Hope House is benefiting as Shropshire chilldren get to meet Santa, while their parents can take in the delights of the impressively restored Old Colehurst Manor. Neil Thomas reports
Tag Archives: christmas
Dec 2011: All in a good Claus
Dec 2010: Season to be cheerful . . .
Wishing all of The Shropshire Magazine’s readers a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Dec 2010: Sailing towards a new world
A small notebook tucked away for years has yielded a rich harvest in the form of a cruise diary — with an amazing twist in the tail. Shirley Tart tells its tale
Dec 2008: A kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time
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 […]
Dec 2008: A blast from the past
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
Dec 2008: Vernon goes up the wall
Christmas last year was fantastic for Shropshire student Vernon Kerswell – and this festive season looks like being even better, he tells Neil Thomas
Aug 2008: Hooked on hoops, mad about mallets
Shirley Tart takes to the lawn and finds that croquet is a dignified – and highly addictive – way to spend a summer afternoon
Dec 2007: Mince pies and make-believe
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
Dec 2007: Some words of wisdom
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