This is the first of two posts about our day at port in Southhampton, England. They follow up on the expeditionary research treatise published here on July 3. Click here to review the report’s, some say, shocking revelations.

  Salisbury, England (not to be confused with its sister city in North Carolina) is a medieval cathedral city in the southern English county of Wiltshire. It was our first stop of the day since it is only nine miles south of Stonehenge.

We walked the quaint downtown area to a street fair. The second post will have pretty pictures of the cathedral the city is famous for and a few street scenes. This post is dedicated to the uniquely British take on buildings, storefronts, and signs.

Excuse me, dear, but did you know there is a large deer on your roof?

A Comic Soda Bar?

The sign on the door says, “Closed, we are.”

“We actually know what we’re talking about”

MILFs, Attitude, and other things, along with a self-portrait

The downtown government building

So British

Just to ensure you know the building name, it is in SIX places at the entrance.

Not all the shops are doing well, as evidenced by the following two, which have closeups of the very polite signs on their doors.

A modernized version of the traditional Red British call box. While phone booths in the rest of the world have virtually disappeared, the Brits keep them around primarily to entertain tourists.

There was nothing above the sign!

What do you do when there are too many letters for the space? Make some letters smaller to make it look like an old sign!

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Salisbury, England
07/02/24