#OnThisDay in 1809 Salisbury celebrated George III’s golden jubilee. Was a procession, ball and supper, and 1000 blankets were given to poor

RT @petercmoore: .@salisbury_matt #otd Making Plans for Nigel only got to #17 in UK. Senses Working Overtime was #10.

Listening to @LittleAtoms with John Lloyd (QI, Blackadder, To the Manor Born) who seems to be the World’s Nicest Man www.littleatoms.com/johnlloyd…

On 24 Oct 1978 XTC played at @CityHallSalis #otd. This was their biggest hit buff.ly/1wfJI4I

‘Salisbury’s eccentric sculptor’ Richard Cockle Lucas was born in Salisbury on 24th Oct 1800. buff.ly/1wnD3Y3 t.co/bXoJY0ERR…

RT @HuffPostUKTech: Facebook’s entire tax bill in the UK? £3,169. Mark Zuckerbeg’s new island? $100 million. huff.to/1rkzc8W

The Salisbury @journalupdate frontpage healine this morning is ‘Better than Vienna’.

Means nothing to me.

RT @Clonehenge: Here is the Clonehenge blog’s list of 80 large permanent Stonehenge replicas around the world. clonehenge.com/the-63-la…

RT @MikesVoice: Today in 1844, Millerites predicted the End of the World. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.

#OTD in 1822, William Cobbett visited Salisbury for the 1st time on his Rural Rides. Spoke at meeting of 500 farmers t.co/fUPVFF0Y2…

Very much enjoyed podcast talk by John Waters about hitch-hiking across America. libwww.freelibrary.org/podcast/i…

RT @AgeasSalisFest: #Salisbury is in the @Guardian, @DailyMailUK and @Independent! In my honest, unbiased opinion, it’s the Festival that m…

RT @montie: Delighted to live in Salisbury - one of the ten must visit world cities of 2015 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e… via @Colin_Bloom

RT @ST0NEHENGE: BBC News - Stonehenge may be mentioned in 8th Century poem www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e…

RT @SimonWardPhoto: Salisbury announced as one of the top ten cities to visit in the world @itvmeridian @SimonParkinITV t.co/P8serC

RT @guardianobits: Sir John Hoskyns obituary. Businessman and influential head of Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit. www.theguardian.com/politics/…

RT @dukkhaboy: Nigel Farage AND mike Read? It’s like the chuckle brothers without the chuckles

lioness poster from The British Postal Museum & Archive - postalheritage.wordpress.com/tag/lione… #otd

Poster advertizing the lioness which attacked the mail coach at Winterslow, #wiltshire #OnThisDay in 1816 t.co/5ui8V7Xe2…

RT @henrywinter: #qpr fans chanting “Raheem Sterling – he sleeps when he wants”. Hodgson here, planning to talk to Rodgers post-match to pu…