Detail from the Chopper Milestone

This is the ‘Chopper Bike’ from the Stratford milestone. More verbiage in the subsequent post….

Harnham in 1906

Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith. – click on the image to buy it! I think the building on the left would be the Rose and Crown. The Sole Obsession running shoe shop is now just on the corner on the right. I wonder who the children were?

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The balloon goes up

Hot air balloons take off from the Meadows, by the fire-station. This is taken from Meadow Road I think.

Fisherton Street in 1928

Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith.I think this is taken from where Yorkshire Fisheries is now – across the road from the City Hall.

Click on the photo if you would like to buy it from Francis Frith

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Milton Road, Salisbury

John Milton

Milton Road is in the south of Salisbury, close to the Bournemouth Road. I’m not sure whether the area might be considered to be in Harnham or in Britford – perhaps it’s neither.

Milton Road, Salisbury is named after John Milton

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The longest posts

Council Grounds, Salisbury

I just finished another long ‘post’ – this one about Milton Road. The post will go onto the site when I’ve had a chance to read it through.

It took a long-ish time to research 1, because I didn’t (and don’t) know much about either Milton or the Civil War.

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This is currently my favourite book on Stonehenge. It covers the influence of the Stones on art, architecture and such