The Luftwaffe raid coincided with an air raid in the film then showing at what is now @CityHallSalis ‘One of our Aircraft is Missing’ #otd
#OnThisDay in 1942, there was an air raid on Salisbury. The gasworks was hit, ‘but the supply to the town was not interrupted’
#OnThisDay in 1999, there was an eclipse of the Sun, visible from much of the South West of England #otd
Salisbury Guidhall and rainbow, from top deck of the R1 p.twipple.jp/54NBS
#OnThisDay in 1871 The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia visited Salisbury, with their son, Willhelm. Willhelm was ‘Kaiser Bill’ of WW1
There’s a bit more detail about Moberly-Jourdain here buff.ly/1udt08a t.co/ukgHdMBxq…
A French translation, Les Fantomes de Trianon, had an intro by Jean Cocteau, and there was a TV movie with Hannah Gordon
The ‘timeslip’, became known as the ‘Moberly-Jourdain Incident’. Their best-selling book ran to at least 5 English editions.
#OnThisDay in 1901 Annie Moberly, Salisbury Bishop’s daughter, saw Marie-Antoinette at Versailles-108 years after she’d died t.co/FJnmJ6i6E…
I imagine Fraser Foster will see more of the ball at Southampton than he would have done at Celtic
It’s not enough for Clarkson to say he’s not racist by Deborah Orr The BBC has given Jeremy Clarkson a pass over accusations of racism. But will he now start to take responsibility for his own words and their meanings and ditch the martyr routine? « no surprises from The Guardian, but spot on
Ian Holloway sounded knackered already on @talksport this morning
RT @davidhepworth: 45 years ago this morning they were getting ready to do this. t.co/RRNaDWgk4…
RT @strange_signs: There must be one hell of a story behind this sign. t.co/V6uNp3tTL…
Today my favourite word is ‘brackish’.
Getting a ‘Page not Found’ error for the @chelseafc ticket exchange page today. Perhaps the new one is about to go live?
RT @Clonehenge: New post: The Eternal and the Momentary—the Trilithon Fountain of Lanjaron, Spain! Bringing our list to 80! t.co/VFh…
Keseys diarist wrote: tourists go round Stonehenge in opposite of true magical direction, clockwise, and maybe..unwind a little of the Magic
Ken Kesey had a beer with @DruidKingArthur at the Old Castle Inn
#OnThisDay in 1903 Ken Kesey, writer of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, visited Stonehenge in his Magic Bus buff.ly/1zpojrS