#OnThisDay in 2013 Mr Portillo’s Great Railway Journey show came through Salisbury. This features Westbury, v briefly buff.ly/1edbNTk
Am replacing a #powershell alias with a function. Doesn’t work until you remove the alias!
#OnThisDay in 1993, I think, Odstock Hospital became Salisbury District Hospital
Captain MacHeath in the last clip evolved into Mac the Knife….so Mac the Knife was born in Amesbury, kind of buff.ly/1lj9G5Q
John Gay’s Beggars Opera premiered #OnThisDay in 1728. Gay wrote it in Amesbury buff.ly/1lj9pQh
Always think a ‘Salsi-berry’ sounds like the name of some new exotic fruit
I wonder how many times in life I’ve typed Salsibury rather Salisbury. Too many.
#OnThisDay in 1897 the Devizes & Wilts Gazette reported that the govt. had bought 40000 acres of Salisbury Plain ‘for military purposes’
Chairman of Lloyds of London had a very soft 5 minutes on 50p tax rate on @BBCr4today . Didn’t seem to be much balance, really.
#OnThisDay in 1847 Salisbury’s first railway station opened at Milford. It’s why there’s a ‘Railway Inn’ in Tollgate Road
#OnThisDay in 1969 a giant panda appeared in Laverstock buff.ly/1le8JM5
.@timothycroall thanks for the RT!
#OnThisDay in 1993 Ewan MacGregor was in Joe Orton’s What The Butler Saw @salisburyplay buff.ly/1dV0Mrc
RT @chelseafc: Good morning Chelsea fans. A goodbye from @juanmata10… che.lc/QxjErQ #CFC
RT @wiltshirepolice: NETTLETON: White and Tan Jack Russell Dog found, owner please call 101 - log number 457
RT @Tony_McNulty: Tories miss the ‘emotional intelligence’ point - if you have to tell people they’re better off, then they’re not - howeve…
RT @ianbremmer: Avg Hourly Wage for Garment Workers: Bangladesh $.24 Cambodia $.45 Pakistan $.52 Vietnam $.53 China $1.26
#wef14 #davos
RT @henrywinter: Classy tribute to Juan Mata from #cfc fan @CFCCath wp.me/p2sZiP-mf via @wordpressdotcom
.@salisbury_wilts thanks for retweeting. :)
#OnThisDay in 1842 there was a grand pyrotechnic exhibition in Salisbury celebrating baptism of the future Edward VII buff.ly/1dUVxaZ