Topics about organisations and activities in Warminster.
Thursday 20th September 2007
David Deacon and Kingston Homes “are moving offices” – vacating Furlong House, East Street, Warminster, BA12 9BZ – as from 20th September 2007 the new address will be Eversfield House, Station Road, Warminster, BA12 9BP. Telephone 01985 216369, Fax 01985 946717, Mobile 07831 356979.
From Kingdown Week, No.27/2007, the official weekly newsletter of Kingdown School, Warminster, Wiltshire, week beginning 17th September 2007:
Congratulations!
Two Kingdown students were among the top ten students in the country with sensational overall marks.
Alexandra Black was congratulated by AQA for being amongst the group of candidates who scored the top five marks in Science in the country. This is an exceptional result. Alex is taking a gap year before going to Bath University to study sport.
Farieha Altaf, at only 13 years of age, was amongst the highest scoring candidates in the country. Out of 2,713 entries, Farieha was amongst the top ten who achieved the highest overall marks in Urdu.
Wednesday 29th August 2007
The Times newspaper, today, features an obituary for the Reverend Geoffrey Nuttall, who died on 24th July 2007.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2343566.ece –
Geoffrey Nuttall was the Minister at the Common Close Congregational Church, Warminster, from 1938 to 1943.
Other obituaries were published in The Independent and The Daily Telegraph on 14 August 2007.
Rev. Geoffrey Nuttall also has his own entry in Wikipedia
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Nuttall
Notes from a Wiltshire Wildlife Trust leaflet, 2007:
The Wiltshire Wildlife Trust believes that the rich world of nature is an essential part of what makes life worth living. We want to help people appreciate natural cycles and seasons, show respect and reverence for our world, be good stewards of life, look in awe and wonder at nature and to find beauty, peace and tranquillity in the landscape.
Our view is of a sustainable Wiltshire where everyone will be able to enjoy a rich and satisfying quality of life, based on a fair share of the world’s resources, without destroying the birthright of future generations.
We have over 15,000 members, look after 35 nature reserves, are supported by hundreds of volunteers and work with local communities, schools, businesses and public bodies to achieve our aims. To find out more about how you can help the environment visit our website www.wiltshirewildlife.org
We urgently need more funds to continue our vital work across the county. Please help by joining as a member.
Together we can make a difference.
Warminster Book Festival
(organised by Warminster Garrison Book Club)
Monday 11th June to Saturday 16th June 2007
Monday 11th June 2007
7.00 p.m.
Warminster Library, Three Horseshoes Walk, Warminster
Lesley Pearce (novelist) talking about her latest novel
Hope, and her life in writing.
Monday 11th June 2007
7.00 p.m.
Kingdown School, Woodcock Road, Warminster
Chris Ryan
The SAS soldier that got away.
Tuesday 12th June 2007
7.00 p.m.
Warminster Library, Three Horsesoes Walk, Warminster
Mike Ednay
A Brief History Of Warminster.
Wednesday 13th June 2007
7.00 p.m.
Kingdown School, Woodcock Road, Warminster
Wendy Cooling
Co-founder of the Bookstart Programme.
Thursday 14th June 2007
7.00 p.m.
Kingdown School, Woodcock Road, Warminster
Mike & Brenda Williams
Developing potential and motivation (A Guide for Parents).
Friday 15th June 2007
7.00 p.m.
Lloyd Clark
Anzio 1945.
Saturday 16th June 2007
7.00 p.m.
Athenaeum Theatre, High Street, Warminster
Rosie Whitehouse (journalist and author), Ann Venning (author), and Melanie Pullan (Communications Director AFF)
Discussing ‘Family Life In A World Of Conflict’.
West Wiltshire District Council’s Warminster Town Centre Conservation Area Character Assessment Informative Document, adopted in April 2007, noted:
The Farmers Hotel [at Silver Street, Warminster] is, in contrast [to the Weymouth Arms at nearby Emwell Street], a later building, deliberately built as a hotel, although attached to earlier buildings at the rear that may have been workshops. Interestingly, this started out life as a grocery, licensed to sell tea, coffee, pepper, tobacco and snuff before changing to a temperance hotel in 1879, selling cocoa. The most salient feature of this building is its angled front onto the corner of Silver Street and Sambourne Road.
http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/warminster_conservation_area_character_assessment_april_2007.pdf
The Warminster Town Centre Conservation Area Assessment (Informative Document), published in March 2007, noted:
In 1784 Parliament agreed to have the Royal Mail sent by coach from Bristol to London via Warminster due to improved road conditions and speed of travel. The principal Post House was The Angel Inn.
Danny Howell, writing in 2007, noted:
The doorway which once served as the entrance to the former Angel inn, at Warminster High Street, now gives access to a small foyer, with the shop premises of Gems the jewellers, to the right; and the Twist hairdressing salon, to the left.
Tuesday 27th March 2007
Danny Howell writes:
In 2007, Michael Mead, who lives at No.59 Vicarage Street, Warminster, told me:
“No.63 Vicarage Street was a pub. Inside the front door is a hatch which was part of the old pub.”
No.63 Vicarage Street, Warminster, was, in the 1840s the Unicorn Beerhouse.
The Warminster Town Centre Conservation Area Assessment (Informative Document), published in March 2007, noted:
One of the most prominent landmarks within the town is Christ Church, which is located to the south of the main centre and outside of the conservation area. Its location, high above the town on Sambourne Hill, and its pinnacle tower make it a visible feature from a number of vantage points, bothwithin and outside the settlement boundaries.
