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A kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time

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Christmas lights in Shifnal, 2007. Picture: Mike Hayward.
May I take this opportunity to wish you all a merry Christmas? Of course, if you are reading this on the day of this issue’s publication, then it’s still November and I’m nearly a month premature.
It may well be that, having many more pressing matters, you haven’t got […]

A blast from the past

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Stepping into Mynd Art & Toys in Church Stretton is a little like entering a time warp. And all the better for it, finds Neil Thomas

Vernon goes up the wall

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Christmas last year was fantastic for Shropshire student Vernon Kerswell – and this festive season looks like being even better, he tells Neil Thomas

Hooked on hoops, mad about mallets

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Shirley Tart takes to the lawn and finds that croquet is a dignified – and highly addictive – way to spend a summer afternoon

Mince pies and make-believe

1880s Christmas at Blists Hill

As the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust turns 40, Shirley Tart takes a Christmas trip to Blists Hill Victorian Town, the most seasonal – and most visited – of its 10 museums

Some words of wisdom

Goodbye Gay Meadow (Matthew Ashton, £24.99)

Books are ever-popular Christmas presents and it’s amazing how many are published each year which have a direct relevance to Shropshire. Here are a few titles with county connections well worth considering as presents