Cover: 1959.
50 years ago
The November magazine in 1959 was a ‘Special Wellington Edition’ which featured a wide range of articles focusing on what was then the second largest town in the county.
Among them, Dorothy Carran described an autumn trip, by bicycle and bus, from her home near Wenlock Edge to Wellington.
Cycling up Presthope Bank and along the Edge into Wenlock, Dorothy then takes the bus through Broseley, Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale to Wellington where, she writes, “the whole town simply seethes with people. The amount of traffic trying to pass through the town is almost elbowed out of the way by the people!, but there is an air of good humour flowing over all. . .. There certainly exists an air of great vitality.
“Food seems to be the chief aim of shoppers and shops. The most luscious and tempting array delights the eye on all sides. The butchers especially rival each other with great joints of beef, pork and pies, and the greengrocers with the freshest looking fruit and vegetables.
“There are mouthwatering varieties of fish, altogether making Wellington a gourmand’s paradise. Clothes seem to take a secondary place.
“It is better not to go into the Market Hall unless you can temptation a little. . .. It is all a joy to see, and somehow you stagger away feeling that, this time, you have really got a bargain, whatever you have fallen for.”
Cover: 2009.
Aside from the articles you can browse on this website, the print magazine contains a wealth of fascinating feature pieces and regular items to keep you entertained and informed. This month, you can also read about:
• Cover story: Escape in Time . . . Ben Fogle is a busy man: no sooner has he finished filming his latest TV series, than he’s off on a 450-mile rickshaw ride. Louise Acton makes him stand still long enough to explain what keeps him going
• Man in the mirror . . . Andy Richardson comes over all reflective when he meets a craftsman making ‘antique’ mirrors for the great and the good
• Model of business sense . . . There are a lot of famous faces in Jackfield - Wallace and Gromit and Camberwick Green’s Windy Miller among them. Andy Richardson goes small-scale celeb-spotting
• Singing her praises . . . Ceri Constantine is standing down as musical director of Much Wenlock Male Voice Choir, after an astonishing 40 years. Shirley Tart hears her story
• One man and his dog . . . Carl Jones feels that spring has sprung too often this year
• Another string to his bow . . . World-famous cellist Julian Lloyd Webber talks to Andy Richardson
• Remembrance . . . As our oldest veterans of war slowly fade away, they are being replaced by victims of more recent conflict. We remember them all
• From home to high street . . . Made in Shropshire is showcasing the craft skills of a group of county producers
• Education . . . Introducing you to the county’s premier seats of learning
• Out and about . . . A round-up of the county social scene, and a bumper collection of photographs from your events
• Wine Club . . . In association with Tanners Wines, this month we have a great value offer on a Party Time Dozen
• Food and drink . . . Andy Richardson’s news round-up; Neil Thomas tries a new venue, Romolo in Shrewsbury; Inn-former enjoys a perfect pint at The Danery
• Puzzles . . . Have a go at Aphid’s cryptic crossword,or test the grey cells with some mental gymnastics
• Fashion . . . Jocelyne Fildes meets an independent tailor who measures up!
• Gardening . . . Ken Tudor meets two couples who have grasped the nettle and taken the plunge - that of opening their gardens under the Yellow Book scheme
• Antiques . . . News from the salerooms
• Motoring . . . Some bygone beauties go under the hammer at a classic car sal
• Travel . . . Getting away from it all in nostalgic Berlin, or on a luxury golfing trip to Northern Ireland
• Subscribe and win! . . . In the run-up to the festive season, magazine subscriptions could solve your Christmas-present conundrums. They’re great value, with the added bonus that this month every subscription gives you a chance to win a gorgeous lamp table by Halo, from Alan Ward, worth nearly £1,000
• What’s on . . . your events guide for November
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