This week’s pictures from the past
Friday 3rd April 2009, 7:59AM BST.
The original caption to this photo describes it as “Operation Rendezvous, Shropshire contingent. May 1953.”
This convoy of what look like military vehicles is setting off from Wellington fire station.
The fire station was officially opened on May 22, 1953, so perhaps this event was connected – although the fire station was in operation for some months before the official opening.
The new fire station in Haybridge Road replaced one in Foundry Road.
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I love pictures from the past and I was wondering if you could print a picture which appeared in the Shropshire Star in July 1969. It made the front page and it was myself (then Denise Waddington) and two friends in the shirehall ornamental pool. I remember it was a particularly hot day and we ended up in the water with all our clothes on. I would love a copy of this photgraph as mine seems to have been mislaid. Thank you
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