This gallery takes a look back at Dawley in days gone by, a town that helped shape modern-day Telford.
Featuring familiar places and the people who brought the area to life, including a memorial to one of its most celebrated figures, these images are sure to spark nostalgia.
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1. Dawley High Street, 1970s
A Midland Red bus is pictured squeezing through Dawley High Street in the 1970s, highlighting how narrow the road once was before any bypass was built. The image, supplied by former bus driver Terry Humphries, shows a busy street scene with a Dodge lorry and a pram also visible. Terry recalls the bus as likely an S17 operating on the 909 route to Wellington, noting just how tight the conditions were for traffic in the town centre at the time | Picture courtesy of Terry Humphries
2. The Queens Head, 1966
The Queens Head pub is pictured in 1966. Bob Hanley, who shared the photograph, recalls it as his old local. He notes that Banks’s brewery had recently taken over the Johnson & Phipps side of the J P Simpkiss brewery of Brierley Hill. Johnson & Phipps previously operated from a brewery off Broad Street in Wolverhampton before moving in with Simpkiss in the 1950s | Picture courtesy of Bob Hanley
3. Captain Webb Memorial, 1909
The Captain Webb Memorial stands on High Street, Dawley, with the Lord Hill pub visible in the background. The memorial was erected in 1909, and this undated photograph was taken not long after. The image also shows the original lighting fixtures on top of the memorial, which are no longer present today. The monument commemorates Captain Matthew Webb | Picture: Shropshire Star
4. Dawley aerial view, 1961
An aerial view of Dawley taken on May 17, 1961, showing a sweeping panorama of the town. Dawley town centre can be seen in the top left, while newly built 1950s housing appears in the foreground. The Manor Farm estate, including the Windsor Road area, is visible centre right. Also shown centre left are the Dawley gas works, a prominent feature of the town’s industrial landscape at the time | Picture: Shropshire Star