Salvation Army, Salisbury

They opened in Salisbury in 1880 or early 1881 despite much resistance to them in the city. This lasted for two years and in February 1881 the mayor and justices forbade meetings because of the disturbances. The opposition was organised by a 'Society for the Supression of Street Parading' and in 1883 a crowd of one thousand is said to have pelted a Salvation Army parade with eggs and tomatoes. The Salvation Army claimed, probably quite correctly, that this was organised by youths, aided by the city's innkeepers. A hall was opened in Salt Lane in 1883 and after that the riots died down. In the 1930s the meetings attracted large congregations. In 2003 the hall remains in Salt Lane and there are offices at 93 North East Road.