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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · Aug 16

Bob’s funeral will be held at 12 on September 2nd at Salisbury Arts Centre. Tea and Coffee from 11.30.

Wear whatever you like.

No flowers, donations to the Samaritans via the funeral director ([email protected]).

All welcome to our home for refreshments after the funeral.

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · Aug 2

Bob’s sons Tom, Jack and Joey here. We’re really sad to let you know that Bob died suddenly on Thursday. The funeral will be in about 3 weeks – we’ll share further details here when we can. If you want to get in touch, you can email Jane, our mum, at jcgannuk[at]yahoo.co.uk

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · May 17

Lovely sunny day for meeting environment friendly businesses and community organisations at People in the Park. Looking forward to continuing conversations at Charter Assembly on 1 June

People outside stall at environment festival

Stalls at environment festival in Salisbury

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · May 13

In #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek met Salisbury Well City and other brilliant local initiatives supporting mental health in our community. Particularly good to see schemes involving our green spaces and arts www.wellcitysalisbury.co.uk

Home - Well-City Salisbury

Well-City Salisbury is about connection – to the arts, to heritage, to our local area, to the landscape and to each other.

www.wellcitysalisbury.co.uk

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · May 12

Spotted at Salisbury rail station. Who’s going to count the cost of not tackling climate change? Your children. And my grandchildren. #NetZero

Poster altered with graffiti to promote action against climate emergency

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · May 9

After two previous failed attempts (kids with tantrums, car break down) we finally saw the Bayeux Tapestry today. It was worth the wait

Section of the Bayeux Tapestry showing King Harold with an arrow in his eye.

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · Apr 19

Looking forward to taking the graffiti tour of #Salisbury Cathedral. We’re used to seeing memorials of the rich & famous but these are the marks of the ordinary people of our city

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Messages from the past: Salisbury Cathedral launches graffiti tours

Guides point out some of the thousands of marks around church – but stories behind many of them remain elusive

www.theguardian.com

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Salisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · Apr 10

Reform candidate in St Edmunds is running on pledge to bring ducks back to the Maltings. There’s plenty of ducks there already and elsewhere on the river. We believe in free movement of ducks.

Ducks on the river at Maltings, Salisbury

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Salisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · Mar 29

Labour #localelection candidates Sharon Rideout (St Francis & Stratford) & Bob Gann (St Edmund’s) at Wiltshire Police bike marking this morning. Labour will support #cyclists by preventing bike theft & fixing #potholes

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Alan Scrase @atscrase.bsky.social · Mar 26

@salisburylabour.bsky.social Labour is working for Salisbury’s young people. We’re backing youth clubs and pushing Wiltshire Council to expand mental health services for young residents. #YouthSupport #LabourForSalisbury

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Salisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · Mar 26

List of achievements of Labour government

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Salisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · Mar 24

From April councils will start to receive their share of Labour’s £1.6bn road maintenance fund. Councils must publish how many #potholes they’ve fixed or lose funds. Make sure Wilts Council deliver on fixing our roads www.gov.uk/government/n...

PM tells councils to prove action on pothole plague to unlock extra cash and reveals £4.8 billion for major roads

The Plan for Change is tackling the pothole plague, building vital roads and ensuring every penny is delivering results for the taxpayer.

www.gov.uk

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Alan Scrase @atscrase.bsky.social · Mar 21

Labour is committed to protecting Salisbury’s green spaces. We’re improving parks locally and pushing Wiltshire Council to defend our countryside. Let’s keep Salisbury green! #GreenerSalisbury #LabourForSalisbury

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Salisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · Mar 18

According to Kwikfit, who should know, #potholes damage cost motorists £1.5bn last year - £120 per driver. Labour will act to fix roads & pavements #VoteLabour #LocalElections www.kwik-fit.com/press/pothol...

Potholes Cost Nation's Drivers �1.5bn in Repairs

www.kwik-fit.com

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Salisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · Mar 18

Taking part in #Parkrun in #Salisbury Churchill Gardens. #Labour will protect our green spaces and rivers, and support our community groups #VoteLabour #LocalElections

People running along a path by a river. There are long shadows from the trees

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Salisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · Mar 14

Down to the @wiltscouncil.bsky.social offices to pick up nomination papers for #localelections. Great to see volunteers working hard in Secret Garden. Peaceful haven for local community #SalisburyGreenerFuture

People digging in community garden. There are raised beds and a greenhouse

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · Mar 8

Beautiful spring day for #parkrun at #Clapham Common. Only marred by going face down over a tree root. Thanks to the kind marshals & other runners who picked me up. What a great community. PS. I still finished in reasonable time

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · Mar 4

Feels like #Spring as I lay out my seed potatoes.

Seed potatoes (variety: Rocket) laid out in a cardboard egg tray with the wooden side of a shed the background

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · Mar 2

Watching Queer Eye featuring a librarian in Las Vegas. Described himself as a “matchmaker for resources”. Pretty much sums up the role. thelibrarydistrict.org/locations/WH...

Whitney Library

Whitney Library provides the community in Southern Nevada with free events and programs, homework help and tutoring, ESL classes and…

thelibrarydistrict.org

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · Feb 26

Always enjoy the Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social orchid show. Beautiful and bonkers at the same time

Display of orchids with model of a Peruvian vicuña

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · Feb 26

Relied on these Expert books when I first started gardening in the 1970s www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

David Hessayon obituary

Gardening writer whose no-nonsense Expert guides have remained in the bestseller lists since the 1950s

www.theguardian.com

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Sheila Webber @sheilawebber.bsky.social · Feb 24

New media and Information Literacy toolkit from UNESCO

UNESCO just launched a publication aimed organisations supporting young people - Journey through the MILtiverse: media and information literacy toolkit for youth organizations. It is partly quizzes and partly self-auditing questions, and starts by asking…

dlvr.it

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Good Things Foundation @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social · Feb 25

We tackle digital exclusion through the National Databank, National Device Bank and Learn My Way.

These services are delivered by Digital Inclusion Hubs across the UK in the National Digital Inclusion Network.

Discover more about our services at www.goodthingsfoundation.org/our-services.

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · Feb 25

Quite an impact at my corner shop this morning as all the papers with #MakeItFair on front pages. #AI in creative industries

Newspapers all saying Make It Fair on front pages

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Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · Feb 24

Why working in the library beats WFH www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The one change that worked: I found an escape from online life by swapping my home office for the library

I can find essential and unusual facts for my arts journalism in the dusty old tomes – information not readily available on Google. And, as I did as a child, I lose myself in a world of books ...

www.theguardian.com

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