More pictures from the past
Another selection of nostalgia photos from the Shropshire Star.
Meet the Painter family, seen in Merry Lane, Sansaw.
This photo from the Frank Painter Collection comes to us via Shrewsbury transport historian Roy Pilsbury and shows, from left, Frank Painter, and Doris Painter in the sidecar, and then Frank Painter's mother.
His father John is on the second motorcycle.
The others on the photo are not identified.
Although the photo is undated, it looks to be around 1912 perhaps a motorcycle historian could narrow it down.nextpage
Traction engine Olive fills up with water at Dorrington sand pit on the way to Church Stretton in the early 1960s.
This is another photo from the Frank Painter Collection, which has come to us through Shrewsbury transport historian Roy Pilsbury.nextpage
This postcard of Llanfair Caereinion was posted to "Miss Francis, Varchrel, Pool Quay, Welshpool" on August 24, 1906.
The unpunctuated message was: "Dear M, We are thinking of coming as far on Thursday but do not put yourselves out of the way as it is rather uncertain but we hope to come there will be about four of us maybe."
The signature is unreadable but the postcard itself was from the "J.W. Ellis Llanfair Caereinion Series."
This is one of a number of postcards loaned to us by Mrs Doris Pickstock, of Oswestry.nextpage
Help! Christine Heath of Shrewsbury emailed us this old Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News photo which she found in her late father's belongings, and is trying to find out something about it.
"My father was John Griffiths MBE, rear gunner in the RAF during World War Two on Lancasters and then served in the Korean War on Sunderlands.
"He died in 2007 from cancer caused by asbestos from the Lancs.
"The RAF were wonderful to me and helped all they could. I currently have a calendar for sale with a lot of his photos in. It is being sold in aid of the RAFA."
The highly decorated lady facing the camera is identifiably the Princess Royal (daughter of King George V) and we think the occasion is her visit to Copthorne Barracks, Shrewsbury, on April 10, 1943, where she inspected members of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) and presented a testimonial to a member of the ATS, i.e. a Private Stannard, for gallantry in rescuing a companion from the River Severn.
Can anyone confirm that?nextpage
"It was the first car I ever had. I had not long come out of the Army. It had a pre-select gearbox. A policeman who used to live at West Felton bought it who used to deal in cars a bit. We part exchanged it for an Austin 10," said Oliver, who is now 76 and living at Hyssington, although at the time of the photo he and Wallace (now living in Shrewsbury) lived at Bentlawnt.
"It was taken at Lady House Dingle, Drury Lane, which is down towards Plox Green," added Mr Pryce.nextpage
We've used some pictures of opencast mining in this slot recently, and that prompted Phil Hall of Steeraway, Wellington, to loan us this photo of mining which was more or less literally on his doorstep.
It shows the opencast mining at Steeraway which took place over four years he thinks it was from 1978 until 1982.
There's a glimpse of his own home on the extreme left hand edge, centre.
Top is the M54 and bottom is Steeraway Farm. Mr Hall says the untouched area top right is soon to be mined as part of a controversial plan which has recently been given the go-ahead.
