This week’s pictures from the past

Charlie and Jean Wood, of Craven Arms, presenting the turkey on behalf of the British Turkey Federation to the Prime Minister of the day, Harold Wilson.Forty years ago at Christmas, Shropshire gave Number 10 the bird - a Christmas turkey to be precise.

Charlie and Jean Wood, of Craven Arms, presented the turkey on behalf of the British Turkey Federation to the Prime Minister of the day, Harold Wilson.

Charlie Wood was the founding chairman of JP Wood poultry of Craven Arms and together with his three brothers, Wim, Jim and Basil, were pioneers of the modern poultry industry.

Patrick, Charlie’s oldest son who e-mailed in this picture, said: “I remember well the meeting with Harold Wilson as my younger brother Charles and I were asked in to Number 10 and we spent well over an hour with the Prime Minister and his wife Mary.

“Dad, anxious to keep off politics, was discussing their first cars, which coincidentally were both Austin Sevens, bought for £10. Dad got on with Harold like a house on fire and my brother Charles was even given a present off the Number 10 Christmas tree.”

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This article posted on December 26, 2008 at 08:00

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  1. Jill Marshall said: Dec 29th, 2008 at 17:00

    Patrick,
    Thank you so much for e mailing in the picture of your mother and father outside number 10.I have many memories of shop number 1 on Market ST, Trevor from Clun-is he still going strong-the sight of bananas on display in the window after WW11,the ice used for packing fish in a pile melting on the street- so I could go on.
    Jill (ne Roberts)

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