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Since Alistair Darling is in the news again1, I thought I’d post this advertising poster. It was outside Millets in the Old George Mall in Salisbury a couple of years ago. It’s fairly unusual for a high street store to allude to politics but it’s more interesting than the average bit of advertising. . . . → Read More: Alistair Darling at Millets 
Hulse Road is in the northern part of Salisbury. It’s parallel with Castle Road and is bisected by Butts Road. It’s probably best known for having the Five Rivers Leisure Centre at one end. Hulse Road is named after the Hulse family. The Hulses have owned Breamore House since 1738. Members of the family have . . . → Read More: Hulse Road, Salisbury Little London is a group of half a dozen houses to the west of Broadchalke. It’s outside of the typical geographical limits of the website – Little London might be closer to Shaftesbury than it is to Salisbury, but I’m including it because I like the name and because there is a family connection. . . . → Read More: Little London The Labour, Liberal and Conservative candidates kindly agreed to complete a set of question and answers for salisburyandstonehenge.net. The questions were largely suggested from local people via Twitter, but some are from me. The questions and answers are on the following pages: John Glen, Conservative candidate Nick Radford, Liberal Democrat candidate Tom Gann, Labour candidate . . . → Read More: Election 2010 – the Salisbury candidates Macklin Road is to the north of Salisbury, close to the Devizes Road. Macklin Road is probably named after James Macklin who was Mayor of Salisbury six times 1, including during the First World War. He was born in 1864. He was knighted in 1920 and was made a freeman of the City in 1921. . . . → Read More: Macklin Road, Salisbury I’m pleased that all of the candidates for the Conservative nomination to be Salisbury’s next Member of Parliament have agreed to answer a set of questions for this website. Jeremy’s introduction on the party website says: Being able to help, and get results, for all constituents, is why I want to be MP for Salisbury. . . . → Read More: Q&A with Jeremy Quin – candidate for Salisbury Conservative nomination I’m pleased that all of the candidates for the Conservative nomination to be Salisbury’s next Member of Parliament have agreed to do answer a set of questions for this website. The fourth candidate to do so is Zehra Zaidi. Zehra’s introduction on the party website says: Every generation of my family has served in the . . . → Read More: Q&A with Zehra Zaidi – candidate for Salisbury Conservative nomination Marlborough Road is to the north of Salisbury city centre. It runs from Wyndham Road to the railway line. Is Marlborough Road named in reference to the town of Marlborough? Marlborough is about 25 miles north of Salisbury. The name Marlborough has two possible derivations. The more poetic is that the ‘Marl‘ is a . . . → Read More: Marlborough Road, Salisbury Marsh Lane is to the north of Salisbury’s city centre – close to Sidney Street, Coldharbour Lane and Middleton Road. Derivation of the name ‘Marsh Lane’ There are at least three possible derivations for the name ‘Marsh Lane’. It could be: named after a developer or land-owner, or named in reference to a prominent local . . . → Read More: Marsh Lane, Salisbury As we know Robert Key is going to stand down at the next election. The next Conservative parliamentary candidate is going to be chosen by ‘open primary’. Who is likely to put themselves forward? I’ve googled for news on this a couple of times since Mr Key made his announcement, and I’ve found one Conservative . . . → Read More: Possible candidate for Conservative PPC |
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