Carl Jones looks back to a golden age for cinema in the area and finds that, despite all the closures and in the face of multiplex dominance, local community picture shows are once again finding favour
Tag Archives: history
Dec 2010: The past in pictures
Dec 2010: Thunder from Paradise
The Ellesmere College organ is rare and historically important, says Neil Thomas. Most of all, it is loud . . .
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
May 2010: Some call it progress . . .
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
Shirley Tart takes a wander down memory lane at an updated Blists Hill
Jan 2009: History from the heart
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
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
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
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
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
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.