#OnThisDay in 1831 another ‘batch’ of Swing rioters convicted in Salisbury Guildhall were shipped off to Tasmania buff.ly/1ncQDY9
.@salisbury_wilts - thanks for the RT!
This week in Salisbury history: 14th – 21st April wp.me/p1qtvA-2f…
#OnThisDay in 1980 former Welsh international Cliff Jones attended the opening of Salisbury RFC’s new club house
RT @MartinMarty1974: Fantastic backdrop as Leeds United face Chelsea in another epic battle!!! t.co/DiuWwBSQZ…
Gooners celebrating like they’ve won the Champions League.
Bless.
RT @anglotopia: Great British Art: Stonehenge as Painted by John Constable in 1835 – Stunning View of a World Icon wp.me/p3dAHD-ay…
Sinead’s brother on the bloke the Saw Doctors wrote the song about - Joseph O’Connor on the Irish state visit
RT @ST0NEHENGE: “@SalisburyTours: Stonehenge sunrise this morning. #touring #lovewilts t.co/qFbnOyQcU…”
RT @churfordjones: Spread the word that it is free to park at the Culver Street Car Park this and every Sunday
RT @lequipe: Chelsea laissera jouer Thibault Courtois lequi.pe/1oT02sh
#OnThisDay in 1992 the Common Cold Research Unit in Harnham burnt down. This may have been for Fire Brigade training, I’m not sure
Malcolm Gladwell on the Waco siege and religious tolerance - a sad story www.newyorker.com/online/bl…
Interesting @alaindebotton talk on The News www.spl.org/library-c… says it should be ‘Some News’ rather than ‘The News’
#OnThisDay in 1969 Fairport Convention played at the Alex Disco, Salisbury buff.ly/R2zupX
As well as being a well-regarded writer, Hazlitt could paint. This is his pic of his friend Charles Lamb t.co/Tv3kOPkeU…
#OnThisDay in 1092 the newly-consecrated Cathedral at Old Sarum was partially destroyed, possibly by a lightning strike
#OnThisDay in 1779 the Lion of Winterslow, William Hazlitt was born. Essayist ‘placed in company of Johnson & Orwell’ t.co/z2xJB1ZxF…
#OnThisDay in 1534 plan made for Salisbury workhouse so ‘none which be able to work that shall be suffered to go idly abroad, in begging’
Back in the Shire :)