If you ask an outsider to describe Shropshire, they will probably conjure up a vision of a rural county.
Which is, of course, true, despite increasing and never-ending urbanisation. But like everything else, the landscape and agriculture evolve and change, and old ways fade and sometimes die out completely.
Join us on a trip down memory lane - a country lane in this case - as we take a look at some of the people and places of yesteryear who have been part of the tapestry of rural life over past decades.
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1. Pull the udder one
Youngsters learning how to milk a cow. The information with the picture is "Milking school, 1930." The location is unknown, but it's one of a number of pictures which were hanging on the wall for a number of years at the former Three Crowns pub in Wellington until it closed in 2013, so may be Wellington area. The pictures ended up in the Oddfellows Arms, in the High Street, having been bought in a charity sale. | Johann Cowley
2. Wistanstow's strawberry tea
A country village summer get-together with strawberries and tea - what could be a better demonstration of the community spirit in the countryside? This was a strawberry tea in aid of church funds at Wistanstow Vicarage, near Craven Arms. Seen from left are Mrs Myfanwy Llewellyn-Jones, the Venerable Andrew Woodhouse (host), Mr Charles Thompson, Miss Suan (sic) Jones, and Mrs Jan Benson. The event was on July 11, 1976. | Shropshire Star archive
3. Look at that raincoat line-up
Mr Arthur Pugh, formerly of Lees Farm, English Frankton, leading the first shire horse at Wem Show in about 1946. The picture came originally from his daughter, Mrs E Fitton. Shame about the weather. | Shropshire Star archive
4. Tractor in action
The lad on this early tractor is Alf Dixon, of Red Hill. Alf didn't have his own tractor until 1942. As you can see, those early tractors didn't do comfort, and they weren't that safe either, with rollovers a particular danger. | Shropshire Star archive