Stories from Toby Neal | Shropshire Star

Toby Neal

Feature Writer

A journalist in Shropshire for 40 years, mainly writes features and columns, especially about aspects of Shropshire history. Lives in Telford.

December 11, 2023

From Ukraine to Shropshire: Couple's massive photograph collection tells a life's story

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Features|Dec 11, 2023

December 7, 2023

The amazing story of Walter Davies who broke world speed records on the River Severn

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The Toby Neal Collection|Dec 7, 2023

December 6, 2023

How Lucy Lunt brought sunshine into lives of blind children in Shropshire

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The Toby Neal Collection|Dec 6, 2023

December 5, 2023

Looking back: 'Little Birmingham' and the last days before the Telford revolution

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Telford|Dec 5, 2023

December 4, 2023

How a revered Second World War captain who saved his crew ended up facing court martial

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The Toby Neal Collection|Dec 4, 2023

December 3, 2023

How aristocrat from Shropshire kept 'rock god' Eric Clapton company during his darkest days

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Music|Dec 3, 2023

December 2, 2023

The night up and coming band The Beatles played Shrewsbury Music Hall in the early sixties

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Music|Dec 2, 2023

November 30, 2023

Travelling back in time to Doctor Who Tom Baker's days as a schoolboy in Shropshire

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North Shropshire nostalgia|Nov 30, 2023

November 29, 2023

Mystery of famous sixties Shropshire singer who disappeared from the limelight

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Broseley|Nov 29, 2023

November 25, 2023

Political column – November 25

Features|Nov 25, 2023

November 20, 2023

Mystery of Army church built from odds and ends

Features|Nov 20, 2023

Festive fun as band completes 130 magical musical years

Features|Nov 20, 2023

November 18, 2023

Political column – November 18

Features|Nov 18, 2023

November 10, 2023

Online group's 10 years of celebrating Telford memories

Features|Nov 10, 2023

Newly-discovered photos reveal Telford's day of heartbreak

Features|Nov 10, 2023

November 4, 2023

Political column – November 4

Features|Nov 4, 2023

November 1, 2023

Fifty years of Slade's Christmas golden oldie

Features|Nov 1, 2023

October 31, 2023

Christmas novella set in Shropshire

Features|Oct 31, 2023

October 28, 2023

Political column – October 28

Features|Oct 28, 2023

October 27, 2023

Pictured: Throwback to when Shropshire celebrated King George V's Silver Jubilee in 1935

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Nostalgia|Oct 27, 2023

October 24, 2023

Hospital champion Alan's lifesaving final gift

Telford|Oct 24, 2023

Shropshire authors in conversation

Ludlow|Oct 24, 2023

October 21, 2023

Political column – October 21

Features|Oct 21, 2023

October 14, 2023

Political column – October 14

Features|Oct 14, 2023

October 11, 2023

Town hall celebrates 150 eventful years

Features|Oct 11, 2023

October 9, 2023

Old aerial pictures reveal changing face of Bridgnorth

Features|Oct 9, 2023

October 7, 2023

Political column - October 7

Features|Oct 7, 2023

October 5, 2023

School's former pupils meet

Wellington|Oct 5, 2023

October 2, 2023

Mansion dismissed as 'dull and uninteresting' was actually a house of treasures

Features|Oct 2, 2023

September 30, 2023

Toby Neal on politics: London is a capital cut off from the reality of UK life

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Features|Sep 30, 2023

September 25, 2023

Wolves' epic cup final victory in depths of Second World War

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Black Country|Sep 25, 2023

September 23, 2023

Political column – September 23

Toby Neal|Sep 23, 2023

September 8, 2023

Shrewsbury's rail role celebrated in new book

Features|Sep 8, 2023

September 2, 2023

Why forcing all prisoners into court to be sentenced sounds good but will be a drag

Toby Neal|Sep 2, 2023

September 1, 2023

Telford hospital fundraising champion who helped buy equipment to help patients dies at 79

Features|Sep 1, 2023

Former High Sheriff Lionel Jebb dies

Features|Sep 1, 2023

August 26, 2023

Political column – August 26

Features|Aug 26, 2023

August 23, 2023

Tough going for Shrewsbury Town in the court of King Arthur back in August 1958

Features|Aug 23, 2023

August 21, 2023

Tragic pilot's body undiscovered for 34 years after last flight in skies of Shropshire

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Features|Aug 21, 2023

How RAF Cosford museum cut-out of group captain started chain reaction of love for couple

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Features|Aug 21, 2023

August 19, 2023

Lloyds Mansion in Shrewsbury: A not-so-positive story for those who think the Crooked House might one day be revived

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Features|Aug 19, 2023

August 18, 2023

Tributes paid to fearless columnist and respected journalist of the 'old school'

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Features|Aug 18, 2023

August 12, 2023

Toby Neal on politics: Fighting back against shoplifting epidemic

Toby Neal|Aug 12, 2023

August 11, 2023

When police tried a new crowd control method at Molineux - and it was deemed a success

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Nostalgia|Aug 11, 2023

New book explore war's deadly game of hide and seek

Features|Aug 11, 2023

August 4, 2023

Ludlow author's debut novel aims to bring hope to lost souls

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South Shropshire entertainment|Aug 4, 2023

August 3, 2023

Eyewitness' picture recalls Shrewsbury Market Hall tragedy of 60 years ago

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Features|Aug 3, 2023

July 29, 2023

Toby Neal: Could car charges be Britain’s new Brexit?

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Toby Neal|Jul 29, 2023

July 22, 2023

Political column - July 22

Features|Jul 22, 2023

July 14, 2023

Crammed van for wartime deliveries

South Shropshire nostalgia|Jul 14, 2023

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