A train trip to Salisbury on a wet and windy day in
February, the last time I visited the city I remember that it was dull and very
cold, so I’ve probably not seen Salisbury in the best light!
The city centre busy with people shopping, but first into
Wetherspoons The Kings Head Inn, an interesting building with a history going
back to the fifteenth century. Watched the rain through the leaded windows.
Then into St Tomas’s church and bought from their book sale
a copy of The Red Guide to England, quite a lot has changed since it was published
in 1974. I do recall visiting the church back in the late 1960’s but don’t
recall much of it (although I still have the guide book), quite a large church
with a ‘Doom’ painting.
A good number of interesting buildings in the centre, the
Town Hall being especially good, as is Lloyds Bank. Behind the bank the Post
Office building and outside two very neglected telephone kiosks – the situation
with listed phone boxes needs to be resolved.
Then into the Cathedral with just a few visitors so great to
be able to walk around without hoards of tourists, lots to look at but I was particularly interested in a
memorial to a Railway Accident in Salisbury on July 1st 1906
involving the boat train which left the track when travelling at over twice the
speed limit through the station resulting in 28 people being killed.
