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This week’s pictures from the past – June 10

Friday 10th June 2011, 9:00AM BST.

“Did you receive parcel?” That was the simple message on the back of this postcard, which is of Titterstone Quarries, Clee Hill. The postcard was franked at Cleobury Mortimer on May 19, 1909. It was posted to a Miss Cotterell, of Melrose House, Cook Street, Wednesbury. What Miss Cotterell thought about getting a postcard of a quarry, we don’t know, but she probably thought nothing of it, postcards used to embrace all sorts of subjects and local views. This particular postcard was loaned to us by regular contributor Ray Farlow, a Bridgnorth postcard collector.
“Did you receive parcel?” That was the simple message on the back of this postcard, which is of Titterstone Quarries, Clee Hill. The postcard was franked at Cleobury Mortimer on May 19, 1909. It was posted to a Miss Cotterell, of Melrose House, Cook Street, Wednesbury. What Miss Cotterell thought about getting a postcard of a quarry, we don’t know, but she probably thought nothing of it, postcards used to embrace all sorts of subjects and local views. This particular postcard was loaned to us by regular contributor Ray Farlow, a Bridgnorth postcard collector.

A round-up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.

View more: Clee Hill news, Coalbrookdale news, RAF Shawbury news, Shrewsbury news.

Let’s start getting in the mood for Cosford Air Show on Sunday with a nice aeroplane picture, but you won’t be seeing this jet at Cosford. The picture was taken on December 11, 1993. The accompanying story began: “A former RAF strike aircraft, which served in the Gulf War, made its last ever voyage through Shropshire. . . at a snail’s pace. “The RAF Buccaneer jet was taken aboard a low loader from storage at RAF Shawbury to its final resting place – a Leicestershire air museum. “The plane was bought for £19,408 by the East Midlands Air Museum as part of a massive Ministry of Defence sell-off in July. “It was originally based at RAF Lossiemouth but was stored at RAF Shawbury while its new owners made arrangements to have it transported . . .”

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