This week’s pictures from the past

Here is a view of an unusual road crash from yesteryear which involved an army lorry and a traction engine which was pulling a huge tree trunk.

The lorry seems to have run into the back of the trunk. Bill Moody, of Ludlow, is hoping that Shropshire Star readers can help him find more about this accident.

The traction engine was being operated by Barker Brothers timber merchants of Shrewsbury, and the general feel of the picture seems to point towards it having happened around the end of World War One or a little after.

It is known that Barker’s did haul some big logs from Powis Castle around that time, although whether this accident was connected with that operation is (unless you let us know differently) pure guesswork.

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