Category: Christmas

Christmas Lunch Made Effortless

Thursday 1st November 2012

Peachytarte Courses For Autumn at Haydon Farm Lodge, [ Sutton Parva ] Tytherington, near Warminster. “Christmas Cookery Demonstration”. How to get ahead in the kitchen in time for Christmas. Fabulous ideas for Christmas entertaining – canapes, dinner party dishes, and how to make Christmas lunch seem effortless – with Kate and Nicola of Peachytarte. Thursday 8th November 2012. 10.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. £49 per person. Delicious refreshments and lunch included. Early booking advisable as spaces are limited. To book telephone 01985 850500 or visit www.peachytarte.co.uk

Class 5, St. George’s RC Primary School, Warminster, Singing Carols At The Beckford Centre During December 1999

Class 5, from St. George’s RC Primary School, Woodcock Road, Warminster, pictured during their visit to the Beckford Centre at Gipsy Lane, Warminster, in December 1999, when they sang carols to the senior citizens of one of the day clubs. Some of the children are in school uniform, some are wearing biblical costumes. Among the schoolchildren pictured are:

Chloe Griffiths, Alice Trimby, Harriet Reid, Tabitha Tripp, Sarah-Jane Webb, Helen Worrall, Hannah Monkcom, Patrick Bidgood, Jason Pinnell, Nathan Wills, Wayne Marchmont and Georgia Moran.

United Church, George Street, Warminster, News

From the Wylye Valley Life magazine, Issue No.41, Friday 13th December 1985:

Following our carol singing in the East End Avenue/Ridgeway/Gipsy Lane area of Warminster on 11th December, we shall be singing again on Sunday December 15th in the Broadway/Thornhill area of the town between 7.30 p.m. and 9.00 p.m. All proceeds will be donated to the National Children’s Home, so please listen out and give generously.

Also, everyone is invited to a coffee morning/bring and buy sale on Saturday 14th December from 10 till 12 in the Church foyer, and also to our Christmas services:

Sunday 22nd December, 10.30 a.m. Family Service (Rev. N. Shepherd);

Sunday 22nd December, 6 p.m. candlelight Carol Service;

Tuesday 24th December, 11.30 p.m. Holy Communion;

Wednesday 25th December, 9.45 a.m. short Family Service (Rev. T. Roy Wareing will officiate).

A blessed Christmas to you all. – Contributed.

Warminster ~ Christmas In Wartime

From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 30th December 1939:

Warminster. Christmas In Wartime.
Last year the severe weather made Christmas a fireside festival. This year the blackout had the same effect, and all reports speak of family reunions and family parties rather than visiting. Petrol rationing, too, kept many at home who had been in the habit of going farther afield for Yuletide enjoyment.

Rail traffic was heavier than usual. A curious fact noticed by railway officials was that Salisbury was attracting Warminster people for Christmas shopping, to the exclusion of Bath.

At the Post Office it was the busiest Christmas ever, but the Christmas Day delivery was completed by 12.30 p.m.

Christmas 1937 At Warminster

From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 8th January 1938:

Christmas At Warminster. Unseasonable Weather.
The most unseasonable weather consisting mainly of fog, tended to keep most residents indoors over the holiday and the streets, especially on Christmas Day, presented a strangely deserted appearance. Parcels dealt with at the Post Office were 10 per cent up on last year, and letters 20 per cent up.

How’s This For Christmas Pie?

An old Wiltshire Christmas Pie recipe dated 1770 contained the following ingredients:

20 pounds of butter, 2 bushels of flour, 2 neats’ tongues, 2 turkeys, 4 geese, 4 wild ducks, 2 snipes, 2 woodcocks, 4 partridges, 2 curlews, 7 blackbirds, and 6 pigeons.

That’s quite a pie when you think about gathering some of the ingredients – no less than 33 birds!

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