Old Sarum
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Old Sarum books (14 available)
- 12 photos on Old Sarum appear in 6 Frith books - View photos of Old Sarum
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Dad''s panic
Dad was village copper for several years (our old Police House is now "Peelers" in Thorneydown Road) and had a number of people he got on well with. He tended not to panic too often but one day a message came through that had him rush out in panic because of the loss of one of his friends, Pat Pocock from the Post Office.
I can't remember the exact year but it was early 1960's.
Later the Post Office was moved to a shop in Thorneydown Road and later still it was taken over by Frank Gaulton who still ran it when we left Winterbourne in 1964.
A memory of Winterbourne Gunner contributed by Graham Francis
The Old School
My place of work. I have done a lot of work on collecting archive photos and making electronic copies of some of the many fascinating letters and articles written by the old girls 1880's to present.
A memory of Salisbury contributed by Richard Clarke
Street Where I Live
Nice to see that not a lot has chnaged since this photo was taken to what it is like to day.
More cars and people now of course.
A memory of Salisbury contributed by Richard Clarke
the Town Path
Have seen this view many times in my younger days back in the late 1920s and early 30s, just after crossing the footbridge over the river, when on my way to see my dear old gran at Harnham. I can still remember the smell of the old mill.
A memory of Salisbury contributed by Mr E Drewitt
Extracts From Old Sarum & Wiltshire books
This picture is taken from the area of Hudson’s field, looking
northwards to the hill of Old Sarum. Castle Road (part of the A345
to Amesbury) is on the right, and the Avon Valley is just out of the
picture to the left. The scene has not changed too much today, as the
suburban growth of New Sarum has stopped short of the site of its
neolithic ancestor.
An extract from from"Salisbury Pocket Album".
It is sad that the massive flint walls that were excavated in 1913 have, through archaeological excavations, ceased to exist.
An extract from from"Ancient Monuments and Stone Circles Photographic Memories".
Old Sarum was originally an Iron
Age fort with earth ramparts. The
Normans fortified the existing site
using local and occasionally unstable
building materials. This picture
shows the remains of the flint tower,
which, as can be seen, needed
substantial reinforcement with solid
blocks of stone.
An extract from from"Salisbury Pocket Album".
The garderobe pits—the medieval toilets—are shown on the foreground,
with the stone and flint walls of the tower behind. Flint walls were
normally supported on firm stone foundations owing to their brittle and
uneven structure.
An extract from from"Salisbury Pocket Album".
The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury
Abbey look down on the river Avon 60 feet below.
Destroyed in 1539 by Henry VIII, it is said to
have had a Gothic spire higher than that of
Salisbury Cathedral and, according to a medieval
manuscript, a flying monk called Elmer who flew
from the tower for a furlong before falling to the
ground, and surviving!
An extract from from"Wiltshire Pocket Album".