Tag Archives: history

May 2010: Some call it progress . . .

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Clearly, many things have changed for the better over six decades, says Neil Thomas. But then again . . .

Nov 2009: Yet more blasts from the past

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Shirley Tart takes a wander down memory lane at an updated Blists Hill

Jan 2009: History from the heart

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Neil Thomas travels to south Shropshire and discovers an author of historical romance putting a new twist on the Tudors

Jan 2009: Entertainment at full tilt

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A professional stuntman is heading up a team of high-adrenaline horsemen – and women – bringing the thrills and spills of the joust back to public entertainment

Nov 2008: Living in the past

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The Shropshire Magazine gets a preview of a holiday home with a difference – one which is assured of plenty of publicity when it is the focus of a BBC television series

May 2008: A brief history of time

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Ken Tudor salutes a new book by a Shropshire academic, in which she has combined her formidable skills as a local historian with her gardening expertise

Jan 2008: The silent sentinels

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Mitchell’s Fold is one of the most mysterious sites in our county and one of the oldest monuments in the whole of Britain. Legends abound – but what is the history of Shropshire’s most important stone circle? Alex Byles finds out.

Nov 2007: The hows, whys and wares

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Shirley Tart continues her exploration of the Ironbridge Gorge’s heritage with a visit to Coalport China Museum, a fascinating exposé of times gone by.