1868: Blue Moon Jack
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On a night when the veil is thin between the living and the dead and magic is all around, Jack has an eventful night on the downs.
History: Mrs Ridout and her two donkeys Jack and Jane are a well-known characters of Coombe Bissett local history. A painting of them done in 1872 by Frank Brooks is in the Salisbury Museum collection. Known as the Coombe Express they carried goods between Salisbury, Coombe Bissett and other local villages. October 31 1868 was one of those rare times a blue moons (a second full moon in the same month) coincides with Halloween night.
