Nostalgia stories and photos from the Shropshire Star

Nostalgia Archive

August 31, 2024

Remembering Shropshire's lost shops - including Woolies and Safeway

Nostalgia|Aug 31

August 27, 2024

The 9 things that didn’t exist last time Oasis played a UK show in 2009 - including Netflix UK

Music|Aug 27

August 26, 2024

Fog-gotten game denied goal ace Arthur a crucial score

Features|Aug 26

August 18, 2024

Flashback to the '90s in Shrewsbury: Bombs, Barbara Windsor and the biggest earthquake in Britain in 100 years

Shrewsbury nostalgia|Aug 18

August 16, 2024

'A bond that has stood the test of time' - lifelong friends reunite at residential home

Your World|Aug 16

August 14, 2024

Call to bring storied town centre building back to life after 'decade of disrepair'

Bridgnorth|Aug 14

August 12, 2024

'NOT TO BE PUBLISHED' – Historic Dunkirk evacuation map to feature in auction of items from Second World War officer

Shrewsbury|Aug 12

August 11, 2024

History uncovered as Shrewsbury artist draws town's historic library - complete with Darwin statue

Shrewsbury|Aug 11

August 4, 2024

22 nostalgic photos from more than 100 years of the Shrewsbury Flower Show

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Shrewsbury nostalgia|Aug 4

August 2, 2024

Progress on the move in county town

Features|Aug 2

July 29, 2024

Revealed – the haunting legend of Wolverhampton Royal School's Long Dorm

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Features|Jul 29

July 21, 2024

32 evocative photos of the Severn Valley Railway as its own-build station turns 40

Attractions|Jul 21

July 20, 2024

My memories of 'well-mannered' Jimi Hendrix when he popped into legendary West Midlands club for a drink

Nostalgia|Jul 20

July 17, 2024

Why Dame Judi Dench owes her spectacular career to the family of a Shropshire hall

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Broseley|Jul 17

July 16, 2024

Bob Dylan's Wolverhampton date could be one of the last chances to see an all-time musical great

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Nostalgia|Jul 16

July 14, 2024

14 nostalgic photographs showing Wellington in 1974 - who and what do you recognise?

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Telford nostalgia|Jul 14

July 9, 2024

'Banks's isn't just a brand, it's part of city's soul': Why famous Wolverhampton brewery must stay

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Business|Jul 9

July 8, 2024

How the Black Death turned the West Midlands a vision of hell on earth –Mike Lockley

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Voices|Jul 8

How the Black Death turned the West Midlands a vision of hell on earth –Mike Lockley

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Nostalgia|Jul 8

July 6, 2024

19 nostalgic pictures from the last 50 years of Telford's shopping centre

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Telford nostalgia|Jul 6

July 2, 2024

Soulton Hall archaeological digs unearth centuries of secrets at venue with links to Shakespeare

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Wem|Jul 2

July 1, 2024

15 sizzling pictures from the past of Shropshire in the summer

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Nostalgia|Jul 1

Memories of football legend Fred Pentland, an England star and a hero to fans in one corner of Spain

Football|Jul 1

Old photo throws up a giant mystery

Features|Jul 1

June 30, 2024

Sports drama, the Olympic flame and a royal visit: 15 memorable pictures taken in Shropshire in 2012

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Nostalgia|Jun 30

The time a Shropshire town rallied round to replace the railings along its historic walk

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Bridgnorth|Jun 30

June 28, 2024

Wartime 'mini-tractor' that helped feed nation arrives at antiques centre in time for 1940s weekend

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Bridgnorth|Jun 28

June 24, 2024

From Enoch Powell to Mad Jack Mytton: Infamous MPs who won a General Election in the West Midlands

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Nostalgia|Jun 24

June 17, 2024

Kingswood – A camp of children's laughter that rose again

Features|Jun 17

June 13, 2024

10 memorable Telford photos from 1984 that show the life and times of the town 40 years ago

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Telford nostalgia|Jun 13

'I thought he was dead!' See the moment two former army pals met up for the first time in 62 years

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Bridgnorth|Jun 13

June 12, 2024

The super 70s in Shrewsbury: 24 fascinating pictures of county town from the 1970s

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Shrewsbury|Jun 12

June 11, 2024

11 memorable Shrewsbury photos from 2004 - the life and times of the town 20 years ago

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Shrewsbury|Jun 11

June 10, 2024

Flashback to 1999: Boating fun in the sun at the River Severn regatta charity event

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Nostalgia|Jun 10

June 9, 2024

Nine of the best Newport photos from 1974 show famous visitor, crash repair and building demolition

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Newport|Jun 9

June 8, 2024

Incredible story of Wolverhampton's famous Sunbeam car that missed its land speed record target

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Features|Jun 8

D-Day's injured soldiers – and their gratitude to the kindness of people from the West Midlands

Nostalgia|Jun 8

Making inroads – and, amid the brutality of war, a triumph of logistics. Peter Rhodes' D-Day Diaries Day 8

Nostalgia|Jun 8

June 7, 2024

80 years since D-Day: Bodies on the beach would haunt veterans forever

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Nostalgia|Jun 7

June 6, 2024

My memories of an emotional Normandy visit with veterans who saw action

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Nostalgia|Jun 6

'To hold parts of the plane my uncle died in was very poignant' – D-Day airmen who never made it home

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Features|Jun 6

'Yanks deserved medals the size of dustbin lids' - Peter Rhodes' D-Day Diaries Day 6

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Nostalgia|Jun 6

June 5, 2024

Shropshire village yarn bombers pay tribute to D-Day heroes with postbox toppers

Nostalgia|Jun 5

June 4, 2024

'The sea was red with blood': D-Day heroes recall how they cheated death

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Nostalgia|Jun 4

June 3, 2024

'When you first attack, you think you can kill everyone – you find out they can kill you too'

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Nostalgia|Jun 3

Amazing story of William Buckland – Dinosaur genius had an appetite for destruction

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Nostalgia|Jun 3

'We were bait to draw the fire of big German guns': Local heroes' terrifying D-Day memories

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Black Country|Jun 3

Flashback to 2002: Pageantry and music as the country marks golden jubilee

Nostalgia|Jun 3

Elephants, boxers and huge guns! 25 fascinating photos of old Shropshire from late historian's collection

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Shrewsbury|Jun 3

June 1, 2024

Popular Shropshire historian who was 'a walking encyclopaedia on Shrewsbury' has died at 77

Shrewsbury|Jun 1

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