Night of the Dalek for county architects
If a Dalek were to go to a ball, a ball for Shropshire architects might not be the first to come to mind.
But the picture from Mrs Gill Cartwright is proof that one of the feared robotic villains of many a Doctor Who episode not only popped along, but listened politely to the speeches, although admittedly it was a rather crudely fashioned member of the universe's master race.
"The function was the Shropshire County Council architects' ball held at the Lion Hotel, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, in the upstairs ballroom, in 1965 or 1966," said Gill.
"I was then Gill Morris, a 19 or 20-year-old, and worked in 'Drawing Office 2' of the architects department, but was not myself an architect.
"The county architects department was based at Column House, in the main brick building, and DO2 was in one of the prefabs at the back. DO1 and 3 were in parallel prefabs. There were also surveyors and others in the building somewhere. It was a very large department.
