Tuesday 21st May 2013
Some of the books in the sport section of the Warminster Lions Club’s secondhand bookshop at George Street, Warminster. The photograph was taken by Danny Howell on Tueday 21st May 2013.
Saturday 4th May 2013
Beauty Matters
at 31 George Street, Warminster,
held an Open Day
on Saturday 4th May 2013
to celebrate its sixth anniversary.
The Open Day, from 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.
included a jewellery sale and special offers
on beauty products.
The owner of Beauty Matters,
Kirsty Gilmour,
pictured outside her beauty salon.
Kirsty said her business has been a
tremendous success over the six years.
Another feature of the Open Day was
eyebrow waxing in return for donations
to the Dorothy House Hospice.
Diane Askew has her eyebrows waxed.
Beauty therapist Annabelle Harlow
waxing Diane Askew’s eyebrows.
By 11.00 a.m., several people had called in,
to have their eyebrow waxed,
raising funds for such a good cause.
Beauty Matters
31 George Street, Warminster, BA12 8QB.
Telephone 01985 846373.
Photographs taken by Danny Howell.
Tuesday 23rd April 2013
The street sign at the western end of
George Street, Warminster,
which is fixed to the wall of the
former White Hart public House.
The photograph was taken by Danny Howell
on Tuesday 23rd April 2013
(St. George’s Day).
Friday 2nd November 2012
75 year old Roy Chappell, proprietor of Roy’s Gentlemen’s Hairdresser, of George Street, Warminster, is taking semi-retirement as from Monday 5th November 2012. The new opening hours will be Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, open all day 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Saturdays 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Telephone 01985 219561. Roy continues to welcome customers old and new.
Wednesday 11th April 2012
D.B. Starke, of Radyr, Cardiff, writes ~
Dear Mr. Howell,
I recently acquired a copy of your book ‘Five Connected Lives’ and have enjoyed reading it, particularly the section about Marjorie Fudge.
I was born at Salisbury in 1920; my maternal grandparents and two aunts and their families lived at Warminster so that I came to know the town very well. We visited frequently; as I recollect the return rail fare from Salisbury was 1/6!
In their latter years my grandparents lived in George Street right opposite Miss White’s toy shop. This was a veritable Aladdin’s cave and carried a good selection of cap and blank cartridge pistols amongst other things. I was a regular customer and remember Miss White very well – she was the tall and grumpy one and I was somewhat in awe of her. I think that she regarded small boys with considerable suspicion.
Thank you for a good read which brought back so many happy memories.
Danny Howell replies ~
Thank you D.B. Starke. I’m glad you enjoyed reading the book and I was pleased to hear your anecdote about Miss White. If you were born in 1920, that makes you 92 years old or thereabouts, so I guess you have many such recollections. Once again, thank you for sharing the story of Miss White’s toy shop. The property, now numbered No.7 George Street, Warminster, BA12 8QA, has been owned since the mid-1950s by my aunt Diana Turner, who runs The Baby Shop there still to this day.
Sunday 18th September 2011
Steve’s Tackle shop,
for fishing and angling equipment and accessories,
at 35 George Street, Warminster, BA12 8QB.
The photograph was taken by Danny Howell
on the afternoon of Sunday 18th September 2011.
The shop of Scholars, schoolwear specialists,
incorporating Stanley Kirk embroidery,
at 42 George Street, Warminster, BA12 8QB.
Scholars, telephone: (01985) 847757
The photograph was taken by Danny Howell
on the afternoon of
Sunday 18th September 2011.
Friday 1st April 2011
Warminster Civic Trust, in its newsletter, issue number 33, April 2011, referring to the Warminster Town Plan, noted ~
George Street. Many of the buildings in George Street have historic features, although more could be made of them through maintenance and sympathetic renovation. Whilst such moves, along with improvements to shop frontages, will be encouraged, the street environment could be enhanced by making best use of the wide space in this area. Possible ideas include the adoption of chevron parking, widening of pavements, and the introduction of suitable trees to soften its appearance.
From the leaflet Warminster Christmas Gift Ideas 2009, produced by the Economy And Tourism Group of the Warminster And Villages Community Partnership, September 2009:
David Wiltshire Photography, 14 George Street, Warminster.
Portrait sittings make ideal Christmas presents for parents and family members. Large range of photo albums and frames, digital cameras, digital media, photo gifts, mugs, mouse mats, and canvas prints.
01985 213376.
Monday 12th January 2009
George Street, Warminster, Monday 12th January 2009 ~ a film by David Jordan Hawkins, of Warminster, uploaded to Youtube (one of a series of ten films each portraying an individual street or area in Warminster town centre):
