Thursday 2nd October 2025
Deterrent paving on the corner of Weymouth Street
and Upper Marsh Road, WarminstePr.
Photographs taken by Danny Howell
on Thursday 2nd October 2025.
Tuesday 5th March 2024
From Westbury Police:
Join us for an informative talk at The Laverton, Bratton Road, Westbury BA13 3EN suitable for all vulnerable road users. Friday 15th March 2024, from 7.00 p.m.
January 2022 the Highway Code changed and introduced a hierarchy of road users to improve road safety. The hierarchy places those road users most at risk in the event of a collision at the top of the hierarchy. It does not remove the need for everyone to behave responsibly. https://orlo.uk/EiBXP
If you are a car, tractor, van driver or cyclist and you are not sure how to pass a horse and rider safely here is your chance to learn how from The British Horse Society and Wiltshire Police.
If you are a horse rider do you know your responsibilities and the Law around riding on the road? Do you ride on the pavement, ride two abreast, use a mobile when riding? Have you suffered from road rage and dangerous driving? What can you do to avoid becoming another statistic? How to report incidents/accidents and ensure you are covered in the event of an accident?
No need to book, just turn up.
Tuesday 27th March 2012
Terry Ledbury gives valuable service to the local community, as a “lollipop man” at Silver Street, Warminster.
Terry, in conversation with Danny Howell, said: “I’m told I’m the only person left doing this job in Warminster. The crossing patrols outside Sambourne School and St. John’s School have both been replaced by zebra crossings. And there’s no longer anyone doing this at Portway (showing children from the Avenue School across the road from Bartholomew’s Lane to the Portway Lane housing estate).”
The photograph was taken by Danny Howell on the afternoon of Tuesday 27th March 2012.
Terry, who lives at Deverill Road, told Danny Howell that next month (April 2012) he will have been doing this job for four years. Terry said: “The winters while I’ve been doing this haven’t exactly been kind but I’ve managed. I’m used to working outdoors, having worked on farms in the past. I’m a person who likes to get up in the morning and do something useful every day. But I suppose I’m the last of a dying breed.”
When asked how many children he sees across the road at Silver Street, Terry said: “It varies. Sometimes the parents meet their children as they come out of the Minster School and take them shopping, so then I don’t see so many of them. But other times I can show as many as fifteen children over the road.”
Friday 19th July 1963
A Cycling Proficiency Test was held on Friday 19th July 1963, under the aegis of Warminster Road Safety Committee, at 27 Command Workshops, REME, Imber Road, Warminster, by kind permission of the Officer Commanding, Col. R.B. Brenchley.
The black and white photo above shows a scene from that July 1963 test.
In the July 1963 test there were 34 entrants – 22 passed and 12 failed. To pass the test, a child had to obtain 75% in each of six separate tests which covered covered signs, signals, cycle control and knowledge of the Highway Code (practical and theoretical).
The names of those who passed were:
Christine Bray, Michael Brayshaw, Linda Butcher, Sheila Butcher, Barbara Cox, Ian Harvey, Marilyn Heath, John Humphrey, Barbara Ingram, Andrew Jefferies, Susan Laing, Ann Martin, Ian Matthews, Kevin McGarry, David Middleton, John Prela, Heather Randall, Martin Smith, Kevin Spiers, Nadine Weston, John Whelan, and Helen Willsher.
The highest marks were scored by Ian Harvey and John Humphries (both achieved 92%).
Those who passed received a triangular shaped National Cycling Proficiency badge. The colour photo below shows the badge that John Prela received in 1963. (Photograph taken 62 years later in 2025 – John still has it in his possession).
In the five weeks leading up to the test, children attended instructional sessions on Saturday mornings at the Avenue School, Warminster. The trainers were Messrs. H. Hicks, N. Titt, P. Briggs, E.S. Cotterill, and M.H. Green.
The helpers at the actual test were:
P.C. A. Lythgoe, S.P.C. J. McGarry, S.P.W. J. Pratt, and Messrs. P. Briggs, A. Brock, E.S. Cotterill, M.H. Green, H. Hicks, L.H.A. Hosey, R.W. Rump and N. Titt.
The Committee expressed a wish that more children would take part in future tests as there was still a very high accident rate among young cyclists, although the current figures were lower than last for the first part of the year.
The Committee agreed to hold another course in September 1963.
