These photographs from the Shropshire Star archives capture life across the county in 1978, from royal visits and famous faces to community events, local industry and historic moments.
Prince Charles flew into Shrewsbury to open the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, while Richard Burton and Billy Connolly brought film-set excitement to Ellesmere College. Elsewhere, villagers recreated the Silver Jubilee in Llanfair Waterdine, young riders competed at Wistanswick gymkhana, and miners fought to save Granville Colliery.
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21. Best in show bound for prestigious national stage
Proud dog owners pose with their finely groomed companions at a village hall in Hadley during a ring craft session in 1978. Members of the Wellington (Telford) & District Canine Society were putting their pets through their paces before heading off to compete at Crufts. Pictured are Jean Kenny (far left with her Rough Collie, Barnville Country Squire, known as Jason), the group includes Ken Williams, society president Mike Palmer (centre), Mrs Williams (second from right), and Mrs Malibar (far right). Did you or your family train with the Canine Society ahead of Crufts back in the late 1970s? | Shropshire Star archive
22. School pupils muck in to prepare a new greenhouse
Fifth-year pupils at Charlton Comprehensive School in Wellington get busy sweeping and tidying inside a newly erected greenhouse in May 1978. Funded through generous fundraising efforts by the parent-teacher association, the structure was assembled collaboratively by school staff and students. The team worked hard to clear the soil and glass panels to ensure the facility was fully ready for growing crops during the upcoming summer term. Were you a pupil at Charlton Comprehensive School in the 1970s, or do you remember helping out with school projects like this? | Shropshire Star archive
23. Sledging into action as winter finally arrives
When the year’s first real dusting of snow coated Clee Hill on January 4, 1978, local youngsters wasted no time pulling out the sledge. Bundled up in heavy coats and retro patterned shirts, ten-year-olds Lee Harper, Nicola Fletcher, and Carl Higgins join eight-year-old Jason Harper to make the most of the sudden winter wonderland. Do you remember taking to the slopes of Clee Hill with your wooden sledge during the snowy winters of the late 1970s? | Shropshire Star archive
24. Exterminate! Doctor Who's scariest villain lands in a Shropshire playground
Headmaster Mr John Carr inspects a fully working Dalek in the playground of St Patrick's Primary School in Wellington during May 1978. Built by creative local parishioners for St Patrick's upcoming parish fete, the iconic television villain received its very first test run at the school. Five-year-olds Caroline Thomas, Christopher Reynold, and Jenny Lewis look on with delight as they peer inside the ingenious, foil-covered prop. Do you remember seeing this home-made Dalek at the St Patrick's parish fete or attending the school in 1978? | Shropshire Star archive