From a smoking dummy at a school in the 1970s to a demonstration of a whipping post in the 1960s, these images are sure to raise a smile—and occasionally prompt a double take.
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5. Muxton, 1950
Muxton Lane, pictured in 1950 or a year either side, by photographer Mr Vic Hordley, of Admaston. The children are unidentified and just happened to be walking by. | Shropshire Star
6. Ketley, 1970
Horses on the loose by the Shropshire Star offices at Ketley in 1970. The police came to the rescue with a round-up crew to corral the strays before they could stampede and 'stirrup' trouble. | Shropshire Star
7. Trench, 1971
'Anti smoking talk': Pupils of Trench Modern School, from left, Paul Thompson, Aubrey Robertson, and Keith Dunn, watch Pastor Roy Burgess with smoking dummy, Suzy.' | Shropshire Star
8. Telford, 1975
'Film heroes, from left, Benjie Bolgar, Andrew Harrison and Chloe Franks' and the accompanying story said: 'Just two and a half minutes of screen time will be the result of a day's recording by a Walt Disney film crew at Telford's Blists Hill museum. The 60 film crew members, who moved into the Prince Rupert and Lion hotels in Shrewsbury, were shooting a sequence yesterday for a new Disney production, Pit Ponies. The open-air museum was chosen for the location after a countrywide search. The film, set in a north of England mining community in 1909, will feature the museum's restored winding-engine room.' November 1975. | Shropshire Star