Mid Wales nostalgia | Shropshire Star

Shropshire Star

Close

Top Mid Wales nostalgia stories

Longbridge 20 years on - end of the road for Britain's biggest car plant MG Rover

It is 20 years today since administrators were called in at MG Rover. MARK ANDREWS looks back on the day that marked the end of Britain's volume car industry.

Hero to zero - John Towers' was hailed the saviour of MG Rover when he took over in 2000

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

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

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

6 archive photos of Shropshire life as past generations of people prepared for Christmas

Shrewsbury nostalgia|Dec 25, 2023

Tribute to Dylan Thomas at this year's Llangollen Eisteddfod

Mid Wales entertainment|Jun 19, 2023

Ex-soldier recalls marching in the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

King Charles Coronation|May 5, 2023

More Mid Wales nostalgia stories

When a grand old bus crossed rural Shropshire on a 140-mile Easter Monday day trip

Mid Wales nostalgia|Apr 10, 2023

The 'ghost' girl who still waits for her dad to come home after he died in the 19th Century building Lake Vyrnwy dam

Mid Wales nostalgia|Feb 4, 2023

What the underwater Victorian village hidden beneath Lake Vyrnwy was actually like

Environment|Aug 16, 2022

Cycling star who won UK's first legal road race - but gave it up to keep a post office

Shrewsbury|Jul 19, 2022

Baptist church set to hold its very last service ahead of sale

Mid Wales|Apr 25, 2022

A damaged castle, shattered windows and broken mirrors – when the earth moved in the West Midlands

Shrewsbury nostalgia|Feb 23, 2022

How the banking revolution began with Quakers in the Black Country

Mid Wales nostalgia|Feb 14, 2022

The life and times of Thomas Telford, celebrated civil engineer who helped shape modern Britain

Telford nostalgia|Aug 9, 2021

Who are they? Mystery of wedding couple

Features|Aug 22, 2020

Grounded Angel says flying wrecked her health

Health|May 29, 2017

Vice chancellor of Ulster University, Professor Paul Bartholomew (right) with Professor Ian Greer, president and Vice Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast at Ulster University's Derry~Londonderry Campus

NI university leaders unite to call for political agreement on tuition fee rise

UK News|Just now

Keir Starmer smiling outside 10 Downing Street

Starmer promises ‘defence dividend’ through hike in military spending

UK News|Just now

An oil rig at sea, with two ships alongside it

Labour was warned of ‘real and present danger’ to oil and gas sector – Flynn

UK News|Just now

Sir Keir Starmer walks past an American flag at the White House

PM vows to deliver ‘security and renewal’ as US trade deal announcement expected

UK News|Just now

Crowds watch for smoke signals from the Sistine Chapel

Cardinals resume voting as world watches Vatican City for white smoke

UK News|Just now

The scene in St Peter’s Street, Derby

Man charged with murder after fatal stabbing inside city centre bank

UK News|1 hour ago

The Royal Mint VE Day commemorative 50p coin

Coins to mark 80 years since VE Day launched by Royal Mint

Viral news|Apr 30

Stephen Lappin smiling while holding a defibrillator

Runner who had cardiac arrest at race to compete in same event a year later

Viral news|Apr 24

Blues and Villa fans spotted at WWE

Aston Villa and Birmingham City fans spotted at WWE 'every week' - leaving fans flabbergasted

Aston Villa|Mar 26

CCTV shows Shane O'Malley and an accomplice raiding Hansons Auctioneers building in Derbyshire

BBC Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson's auction house targeted by hammer-wielding ram-raid crook in £21,000 raid

Mackintosh at the Willow

Glasgow tearoom hosting talks on enduring relationship with ‘now-humble’ cuppa

Viral news|Mar 24

Ireland’s ‘best contemporary art’ to be showcased at Dublin fair

Viral news|Mar 23

Palestinian children and women struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip

Leading aid group shuts down soup kitchens across Gaza amid blockade by Israel

World News|Just now

A rescue worker searches residential buildings destroyed by a Russian strike in Sumy, Ukraine

One person dead as Ukraine accuses Russia of violating self-declared ceasefire

World News|Just now

Smokey Robinson speaks to the media

Smokey Robinson’s lawyer says rape allegations against him are ‘vile and false’

World News|Just now

Members of the media walk around a mosque building damaged by a suspected Indian missile attack, in Kotli, a town in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir

Pakistan says it shot down 12 Indian drones and one attacked a military target

World News|1 hour ago

Venezuela Argentine Embassy

Venezuela denies that opposition members left country under rescue operation

World News|4 hours ago

House FBI

FBI director says bureau needs more funding than what budget proposal calls for

World News|5 hours ago