Shropshire Star

Pictures From The Past - June 1

Welcome to this week's collection of nostalgia photos from the pages of the Shropshire Star.

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No, it isn't a new crackdown on speeding motorists. This artillery piece is outside the drill hall in Coleham, Shrewsbury, just after the Great War. The picture came from Shrewsbury historian and author David Trumper, but he says it came originally from the collection of the late Frank Reece of Shrewsbury. David said: "The building in the background is not still standing. It's part of Hulbert's wool place - it was a woollen mill or something like that, I think."