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Pictures From The Archive – January 31

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

Published Jan 31, 2020

Brexit happens tonight, after years of wrangling and shenanigans in Parliament. This picture was taken in Parliament in October 1964 – Shropshire's own prototype, as explained by the original caption: "While Harold Wilson, Sir Alec Douglas Home, Jo Grimond and company fight it out for a seat at Westminster, this donkey ruminates peacefully in the shade of an old ruin. It was here at Acton Burnell 700 years ago that the representatives of the people are reputed to have first met and squabbled, much as they do today, about the affairs of state..."

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