Salisbury, New Canal 1906
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
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This outstanding timbered-framed building was built in the 14th century and is jettied (the overhang of the first floor) on both sides. For many years it was the famous antiquarian bookshop Beach's, which survived until 1999.
An extract from Salisbury Photographic Memories.
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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Salisbury
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During the late 1960s I lived in Mill Road just down from the railway station. Our house was opposite Churchfields Road. Some way up this road on the left hand side was some kind of institution where teenage girls and young women lived. This was close to Grosvenor House, I believe. Every Sunday, a procession of these female residents would walk in pairs presumably to church. I was ...see more
In the early seventies, I was a student at Sarum St Michael College of Education in the Cathedral Close.
The weekends were incredibly boring, with nothing to do and nowhere to have fun.
Until, a friend asked me if I would like to work as a "Serving Wench",at Medieval Banquets hosted at the Bay Tree Restaurant in Salisbury.
Suddenly, my weekends changed , and every weekend was pure ...see more
I attended Bishop Wordsworth's School between 1964 and 1967 arriving when I was 14. I had previously gone to a very prestigious grammar school in north London which in fact was awful. Discipline was non-existent, bullying rife and the standard of teaching, with few exceptions, abysmal. BWS was much, much better.
The headmaster at Bishop's was Mr Blackledge, a man not to be messed with. He ...see more
I worked as a labourer at Gibbs Mew Brewery between November 1967 and April '68. It was a stop-gap job as I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life at the time. The work was boring and the days dragged but it was a job and I was grateful for it at the time.
My particular job was in the warehouse where I stood at the end of a conveyor belt on the ground floor stacking cases of full beer bottles onto pallets ...see more
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