Older Looking Back, page 2

According to the note with this print this is “Broseley Deep Pit (Clay Mine) gin wheel, c.1945″.

Barry Deakin of Wellington has knocked on the head any notion that a young gentleman who was featured in a photo used in our Pictures From The Past slot might have been the great Shropshire electrical pioneer Thomas Parker.

Fire gutted Shrewsbury businesses

This dramatic photo of a fire in Shrewsbury in 1966, was loaned to us by Jason Manley, of Bayston Hill.

Postcard picture at journey’s end

Here is Upper Bar and High Street, Newport, as seen in a postcard franked on October 3, 1910.

Is inventor one of this line-up?

Is one of this group a Shropshire inventor and pioneer of electricity?

Postcard’s special meaning for owner

Welcome to Heath Row, at Ightfield Heath, perhaps around 100 years ago.

Face of lad makes picture interesting

The handwritten date on the back of this picture showing children at Astley Abbotts School, near Bridgnorth, is 1885.

Picture captures final days of hotel

This picture showing the Shrewsbury Column Hotel, in Shrewsbury, was taken on August 18, 1967.

Murky day for opening of bridge

It was a pretty murky day when the Jackfield and Coalport war memorial footbridge was opened on September 2, 1922.

Trophy for most popular boy

Here’s a photo from 1965 – the latest in our ‘Looking Back’ series of nostalgic pictures.

Separate schools for village’s pupils

These are, according to the postcard caption, National Schools, Clun.

Postcard dates back to World War I

We don’t visit Leominster very often in Looking Back, so let’s do some catching up today. This is Leominster Priory Church as seen in a postcard franked on April 12, 1916.