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March 22, 2025

School collage

15 surprising things you'll only remember if you went to school in the 80s, including dinner time favourite

March 21, 2025

The Goodyear airship by a Goodyear Tyres chimney

Things are looking up for a 21st century airship revival in Bridgnorth - but this new dawn has beckoned before

Features|Mar 21

March 16, 2025

Historic Google Street View images reveal how much Telford has changed in 16 years

March 15, 2025

A wreath laying service to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day will take place in Knighton

A wreath laying service to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day will take place in Knighton

March 14, 2025

Gardening champion who dubbed Telford 'a disgrace to the nation' just kept winning in 60s and 70s

Features|Mar 14

March 13, 2025

Llandrindod Wells Football Team pictured on their Broadway Ground 1960/61 season Pic Clive Barrett

Llandrindod Wells Football Team pictured on their Broadway Ground 1960/61 season

March 12, 2025

Several activities will take place in Builth Wells to mark VE Day 2025

Several activities will take place in Builth Wells to mark VE Day 2025

March 10, 2025

Ideas of how Llandrindod Wells can mark VE Day 2025 are being discussed the town council has heard

Ideas of how Llandrindod Wells can mark VE Day 2025 are being discussed the town council has heard.

March 9, 2025

A memo written in the Newport Parish Register by Thomas Munk, with transcript. Shropshire Archives/Newport History Society

The 'Great Fire' that changed Newport forever

March 8, 2025

Grandmother Anne

Childhood memories of Shropshire and time with grandmother Ann

South Shropshire nostalgia|Mar 8

March 7, 2025

Nearly 30 years ago the Bedstone College story nearly came to an end when fire gripped the main school building.

March 4, 2025

A raft of events is being planned to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day in Kington

Various events are being planned to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day in Kington

March 3, 2025

A rare beauty, isn't she? Muscular, too, with enough horsepower to knock your socks off.

February 24, 2025

Corporal George Jay’s medal group and related photographs and letters

Medals for Shropshire battalion’s first soldier killed in WW1 go up for auction

February 22, 2025

Shifnal author explains what should happen to 'forgotten Scots' artefact 'Book of Deer'

The Toby Neal Collection|Feb 22

February 17, 2025

Single Row at Hinkshay, Dawley, in November 1963, where residents had to draw water from a communal tap

How Telford new town healed the scars of the Industrial Revolution and created a community to be proud of

February 16, 2025

Excavations in the courtyard where charcoal samples were found

Excavations at Strata Florida, the former Cistercian Abbey in Mid Wales, uncovered material dating back 7,500 years.

February 13, 2025

The sculpture commemorating Abraham Darby, with sculptor Steve Field, near his birthplace in Dudley

Dudley;'s father of the Industrial revolution the subject of history talk

February 12, 2025

Jessie the donkey and Private 'Taffy' Ellis

The heartwarming tale of donkey who 'saved Christmas' in Shrewsbury leads to a fascinating discovery

February 10, 2025

21 nostalgic pictures of iconic Ironbridge Power Station - and its explosive end

February 9, 2025

Surprise twist in tale of Shrewsbury baby honoured by pop star visit

February 7, 2025

Northgate Museum as it is today

At 90 years and counting, Shropshire historical society is still making history

February 2, 2025

How RAF Cosford nursed sick and battle-scarred prisoners back to health as they returned home

January 30, 2025

11 retro toys commonly banned from schools in the 2000s

Education|Jan 30

The Boogie Lights experience offers a new way to experience the heritage railway

Boogie Lights Express aims to banish winter blues at Severn Valley Railway

January 29, 2025

Services along the northern section of the Severn Valley Railway have been disrupted by the land slippage

Warning that land slippage on the Severn Valley Railway will affect some services

January 26, 2025

Abraham Darby I

Dudley's father of the Industrial Revolution could have become a brewer

Dudley nostalgia|Jan 26

January 24, 2025

Works on Old Market Hall in Llanidloes have been completed

Work to repair one of Wales’ most historic buildings has been completed.

January 23, 2025

A £70 plane to beat the traffic? What could go wrong? - Toby Neal looks back on the fatally flawed 'people's plane'

Features|Jan 23

January 22, 2025

Sqn Ldr Stan Mellor.

Call for cards as centenary for WWII Oswestry veteran Stan approaches

Your World|Jan 22

January 19, 2025

Town’s art deco cinema has its best year in a decade nearly 90 years after after it opened

Bridgnorth|Jan 19

The Devil's Chair at Stiperstones is in a remote setting and worth a look

Shropshire attractions: 9 incredible hidden gems in Shropshire to visit in 2025

January 18, 2025

Valerie in her Ludlow garden

Ludlow author has her World War 2 childhood memoir published

Your World|Jan 18

January 17, 2025

Climbing trees, bows and arrows, scrapes and madcap adventures... - Toby Neal looks back on childhood before smartphones

Nostalgia|Jan 17

January 16, 2025

Photo taken at Woore Primary School between 1955 and 1960. Photo Pete Healey

Memories of 'innocent, care-free days' at Woore Primary School - are you in this photo?

Your World|Jan 16

December 31, 2024

At last it can be shown - a Shropshire bouncing baby picture which was banned at the time

Features|Dec 31, 2024

December 25, 2024

Remembering Bridgnorth veteran of Britain's 'forgotten invasion' who died last year

News|Dec 25, 2024

December 24, 2024

Eighty years ago, on December 24, 1944, Hitler sent a Christmas message to a Shropshire town.

Nostalgia|Dec 24, 2024

December 23, 2024

Llandrindod Wells Mayor Councillor Marcia Morgan and Powys County Council Chief Executive Emma Palmer at this year's Remembrance Service event in the town

Second D-Day video released by Llandrindod Wells Town Council

News|Dec 23, 2024

December 22, 2024

A talk about the history and practices of droving will be held in Presteigne in the new year.

A talk about droving will be held in Presteigne in the new year.

News|Dec 22, 2024

December 20, 2024

Christmas is a time when families get together - but years of war made things tough with enforced separation.

Features|Dec 20, 2024

December 15, 2024

In the weeks before Christmas, refugees arrived - and Midlanders welcomed them

News|Dec 15, 2024

December 14, 2024

Senior Engineer Ian Stanfield shows crack in rear brake drum

Cracked brake drum and sourcing new tyres and chains are the latest challenges for Sunbeam 1,000hp restorers

Your World|Dec 14, 2024

December 11, 2024

Major Joan Crooke in the dress.

See stunning haute couture dress which belonged to female Shrewsbury Major and has found its way to county museum

News|Dec 11, 2024

December 10, 2024

Cuttlestones' ben Gamble with the E-Type Jaguar

Shropshire buyer snaps up copy of ‘barn find’ E-Type Jaguar at auction

Newport|Dec 10, 2024

December 9, 2024

Stephanie Dennis

Shropshire Farming Talk: Understand your potential tax position before diversifying

Farming|Dec 9, 2024

December 5, 2024

A doorstop made from a brick from the Great Wall of China at Munslow Parish Church in July 1961.

Shropshire village's disappearing doorstop mystery takes a new turn in search for unique relic from Munslow Church

Nostalgia|Dec 5, 2024

November 28, 2024

Veteran Star man tasted the highs and lows

Nostalgia|Nov 28, 2024

November 24, 2024

Major Edgar Gwilliam with his dog

'White-faced with pain' - Fascinating tale of Shrewsbury World War II hero who was 'sprayed with bullets' as furthest advancing D-Day soldier

News|Nov 24, 2024

November 22, 2024

Snow scene from the March 1947 blizzards. Unnamed boy clearing a road on the way from Wolverhampton to Claverley

11 nostalgic photos of snowy Shropshire in years gone by

News|Nov 22, 2024