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Nostalgia pictures – week ending August 14

The River Severn at Shrewsbury looks rather low, doesn't it? That could be a clue as to the date, as the weir at Shrewsbury, keeping up the water level, was built between 1910 and 1912. Could this photo be late Victorian? We are looking down the river from the direction of the English Bridge, and Laura's Tower is in the distance. Picture: Gordon Willocks

The River Severn at Shrewsbury looks rather low, doesn’t it? That could be a clue as to the date, as the weir at Shrewsbury, keeping up the water level, was built between 1910 and 1912. Could this photo be late Victorian? We are looking down the river from the direction of the English Bridge, and Laura’s Tower is in the distance. Picture: Gordon Willocks


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"Moorland Road, Clee Hill" reads the caption on this old postcard produced by Raphael Tuck & Sons of London, and as Tuck's was destroyed in the Blitz, we know it's pre-war  maybe the 1920s or 1930s. The road doesn't look in bad shape, does it? Picture: Ray Farlow.
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The River Severn at Shrewsbury looks rather low, doesn't it? That could be a clue as to the date, as the weir at Shrewsbury, keeping up the water level, was built between 1910 and 1912. Could this photo be late Victorian? We are looking down the river from the direction of the English Bridge, and Laura's Tower is in the distance. Picture: Gordon Willocks
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