This is the girls’ PE class of Wrockwardine Wood Modern School in 1957.
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Board shows date of snapshot
The board being held on the lap of one of these children from Kemberton School very helpfully gives the date, 1926, without which, all these years on, we would have been left guessing as to when this photo was taken.
Postcard view floods in
It’s strange to modern eyes what sort of things were used as postcard views in the past, but of course they were a principal communication medium in the days before everybody had telephones.
Usually hidden hall revealed
The Shropshire countryside is dotted with fine halls although you may not notice many of them as, naturally, they tend to be set back from the roads and have extensive grounds.
Moving of memorial to Webb
In terms of quality, this isn’t the best photo we have ever published, but it does capture a moment in history, as it was taken exactly 50 years ago, on Tuesday, December 31, 1957.
Mistake on postcard’s caption
The original caption on this postcard photo, which must be about 100 years old, describes it as the “Lunn Hole, Coalbrookdale”.
View taken in war time
Although this view of Shropshire Street, Market Drayton, is not dated, we are quite lucky in that there are some pretty big clues.
Village welcomed its first pub
This photo was taken on December 20, 1966, and recorded what was said to be a first for Onibury, its “first public house”.
Photo recalls infants’ school
It is just about possible, albeit unlikely, that any of these children of “Coalbrookdale Infants School, Group B” are still alive.
Post office from the past
This is the village post office at Childs Ercall, as depicted in a postcard which was franked on July 13, 1922.
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