'Lost' Telford's community remembered in new book after 25 years in the making
One of Telford's lost communities is remembered in a new book which has been the work of over 25 years' research.
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Bulldozers swept away Telford settlement where mod-cons were lacking but there was a neighbourly spirit
For almost 150 years the terraced rows at Hinkshay provided homes which lacked mod-cons but had a great sense of community.
By the 1960s they were seriously sub-standard - "deplorable" was one description - and in the summer of 1968 the bulldozers moved in, leaving no trace of the settlement.
"Hinkshay Rows - A Shropshire Industrial Community" is the first book written by 81-year-old Heather Duckett, who heard about the homes when she was Dawley librarian in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
They comprised three terraced rows, called Single Row, Double Row, and New Row, which was popularly known as "Ladies Row."
