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Historic maps of Astol and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Astol maps
Astol photos
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Beckbury| Ryton| Kemberton| Worfield| Patshull Park| Madeley Wood| Madeley| Broseley| Shifnal| Ironbridge| Benthall| Stanton| Donington| Bridgnorth| Coalbrookdale| Dawley| Tong| Quatford| Priors Lee| Seisdon| Boscobel
Astol area books
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Shropshire memories
Daughter of The Village Bobby
I was born in the police house at Norton, the 4th child of Nigel and Beryl Evans, in 1958. I loved growing up there next to the farm, now the Hundred House car park. I was always out with Uncle Wood, fetching the cows in, helping him with the milking, mucking out. I had my own special pikel! Ggetting the eggs from under the hens, finding wild kittens in the barns, I could go on. Us kids would go out all day in the summer with a bottle of pop, sandwiches and crisps, and we were safe wandering round all the fields looking for birds nests. A walk around Apley Terrace was great, sitting in the cave on the view pretending Apley Hall was a palace! Sadly now there is no village school or shop and we moved into Bridgnorth when I was about 12 which I didn't want to do. Happy days.
Question on Ryton House
Hello everyone, I am doing some genealogy work and found a distant relative who was a groom at Ryton House (as listed on the census). I can't find any reference to it online, does anyone remember such a place or have any idea what it might mean.
Thanks in advance
Kashmir
Worfield School Dinners
During 1956/57 my parents lived at Oldington, off the Bridgnorth road and my local school was at Worfield.
I was 6 years old at the time and attended the school there with my older cousins, Olive, Micheal and Alan Woodifled. We were picked up by the bus at the top of the lane and it chugged its smoky way down to the school in Worfield. I loved it there. Such a cosy, intimate place. The most memorable thing about the school was lunchtime when we always seemed to have a huge jug of creamy custard and fantastic biscuits with our dessert. Delicious.
I loved the village and return often to see what, if anything, has changed.
Many of my friends have held their wedding receptions at the Worfield Village Hall and I ALWAYS look forward to such occasions.
Carrol Kelly nee Woodfield
Major's Cacti Gardens, Worfield
As a child in the 1960s I recall being taken to a Colonel's (or Major's) cacti gardens in Worfield. It was quite an affair as I recall. I also recall when the owner died he insisted the whole place was destroyed - the cactus burnt etc. Can anyone recall this? I have googled, but nothing pops up.
My Uncle's Grave
This isnt really a memory as such but I'm after some help if anyone can. My uncle died before I was born and he was buried in Worfield. I know from my aunty that he isn't buried in the main graveyard but further up the hill, in a different graveyard, but unfortunately, his grave is unmarked. I just wonder if anyone has any type of record of burials in Worfield in the early 1960s. He was only 14 when he died and his name was Michael Barlow. I hope that might jog some memories.
My dad's family travelled the world as my grandfather was in the RAF and they were stationed at RAF The Hobbins which it was known at the time.
I'd love to know where his grave is so I can pay my respects. My family is all over the place, I don't speak to my dad (his brother) and my grandma is in a home and is completely un-compas-mentas.
It's a long shot but... Read more
Sir Oliver Lees Cacti Garden
I remember going to the Mexican gardens at Worfield, I'm sure they were owned by Sir Oliver Lees and there was a Mexican band.
Mexican Garden And Sir Oliver Lees
I too remember the Mexican cacti garden at Worfield. It was owned by Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Lees and was a favourite place of my father's as there was a Mexican band. We used to sit and listen to the unusual strains of the Mexican songs over the Shropshire countryside. Bizarre, but a lovely memory!
