The Cathedral Architect’s Report
36 Minutes of the Annual General
Meeting 2012
13 Cathedral Music 2012-2013
16 ‘Simply the most welcoming place...’
19 A warm welcome from the Guild of
Stewards
39 Grants made to Cathedral:
2012-2013
40 New Members
22 Chaplains under the Spire
41 Obituary 2012 – 2013
25 Salisbury Cathedral Guides
42 Objects of the Friends
The Editors record their grateful thanks to all our contributors, regular and occasional;
and for the photographs and illustrations to Ash Mills (www.ashmills.com),
Michael Drury (page 10-12), Sarah Flanagan (Salisbury Cathedral Communications
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BEQUESTS
A charitable bequest in favour of the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral contributes
a lasting and important addition to the funding the Friends can make available
to support the cathedral, and is a wonderful way for your generosity to last
beyond your lifetime. Any amount in support of our work is welcomed.
We are extremely grateful to all those who remembered the Friends in their wills
or for whom we received donations in memoriam in this financial year:
Audrey Kelly, Barbara Ashton-Taylor, Diana Foxwell-Cook, Joseph & Rita Wright.
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OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013
PATRONS
The Rt Revd The Lord Bishop of Salisbury
The Lord Lieutenant of Dorset
The Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
PRESIDENT
The Very Revd The Dean of Salisbury
VICE-PRESIDENTS
The Very Revd Hugh Dickinson, Dean Emeritus of Salisbury
The Very Revd Derek Watson, Dean Emeritus of Salisbury
The Chairman, Salisbury City Council
The Mayor of Salisbury
Chairman
Lt Col Hugh D. H. Keatinge OBE
Honorary Treasurer
Mr Ian R. McNeil
Membership Secretary
Mr John Kennerley (co-opted 2008)
Elected Members
The Revd Canon Christopher Bryant
The Revd John Tarrant
Mr David Felgate
Mr Paul Williams
Mr Dudley Heather (from 15 September 2012)
Mr Peter Chase (from 15 September 2012)
Mrs Gemma Russell (until 15 September 2012)
Mr Keith Millman (until 15 September 2012)
Archdeaconry Representatives
Sherborne: Mrs Ursula Pomeroy (Mrs Ruth Binney until 15 September 2012)
Dorset: The Very Revd John Seaford
Sarum: Lt Col Hugh D. H. Keatinge OBE
Wilts: vacant
Chapter’s Representative
The Revd Canon Sarah Mullally
Secretary
Mrs Kate Beckett
Editors of Spire
Mr Anthony and Mrs Kate Weale
The Association is registered with the Charity Commission No 243439
Registered office: 52 The Close, Salisbury SP1 2EL
Telephone: 01722 335161/555190
e-mail: friends@salcath.co.uk www.salisburycathedralfriends.co.uk
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THE BISHOP OF SALISBURY
In March we had a visit from the new Archbishop, Justin. It
was a few days before the service in Canterbury
inaugurating his ministry. He was on a Prayer Pilgrimage
and travelling between events in Truro and Chichester, so
Salisbury was a convenient stop for a private visit:
Archbishop Justin needed a bed for the night. It was
particularly good because we also had the Archbishop of
the Sudan, Daniel, and Mama Deborah staying.
Archbishops felt like London buses: you don’t see one for
ages and then two come along at the same time. We
wanted to pray together and in the early morning the
cathedral is the place to do this. At breakfast there was a conversation about the
new Archbishop’s priorities. Prayer and the renewal of the Religious life was at
the top.
'Lord, teach us to pray,' the disciples asked. What Jesus gave them was the Lord’s
Prayer addressing God as Father, longing for the kingdom of God to come on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us bread for today and forgive us our sins as we
forgive those who sin against us. The words are so familiar that we are in danger
of missing their demand. Jesus also gave some very direct advice to keep prayer
simple, with few words spoken in private. He said that taking the best seats is a
risk, as bishops and archbishops know. So there is a paradox. We value religious
hierarchies and are pleased by an archbishop’s visit with its priority of prayer;
and we know there is a danger in giving people the best seat in the cathedral.
So there is widely felt delight in the new Pope Francis’s emphasis on simplicity.
The cathedral building contains the same ambiguities. What else is a cathedral
for but to point beyond itself to God and to encourage us individually and as a
community to pray? We want to offer the best to God, so the cathedral is a
concentrated and gloriously big statement of what we humans can do. The
building is a soaring achievement. It lifts our sights and inspires us not because
of the beauty of our own or our predecessors' efforts but because it intimates
the glory of God. This is not all on a big scale. Some of the loveliest moments in
the cathedral are in the details of very human intimacy, space and silence.
Jesus’s summary of the Law was to love God, and love your neighbour as
yourself. That is not controversial until a lawyer asks for clarification about who is
my neighbour? The answer is the story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37).
A man was beaten and robbed and left half dead by the roadside. A priest and
Levite passed by on the other side because they were going to Jerusalem to do
their Temple duty, which must have been a higher calling. He was cared for by a
Samaritan who was moved with pity. Jesus asked who was a neighbour to the
man who fell among robbers? 'The one who showed him mercy,' said the
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lawyer, unable to name him because Samaritans were so despised. Again,
familiarity risks the impact of the story on us. The love of neighbour and love of
God cannot be separated and our having mercy on others is the test. The
cathedral is a wonderful holy building and a community made up of staff,
members of the congregations and volunteers, and of visitors some of whom are
changed forever because of their visit. Here we learn to love God and love our
neighbour so that we become a community open to God and to others. A
survey recently showed that most people pray. A cathedral that helps explore
the ways our prayers of praise and adoration, and intercession and thanksgiving
for others leading to action, is an immense resource.
+ Nicholas Sarum
Bishop of Salisbury, Archbishop of Canterbury, Dean of Salisbury, Archbishop of Sudan
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THE DEAN
'Cathedrals are not just tourist destinations but places that can convey a sense of
the spiritual and sacred even to those who are on the margins of Christian faith,
or who stand some way beyond.'
As all of our Friends know the most ambitious challenge of this year is the Little
Paradise project, constructing a variety of new facilities in the ‘armpit’ area
between the cathedral and the newly repaired Chapter House. This is not a new
idea. It is my hope that Dean Emeritus Hugh Dickinson will be with us for the
grand opening of this development at the end of the year, because it was under
his leadership that the Chapter first drew up a planning application for this
scheme only to have it thwarted by some hostile forces twenty years ago. It
remains the right solution to three important priorities and I am hugely grateful
both to the planning authorities who have supported our desire to build in this
place, and most especially to all the individual Friends who have contributed to
making it financially viable. Whilst we still have a significant proportion of the
costs to raise, the determination of the Friends Executive Committee to support
Chapter’s vision played a key role in our getting started.
The priorities of the Little Paradise project all relate to our desire to make a
difference for God and to create an environment which makes spiritual impact,
not only in the lives of regular churchgoers but also for those who would
describe themselves as having ‘no religion’. The largest part of Little Paradise will
be new storage space which is desperately needed if we are to keep the space of
the cathedral and cloisters free of clutter. Even essentials like surplus chairs, and
liturgical furniture such as candle stands, become unsightly clutter if there is
nowhere for them to be stored close at hand. So the new storage facilities
should enable us to protect the beauty of the interior of the cathedral.
For the same reason we are currently also trying to finish the conservation of the
cloisters which means having to live with scaffolding along the busy north side.
Again the result will be that we offer the beauty of the spaces of the cathedral
unspoilt and so draw people into the depth and mystery of their life and their
desire to pray. Surplus furniture and scaffolding may be essential but it does not
add to a sense of the sacred!
Cathedrals, as well as being places of unspoilt beauty, should also offer
encounter and hospitality. Without that our visitors are unlikely to sense the
unconditional welcome of God, so it is right that our life should aim to offer the
best comfort. Toilets may seem a mundane issue but they really matter. We have
lived with substandard lavatory facilities for such a long time. Plentiful and high
quality provision intended as part of Little Paradise will not only increase the
comfort of our visitors but will enhance our reputation for taking good care of
them.
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And the third provision offered by Little Paradise will be facilities which help us
better connect. There will be space for our flower arrangers to work properly
and provision so that our catering volunteers will not have to work out of sheds
any longer. Such activities are about making connections, making it easier for
our volunteers and staff to offer people of all ages and backgrounds an
experience of the cathedral whereby they feel connected with God and his
community. We value enormously the affection and esteem in which the
cathedral is held, but we also have to be creative in our response to changing
assumptions and expectations about faith. If we are to connect with people in
order to make a difference for God then we have to continue to be innovative
and inventive, reaching out to where people find themselves in relation to faith.
I began with a quote from a piece of research on the present and future of
English cathedrals called Spiritual Capital.* I suspect most of us know by instinct
that the religious experience and make-up of our country has changed in our
lifetime, with a quarter of all the people who filled in the last census declaring
themselves to have ‘no religion’ at all. Religion itself is treated with much greater
distrust than it once was, with child abuse scandals and religiously motivated
terrorism adding to a greater reluctance to embrace, even nominally, a particular
tradition of faith.
And yet even in such a context this research discovered that 27% of the resident
adult population of England had visited a Church of England cathedral within
the last twelve months. Any image that we are largely welcoming overseas
tourists has to be resisted because these figures suggest that 11 million of our
neighbours have taken the opportunity to visit at least one of the forty-three
Anglican cathedrals recently. Those visitors come from across the religious and
non-religious spectrum, they include a fifth of all 18-34 year olds (the age group
largely missing from our parish churches) and include the poorer as well as
richer members of our society. Perhaps most remarkable of all, cathedrals seem
to be able to connect with those who are a long way from, or even hostile to,
religion. Somewhere between 1.5 and 3 million people whom we might term
‘spiritually unreceptive’ visit a cathedral every year.
If you can find time to read the report Spiritual Capital you will see that it lays
before us the scale of the challenge – and the opportunity – we face in a
cathedral like our own. It describes how the impact of what we offer goes far
beyond being a ‘tourist destination’ and reaches to those who consider
themselves less Christian than their parents but are no less spiritual. It is our
ability to connect such people with a sense of the sacred which makes us so
attractive. At our best we are a public place where anyone can feel at ease,
reaching out to engage with the life of the wider community and not just the
*http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/publications/2012/10/12/spiritual-capital-thepresent-and-future-of-english-cathedrals.
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Church of England, a place people find relevant to their daily life, where they
can feel connected with history and tradition, and where they would choose to
pray.
We have some important plans for the years ahead. We will also need to
respond from a Christian perspective to events and circumstances as yet
unpredictable. In the known and unknown we are seeking to respond by
improving the sense of prayerfulness and by building connections, always
contributing to human well-being and the common good. Here in Salisbury we
seek to build spiritual capital based on generosity and grace, hospitality and
holiness. For your support, which enables us to do that more effectively, we are
profoundly grateful.
June Osborne
Dean of Salisbury
Laying the second bay of the ground slab in Little Paradise
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THE CATHEDRAL ARCHITECT’S REPORT 2013
How many of us remember the entertaining and informative articles Roy Spring
used to write for this magazine as Clerk of Works? I do, for one, as we worked
together for a couple of years when I was first appointed cathedral architect
twenty years ago. The post he held has changed since then so it is true to say
that the mould was broken with his passing – just as well because he would have
been an impossible act to follow. Roy saw himself in the great tradition of Clerks
of the Works at Salisbury, a lineage that he traced back to his hero, Francis Price.
His contribution to the cathedral was wide ranging, one day swinging from a
bosun’s chair from the top of the spire, the next writing his Bell’s Cathedral
Guide, first published in 1987 and still a very readable historical description of the
cathedral and its contents. He died last year and those of us who knew him will
never forget him. In conjunction with my predecessor, Alan Rome, he set up the
Major Repair Programme which I have had the privilege of implementing on their
behalf. We owe them both a great debt.
The conservation programme on the Chapter House is completed and Durtnell and
Sons Ltd are at work on the Little Paradise site.
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That programme continues and the last twelve months have been busy ones. The
final scaffold dismantling on the Chapter House in March marked the end of a
two year programme for our masons, conservators and glaziers, allowing the
commencement of a contract with Durtnell & Sons Ltd to provide the new
building to accommodate facilities in Little Paradise. Meanwhile on the Major
Repair Programme our attention is now directed once more to the north side of
the cathedral. It may seem as if we are picking up where we left off two years
ago but in fact, although the Chapter House project has been our main focus
until recently, the conservation and repair work has continued on the cathedral
itself too, albeit at a reduced rate. At the same time we are busy elsewhere. There
are exciting times ahead as we erect scaffolding in the north walk of the cloister,
to complete the work already undertaken in the other three walks.
But first back to the Chapter House where a project described in this report two
years ago has now re-emerged from the scaffold. Corroding ferrous cramps
within mid-nineteenth-century buttress extensions brought this campaign
forward in the Major Repair Programme, and a high degree of skill and sensitivity
was required from the masons and conservators to ensure that the numerous
small pieces of new stone, necessitated following cramp withdrawal, did not
become visually disruptive. The photographs below show typical damage caused
by the rusting cramps ‘before’ and the almost invisible repairs on completion.
A typical rusting cramp before removal
A typical tight jointed stone repair by the
masons, camouflaged by the conservators
to match the lichen covered surface.
A programme of general conservation was undertaken in conjunction with these
repairs, including glazing and other masons’ work. Ancient ferramenta had
disrupted traceries but the ironwork was found to be of excellent quality and
further withdrawal for re-tipping was avoided. Nineteenth-century additions
included dramatic Portland stone gargoyles, one of which was structurally
compromised and had to be replaced, as did most of the buttress finials, cracked
by rusting dowel rods through their stems. Works also included an interesting
nano-lime trial as part of our continuing quest for non-invasive conservation
techniques, in conjunction with English Heritage.
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Matthew Barton carving the replacement gargoyle in the workshop
The Little Paradise project is one that has
already benefited from enormous support from
the Friends. Last year I was able to report that
the necessary consents had just been obtained,
following an archaeological investigation, and
work is now in progress while fund raising
continues. The site has been cleared and
ground works are in hand despite the wet
spring. By this time next year I hope you will
have had a chance to see the completed
building for yourselves. Hopefully we will have
moved on to the next major repair area on the
north side of the cathedral by then too. Due
for completion early in 2015, it will mark
another milestone in the repair programme.
This side of the building will then be clear of
scaffold for the first time in fifteen years, since
we completed the work on the West Front.
Michael Drury
Cathedral Architect
One of several new finials on the
Chapter House
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CATHEDRAL MUSIC 2012-2013
Last year my article opened by reporting on
the extraordinary success of Cesca Eaton’s
superb documentary ‘Angelic Voices: The
Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral’. I have now
heard from Cesca that the programme has
been nominated for a prestigious Sandford St
Martin Prize in further recognition of just how
unique and precious a contribution choristers
have made, and continue to make, to the
spiritual as well as musical and cultural life of
this country. This is a wonderful achievement
for both the film-makers and for the choir.
It’s been an interesting year for the choir as,
thanks to the national celebrations of the
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics, they met Her Majesty the Queen
and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and a sporting superstar. The girl choristers
also met HRH The Countess of Wessex.
Back in April 2012, HRH the Countess of Wessex made a private visit to the
Cathedral School to mark the 20th anniversary of girl choristers at Salisbury and
enjoyed a delightful lunchtime reception and performance by the girls. In May,
the cathedral was honoured by a visit from HM the Queen and HRH the Duke of
Edinburgh as part of their Jubilee tour of the South West with over 10,000 wellwishers arriving in the Close to see the couple. After our distinguished visitors
had been welcomed into the cathedral by the Dean and the Bishop, I was
delighted that our head choristers, Flora Davies and Freddie Foster, were
introduced to them. And Salisbury cathedral was the chosen location for the
start of Day 55 of the Olympic Torch Relay. Hundreds of people gathered early
in the morning to see the torch carried by Olympic gold medallist, eight times
world champion and world record holder sprinter, Michael Johnson. The
cathedral choir had the privilege of meeting Johnson and sang at the event
along with our junior choir and other choirs and musical groups from the
Cathedral School and other schools in the Close.
While 2011-2012 was a year of significant goodbyes, this past year has seen the
arrival of several new people. Last April we welcomed Tom Clammer as our new
Precentor and he has already made his mark both in the department and on the
cathedral’s liturgical pattern. I write following the cathedral’s busy programme
of events for Holy Week and the start of Easter – including the dramatic office of
Tenebrae on Holy Tuesday – and a joyous and hugely successful sequence of
Easter services.
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In September John Challenger joined us as Assistant Director of Music and
immediately made his presence known in the organ loft – also giving the Emery
Recital the following month. He has settled in very well and is already a great
asset to the cathedral’s music team. Organ Scholar Matthew Jorysz left us in July
to take up the organ scholarship at Clare College, Cambridge, and last
September we welcomed Joshua Hales from Exeter College, Oxford, as his
replacement. Congratulations to Josh as he takes up the post of Assistant
Director of Music at Sheffield Cathedral this September. The choir was deeply
affected by the untimely death of Claire Phillips, chorister tutor and great
supporter of the cathedral and its music. Her memorial service was held in the
cathedral last October and many of her choristers and pupils paid warm and
fitting tributes. She cared deeply about all the choristers in her care and is
greatly missed by us all. Her memory will live on in the cathedral and school for
years to come. Ian and Elizabeth Wicks between them now share the important
role of chorister tutor.
The choir has continued its custom of giving two concerts per term to support
different parish churches in the diocese and performances continue to be
warmly received. In March the girls and men gave a superb evening concert in
the Guildhall for the Mayor’s Appeal and were enthusiastically received by all.
We hosted last year’s Southern Cathedrals Festival with a busy programme of
five services, four ‘Youth in Music’ concerts, three major choral concerts, two
‘Late Night Bach by Candlelight’ piano recitals and a choral master-class given
by Malcolm Archer. A particular highlight was, of course, the splendid organ
recital given by Gillian Weir on the cathedral’s Willis organ. The festival eucharist
featured the masterly Mass for Double Choir by Frank Martin, and choral
evensong on 21 July (broadcast on BBC Radio 3) featured the virtuosic
Magnificat by Giles Swayne, and a newly-commissioned work by Neil Cox. We
look forward to the fantastic programme awaiting us in the festival at Chichester
this July.
On St Cecilia’s Day the choir was invited by the Royal College of Music to give a
concert at Holy Trinity Church, Prince Consort Road. This prestigious event
featured the complete set of five commissioned works composed by William
Mival (Head of Composition at the Royal College of Music) to celebrate the
ministry of former cathedral Precentor Jeremy Davies between 1985 and 2012.
The programme also featured works written by past members of the Royal
College of Music including Herbert Howells, John Ireland and William Lloyd
Webber. The choir’s two major Choral Foundation concerts were hugely
successful. The annual Remembrance-tide concert featured the cathedral choir,
soloists Charlotte Ashley (soprano, and former chorister here) and Richard
Hooper (baritone), and pianists John Challenger and Timothy Hone in a
performance of Brahms’ Requiem accompanied by piano duet, as at the first
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complete performance in 1871. The concert was deeply moving. For our
Christmas concert we broke with tradition and performed ‘A Christmas
Celebration’, a concert of music and readings for Christmas in partnership with
the Stars Appeal, Salisbury District Hospital’s charity. Members of our own choir
read with great sensitivity. In December the girl choristers also gave a very well
received concert at Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons near Oxford.
The girls and men recorded a new CD ‘Great Hymns from Salisbury’ which will
be available later this year, and on Wednesday 6 February, choral evensong in
celebration of HM The Queen’s Accession in 1952 was broadcast live on BBC
Radio 3. Sung by the full choir of boys, girls and men much of the music was
taken from the Coronation Service.
Salisbury Cathedral Junior Choir, our non-auditioned free choir for boys and girls
in school years 4-8, has had another busy year. Amongst their highlights, they
collaborated with the cathedral choir at the Christmas carol service for BBC
Radio Wiltshire and in March with the boy choristers for Salisbury Musical
Society’s performance of Britten’s Spring Symphony and Rutter’s Mass of the
Children. The directorship of
the cathedral Chamber Choir
has been taken over by John
Challenger. The group
continues to contribute to the
cathedral’s liturgy as well as
appearing in concert
performances which included
a collaboration with Salisbury
Musical Society in Howard
Blake’s Benedictus last
December.
Southern Cathedrals Festival Eucharist 2012
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The 2013 recital series began
in April and we were treated
to a thrilling opening recital
by Cédric Burgelin, organist of
Saintes Cathedral, France,
with which Salisbury is
twinned. So the choirs remain
as busy as ever and we look
forward to the tasks,
challenges and opportunities
of the future.
David Halls
Director of Music
‘SIMPLY THE MOST WELCOMING PLACE….’
Consulting my timetable I confirm that between 10.24 am and 10.34 am I will
be at Table 107 meeting a small German tour operator specialising in Garden
and Floral Tours. As I make my way across Wembley’s huge conference space,
waving to a friend from Hilton Hotel Group, it occurs to me that this is a strange
setting in which to discuss Salisbury Cathedral’s opportunities for calm reflection!
Nevertheless, this is an important part of the complex web of inter-relationships
– commercial, charitable, personal – which enables us to enrich the lives of over
250,000 people from the UK and far beyond each year. Events like the Visit
Britain/ETOA Britain and Ireland Marketplace offer an outstanding opportunity to
meet the companies who bring visitors to the UK and to us in Salisbury. Many of
them have already heard of the cathedral. To others we are a new discovery, ripe
with new possibilities for their customers. Being a part of this network is
important for us and, as we look forward to what is predicted to be a busy
summer in 2013, we are starting to see a dividend being paid from the last few
years of hard work and consistent focus on working with the travel trade.
Such relationships are important, but the travel industry still only directly
contributes around a third of our visitors. Still more arrive under their own
steam, drawn here by the renown of the building itself, or perhaps by curiosity
about the Magna Carta. It might be a special place to bring family during the
holidays, or our latest art exhibition may have prompted a return. The origins
and motivations of those who come here are varied, yet in each case we have to
work hard to make their experience special and memorable. Furthermore we
aim for some sort of transformative effect from being in the cathedral. This
could be quite small – a feeling of peace or taking time to reflect – or perhaps
deeply significant.
In the middle of the last century all this was less of a concern as the cathedral
‘welcomed’ thousands of visitors a year, rather than hundreds of thousands. Yet
with this wonderful modern influx of visitors from around the world comes
responsibility. For some this might be their only encounter with the Christian
church this year. For many it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see this
particular place of worship. How do we grasp the opportunity? How can
Salisbury cathedral reach out to them?
This is where the role of our hundreds of volunteers is crucial. They set the tone
for a visit, they tailor their approach to the visitors and they communicate their
deep love and enthusiasm for our cathedral. The year 2012/13 saw an extensive
programme of refresher training for guides and tower guides aimed at
developing the cathedral’s ability to connect effectively with its visitors as a living
place of worship. The training involved senior volunteers working alongside staff
from the Marketing and Visitor Services, Learning and Outreach and Human
Resources teams, all overseen by the Canon Chancellor, Revd Edward Probert.
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The extremely positive feedback we have received – from both volunteers and
staff – suggests that those involved found it a worthwhile experience.
The many permanent and part-time staff who have regular contact with visitors
are equally important to delivering an excellent welcome, whether at the
Donations Desk, in the shop and refectory, answering phone calls and emails in
Ladywell or making sure that there is always fresh news and correct information
on our website. The feedback we get from visitors, in person and in our regular
research, or via the travel trade, suggests that we are getting it right. However,
there is plenty of scope for us to be better still. In 2013 we will release a new
guiding leaflet for visitors. Double the size of its predecessor this will seek to
communicate more about the cathedral as a place of worship, laying the
foundations for new interpretation opportunities in 2014 including apps and
new signage. There will also be a new 'Cathedral Welcomer' role in operation
during summer months. This will help us to improve the experience for visitors
as they arrive at the cathedral, especially those in large groups.
Yet the greatest impending improvement in the visitor experience will be
welcomed equally by the largest cruise group or the lone traveller. At last, with
the help of the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral, we are going to have new toilets!
The toilet facilities at the cathedral have been a regular fixture in the 'what could
we do better?' section of our visitor research for many years. The wish to offer
something more appropriate to the aesthetic of the rest of the site has been an
ambition for even longer. So we are truly delighted that we can soon stop
apologising for this gap in our provision and provide our visitors with the
comfortable clean facilities they deserve and expect. Thank you!
In recent years the development of the cathedral’s arts programme has brought
truly enriching experiences to many. The hard work of our volunteer Arts Advisor
and Curator, Jacquiline Creswell, means that we can present very special work
like that of Helaine Blumenfeld, and offers different ways to interpret the
cathedral and its message. The innovative interpretation booklet for Helaine’s
exhibition this year was created by our Learning and Outreach team and shows
the power of art in this setting and the kinds of topics which it can help to
explore. The year 2014 will see more art, and further opportunities to re-present
God’s message in and around this old, but very alive, building.
For many of us, the most exciting event on the horizon is undoubtedly the
800th anniversary of the Magna Carta in 2015. Plans are well under way to
ensure that the cathedral makes the most of this huge opportunity to connect
with more people, and to communicate the importance of the document itself
and the ideals that it stands for. The eyes of the world will turn towards Salisbury
and its partners in 2015 and we must be ready. The minimum requirement is an
exhibition which presents and interprets the document in a manner befitting its
significance, but we want to go much further, with events and celebrations
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which engage with diverse
audiences and offer a real sense
of occasion. From a visitor
perspective we expect to see a
significant uplift in the numbers
coming to the cathedral in
2015 and by summer 2013
some of the companies with
longer booking cycles will
already be promoting the
Magna Carta’s 800th
anniversary in their brochures!
Although some August afternoons may leave us wondering quite how to achieve
the atmosphere of reflection that we aspire to in the cathedral, it is clear that
welcoming such large numbers has its benefits. Although Salisbury cathedral
maintains its policy of voluntary donations, it still relies heavily on the income
that visitors bring. Around £1m comes via the Donations Desk itself, a figure
which has risen significantly in recent years to partly cover the loss in investment
income following the global financial crash. Almost a further £400,000 (net)
comes via the shop and refectory. It is this income which supports our life as a
church, and helps to maintain the work on the building which will preserve it for
future generations to enjoy. Getting the right balance requires tact and
sensitivity combined with good commercial sense! A strong team and a united
organisation are important too. Salisbury cathedral’s long history of fulfilling
multiple roles helps it to do so effectively, but in a world of TripAdvisor, Twitter
and Facebook we need to be more responsive than ever to the needs and views
of those who come here.
None of this is possible without a highly committed and competent team,
complemented by senior volunteers who operate rather like extra full-time
cathedral staff. Steve Dunn (Head Guide), Paul Smith (Head Tower Guide) and
Bill Smith (Head Chaplain) deserve huge thanks, as do the staff who work so
many long evenings and weekends to help the cathedral achieve its aims.
We are a very professional organisation, with all the performance indicators and
monitoring tools that you might expect, but even so it’s often the unquantifiable
things that suggest most strongly that we are getting it right. At a recent
briefing event for over ninety Blue Badge Guides – people who return to the
cathedral throughout the year with groups from many different countries and
backgrounds – I was approached by one of the attendees. 'I had to come to tell
you,' she said, 'this is simply the most welcoming place I ever visit. You are so
lucky!'
David Coulthard
Director of Marketing and Visitor Services
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A WARM WELCOME FROM THE GUILD
OF STEWARDS
If you step into Salisbury cathedral shortly before a service starts or while a
service is in progress, you will, I hope, be warmly welcomed to the cathedral by
a member of the Salisbury Cathedral Guild of Stewards. This will be the case
whether you were intending to be part of the congregation for a service, or
whether you are a visitor to Salisbury and just happen to have picked a time
when a service is scheduled.
The Guild of Stewards shares this very important ministry of welcome with our
colleague volunteers, the Cathedral Guides, who are on duty at all other times
of day while there are no services.
The Guild membership comprises fifty-three full stewards and eighteen stewards
emeriti (those who have reached age 80). Seven of these emeriti are still doing
duties, so we currently have sixty active stewards and thus represent about 10
per cent of the cathedral’s large number of volunteers.
Our standard commitment is to provide stewards for five regular weekend
services: Saturday Evensong, Sunday Holy Communion, Sunday Mattins, Sunday
Eucharist and Sunday Evensong. We don’t normally steward at weekday
Evensongs, unless there is likely to be a larger than normal congregation.
However, there are about 150 special services each year that also require
stewarding; these range in size from a small funeral, through Saint’s Day
Eucharists and civic services, to large Confirmations, Ordinations and our
processional celebrations of Advent and Christmas.
The number of stewards on duty at any one service ranges from two (for an
early morning Holy Communion in the Trinity Chapel) to twenty-four (for an
Advent Procession where the cathedral is at capacity). The regular service with
the largest congregation is Sunday Eucharist for which we roster ten stewards
during the summer months, nine in the winter. The Guild Secretary, Christine
Rolt, prepares a set of duty rotas every three months. This is a complex task,
taking account of the regular service availability of each steward, but also
factoring in specific unavailability dates that have been notified in advance. Most
stewards do two or three weekend duties per month, plus one or two of the
special services per month.
For each service a steward-in-charge is nominated in the rota, that person
having responsibility for allocating each steward on duty to a particular location
and role, as well as dealing with any issues that arise. The steward-in-charge
holds a briefing session at least thirty minutes before the service starts though
for large services this can be as much as two hours before.
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Inevitably, changes of duty need to be made as the weeks roll by, but it is
usually easy to swap just by emailing all other stewards – I’ve a feeling that our
five active members not yet on email escape lightly there!
Each year the cathedral hosts at least 250,000 visitors, and as there are 1,200
services a year, it is inevitable that some of them will arrive when a service is
about to start or is already in progress. Depending on the location of a service in
the building, and the size of the congregation attending, the extent to which
the cathedral remains accessible to visitors varies. For smaller services in one of
the chapels or in the Quire, much of the cathedral remains open. Current policy
is to try to avoid turning visitors away, particularly as some people have travelled
a long distance but have a very short time allocated to the cathedral in their
schedule, making it impossible for them to wait until a service has ended. So we
do all we can to provide access from the visitor entrance in the Consistory Court
to at least the west end of the interior while the larger services are in progress.
At the same time as welcoming visitors during a service, stewards also have to
ask them to respect the Dean and Chapter’s policy of no photography in the
cathedral during a service. We find that one of the best ways to achieve this
without creating friction is to explain the policy immediately they walk through
the door as part of the initial welcome. Once they are told they can photograph
as much as they like when the service has finished, most visitors completely
understand the situation and are fully co-operative. Waiting until they lift up a
camera and then pouncing is definitely not the right way, and increasingly
ineffective as more and more types of device can take pictures and video!
During the summer months, unless it is very wet or windy, the Great West Doors
are open during the Sunday Eucharist, which acts as an added encouragement
to visitors to enter the cathedral and to experience the liturgy, albeit sometimes
for a very short time. During this period we position one or two stewards in the
doorway to speak to arriving visitors and explain that they are very welcome to
come inside.
The Guild of Stewards is unique among the cathedral volunteer groups in
having its own formal constitution. The Guild was founded in November 1966
'with the approval and consent of the Dean and Chapter' and is privileged to
have the Bishop of Salisbury as its Patron and the Dean as its Chairman. The
Dean normally chairs the Guild’s Annual General Meeting in person, but
delegates the chairing of the quarterly meetings of the Executive Committee to
the Canon Treasurer. For the first twenty-six years of its existence the Guild was
for men only, the constitution being changed to admit women in 1992. Today,
the membership happens to be split almost exactly 50/50.
The Guild has two main contact points with staff of the cathedral. The first is the
Head Verger, Chris Simpson, with whom we liaise very closely regarding the
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cathedral diary and the special services
and events for which the vergers would
like our support and presence, and we
decide how many stewards we should
allocate. Before each service starts, we
discuss with Chris or the verger on duty
the specific requirements for that
particular service and any last minute
changes to 'normal' routine. The second
contact point is the Canon Precentor,
Tom Clammer. Tom gives us direction on
performing our role of assisting the
smooth running of the liturgy as far as
the congregation is concerned – for
example: what congregational
movement does the liturgy require, at
what point is a collection to be taken,
and where is communion to be
administered and by how many clergy
stations, so that the stewards can direct
the congregation appropriately.
This year over 5000 people came to
Salisbury Cathedral’s annual advent
service, over three evenings, to see its
spectacular Advent Procession ‘From
Darkness to Light’
As you would expect, large services need
particularly meticulous planning and
rehearsing by all concerned, and the
stewards are no exception. As with all
events these days, health and safety
considerations are paramount, and the stewards have an important role to play
in any emergency. The steward-in-charge for such a service attends the rehearsal
organised by the Canon Precentor and compiles a set of special instructions
which are issued in advance to the stewards on duty.
For the three Advent and two Christmas Processions, so many people attend
that the stewards manage a queuing system around the cloisters prior to
opening the doors an hour before the service begins. In recent years the first
people have arrived an hour and a half before the doors open, such is their
enthusiasm to get a particular seat for the service! The job of looking after the
queue can be an extremely cold one, so we encourage the allocated stewards to
take it in turns to pop back inside for a while. The compensation, however, is
the chance to talk to those queuing in the cloisters and discover where they
come from, as the popularity of these services means it is not unusual for people
to travel over 100 miles each way to attend – they really do need a warm
welcome to Salisbury Cathedral.
Colin Smith
Head Steward
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CHAPLAINS UNDER THE SPIRE
Salisbury Cathedral is staffed by two volunteer chaplains every weekday, some
ordained and some licensed lay ministers; most are retired, but some are still in
occupations. We lead prayers for visitors from the pulpit on the hour, and an
ordained chaplain presides at the Eucharist in one of the chapels on Tuesdays at
12.15 p.m and on Thursdays at 11.15 a.m. This is announced and many visitors,
especially those from abroad, really value this opportunity to worship in
Salisbury cathedral. At some point during each tour of duty, a visitor will come
and thank the chaplain for the hourly prayers. The visitor may be a Christian
who is delighted to have been assured that the cathedral is primarily a house of
prayer and worship, or they may never have prayed for decades and have just
had their faith revived, or they may have come into the building in need and
the prayers have met that need.
All the chaplains have some speciality from their occupational, church and social
backgrounds. I have a background in education, mental health chaplaincy,
military chaplaincy, youth work and healing ministry in churches. In a former life
I was a language teacher, and regularly use my German, French and Spanish to
help the speakers of those languages, which is much appreciated. All our
experiences can be brought to bear in our encounters with people in the course
of duty in the cathedral.
David Hayes, one of the chaplains, describes one of his duty days as follows:
'Chaplains "loiter with intent", to welcome visitors and to be available for any
who need someone to talk to. Every day is so different depending on whom you
meet. You simply have to offer yourself to the Lord to be used. "Have you come
far today?" is a good opener. Replies vary from "Just round the corner in the
Close" to "Beijing"! We are asked many questions. Some we have to refer to the
guides, but enquiries about Christian faith, baptism (at the font, we often have
to explain that it is a font), times of services, what we believe, where one can
pray (and indeed requests for prayer) are typical. So also are requests for
pastoral care – listening, a word of Scripture, a prayer. International visitors may
ask 'Is this a Catholic cathedral?' and may need reassurance that they can be at
home here.
'I had a particularly interesting day last Easter week. I met a delightful middleaged couple from Calgary in the Canadian middle-west. At the Eucharist, within
the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we prayed for the diocese of Calgary in the
province of Rupert’s Land. Afterwards in the refectory I was joined by the couple
from Calgary. They were so surprised and pleased that their diocese had been
prayed for in the cathedral that day!
'I met an Indian woman from Rochdale, who had previously lived in Tasmania,
although her family originated from Madras. She was a member of the Church
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of South India, (formed in 1947 and now numbering four million) but for seven
generations her family had been Christians of the ancient Mar Thoma Church,
which traces its beginnings to the apostle Thomas who, it is claimed, was
martyred in South India. It was a privilege to meet this lady in whom the light of
Christ shone so clearly.
'In the Trinity Chapel behind the High Altar is the window dedicated to prisoners
of conscience, with Christ crucified as an archetypal prisoner of conscience. At
the side is the Amnesty International candle surrounded by barbed wire. The
stained glass work is by Gabriel Loire of Chartres. A French family was studying
this striking window, and the mother told me that this was the first time she had
seen this – the work of her great-uncle! A couple were enjoying a day out from
the Bath area where they worship in a benefice of eight rural parishes. Their
parish priest has to divide his time equally between the benefice and the local
hospital as chaplain. I sensed their commitment and their tenacity amidst the
difficulties of multi-parish benefices: "Do we mend the roof of one church
building, or do we refurbish the hall of one of the others?"
'Later I met a young couple from Cape Town with three children under seven.
They had just arrived from South Africa, grieving for the country they had left
and which they love. The mother spoke of South Africa’s 18,000 murders a year.
At traffic lights adults risk being forcibly taken out of their vehicles which are
then driven off, often with children still in the back seat.
'I spoke to a woman whose husband had died of cancer the year before. She
needed to talk, in her raw pain and bewilderment. A man I met had a son
whose house had been completely burnt out by the carelessness of someone
staying with him. His son and their family are coping heroically as they rebuild
not just their home but their lives. Through this disaster and trauma the young
man and his family have truly become aware of the importance of relationships
before security and possessions.
'A man came to me, referred by one of the vergers, who had suffered from
being associated with a group involved in dark practices. He needed the
assurance of the power of Christ to overcome and drive the darkness from him.
Here the laying on of hands (in a side chapel) in the name of Jesus and with the
Lord’s Prayer, especially 'deliver us from evil', are powerful channels of
deliverance.
'In the refectory I met a lady from a village outside Canterbury which I had once
looked after as priest-in-charge. I had taken her husband’s funeral over ten years
ago, and it was so good to see her again, and to know that she now worships at
St Peter’s in the City Centre Parish in Canterbury where I was rector. It is a real
privilege to be available to meet visitors to the cathedral. Cathedrals draw
people in large numbers; they are also places where many find themselves able
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to talk openly about their lives and their problems which some might find
difficult elsewhere.'
Chaplains are on duty in the cathedral on Mondays to Saturdays right through
the year, one or two at a time, for the benefit of all who come into the building.
The winter season dates and hours are: 1 November – 31 March, 1130 – 1430
and the summer season 1 April – 31 October, 1030 – 1630. Most chaplains offer
a rough average of one day a month or one a fortnight. I should be pleased to
hear from any who would like to explore this ministry for themselves.
Bill Smith
Chaplains' Co-ordinator
Email:
Tel:
Mobile:
Address:
chapbillsmith@aol.com
(01722) 324861
07711 985147
15 Romer Road, Harnham, Salisbury SP2 8EN
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SALISBURY CATHEDRAL GUIDES
Lying on my desk there is a faded newspaper photograph of a verger giving a
small group of pre-Second World War visitors a tour of Salisbury cathedral. From
their dress the day appears to be one of those long, hot, still summer ones that
are so evocative of the late 1930s immediately before Great Britain was tipped
into the turmoil of war. Apart from the tour, there appear to be no other visitors
to the cathedral.
In 2011 there were 250,000 visitors to Salisbury cathedral and every single one
of them will have been welcomed by a member of the large band of guides who
volunteer at the cathedral every day of the year apart from Christmas Day. There
are 300 cathedral floor and tower guides drawn from a wide geographical radius
of Salisbury, representing approximately half of the total cathedral volunteer
constituency. Most are quite local but there are several that come from as far
afield as Wimborne and Marlborough. Their reasons for guiding here are as
different as the guides themselves. Many will tell you that they want to put
something back into their community or to learn more about the history and
architecture. Some feel that it is their way of serving God by helping to minister
to our visitors. Whatever the reason all want to share the glories of the building
with the constant flow of visitors who come from all parts of the globe to see
the wonder that is the cathedral and its treasures within.
Every cathedral floor guide belongs to one of thirteen teams: two per day,
morning and afternoon, and one team on a Sunday afternoon. A team leader
who is an experienced guide and provides a focal point for guiding services on
'their' day manages each team. Most visitors, once past the donations desk, will
meet only volunteers during their visit and it is vitally important that their
welcome is the very best that we can provide. The experience that the visitors
receive will remain with them forever and in a world where expectations of
'visitor attractions' are high it is extremely pleasing to read on public survey sites
that Salisbury cathedral seems to get it right. One of my favourite comments
from 'TripAdvisor' the famously 'warts and all' website is: 'What a lovely time we
had today at the cathedral. It is beautiful and we were warmly welcomed by the
guides. No one batted an eye lid as our toddler explored and ran around taken
with the sights. She had a great time exploring and so did we.'
Some may well shudder when I refer to the cathedral as a 'visitor attraction';
after all it is much more than just a part of the heritage landscape. Ours is a
living, organic church where sharing the message that is daily conveyed through
the services and witness that we find there remains as important now as it did to
Bishop Poore and the cathedral builders in the 13th century. However, there is
no getting away from the fact that to many, Salisbury cathedral is an important
stop on a programmed itinerary that visits other sites – Stonehenge or Bath for
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example. The task for us, as guides, is to try to meet the visitor’s expectation in
respect of the visible, tangible architecture, objects and history; and also explain
that all of this physical Christian legacy in stone simply complements the faith
and life that the cathedral witnesses.
Most new guides are extremely concerned that they will never be able to learn
and share the seemingly impossible amounts of knowledge that they think that
they need to know. The cathedral does not require guides to have an academic
knowledge of the key aspects of those areas that we visit. Neither would it wish
to. A keenness to learn is a good place to start and guides are helped with their
knowledge and understanding. Maintaining currency is always problematic but
we do our very best to ensure that every guide receives a sound introduction to
the cathedral. All new 'apprentice' guides are attached to a team where they
spend several months experiencing the role under the guidance of a team
leader. This is a critical time as there are some that find guiding is not for them
and they choose to leave us. However, most progress to the annual formal Initial
Guide Training Course that is one full day per week over seven consecutive
weeks throughout January and into mid-February. During this time the
apprentices are introduced to every department of the cathedral and receive
presentations from key members of staff. They climb the tower, see the clock in
operation and hear it strike the hours. They learn about the origins and history
of not just the current cathedral but its predecessors too. They also visit the
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castle and earlier cathedrals at Old Sarum. This year the course visited on a cold
and snowy day and left understanding a little better why Peter of Blois wrote,
'Let us go down joyfully to the plains, where the valley abounds in corn, where
the fields are beautiful, and where there is freedom from oppression.' I suspect
that the final comment was linked to the politics of the day rather than the
weather! Primarily, however, the course provides the apprentices an opportunity
to try out their presentation and tour-leading skills within a safe and mentored
environment. Apart from the formal learning, friendships are forged and ideas
exchanged. There is a true esprit de corps that characterizes Salisbury cathedral
guides – 'the best club in Salisbury' some say. Once qualified the new guides
return to their team and can now wear their sash and a name badge that makes
clear their status. Subsequent cathedral-endorsed training takes the form of
lectures and presentations. This is an area that is currently under review,
however, as we seek to make guide learning more central to our role.
Breathing life into the cathedral’s ministry of welcome is a fundamental of the
guide’s role. Only a quarter of visitors take a guided tour but other than on
entry there are plenty of opportunities for the visitor to meet with a guide.
Guides circulate throughout the cathedral regularly. 'I can’t find the monkey' is a
familiar cry from visitors close to the vestry or, 'may I take photos?' We
frequently get asked for the seemingly impossible: 'I’ve only got ten minutes –
what do I need to see' and possibly the most asked question, 'Can you direct me
to the toilets please?' In answering these questions the guide is usually able to
add a little additional information – just enough for the visitor to wonder
whether perhaps they might have been better asking for that tour in the first
place! Other guides take their station behind the Guides Desk, and we must not
forget those colleagues who present the glory that is the Chapter House and the
Magna Carta, a cause in itself for so many visitors to travel to Salisbury.
During the past year the cathedral has made concerted efforts to communicate
its new outreach mission. If this is to be effective it must reach out not only to
those outside the cathedral, but also to those who work and worship there. The
four pillars of outreach identified below are closely connected with the main
aspects of guiding; we have spent some time discussing with guides how they
can help implement this policy:
The Cathedral as a place of Wonder
Our aim when welcoming visitors is to provide them with a rich and memorable
experience. We open and maintain a dialogue with them and hope that we can
leave them with the desire to learn more about the cathedral and its purpose.
Our aim when welcoming visitors is to provide them with a rich and memorable
experience. The cathedral requires no verbal embellishment; it more than meets
the test of wonderment. The whispered ‘Wow,’ as visitors view the imposing
building from outside or the Early English Gothic of the interior provides the
perfect opportunity for us to offer to explore and share the building further
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together. If it was the builders' intention to offer a taste of Heaven on Earth they
surely succeeded at Salisbury.
The Cathedral as a space for Living and Working
Of course guides interact with other cathedral departments, especially the vestry,
stewards and chaplains, as well as other voluntary groups who work in the
building. Through our interactions we can enhance the experience of the
cathedral for ourselves as well as those who visit and work with us.
The Cathedral as a Spiritual Beacon
Guides help to interpret the sacred space and often work with others, especially
educational groups, by explaining the purpose of the cathedral as a support for
spiritual development.
The Cathedral as a Figurehead and Leader
In the year September 2011 to October 2012 the Grubb Institute and Theos, a
Christian think tank, produced Spiritual Capital, a paper that examined the
present and future of English cathedrals and aimed to help those that work in
them 'to understand better the function that they fulfill in society'. Key questions
were related to the relevance of cathedrals in the community. Three-quarters of
those surveyed said that they felt that cathedrals are relevant to their daily lives
and a majority agreed that cathedrals are important and contributing to daily
life in England. The welcome and assistance that guides give is a fundamental
element in this and presents an opportunity for others to see and experience
leadership in action.
In 2015 Magna Carta celebrates its 800th anniversary. There will be both
national and local activities to commemorate this achievement and the cathedral
guides will play their part in telling the Magna Carta story. Hopefully many more
visitors will be drawn to Salisbury as a part of this. I think that the group of
visitors in my pre-war photo would be quite surprised at just how busy the
cathedral is today.
Stephen Dunn
Head Guide
We are always pleased to receive applications to become a cathedral guide and
welcome enquiries from Friends. Please contact Christine Keegan, Guide and
Visitor Administrator, 33 the Close, 01722 555120; email: C.Keegan@salcath.co.uk
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EXTRACT FROM THE DEAN’S SERMON AT ROY
SPRING’S MEMORIAL SERVICE: 15TH FEBRUARY 2013
Following Roy’s death I’ve been reading once again some of his writing and I’ve
been transported back to the days when Roy was a much anticipated speaker at
occasions like our Guides’ lectures; when his knowledge of and passion for this
building were inspirational to so many. Whether it was his books or his articles
for Spire, it made me realise that most of what I know about the history and
fabric of this place has its seeds in his extraordinary knowledge. I don’t
remember my induction as Canon Treasurer here in 1995 (I’m not sure we
believed in such things at that time) but I do remember my first tour of the
building with Roy and how he spoke of the place as if it was part of his very
own fibre.
We’re here today to celebrate a good and long life and we bring with us to this
service our own special memories of Roy, the distinctiveness of his personality
and character particularly his sense of humour and his positive outlook – what
we’ve come to refer to as a ‘can-do’ approach: the sense of his achievements,
his several frailties during these last years but matched by images of his youth
and prime. Roy had a great appetite for the things which were there to be
enjoyed whether it was browsing in a second-hand bookshop or fishing and
football with his boys, or caring for a garden or walking in the fields. He was, as
I’m sure you know, a skilled craftsman and there was nothing bodged about
Roy’s DIY skills, particularly his carpentry.
Because he would want us to, we’re also here to thank God for the blessings
which Roy and Jean enjoyed throughout their life together, through their children
and grandchildren, and through the rich vein of experiences which were theirs in
almost fifty-seven years of marriage. And this community remembers how blessed
it was to have Roy and Jean living in its midst, first at 24 The Close down
Rosemary Lane, and then in Harnham and then finally at their home on the edge
of the New Forest in Hale these last years. Each one of us will in our own way
want to honour and give thanks for all that Roy meant to us.
But let’s start at the beginning.
Northamptonshire village life was Roy’s starting point. He was a bell-ringer and
an apprentice to a plumbing and heating engineer but before long, at about 21
years old, he was taken into the bigger world of Egypt and Cyprus when he
served his National Service in the Royal Corps of Signals.
Once back, now in Rugby, he married Jean and after a little while he moved on
to be Assistant Clerk of the Works at Rugby School where he stayed for eight
years. It was 1968 when he took up his post here and the rest of his working life
was dedicated to the welfare of this building and the Close which surrounds it.
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It’s true that Roy was a dedicated Clerk of the
Works. He knew his territory like the back of his
hand and marshalled the Works Department to
the task. We remember Roy in part for his role
in securing the future of the fabric of the
cathedral at the beginnings of what became the
Spire Appeal and then the Major Repair
Programme. The scaffolding which has crawled
slowly round this building since 1986 was in
many ways the result of Roy’s attention to what
was threatening the security of the fabric. Here
we are almost thirty years after his declarations
that something needed to be done. We have
lived with the massive enterprise of conserving
and repairing, sometimes replacing but
certainly scrutinising every inch of external
Roy on the front cover of his
masonry, lead and wood. We have spent in the
booklet ‘Up the Spire’, 1982,
reproduced courtesy of Salisbury region of £30m and the Chapter and our Works
Department will soon see it all complete. It will
Cathedral
have been the biggest challenge of repair to
this building since its consecration in the 13th century and Roy will remain an
integral part of that story.
And yet Roy’s relationship with this place can’t just be described in terms of his
professional achievements. For Roy being Clerk of the Works was no mere job. In
this holy and beautiful place three things happened for him which defined his life.
This cathedral was the place where Roy’s skills and passions met.
We sometimes talk about things being a vocation when we give so much more of
ourselves than is simply required to earn our wages. Dean Howarth appointed Roy
– and never regretted his choice – and invited him not just to a post but to fulfil a
vocation here in Salisbury. Roy poured himself out in what this cathedral needed
from him. He also brought to that challenge his strengths, not just the technical
skills he’d learnt but his insights and his character. Added to that were his passions.
He was a man inspired by the things he found here, the beauty, the grace, the
changing face of the landscape and building. And he was rewarded in the place
he found for himself, where the work he was given, his strengths and his passions
all met together.
This cathedral was also the place where for Roy past and present met. Roy wrote
about people such as Elias de Dereham and Francis Price as if they were his
immediate predecessors and that he shared with them an unbroken chain of
fidelity. You can tell that when he muses how people in two to three hundred
years time will perhaps appreciate the work of his day with that same sense of
connection. And what he feels should passed down the years is also a sense of
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responsibility for making our world a better place: ‘If someone is able to climb and
stand aloft after such a period of time, we may have learnt to live correctly on this
planet of ours, to have stopped our destruction of nature; and perhaps the work
being carried out at the present time may have helped preserve Salisbury
cathedral for future generations.’
These are inspiring words but not because one man claims a legacy all for himself.
This is a vision in short supply in this generation which emphasises the autonomy
of the individual to do as they will and try to gain all significance from it within
their own time frame. Instead Roy offers us a sense of walking humbly in the
footprints of our forebears who strived and prayed and did good, so that we
might live more securely. And he had a sense of the nobility of doing that for
future generations as well. And finally, this cathedral was also the place where Roy
sensed that earth and heaven met.
It was whilst Roy was in post here that the glass was moved out of the east
window and Gabriel Loire’s ‘Prisoners of Conscience’ Window was installed. It was
a terrific statement about the prayers of this place being rooted in the realities of
the injustices of a wider and cruel world. But it also did something to the
architecture of this space which reinforced our sense of being called into eternity.
We look beyond our tiny and immediate lives to the promise that we are held safe
in God’s care and will be raised with Christ to a new and better future. This is the
Christian hope which is declared without words by this testament of stone and
glass, of colour and silent mood.
Roy has passed from life to death and after this service his mortal remains will be
placed in the soil of the Eastern Garth. He would doubtless want me to remind
you that there have been burials in that part of this Foundation since long before
the adjacent Beauchamp Chapel was constructed. We commit him to the earth of
a place he loved beyond telling. We rejoice that his lifelong story was one of hope
and purpose and give thanks for all he meant to us and to this Cathedral Church
of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Salisbury.
Let me close with some words which are not Roy’s. They are in fact from Cardinal
Newman but they could have been Roy’s, and they could even be ours:
‘God has created me to do him some definite service;
He has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another.
I have my mission; I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next.
I have a part in a great work; I am a link in a chain, a bond of connexion between
persons.
He has not created me for naught. I shall do good, I shall do his work.
I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place – while not
intending it – if I do but keep his commandments and serve him in my calling.’
June Osborne
Dean of Salisbury
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FRIENDS’ DAY
Saturday 14 September 2013
OUTLINE PROGRAMME
(please see separate Booking Form for further details)
EVENT
TIME
VENUE
Morning Tours for members
9.45 –
11.00 am various
Lunch
12.30 pm Cathedral
refectory
Lecture this year in two parts:
a) ‘Lawrence Whistler in Salisbury Cathedral’ with Felicity
Russell, complements the Rex Whistler exhibition in Salisbury
Museum, and Felicity will discuss the prism by Lawrence,
dedicated to Rex, and the Walton Canonry connection
2.00 pm
b) ‘Arts & Crafts stained glass in Salisbury Cathedral’ with
cathedral guide Mike Deeming, specifically Angeli Laudantes
and Angeli Ministrantes, by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and
William Morris, and the Henry Holiday windows
2.30 pm
North
Transept,
Salisbury
Cathedral
Annual General Meeting:
AGENDA
1. Opening Prayer
2. President’s Introduction
3. Minutes of the AGM held on 15 September 2012
4. Matters Arising
5. Election of members to Council
6. Treasurer’s Report and adoption of the Accounts for
the financial year ended 31st March 2013
(see page 33 of this Report)
7. Appointment of Honorary Auditors
8. The Secretary’s Report
9. Any Other Business
3.15 pm
North
Transept,
Salisbury
Cathedral
Note: Should any member of the Friends wish to propose a motion or put forward a nomination
for election to the Friends’ Council, please obtain forms from the Friends’ Office for submission to
the AGM. Completed nomination forms should be returned to the Secretary, signed by the
Proposer and Seconder, to be received no later than Friday 16 August 2013
Cream Tea
4.00 pm
Cathedral
refectory
Choir in Open Rehearsal
4.30 pm
Quire
John Challenger will play the organ
5.10 pm
Quire
Evensong
5.30 pm
Cathedral
& Quire
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THE FRIENDS OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2013
The summarised accounts set out on the following pages have been extracted from the full audited
accounts for the year ended 31 March 2013 and are a summary of information relating to both the
Statement of Financial Activities and the Balance Sheet.
The summarised accounts may not contain sufficient information to allow for a full understanding of
the affairs of the Association. For further information, readers are asked to refer to the full annual
accounts, and the unqualified report on those accounts by the Association's auditors. Copies are
available on request from the Friends' Office, 52 The Close, Salisbury, and the accounts are also filed
at the Charity Commission.
Objects and Organisation
The objects of the Association are to help and support the Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral in
maintaining, preserving, improving and enhancing the fabric, fittings, ornaments, music and
monuments in Salisbury Cathedral; and to support the life, worship and ministry of the Cathedral. To
pursue these objects the Association makes grants to the Cathedral to fund specific projects and
purchases.
The management of the Association is deputed to the Executive Council, the members of which are
shown on Page 4.
Review of Activities and Achievements
During the year the membership decreased slightly to 3,385 and the Association received total income
of £105,088, compared with £226,048 in 2011/12. Ordinary income, excluding legacies, was
£103,605 compared with £102,657 in 2011/12; and legacies amounted to £1,483.
During the year, the Friends made grants of £5,500 to the Cathedral, £5,000 for St Michaels Chapel,
£500 to sponsor a recital, £4,000 of grant awarded previously for Quire lighting was no longer
required. After administrative expenses of £47,182 the Association had net incoming resources of
£56,406 (2011/12; net incoming resources of £160,227).
After taking account of investment gains and losses, the total funds increased by £84,671 to £773,872,
all but £3,785 of which is unrestricted.
Signed on behalf of the Executive Council:
Mrs K Beckett (Secretary)
Lt Col H Keatinge (Chairman)
Approved by the Executive Council: 16 May 2013
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THE FRIENDS OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2013
2013
2012
47,603
15,000
19,975
1,483
21,027
46,614
15,000
25,737
123,391
15,306
105,088
226,048
5,000
500
(4,000)
-
504
10,000
4,000
1,500
14,504
Governance costs
47,182
51,317
Total resources expended
48,682
65,821
56,406
160,227
28,265
(3,911)
84,671
156,316
689,201
532,885
£773,872
£689,201
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
INCOMING RESOURCES
Subscriptions
Share of Cathedral Shop profit
Donations
Legacies
Investment income
Total incoming resources
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Grants to Salisbury Cathedral
St Michael’s Chapel
Recital Sponsorship
Te Deum altar frontal
Quire lighting
Flower arrangements
Net incoming resources
OTHER RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES
Gains and losses on investments
Net movement in funds
BALANCES AT 1 APRIL 2012
BALANCES AT 31 MARCH 2013
AUDITORS’ STATEMENT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
THE FRIENDS OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
Respective Responsibilities of Members of the Executive Council and Auditors
We have examined the summarised accounts , consisting of the summarised Statement of Financial Activities
and Balance Sheet, which are the responsibility of the members of the Executive Council. Our responsibility is
to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the summarised accounts within Spire with the full annual
Accounts and Trustees Report. We also read the financial information within Spire and consider the
implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with
the summarised accounts.
Basis of Opinion
We conducted our work with reference to Bulletin 2008/3 issued by the Auditing Practices Board. Our report
on the Association's full annual financial statements describes the basis of our audit opinion on those financial
statements.
Opinion
In our opinion the summarised accounts are consistent with the full annual Report and Accounts of the Friends
of Salisbury Cathedral for the year ended 31 March 2013.
FLETCHER & PARTNERS
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Salisbury, 21 June 2013
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THE FRIENDS OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2013
2013
2012
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
Investments (at market value)
110
354,252
878
526,227
354,362
527,105
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
2,544
63,846
452,008
83,492
230,506
518,398
313,998
72,044
121,054
CREDITORS: Amounts falling due
within one year
NET CURRENT ASSETS
446,354
192,944
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
800,716
720,049
26,844
30,848
£773,872
£689,201
3,785
770,087
3,785
685,416
£773,872
£689,201
CREDITORS: Amounts falling due
after more than one year
NET ASSETS
Representing:
Restricted Funds
General Fund
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(a)
Life Membership Subscriptions: These are taken to income over 12.5 years
(b)
Investments: These are shown at market value and gains or losses on revaluation are included in
the Statement of Financial Activities.
(c)
Grants payable: These are accounted for when a legal or constructive obligation to pay the
grants has come into existence.
2. RESTRICTED FUNDS
These consist of donations received and funds raised for specific purposes. The balance at 31 March 2013
was held for the Little Paradise Project.
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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
HELD ON SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2012 AT 3.15 pm IN SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
1. Canon Ed Probert opened the meeting by inviting those present to say the Friends’
Prayer.
2. President’s Introduction
In the absence of the Dean, Canon Probert welcomed the opportunity, both as a
member of the Friends and on behalf of the Dean and Chapter, to give all present an
update on the current developments and challenges faced by our beloved Cathedral,
together with the considerable changes at all levels among the people concerned with
its wellbeing.
Some changes in personnel had been fond farewells, through retirement or moving on
to other paths, but there had also been sadness, and each person in their own way
was sorely missed. However others had come to take up their places in all areas, in
worship, finance, facilities and outreach, which included a new Precentor, Canon
Treasurer, Bishop and Chapter Clerk to name a few.
Canon Probert went on to say that besides roughly 90 paid staff, the cathedral's
activities depended on many volunteers: at the most recent count, 689 of them.
Considerable thought went into how to organise things in ways which were efficient
and effective, but which also honoured the diversity of these roles and their voluntary
nature. Following a long gestation, last autumn an updated Volunteers' Handbook and
Volunteers' Policy were introduced which had proved successful.
Over the past year, the Cathedral’s arts and exhibitions programme had included
Anthony Gormley’s Flare II, the extensive Sean Henry sculptures, and the Olympicthemed Avenue of Champions in the west cloister. Although it had been good to tie in
with the national and international drama of the Olympics and Paralympics, these
events had had a depressing effect on general tourism in Britain. A reduction in visitor
numbers in the Cathedral during the crucial months of July and August, although
anticipated, would effect a better-than-balanced budget achieved for the first time in
several years, through the collective effort of the whole Cathedral community. Canon
Probert said that this essential volatility of revenue was one of the reasons why the
enduring commitment and generosity of the Friends was so valuable.
Canon Probert informed the meeting of the preparations for future long term plans
currently in hand, including the approaching 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta in
2015. The organising group, led on Chapter by Canon Probert, and chaired by Robert
Key, had many diverse and exciting plans. Evidence of the even longer term was in the
work on the Chapter House, the current phase of the Major Repair Programme which
had been funded by anonymous donors. Less visible was the Little Paradise site, where
archaeological and enabling works had been done in preparation for one of the
absolutely crucial, but unglamorous, developments within the Master Plan - the
provision of toilets and storage. Canon Probert thanked the Friends, who had funded
this work so far. He said there was still much more yet to do on this project, but borne
on by the prospect of universal sighs of relief when our facilities were, after more than
750 years, truly worthy of this place and community!
Canon Probert closed his address by thanking members for their attention, but much
more importantly, for their individual and collective commitment to the life and future
of the cathedral. What would this cathedral be like without its Friends?
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3. Apologies
The Chairman announced that apologies had been received from: The Very Revd June
Osborne, Lt Col & Mrs R C Ayers OBE, Mrs Heather Bland, Mr John & Mrs Juliet
Bushell, J J A Caunt, Mr Peter Chase, Mr Tony & Mrs Pat Cousins, Mr & Mrs D Davies,
Miss Jane Erith, Mr John Kennerley, Mr Peter & Mrs Deidre Luton, Mrs Olive Moody,
Mr David Spencer, Mrs Katie Sporle, Dr B & Mrs C Waldman, Mrs Zinnia Watson, Mr
Anthony & Mrs Kate Weale, Mrs P Wright.
4. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 10 September 2011
The Very Revd John Seaford proposed, seconded by Mr Rodney Targett, that the
Minutes be accepted as a correct record and this was passed unopposed.
5. Matters Arising
There were none.
6. Election of Members to Council
The Chairman began by announcing that Mrs Ruth Binney, Council’s Archdeaconry
Representative for Dorset, was to be re-married and would be moving out of the
Diocese, and had therefore resigned her post on the Council. She had taken on this
mantle when her husband Donald died, and the Chairman was very grateful to Mrs
Binney for playing such a full part in the affairs of the Friends. He then thanked both
Mrs Gemma Russell and Mr Keith Millman, the most excellent and valued outgoing
elected members of the Council. He said that two new candidates had been proposed
and seconded to join the Council, Mr Peter Chase, and Mr Dudley Heather; the
meeting was all in favour and they were duly elected.
7. Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer, Mr Ian McNeil, reported on the financial year ended 31st March 2012.
In referring to the summary accounts in Spire, he said it had been a routine year, with
income once again strongly enhanced by legacies, which continued to be an
important and valued source of income for the Friends. He said that it had been
agreed through Council to make a further grant towards Cathedral Flowers, and after
gains and losses on investments, the net movement in funds was £156,000.
The Chairman added that the accounts reflected a good financial year, and by early
next year, the Friends should have approximately £300,000 available for funds for
grants, £200,000 being currently on deposit with Barclays Wealth as a cash
investment. Looking towards projected funds, he said that the Friends were in a
position to have nearly raised £600,000 towards the Little Paradise project, our main
effort to fund as far as the Friends possibly could. He thanked Tory Hirst and Ian
McNeil for overseeing the accounts. Mr David Felgate proposed, seconded by Mrs
Denise Watkins, that the accounts should be adopted, and this was passed.
8. Appointment of Honorary Auditors
The Chairman reported that Messrs Fletcher & Partners had agreed to continue as
Honorary Auditors of the Friends’ Accounts. He added that James Fletcher in particular
was a very cogent and helpful adviser, he and his staff looked after the Friends’
accounts extremely well, for which they made no charge. The Chairman proposed,
seconded by Mr Rodney Targett, that Fletcher & Partners should be re-appointed as
the Association’s Auditors.
9. The Secretary’s Report
Kate Beckett began her report by addressing the Lord Lieutenant of Dorset, Canon
Probert, and the Chairman, and thanking all members for their continued interest and
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generous support of the work of the Friends. She was, as ever, honoured to be
reporting as secretary of the Friends’ Association, and was delighted that so many
members had travelled from various parts of the country to participate in the special
day, to take part in the tour programme, and to attend the excellent lecture by
Michael Bowyer. She thanked everyone who had contributed to the day including the
Cathedral Refectory, and she looked forward to finishing the day with choir practice, a
short organ recital by John Challenger, the new Assistant Director of Music, and
evensong.
Kate reported that in the Close this year she had seen the Queen and Prince Phillip
during their Diamond Jubilee, and the Olympic Torch in the hands of Michael Johnson.
The Cathedral’s planning application for Little Paradise had been passed, so work
would soon begin on building the new toilets and storage which was brilliant news.
Kate had been elected onto both the Cathedral Forum and Cathedral Council as the
Friend’s representative, and would be pleased to pass anything on. She said she would
be attending the National Conference of Friends’ Associations during the weekend
19th and 20th October next, at Worcester Cathedral. The Conference was both a
lovely social occasion and an opportunity to exchange information and ideas, and this
year a National Association of Friends’ was to be proposed.
As confirmed by the Treasurer, and in referring to the accounts for the past year, Kate
reported that normal Incoming Resources had once again received a fantastic boost
from legacies, for which the Friends was extremely grateful. In addition to
subscriptions and donations, annual income was made up from sales of chairs and
cards, investment income from our portfolio, and generous bequests and donations in
memoriam. We also continued to receive £15,000 annually as a share of the profit of
the Cathedral Shop.
As at 5 September, the membership stood at 3404 members, compared to 3415 this
time last year. Kate wanted all members to reach out the hand of friendship to as
many people as possible, as it was the best way to get new members to join, and
thereby increase normal revenue.
Friends’ events had included two days out, to Weymouth and Portland, and to
London. A 5-day residential trip to Pembrokeshire was booked at the end of
September, a little later in the year than usual, with a visit to St Davids Cathedral,
Tenby and Laugharne, and a few gardens and historic houses along the way. The
change of date this year to July instead of December for the volunteers’ tea party had
proved successful, and Kate thanked Helen and Bishop Nicholas for their excellent
hospitality and for giving the Friends the opportunity to visit their house and garden
on such a lovely warm afternoon.
This year’s Christmas Card design was already proving to be popular, even with a
change of size. The original watercolour was painted by Terry Freemantle, an artist
used before, of the cathedral lit up at night, highlighting the new external lighting
and reminding us of the arrival of the light of the world. Kate reported that this year
having the office open on Friends’ Day for members to buy or collect cards, had
proved successful and would be repeated.
She reminded members who paid by Standing Order that if they wished to increase
their subscription, they could do so direct with their bank, or alternatively contact her
in the office, and she would send them a form to fill out and return. She also
reminded members to give the office any change of postal or email address, and to
contact her for if they hadn’t completed a Gift Aid declaration.
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In concluding her report, Kate paid tribute to the Friends as a very caring and friendly
community of people, and she thanked everyone, including volunteers and Cathedral
staff, for all their help and support over a year not without its challenges. She also
made a plea for help to arrange the front window display on a more regular basis.
Kate had been especially grateful recently to those who had rallied round to help
because Tory Hirst, Assistant Secretary and Bookeeper, was off on a long period of sick
leave. After a very difficult few weeks, Tory had been diagnosed with cancer, to be
followed up with chemotherapy, and on her behalf, Kate thanked the many people
who had sent their prayers, love and support through cards and visits, and everyone
hoped she would be back in the office again soon. Salisbury Cathedral and its
community was an inspiration and one which the Friends embraced with love and
dedicated commitment.
10. Any Other Business
There was none from the floor; the Chairman concluded the meeting by adding his
thanks to all the Cathedral staff, Refectory staff, and to Canon Probert for their help
with Friends’ Day.
The Meeting ended with the Grace at 4.00pm.
GRANTS MADE TO SALISBURY CATHEDRAL:
1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013
GRANTS PAID:
G09/02
Improvements to choir lighting – final balance................ £50,000
(£4,000 awarded not required)
G11/01(a) Cathedral Flowers (£2,000 x 2 years)................................. £2,000
G12/01
Sponsorship of SCF recital..................................................... £500
GRANTS AWARDED OR OUTSTANDING:
G10/02(c) Little Paradise Project....................................................... £60,000
(balance of initial grant £270,000)
G11/01(b) Cathedral Flowers.............................................................. £2,000
(balance of initial grant £4,000)
G12/02
Re-ordering of St Michael’s Chapel.....................................£5,000
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NEW MEMBERS as advised 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013
We extend a very warm welcome to the following new Friends:
Mrs Jane Barker
Mr Richard Bath
Ms Ira Blake & Mr James
Humphries
Mr Martin Bradford
Mr Peter & Mrs Lucy
Cleary
Mr Simon Cooper
Mrs Caroline Cotton
Mrs Caroline Dutson
Mr Ian & Mrs Mary
Ingrey-Counter
Mr David & Mrs Joy
James
Mr Roger Jinkinson
Ms Bethan Jones &
Ms Patricia Bowden
Ms Lynn Kerr &
Mr Anthony Kaduck
Herr Wilhelm Kranz
Mr Geoffrey &
Mrs Jacqueline Exley
Miss Isabel Ewing
Mr Harry Lang
Mr Michael Limbrick
Miss Nicola Farquharson
Mr Tony & Mrs Pam
Field
Mr Ian Fraser
Mr & Mrs Jarl Malmberg
Mrs Frances Marsh
Mr Martin & Mrs Kim
McCann
Mr & Mrs James Gillings
Mr Terence &
Mrs Veronica Godfray
Mr David Gray
Mr Nigel Grey-Turner
Ms Helen Nelson
Mr & Mrs J A Noble
Mr Peter & Mrs Lynda
Hambly
Mrs Andrea Hamel
Ms Anne Harvey
Mr Richard Henry
Mr Jeff Hewitt
Mr Robin & Mrs Angela
Hindle
Mr & Mrs Ian Hobday
Mr Brian & Dr Joy
Hughes
Mr Gervase Hulbert OBE
& Mrs Susannah
Hulbert
Mrs Katherine Phipps
Mr Simon & Mrs Ursula
Pomeroy
Mrs A C Pitts
Mrs Elizabeth
Prescott-Decie
Mr Graham & Mrs Alison
Rawlinson
Mr Benjamin Sears &
Mr Bradford Conner
Mrs Suzanne Shallis
Mr Shaun Sheppard
Mr John & Mrs Su Smale
Mr & Mrs Duncan
Sowry-House
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Mr John & Mrs Eileen
Spalding
Mrs Katie Sporle
Miss Laura Spiers
Miss Elizabeth Stratford
Mr John & Mrs Mabel
Taylor
Mrs Jane Templer
Mrs Cindy Thake
Mr Martyn & Mrs Sally
Walden
Mrs Margaret
Wauchope
Mr Michael Woolf
Honorary Members
(former Choristers
July 2012)
Mr Finnbar Blakey
Mr Jack Coville-Wright
Miss Flora Davies
Mr Freddie Foster
Miss Kelly Frost
Mr Sebastian Halls
Miss Helena Mackie
Miss Georgiana
Roxburgh
Miss Rosanna Wicks
We also extend a warm
welcome to those
Friends who have
rejoined our Association
or changed category.
OBITUARY 2012/2013
1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013
We learn with deep regret and sympathy of the deaths of the following Friends:
Revd J C Abdy
Mr D L Andrewes
Miss B J Ashton-Taylor
Canon R J A Askew
M D G Hilliam
Mrs D E Hollis
Mr G Hunt
Mrs G Jones
Mrs J H Bailey
Mrs L B Binding
Dr J A Birch
Brig G L Body CBE
Mr & Mrs William Boone
Mr & Mrs E A Box
Mr M S Brett
Mrs M Brown
Mrs G P Brown
Mr & Mrs F N Buckley
Mrs A H Kelly
Mr E H Legat
Mrs K M Lockyer
Mrs C E Maple
Mr Colin Mowle
Canon P R Oades
Mrs U Parker
Mr L A Phillips
Mr A F Pistell
Miss A O Pocock
Mr J C Case OBE
Mrs J J A Caunt
Revd G Chesham
Miss M A Clarke
Mrs M Colclough
Ven N H Crowder
Dr A Reese
Miss S G Ross
Mr T J Searle
Mrs J Shemilt
Mr R O C Spring
Miss D M Stafford
Dr N J Suffling
Mr T C Sweeney
Mr & Mrs A C Dale
Mr A Dover
Mrs D M Dudley
Mr F J Earle
Mr & Mrs J Farquharson
Major B L Faux
Mrs C Frankfort
Mr P Taylor
Miss W Towner
Mrs R D M Underwood
Mr & Mrs R P German
Miss I M Walby
Mr R Withers
Mrs H M Woodcock
Mrs K R Hall
Mr K R A Hall
Mrs D Hart
Mr M J Head
Revd A J R Yates
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THE OBJECTS OF THE FRIENDS
To support the Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral in maintaining, preserving, improving and
enhancing the fabric, fittings, ornaments, furniture, music and monuments of the
Cathedral, and to support its life, worship, and ministry.
The Association was formed in 1930 and has approximately 3,500 members.
MEMBERSHIP
Minimum annual subscriptions are:
Ordinary — single
Ordinary — joint
Corporate membership:
Schools, PCCs etc
Businesses and Professions
Life — single
Life — joint
£20.00
£30.00
£10.00
£100.00
£300.00
£450.00
Application, Standing Order and Gift Aid Declaration forms may be obtained from
The Secretary, The Friends’ Office, 52 The Close, Salisbury SP1 2EL
Tel: 01722 335161/555190 E-mail: friends@salcath.co.uk
or downloaded from www.salisburycathedralfriends.co.uk
SERVICES IN THE CATHEDRAL
SUNDAYS
WEEKDAYS
08:00 Holy Communion
07:30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion
09:15 Mattins **
11:15 Holy Communion – 1662 (Thurs only)
10:30 Sung Eucharist with Sermon *
12:15 Holy Communion – CW Order1(Tues only)
16:30 Choral Evensong (Note change)
17:30 Evensong *
* Sung by the Cathedral Choir in term time and by
visiting choirs at other times.
** Usually sung but occasionally said or replaced by
another service.
Please check the cathedral’s website www.salisburycathedral.org.uk
Services can vary from the regular pattern at certain times of the year and at short notice.
Please check the Monthly Service List or telephone the Liturgy and Music Department on
01722 555125. For recorded information telephone 01722 555113
THE FRIENDS' PRAYER
God our Father, by whose inspiration our ancestors were given the faith and vision to
build our Cathedral Church of Sarum and in succeeding ages to care for its maintenance
and adornment; give us grace as Friends to serve you with the same faith and vision, so
that our Cathedral may speak to every generation of beauty and holiness and be a
witness to your abiding presence in our land and in our lives.
Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
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A Bequest to the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral ...
... will be appreciated every day
As a Friend of Salisbury Cathedral, you have already helped us conserve many of the
most inspiring features of our great medieval cathedral – as well as keeping our
wonderful choral tradition alive, and supporting cathedral life, its worship and ministry.
Legacies and bequests have long played an important role in boosting the funds the
Friends can make available for grants to Salisbury cathedral – the whole purpose of our
being – and the generosity of our members is at the very heart of our ethos. Bequests are
vital in supporting what we can offer to the cathedral in the future.
For each of us, making a Will is a very special opportunity to make the future more secure
for our friends and families. But at the same time, if you wish to pledge your future
support for the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral, there is no limit on what you can leave in
a bequest to Church or Charities, which is 100% exempt from Inheritance Tax, which
means all the money you leave will go towards supporting us.
You could leave 10% of your taxable estate to charity, and qualify for a reduced rate of
Inheritance Tax payable on your estate – so your family won’t have to pay as much tax.
Tax relief is also a possibility if you gift shares or securities to charity, which can be
especially useful to the donor who is a 40% taxpayer.
Any amount you can give will make a difference. We would be delighted if we could
thank you in your lifetime so, if you wish, please tell us you are leaving a gift in your will.
All benefactors’ names will be included in the Book of Remembrance on permanent
display in the cathedral.
Your solicitor will ensure your wishes are carried out, but if you would like to discuss
leaving a bequest, please contact Kate Beckett in the Friends’ Office or complete the slip
below.
✁
We are so grateful to all our donors, past and present, for remembering us in this special
way.
Can you help?
If you would like to find out more about supporting the Friends through a bequest,
please fill in your details below and return to the Friends’ Office, and you will be
contacted:
Name: ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Phone number: ……………………………… email: ………………………………………...….
Friends of Salisbury Cathedral, 52 The Close, Salisbury SP1 2EL
Tel: (01722) 335161 or 555190 email: friends@salcath.co.uk Charity: 243439
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THE REFECTORY RESTAURANT
The Refectory Restaurant is part of a stunning, modern glass-roofed building
providing spectacular views of Britain's tallest spire while you relax over a
morning coffee, afternoon snack or lunch. These relatively new facilities
complement what is probably Britain's finest medieval cathedral. Built in just
38 years from 1220 the cathedral is surrounded by historic buildings, ancient
stone walls and eight acres of lawns.
The Restaurant has been operated by Milburns Restaurants since it opened in
April 2000. Serving a wide range of refreshments from 9.30am through to
5.30pm every day, (except Christmas Day) it is used by visitors, local
residents and those just exploring the Close. There's a tempting range of
croissants, Danish pastries and homemade scones to enjoy with your morning
coffee. Lunch, served from 11.30am right through to 2.30pm offers a choice of hot and cold dishes, sandwiches
and fresh homemade soup. Where better to sit back and relax over afternoon tea, with mouth-watering homemade
cakes and scones?
If you're looking for a unique venue for business dinners and presentations, or that special family celebration in the
evening, then you can hire not only the Refectory Restaurant, but also the medieval Chapter House with its
medieval stone carvings of stories from the Old Testament, now home to the best preserved original Magna Carta
(1215 AD), perfect for pre-dinner drinks. The Cathedral Cloisters are also available and during the summer holidays
you can have a marquee on the Chapter House Lawn, with the Chapter House and Cathedral providing a stunning
never to be forgotten backdrop to your event.
For any information on hiring these venues please contact
Milburns Restaurants on 01722 555172.
For general information on visiting Salisbury Cathedral call 01722 555120 or see the website
www.salisburycathedral.org.uk
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Visit the Cathedral Shop
and Restaurant
Discover an inspiring selection of books, cards and
quality gifts, as well as the popular range of Cathedral
Choir and Organ CDs in the Cathedral Shop.
Relax in the spectacular glass-roofed Refectory
Restaurant with magnificent views of the spire, seating
for 100 and the perfect setting to enjoy lunch or tea.
Open daily year round:
9.30am - 5.30pm
Shop / Restaurant closed Christmas Day
For shop mail order, telephone: 01722 555170
or order online: www.salisburycathedral.org.uk
Partner-led firm of Chartered
Surveyors & Estate Agents
Advising clients in The Close since 1903
Residential Sales
Residential Letting
& Management
Commercial Agency
Commercial
Management
49 High Street, Salisbury, SP1 2PD
e residential@myddeltonmajor.co.uk t 01722 337575 f 01722 411265
www.myddeltonmajor.co.uk
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Freshly made tasty food ...
CONTEMPORARY INDIAN CUISINE
www.anokaa.com
F i s h e r t o n S t r e e t , S a l i s b u r y Reser vations : 01722 414142
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The Friends of the Cathedral are most grateful to those listed below who by their
generous contributions have assisted in the production of this report
Strutt & Parker
Chartered surveyors and country house agents
41 Milford Street, Salisbury SP1 2BP
Tel: 01722 328741
www.struttandparker.com
Pewsey Vale Coaches Ltd
Jason Battle
Architectural Stonecarving & Sculpture
Studio: 01722 321429
Coach hire 29 to 70 seats
day trips, holidays, transfers
email: jay.battle@btinternet.com
Tel: 01672 562238
email: info@pewseyvalecoaches.co.uk
Firefly Graphics
Fletcher & Partners
For all your design & print needs
A friendly, independent designer with over 20
years experience in the design/print trade
T: 01980 863315 E: fireflygraphics@yahoo.co.uk
W: www.wix.com/fireflygraphics/design
Chartered Accountants
Crown Chambers
Bridge Street, Salisbury SP1 2LZ
Tel: 01722 327801
www.fletchpart.co.uk
Salisbury Cathedral School
Boys & Girls 3 – 13, day and boarding
The Close, Salisbury SP1 2EQ
Tel: 01722 555300
email: headsec@salisburycathedralschool.com
www.salisburycathedralschool.com
Southons of Salisbury
R Moulding & Co (Salisbury) Ltd
Quality Upholstery, Furniture, Beds
Building Contractors (Est 1908)
38/40 Catherine Street, Salisbury SP1 2DE
Tel: 01722 322458 Fax: 01722 338780
email: info@southonsfurniture.co.uk
www.southonsfurniture.co.uk
South Newton, Salisbury SP2 0QW
Tel: 01722 742228 Fax: 01722 744502
email: admin@mouldings-builders.co.uk
www.mouldings-builders.co.uk
W Shipsey & Sons Ltd
Caterers, Marquee and Equipment Hire
Gigant House, 8 Castlegate Business Park, Old Sarum, Salisbury SP4 6QX
Tel: 01722 322645 Fax: 01722 410722 email: sales@shipseys.co.uk
Back cover: ‘Angels: Harmony’ by Helaine Blumenfeld, from the current sculpture
exhibition in the cathedral.
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