This week's pictures from the past
Our weekly round-up of the Shropshire Star's nostalgia pictures includes a group of anglers from 1938, 60s popsters The Amen Corner and a pub picture taken in 1904. Here are some fishermen from the past saying hello to the present and as this is the only photo we've got of them, we'll hope you'll excuse its poor quality. This picture was used in the Wellington Journal and Shrewsbury News of October 8, 1938, with the caption: "Sabrina (Shrewsbury) Angling Club, photographed on Sunday, after winning the Shropshire Angling Championship on the River Severn near Cressage. Winners of the 'Journal' Angling Cup." Holding the trophy is Mr Ernie Kelsall, who had the highest individual catch. This picture was loaned to us by his son Jim, who lives now in Oswestry, but hails originally from Shrewsbury. It looks like a classic rural view of Shropshire, doesn't it? But if you look closely at this old postcard of "Titterstone Hill from Dhustone, Clee Hill" you can see some industry – quarry buildings on the side of the hill in the distance. Another thing you might miss unless you look out for it is the woman, with a bag, walking toward us along the track about 100 yards away. The photo is undated but may be from the 1920s or 1930s. Picture: Ray Farlow Here is a nice view from yesteryear of "The Hotel, Hawkstone". The handwritten date on the back of the photo is May 26, 1913. It was taken by local photographer Audin Wood, of Wem. This picture is another from the huge postcard collection amassed by our regular contributor Ray Farlow, of Bridgnorth.
We first used this picture almost exactly 40 years ago, on March 17, 1969. The caption was: "Three girls who won a Shropshire Star competition by saying why they would like to see their favourite group or artiste appearing at Oakengates Town Hall met their favourites on Saturday night.
"The Amen Corner were appearing at Oakengates Town Hall and Lynne Peacock, of Queensway, Bridgnorth, Lynn Plant, of Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, and Jayne Roberts, of Haygate Drive, Wellington, met them in the dressing room."nextpage
If you've just bought a new car, prepare to kick yourself. Just look at this baby! It's a convertible, with comfy leather (we think) seats, and is festooned with lights. It's a real head-turner. Mind you, if you were to buy one of these today, it would cost the Earth. This picture is in an album in the ownership of Mrs Grace Edwards of Wellington and is captioned: "AW 658, 15.9 HP Armstrong Whitworth 1909, coachwork by Charles Clark, Wolverhampton, photographed Horsehay Cottage, c. 1920."
This photo of The Brewery Inn, Coalport, was loaned to us by Eric Clare, of Hampton Fields, Oswestry, who says it was taken in about 1904. He says the lady on the left is Mrs Maria Gough, licensee of the Brewery for 72 years, from 1853 to 1925. She took over the running of the inn following the death of her husband George Gough, whose name is on the sign. The two tall ladies in the centre are her daughters Millie and Becky who, after the inn was sold, lived in Tynsley Terrace, Madeley, until their deaths in the early 1950s. Standing in front of them, he says, is Jenny the cellar maid. The lady to the right is Lucy Mottershead, a niece to Maria, who was visiting the Brewery, prior to her marriage in 1905, and Eric's grandmother.
