Group carol singing

Annual carols around the streets of Salisbury a success

December 2025

Each year, for at least a decade now, the group has run a carol service around half a dozen streets in Salisbury. The carols are actually sung by members of the Farrant Singers to whom we are grateful for contributing each year for this event. Members of the group do the collecting. What adds to the occasion is when families turn out to listen to the carols. A high point was one family who said the ‘really looked forward to the evening and for them, Christmas didn’t start until it had happened’.

A (not very good) photo of two families stood in their doorways listening to the carols.

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Carols

Group went carol singing in Salisbury last evening

December 2024

This was the 20th year we have done this and it is a pleasure when people come out to hear the singing. For one family who said it was one of the highpoints of the year, they sang two extra. The carols are actually sung by the Farrant Singers and it is wonderful to have a choir of their standing come and sing in the street for us.

“The Farrant Singers, based in Salisbury, are widely recognised as one of the most articulate and eloquent chamber ensembles in England.” (Review in The Church Times 20 June 2022)

We were delighted with the generosity of many which helps boosts our funds. As ever we finished at a supporter’s house for soup, cheese and mince pies. Our thanks to the Farrants and to all those who took part including the collectors.

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