Category: Days During 1915

“We Have To Work Like Convicts” At Warminster

Thursday 10th September 1915

A multi-view picture postcard with illustrations of the Market Place, Warminster; the Golf Club House on Arn Hill, Warminster; view from the Downs at Warminster; Longleat House; Westbury White Horse; the downs at Codford; and Stonehenge.

In the centre of the pictures is the following rhyme:

I am here
Somewhere in Wiltshire.
It’s very queer,
I cannot tell you where.
Warminster’s our mark,
The river Wylye is over there.
You send that letter,
You cannot do better.
It’s sure to land
“Somewhere”, I am There. 

The card is postmarked Warminster 8PM 10 September 1915.

The card is addressed to: Mrs. A. Greenwood, 4 Hollins Street, Walsden, Nr. Todmorden, Yorkshire.

The message is also dated “Sept 10 1915” and reads:

“Dear Sister, The weather so very hot indeed but you know I cannot get fat because we have to work like convicts. Start 8 to 8 at night. My right address is Pte E. Crossley 09516, Army Ordnance Depot, Warminster, Wiltshire. (Will write a letter when I have time).

Warminster ~ Local Election Apathy

From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 3rd April 1915:

Warminster. Local Election Apathy.
Never since Warminster has had the right to elect members to an Urban District Council has such indifference been displayed as on Saturday, and but for the fact that the last contest was as far back as 1911, it is doubtful if there would have been one this year.

The poll on Saturday was the lowest on record, only 223 out of the 1,279 voters on the register troubling to vote.

The Conservatives ran four candidates, Messrs. C.H.V. Weston, W.J. Tanswell, J.R. Moloney, and C. Cox.

Result: Elected, E.E. Dent, C.H.V. Weston, W.J. Tanswell, G. Collins, G. Stephens, J.R. Moloney; not elected, J. Button, C. Cox.

Warminster ~ Martial Law For Public Houses

From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 6th March 1915:

Warminster. Martial Law For Public Houses.
At Warminster Petty Sessions on Thursday, it was announced that by virtue of the powers conferred on him, Major General Altham, of Southern Command, had decided to close all public houses in Warminster, Wylye, Bishopstrow, Longbridge Deverill, Corton and Stockton except between the hours of 1 to 2 p.m. and 5.30 to 8 p.m.