This week's Pictures from the Past

The caption with this photo when we originally used it on July 24, 1969, told the story: "Three Shrewsbury teenagers went in at the deep end yesterday as the temperature climbed.

"Having watched many youngsters stealing a swim in the Shirehall ornamental pool, the girls crept nearer and nearer. Suddenly they were hit by a diverted fountain and were drenched, so in they went. Jo Showell, Denise Waddington and Bridget Cooper arrived home soaking wet." Denise Waddington is, these days, Denise Smith.

This framed picture hangs on the wall of Wellington fire station, with the following details: "Wellington fire brigade at work outside The Mount in Haygate Road.

"The horse-drawn steam appliance in the picture was bought in 1909 by Wellington Urban District Council.

"The Urban District Council and the Rural District Council formed the Wellington and District joint Fire Brigade in 1928."

Most Salopians will probably recognise this Shrewsbury view straight away, but it's still a picture which rewards closer inspection.

Just beyond the Kingsland Bridge is a large works of some sort, together with a large chimney, while on the left bank of the river there a landing stage for boats.

The Pengwern Boat Club is in the foreground. The date it was taken is uncertain. Late Victorian? Early 20th century?

This photo was loaned to us by Gordon Willocks and is one of a series which belonged to his father.

We're off to the ancient village of Leintwardine today and, although this view is undated, the cars point to it being the 1960s or 1970s.

This is an old postcard which was loaned to us by Mary Sheriff, of Whitchurch.

We're going back a little over 100 years with this view of The Square at Wellington, which is from a postcard franked on August 6, 1907.

While there have of course been many changes over the years, the main elements of this view are essentially the same today, and in this respect Wellington town centre has survived much better than quite a few other town centres.

Picture: Ray Farlow

No doubt thanks to the assiduousness of local photographers of yesteryear, the village of Bucknell is unusually well covered in old photographs.

This is one example, showing "Church Bridge, Bucknell".

It is undated, but looks to be from the early years of the 20th century.

Picture: Ray Farlow

If you were a child of the Sixties you may well recognise some of these lads. They are, from left, Mervyn Hughes, lead lead guitar, Fran Lockbaun, bass guitar, Keith Woodland, drums, Phil Morris, lead singer, and Allan Underhill, rhythm guitar, who supplied this picture

They were Ludlow band The Saracens, and they appeared as the backing band with some of the Sixties greats including The Four Pennies, The Applejacks, Unit Four plus Two, The Nashville Teens, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, and The Hollies.'

Photo taken by Peter Bartlett of Ludlow