Take a look back at Shropshire in the 1960s, a decade of change, memorable moments and everyday life across the county.
From the transformation of towns and major roadworks to traditional country shows and life in rural communities, these photographs capture a county balancing its past with an increasingly modern world.
The collection features some fascinating moments from the decade, including Queen Elizabeth II arriving by Royal Train, a star-studded cabaret night with Diana Dors, celebrations marking the Salopia coach company's jubilee and local characters taking on daring transatlantic challenges. There are also quieter glimpses of life in Shropshire, from walks across the Stiperstones to gatherings in busy parish halls.
Together, these archive photographs offer a snapshot of the people, places and events that made Shropshire in the 1960s such a memorable time.
Do you recognise any of the places or people? Share your memories in the comments.
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13. A royal welcome at Shrewsbury station for the Queen
Stepping from the Royal Train in high spirits, Queen Elizabeth II is officially greeted by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, Major General Viscount Bridgeman, on March 17, 1967. Marking the start of an action-packed six-hour county tour, the Queen was met by hundreds of cheering schoolchildren at Shrewsbury railway station before heading off to open Shropshire's new £2 million Shirehall and visiting Dawley New Town and Wrekin College. Were you among the excited school pupils given the day off to wave a flag as the Queen arrived in Shrewsbury? | Shropshire Star archive
14. Newspaper headquarters rises from the ground at Ketley
Concrete pillars and steel girders take shape across a muddy construction site as work pushes ahead on the brand-new Shropshire Star headquarters during the winter of 1963–64. Built to house state-of-the-art web-offset printing presses and bustling editorial rooms ahead of the newspaper's historic launch in October 1964, the sprawling complex at Ketley heralded an exciting new era for local journalism in the county. Did you work at the Shropshire Star offices or remember the buzz when the paper first hit the newsstands in that year? | Shropshire Star archive
15. Pioneering iron aqueduct stands the test of time at Longdon on Tern
A solitary visitor carefully negotiates the weed-strewn cast-iron trough high above the River Tern in November 1968, admiring a pivotal monument to early industrial engineering. Situated along a disused branch of the Shropshire Canal, this historic structure at Longdon-on-Tern stands as the world's first iron aqueduct, celebrated as part of the visionary legacy of 18th-century engineer Thomas Telford. Did you ever explore this pioneering stretch of canal infrastructure before modern restoration efforts brought it back into the spotlight? | ©PA
16. Historic Coalport bottle kiln finds heavy industrial afterlife
Standing tall against the Shropshire skyline, an iconic bottle-shaped kiln takes on an unexpected industrial assignment in August 1966. Though four decades had passed since the structure last fired world-renowned Coalport china, the cavernous brick building remained hard at work, repurposed by a local engineering firm as a storage depot for British Rail diesel engine silencers. Do you remember the Ironbridge Gorge during the 1960s before its historic pottery works and blast furnaces were preserved as museum treasures? | ©PA