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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

November 20, 2024

Ironbridge car park fountain "is like an undiscovered Banksy"

Nostalgia|Nov 20, 2024

November 15, 2024

Telford schoolchildren join service to remember the 'Nine Men of Madeley' who died in mining disaster

News|Nov 15, 2024

November 14, 2024

Ellesmere Boatyard

Shropshire boatyard among 13 historic West Midlands sites now considered 'at risk'

News|Nov 14, 2024

November 12, 2024

"The Cooking Canon" Rev John Eley serves up some heavenly food for (from left) Audrey Kelsall, chairman of Staffordshire WI Markets Society, Alison Perks, WI Markets member and Shirley Husselbee, secretary, at the society's Annual Markets Day at Stafford County Showground

Flashback to 2002: Support for football club and firefighters go on strike

Nostalgia|Nov 12, 2024

November 11, 2024

Queen Elizabeth II accompanies America's President George Bush as they enter the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace at the start of the President's state visit to Britain

Flashback to 2003: A presidential visit and victory for England at the Rugby World Cup Final

Nostalgia|Nov 11, 2024

November 9, 2024

Margaret Keenan, 90, becomes the first person to receive the Covid vaccine

Covid, war and the death of The Queen: Shropshire in the 2020s

Nostalgia|Nov 9, 2024

November 8, 2024

A look back at Shropshire in the 2010s, including Elton John in Shrewsbury

News|Nov 8, 2024

A Llandrindod Wells theatre group has treated residents at a residential home to a journey back to the 1940’s.

Llandrindod Wells care home residents have been treated to a journey back to the 1940’s thanks to a theatre group.

News|Nov 8, 2024

November 7, 2024

A black and white photo of Newells shop front.

Historic Newells treasures to be displayed and sold for charity in Presteigne

News|Nov 7, 2024

Shrewsbury Town FC's last league game at Gay Meadow against Grimsby Town.

Turning back the clock to look at Shropshire in the 2000s

Nostalgia|Nov 7, 2024

November 6, 2024

Shropshire band T’Pau at their height in 1987, as they topped the charts

Shropshire in the 80s: The life and times of Salopians in the 1980s in pictures and words

Nostalgia|Nov 6, 2024

A ceremony to mark teh 100th anniversary of Rhayader War Memorial will take place on Sunday, November 10

Rhayader's war memorial will be re-dedicated on Remembrance Sunday

News|Nov 6, 2024

Clay subsoil spelt doom for Percy Thrower's magnificent Magnolias

Features|Nov 6, 2024

November 5, 2024

Harry O’Brien with one of the anti-closure posters at Granville Colliery

Strikes, power cuts, rampant inflation: A look back on Shropshire in the 1970s

Nostalgia|Nov 5, 2024

November 4, 2024

The aftermath of the tragic fire at Shelton Hospital, Shrewsbury, on February 26, 1968

A look back at Shropshire in the 1960s

Nostalgia|Nov 4, 2024

October 30, 2024

Royal Air Force Museum Midlands invites residents to Service of Remembrance

What's On|Oct 30, 2024

October 27, 2024

Village school shares memories with residents – including one who attended more than 90 years ago

Telford|Oct 27, 2024

October 21, 2024

Telford charity celebrates £175k of Lottery funding to support the Anstice

Your World|Oct 21, 2024

British secret agent’s ‘striptease’ suit expected to make up to £3,000 at Shropshire auction

Shrewsbury|Oct 21, 2024

October 20, 2024

'Just because you haven’t seen a ghost, does not mean a ghost has never seen you' Bridgnorth historian explores Shropshire town's spooky past in new book

Bridgnorth|Oct 20, 2024

October 18, 2024

Villagers' lost battle to save line of beauty

Features|Oct 18, 2024

October 15, 2024

Watch as Shropshire author reveals the 'true identity' of Jack the Ripper after 130 years

Bridgnorth|Oct 15, 2024

History of Shrewsbury's 16th century 'Prince's Palace' revealed as plans to demolish offices lodged

Property|Oct 15, 2024

October 13, 2024

28 nostalgic photos of Shropshire in the 1970s - from the happy to the angry

Nostalgia|Oct 13, 2024

October 6, 2024

The day a 16-year-old boy was needed for a Shrewsbury Town league match - and held his own

Nostalgia|Oct 6, 2024

October 5, 2024

How the Shropshire Star came into being 60 years ago today

Nostalgia|Oct 5, 2024

October 4, 2024

Council contractors unearth ancient cobbles in Bridgnorth during resurfacing work

Bridgnorth|Oct 4, 2024

Historic power loss has changed the landscape

Features|Oct 4, 2024

October 3, 2024

Opening of new Shrewsbury school building stirs 60-year-old memories for grown-up former pupils

Shrewsbury|Oct 3, 2024

September 29, 2024

Inside Shrewsbury's landmark Sentinel Works as it looks to the future

Shrewsbury|Sep 29, 2024

September 27, 2024

Double disaster at West Midlands manor house which robbed the nation

Nostalgia|Sep 27, 2024

September 17, 2024

Shropshire war hero who was still flying in his centenary year dies aged 102

Market Drayton|Sep 17, 2024

September 16, 2024

Comforting things and military deployment: Museum’s call for objects and testimony

Your World|Sep 16, 2024

Town centre bank has new look after restoration uncovers hidden surprise

Your World|Sep 16, 2024

Celebrate traditions of Christmas past at Blists Hill Victorian Town - tickets on sale now

Your World|Sep 16, 2024

September 7, 2024

'I was asked to come up with eight songs that defined my life' - Mark Drew braves Inside Tracks on Wolverhampton's WCR radio

Nostalgia|Sep 7, 2024

Share your memories of Shrewsbury's night life before part of town is demolished for good

Shrewsbury|Sep 7, 2024

September 3, 2024

60 years on: 14 fascinating photographs of Shropshire from 1964

Nostalgia|Sep 3, 2024

September 2, 2024

How West Midland witches and wizards helped bring down Hitler and the Nazis

Nostalgia|Sep 2, 2024

September 1, 2024

Back to school in Shropshire! Adorable pictures from the 1970s to 2016 show first days and new schools

Nostalgia|Sep 1, 2024

August 31, 2024

Remembering Shropshire's lost shops - including Woolies and Safeway

Nostalgia|Aug 31, 2024

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, 2024

August 26, 2024

Fog-gotten game denied goal ace Arthur a crucial score

Features|Aug 26, 2024

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, 2024

August 16, 2024

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

Your World|Aug 16, 2024

August 14, 2024

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

Bridgnorth|Aug 14, 2024

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, 2024

August 11, 2024

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

Shrewsbury|Aug 11, 2024

August 4, 2024

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

Shrewsbury nostalgia|Aug 4, 2024

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