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Pictures From The Archive – December 6

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

Published Dec 6, 2019

As the cooling towers prepare to be consigned to history, it is apt to remember when they were being toasted as a new addition to the skyline. Scaffolders, left to right, David Smart, Gordon Bradshaw and David Bailey, celebrated in 1967 after they and the rest of the men finished the last cooling tower at Ironbridge. The photographer was the Star’s Dave Bagnall.

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