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Pictures From The Archive – May 14

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

Published May 14, 2021

Never has getting the sack been so sweet. This workman is up a ladder in the gigantic sugar store at the Allscott sugar beet factory near Wellington on November 24, 1953. The factory, which started production in 1927, was closed in February 2007 and was demolished the following year.

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