In the afternoon, we visited the Salisbury Museum. This museum, housed in the King's House, contains many exhibits relating to the history of Salisbury. Some of them are found in the photos below.
The Salisbury Museum
A very large, old key - I bet whoever lost it was in BIG trouble!
This stone corbel was part of the original cathedral which was located a few miles from Salisbury. It was known as Old Sarum (more on this tomorrow)
This Roman saucepan was in use in the first century!
The Giant
Hob Nob
The information about the Giant and Hob-Nob is so interesting, I have included it here.
The Giant doesn't get out much - the last time was in 1953 for the Queen's Coronation!
I had never really thought about the process of casting a bell - this is how they do it.
The museum's collection of buckles...
...and spoons
There was an exhibition of some of the works of John Constable. We were not allowed to photograph them with the exception of this one of Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows was painted in 1831. The way he caught the light in the painting is superb!
One of a collection of fans
A pair of kid gloves
The process of making lace is quite mind boggling! How on earth does one keep track of all that?
Detail from above
After finding and settling into our accommodation, we returned to the Cathedral for Evensong. The service was sung by Beckenham Parish Church Choir. The music was the Clucas responses, the canticles Shephard in B and Gerald Finzi's anthem "God is Gone Up". The choir handled this difficult music with seeming ease. I was most impressed!
After dinner at a local Italian restaurant, we returned to the Cathedral for a Salisbury Musical Society concert. The programme was Duruflé: Requiem, Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region Elgar: For the Fallen and Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow. The 140 voice choir and orchestra were of a very high standard which made it a very pleasant experience indeed.