Probe after fire at town tourist office
Monday 23rd November 2009, 11:22AM GMT.
This picture of the scene was supplied by Shropshire Star reader Spencer Pritchard, who was passing and happened to have a camera with him.
Thousands of pounds of damage was caused to a Shropshire town visitors’ centre when fire ripped through the building yesterday afternoon.
The Information Bureau in Shrewsbury suffered damaged ceilings and extensive smoke damage during the blaze.
Three fire engines were sent to tackle the fire in the building next to Shrewsbury railway station just before 2.30pm yesterday
Owner James Gollins was beginning a clean-up operation today, but said the business would remain open.
He said: “There is nothing I can do about it now, but clean up and get on with it.
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nice pics if i may say so myself
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Not bad for 5 Megapixels
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Haven’t I seen those somewhere else Spencer?
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Eeeh, well done son – worthy of a Pullitzer Prize for photo-journalism. Me and your mother always said that job as a car sales executive was such a waste of your talents
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Well, Spencer’s Dad, we look forward to seeing your own, Robert Capa-esque, efforts.
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I’ll see what I can do – if young Spencer ever brings my Box Brownie back (while he’s at it he can tell me who this Robert Capa-Esque is – sounds like some foreigner to me).
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can’t be my dad, he never typed in a yorkshire accent
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Yer can claim yer Mam fer that – it’s all those episodes of Emmerdale she made me sit through…..
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What time will you be round for your tea our Spencer?
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miaow!
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I hate that cat!
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Me too. It’s always looking at me.
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Never mind all that, just don’t forget your prostate tomorrow, Spencer! Got my rubber gloves all ready.
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Spencer’s doctor said:
“Never mind all that, just don’t forget your prostate tomorrow”
He’s prostrate every *****y day – or wasting MY time on here when he could be selling cars…..
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I don’t remember us having a Spencer in the family. Goodnight!
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robert capeur wor eur ‘ungarian, whoa tuk american citizenship. ‘e wor eur famous war photographa ‘n unfortunately stepped on eur mine, whilst blissfully avin eur day off ‘n splatterin ‘is bits everywheear. not jannock sure wha’ sez abaht thy photograph.
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