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Dave saddles up for 1,500 mile cycle ride

Dave Luckhurst, from Brockton, near Bishop’s Castle, prepares for his John O’Groats to Land’s End cycle ride

Golden oldie Dave Luckhurst is preparing for up to 10 weeks in the saddle – as he prepares to embark on a race against time to complete a 1,500 mile cycle ride before his 65th birthday.

New bands join big names at Osfest

Bands from Shropshire and Wales will be taking to the same stage as some of the biggest names in the music world appear at the Osfest festival next week.

Festival to feature shrunken gardens

Members of Christ Church in Wellington are getting ready to host a Miniature Garden Festival over the weekend

For decades miniature gardens have been popular with village shows and WI competitions and now a Shropshire church is keeping the tradition alive by holding its own festival.

Pictures from the past - 17 May

Two unidentified girls from Madeley Modern School, which later became the Abraham Darby School, in class around the late 1940s or early 1950s. The photo comes from Mike Edwards, whose father-in-law Ted Roberts was the craft teacher at the school from the day it opened in the 1930s. In recent times the old school building has been demolished and superseded by the new Abraham Darby Academy.

Take a trip down memory lane with this week's selection of nostalgia pictures, taken from the pages of the Shropshire Star.