Pictured: Throwback to when Shropshire celebrated King George V's Silver Jubilee in 1935
They were all there. Even the Band of the Coldstream Guards and the choir of the Welsh Guards.
This was the 33rd annual banquet of the Shropshire Society in London, held at the Hotel Metropole in the city on May 3, 1935, which was a special time as the nation was celebrating the silver jubilee of King George V.
This photograph comes from a family album in the possession of Sir Beville Stanier, known as Billy, whose namesake grandfather Sir Beville Stanier was a leading public figure in the early 20th century, being elected MP for Newport in 1908, and later, for Ludlow.
Billy was born in 1934 and at the time of the dinner his father, Sir Alexander Stanier, was president of the society.
The society was founded in 1750 and reformed in 1899 with the aim of welcoming Salopians to London and ensuring they immediately had a network of friends there, and enabling them to participate in some enjoyable events in the capital and in Shropshire. It currently has about 250 members.
