#OnThisDay in 1962 the actor Ralph Fiennes was born
He was born in Ipswich, but went to school in Salisbury, and of course, in Hogwarts
Second sacred space of the day
I’m a lucky chap
#CHELEI #WinterSolstice #stonehenge
Just been to a whole foods help yourself buffet which they price by weight of the food
Am now both bloated and bankrupt
Solstice done
Absolutely lovely
Next, for the first time in my life, I’m off to the fox-hunting
#WinterSolstice #stonehenge
#WinterSolstice #stonehenge
#WinterSolstice #stonehenge
Beauty and the Beast at @salisburyplay is fantastique!
I haven’t laughed so much since last year’s panto
#OnThisDay in 1971 Led Zeppelin played at Salisbury City Hall (@CityHallSalis )
It was rescheduled from the 15th
There should be a word for the feeling you get when you leave work early, not just on time early but properly early, but then the train’s delayed and you end up getting home at the same time anyway
#FirstWorldProblems
I’ve seen half of one of these.
It was very good, though
#MustTryHarder
Interesting doc about P.S. Gilmour, who wrote When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, and led is band at the post Civil War peace jubilee and at the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty www.rte.ie/radio1/do…
Setlist and comments from people who were there are at:
“I do not know the answer other than continuing to do and say the right things, all of us, including you the true fans whose name is being tarnished as well.” - @PatNevin
#OnThisDay in 2013 Terry Pratchett joined Steeleye Span on stage at @CityHallSalis
The band were touring their ‘Wintersmith’ LP was based on @terryandrob’s books.
The band thanked him for writing the stories, Pratchett replied that ‘if he’d known how good the album would be he’d have written better books’
Deer in Salisbury London Road cemetery
If you look very closely!
According to Wikipedia somebody by the name of Penny lived in this house in the 1500s
Not sure how we’ve degenerated from Lords of the Manor to Computer Monkeys in a few short centuries
#OnThisDay in 1680 a nonconformist meeting was violently broken up by a mob in Castle Street, Salisbury
The mob “pulled down the pulpits and seats, and broke the walls of the house, and threw them into the main stream, and took the names of several persons to prosecute them"
#OnThisDay in 1971 Slade plade at the Alex Disco in Salisbury
They were still 2 years away from their big Christmas hit, but Cuz I Luv You had just been in the charts