Thursday 4th April 1963
Used cars for sale at J.W. Sheppard & Son, Sutton Veny Garage:
1959 Ford Consul, saloon, excellent condition, taxed until December, £420.
1957 Morris 1000 saloon, engine recently overhauled, £250.
1955 Vauxhall Velox, low mileage, excellent condition, £220.
Vanguard Estate, ex-ministry, first registered 1960, £150.
1953 Land Rover, sound vehicle, £100.
H.P. Terms and Exchanges.
Telephone 341.
Thursday 4th April 1963
Berridge & Sons (Garage) Ltd.
[MOT Testing Station]
10 Boreham, Warminster.
Coach Excursions And Tours
Good Friday, 12th April 1963
8.30 a.m., Bournemouth. 8/-
8.30 a.m., Bourton-On-The-Water. 8/-
2.00 p.m., Stourton Gardens and Stourton Tower, 4/-
Saturday 13th April 1963
8.30 a.m., Southampton, 7/6
8.30 a.m., Portsmouth, 9/6
8.30 a.m., Southsea, 9/6
Sunday 14th April 1963
8.30 a.m., Weston-Super-Mare, 8/-
8.30 a.m., Swanage, 8/-
8.30 a.m., Studland, 8/-
2.00 p.m., Beaulieu and the New Forest, 6/6
5.00 p.m., evening tour, 4/-
Monday 15th April 1963
8.30 a.m., Weymouth, 8/-
8.30 a.m., Torquay, 14/6
2.00 p.m., Bristol Zoo, 5/6
2.00 p.m. Cheddar and Wells, 6/-
Children. half fare.
Book via and ‘B’ Line taxi or telephone 2215.
Booking Agents:
Mr. Brownell, West Wilts Travel Agency, Regency Arcade, Warminster.
Mr. Myall, 10 Silver Street, Warminster.
Mr. Lawrence, West Parade Stores, Warminster.
Mr. Mitchell, 110 Sutton Veny.
Mr. R.C.J. Till, The Stores and Cafe, Heytesbury.
Picking-Up Points, in Warminster:
Pound Street,
Fore Street,
East Street,
Imber Road,
G.R. School of Infantry,
Christ Church,
Victoria Road,
Bell Hill,
Town Hall,
Boreham Field,
Boreham Garage.
Picking-Up Points, out of town:
Bishopstrow,
Heytesbury,
Upton Scudamore,
Chapmanslade,
Corsley,
Crockerton,
The Deverills,
Sutton Veny.
Telephone Warminster 2215
Thursday 4th April 1963
Used cars for sale at C.S. White, The Garage, Longbridge Deverill. include:
1962 Austin A40 Countryman de luxe, £515.
1961 Hillman Minx saloon de luxe, with heater, £510.
1960 Triumph Herald coupe, with heater, one owner, £385.
1960 Commer Cob van, with heater, interior light, safety straps, £300.
1953 Wolseley 6/80 saloon, £130.
1939 Morris 12 saloon, £15.
Hire Purchase, Part Exchange, Insurance, Self Drive Hire.
Telephone Sutton Veny 227.
Wednesday 1st July 1953
G. Collins
26 North Row, Warminster.
Haulage Contractor,
Furniture.
Goods of every description undertaken.
Distance no object.
Estimates given.
Wednesday 1st July 1953
Difazio & Bishop of Frome.
B.S.A., Sunbeam agents and spares stockists.
Motorcycle specialists.
Telephone Frome 2913.
1951:
A.J. White,
Boreham Road Garage,
Warminster.
Cars bought, sold and exchanged.
Phone 93.
From The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 3rd February 1940:
Warminster. Motor Lorries For Refuse?
Refuse collection in Warminster may shortly be carried out by motor lorry instead of horse and cart, if the Ministry Of Health sanctions a loan for the purchase of a motor lorry by Warminster U.D.C.
The Public Health Committee reported that an experiment with a motor lorry had shown that a driver and two loaders could deal with all the refuse from the town and the barracks in five days, with a little overtime on Monday and Friday. It was estimated that with reorganisation, and the employment of only one loader instead of two, the extra cost of using a motor vehicle would not be more than £85 a year.
From The Warminster Official Guide And Souvenir 1928 (penned by Victor Strode Manley):
There is always a good supply of taxis in the town, and a number are always available on the stand in the Market Place, near the Railway Station. Several meet all passenger trains.
Wednesday 11th October 1899
Miss Case, of Tytherington, whilst riding down Boreham Hill on Wednesday 11th October 1899, was “thrown violently” off her bicycle. She, fortunately, only suffered bruising and was somewhat shaken, but her bicycle was buckled.
Saturday 21st January 1871 & Saturday 4th February 1871
The Bridges In Wiltshire
Warminster Herald, 21st January 1871:
THE BRIDGES IN WILTSHIRE. By the abolition of various turnpike trusts in Wiltshire, the maintenance of as many as 47 additional bridges has fallen upon the county rate, the expense having hitherto been borne by the turnpike trustees. There are on the late Devizes trust – 10 bridges; Beckhampton ditto, 5; Chippenham ditto, 6; Corsham ditto, 2; Fisherton and Heytesbury ditto, 2; Sarum and Ealing ditto, 10; Warminster ditto, 2; Trowbridge ditto, 9; and Frome ditto, 1.
Warminster Herald, 4th February 1871:
To the Editor of the “Warminster Herald.’ BRIDGES IN WILTSHIRE. Dear Sir, Will you allow me to say, in contradiction of a statement which appeared accidentally in the Herald of the 21st inst., (and in the columns of some of your contemporaries), that comparatively no “additional’ expense can have fallen upon the Wiltshire County Rate “by the abolition of various Turnpike Trusts.’ Many of the bridges mentioned by you (together with one hundred yards length of road approach to each and every bridge) have been maintained by the county a very long time, quite independently of Turnpike Trusts, with which they have been only locally connected. The two bridges at Boreham, and one other within the limits of the late Warminster Trust, have been County Bridges for 30 years or more, the late Frome Trust included two of our County Bridges; and in fact, with scarcely an exception, the 47 bridges enumerated have been already dealt with by the County authorities. Yours truly, T. CRUSE. Warminster, 31st Jan. 1871.
