Take a trip back through the decades with this collection of pictures capturing some of the people, places, jobs and everyday moments that helped shape life across Shropshire.
From early-morning delivery rounds and rural trades to telephone exchanges, road openings, changing communities and fashions, these images offer a fascinating glimpse of life in years gone by. Some scenes may still be instantly recognisable, while others have long since disappeared - but each one offers a little window into Shropshire’s past.
The pictures are in no particular order.
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29. Riding the rails deep underground
Smiling through the coal dust, miners travel in a special battery-locomotive 'man-riding' train along the main underground haulage road at Granville Colliery in 1959. This rare glimpse into pit life shows the daily commute beneath the earth that took workers most of the way to their working coal faces. Before Granville - Shropshire's last deep coal mine - finally closed its gates years later, scenes like this represented the hardworking heart of the local industrial community. Do you remember hearing stories about life down the pit at Granville back in the 1950s? Did anyone in your family work underground as a miner or engine driver in the local coalfields? | Shropshire Star archive