Coalbrookdale apple day is fun to the core
Apples were squashed, baked, drunk and eaten during a day to celebrate all that was special about the humble fruit.
About 1,000 visitors descended on the Green Wood Centre in Coalbrookdale for the annual Apple Day.
Visitors were welcome to bring apples to be pressed into either juice or fermented for cider.
The event was run in conjunction with the Shropshire Apple Trust and Severn Gorge Countryside Trust.
Diane Wood, finance manager at Green Wood, said: "An apple expert brought a display of old and traditional varieties, many of which were available for tasting.
"But the centrepiece was again a huge one-tonne traditional twin-screw apple press, dating back to the mid-19th century, which was re-built by the trust.
"It requires nothing more than muscle power to operate it and if the apple harvest is good as in previous years will pour out some 200 gallons of apple juice.
"The trust invited people from all over the county to bring apples in the two weeks prior to the event. They were stored in great pile ready for use on the day."
Visitors, in exchange for their fruit, were given a voucher for some freshly-pressed apple juice.
The event also saw live bands, Morris dancing from the Ironmen and Severn Gilders, a hog roast stand, a cider bar selling Coalbrookdale cider, the sale of apple trees, Severn Gorge Countryside stand, craft demonstrations, pole lathing and face painting.
