Warminster, Silver Street c.1955
Photo ref:
W261019
Photo ref:
W261019
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This view was taken from the Obelisk, and shows the premises of E J Butcher & Son, bakers, on the left. According to an account in 'Warminster in the Twentieth Century' by Celia Lane and Pauline White, 'Miss Lang, who lived next door at No 22, kept a pile of shoes in her bedroom to throw at the rats from the bakehouse'.
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A Selection of Memories from Warminster
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 Warminster
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Saturday the 8th June 1963 was predicted to be the hottest day of the year thus far. Setting off by coach from Cheltenham were members of a savings club, myself included, bound for Weymouth. Our first stop was for refreshments at the Weymouth Arms in Warminster. This excellent hostelry left such an indelible stamp on my memory (since at the time i was a 17 year old on his first visit to the South Coast) that over ...see more
The was an out door swimming pool just off the park which was very cold and school children were sent there in the 50s and 60s for swimming lessons. I was never very good a swimming. I went to school with Peta Fenner and we became the original members of the Leo Club in Warminster. Glad to know she's well. Christine Stone
Hello Ted
I was just looking through the old photos of Warminster when I saw your comment. You may well have found out by now that the Snooty Fox was indeed the Globe public house at the junction of Fore Street and Chapel Street. An interesting comment in "The Inns and Taverns of Warminster" mentions the Globe as being a purpose built Poorhouse in 1836. I was born in 1948 and passed the Wymouth Arms on ...see more
My brothers and I were brought up in Warminster from 1961 to 1971. We would spend such great times in the park. We would get half a crown pocket money on a Saturday and it was off to the Regal Cinema for the Saturday Matinee to watch a Western or Laurel and Hardy, plus some cartoons. Afterwards we would head off to the park across the road. My brother, our friends and I used to hire out the wooden rowing ...see more
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