Showing posts with label Shrewsbury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shrewsbury. Show all posts
Thursday, October 01, 2026

Now We Are Severn released by Shrewsbury's Up Sewage Creek

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The Shrewsbury river campaigners Up Sewage Creek have released a 10-minute film about the River Severn and their work to protect it: We Are...
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Shock as 16 tonnes of soil mistakenly dropped in Shrewsbury

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The Shropshire Star , and not for the first time, wins our Headline of the Day Award. There's more about the scheme to improve the Abbey...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

The man in a coracle who retrieved the ball from the Severn for Shrewsbury Town

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Shrewsbury Town's old ground at Gay Meadow stood beside the Severn, so loose shots could end up in the river. This Nationwide report fro...
Saturday, August 29, 2026

In which I praise buses and largely tolerate rail travel

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I can't remember a single bus turning up late during my 10 days of outings in Shropshire, which is an impressive record. And let's h...
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Monday, August 24, 2026

The Joy of Six 1566

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"Our promise should be: We don’t want power so we can run your life. We want power in order to give it back to you."  Roz Savage ...
Sunday, August 23, 2026

Wandering the backstreets of Shrewsbury

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After yesterday's exertions on the Stiperstones, I decided to spend today exploring the backstreets of Shrewsbury. This photo was taken ...
Friday, August 21, 2026

Looking down on Clun's parched bowling green from the castle

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I've been to Clun today, making use of one of the last workings of the 745 bus from Minsterley to Ludlow. It's going to be replaced...
Sunday, August 02, 2026

The Joy of Six 1556

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"Dartford Warblers skim across the heather before diving into the vegetation, defying all but the quickest observers. At dusk Nightjars...
Thursday, July 30, 2026

Trapped pigeon freed from netting under bridge in Shrewsbury with ‘verbal encouragement’ by firefighters

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Our Headline of the Day Award goes to an old friend of this blog, the Shropshire Star . When I showed the judges this photograph, which has ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Three Lions but no St George's flags

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I went for a walk across the town after lunch today and saw this Three Lions flag. What I didn't see was any St George's flags. Twen...
Friday, April 03, 2026

Good Friday in Shropshire

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From The Folklore of Shropshire by Roy Palmer : Until the 1860s, when the well was drained, it was the custom on Good Friday to dip one'...
Saturday, November 15, 2025

Pollution from Shropshire lead mines still reaches the Severn

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This information from an Environment Agency page will come as no surprise to regular readers: There is evidence of lead mining in the Minst...
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Sunday, October 26, 2025

For Central Bylines: The forgotten Shropshire tragedy that inspired The Mousetrap

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I met the editor of Central Bylines for coffee while I was on holiday in Shrewsbury. "Did you know that The Mousetrap was inspired by a...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

High Court overturns approval of 200,000-bird intensive poultry unit in River Severn catchment area near Shrewsbury

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River Action is hailing a "turning point" for the movement against polluting factory farming. The High Court has overturned the p...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Scantily-clad barrister who appeared at Shrewsbury Crown Court hearing in no trousers gets stern telling-off from judge

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The Shropshire Star wins our Headline of the Day Award. Many thanks to the reader who nominated this one. You know what I like.
Saturday, May 03, 2025

The Lib Dems didn't just win Shropshire: They won Shrewsbury too

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On Thursday the Liberal Democrats won a majority of seats on Shrewsbury Town Council for the first time. The council had been controlled by ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Malcolm Saville visits Shrewsbury in 1963

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Malcolm Saville was a Sussex man, but his most popular books were those set in the Shropshire hills. This advertisement from the Wellington ...
Sunday, January 12, 2025

DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival, February 2025

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Charles Darwin was born on 12 February 1809, and the 21st DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival celebrates his legacy with a month-long programme throu...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Santa's new sleigh delayed by snow and won't feature in tonight's Shrewsbury Christmas lights switch-on

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Embed from Getty Images Sad news from Shrewsbury, but at least the Shropshire Star wins our Headline of the Day Award.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

The Joy of Six 1271

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"Council estates are not Labour. Tower Estate, which had Labour councillors continually for almost five decades, now has three Lib Dem ...