February 2010 Issue

The Adventure of the Idolised Investigator

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When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. So said Conan Doyle’s great consulting detective - but even he would have found the admirable Deerstalkers of Welshpool a pretty improbable collection. Neil Thomas reports . . .

In beak condition

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Ken Tudor issues an appeal on behalf of our feathered friends, who have already had to battle through fierce winter weather

Cut from cloth of gold

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Neil Thomas enjoys some thoroughly modern cooking in the thoroughly unmodern surroundings of Drapers’ Hall in Shrewsbury

A helping hand for beasts of burden

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Shirley Tart meets an inspirational animal welfare worker

Twin peaks: It’s all in the stars

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Welcome to the very best year of my life, writes Vanessa Lloyd-Thomas – in fact not just the best year of my life, but possibly the very best year of your life too . . .

In the print version of February’s issue . . .

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There’s plenty to discover in the print edition of The Shropshire Magazine, available now at outlets throughout the county