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Pictures From The Archive – October 9

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

Published Oct 9, 2020

And they thought they were getting away from it all. This nose to tail holiday traffic was on the old A5 at Ketley on July 26, 1975, when the road was the major route to the coast from the West Midlands. The building of the M54 soon after was to relieve the pressure.

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