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Gobowen, Shropshire
Gobowen maps
Historic maps of Gobowen and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Gobowen maps
Historic map of Gobowen
Illustrated Victorian map of Shropshire
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Gobowen books
Displaying 3 of 3 books about Gobowen and the local area. View all Gobowen books
Shropshire Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Ludlow Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
Shropshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
1 Gobowen photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Gobowen
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Mrs Barrett, the Post Mistress at that time, gave me a 1947 farthing for luck when I joined the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in June 1952. She said she had given one to village lads in WW2 and most of them came back, so look after it.
I went to Suez and came back and it is still on my... [more]
Shared on 13 September 2008
I have always known it as Ushers, although I remember it being run by a Mr. Fisher who has a teenage daughter who had a pony....I remember her being very kind to me when I was a little girl. I remember her singing a song about girls sitting in the back seat hugging and kissing with Fred . Very funny. Random... [more]
Shared on 24 January 2009
This the exact spot where I learned to swim, it was muddy, cold, and wonderful, it was also where I learned to use a canoe with the school, we actually had to turn it over...Yuk... My Mum would send us to Ushers shop on the canal a little way back, for bread..I can smell it now. Climbing up the steep hill... [more]
Shared on 24 January 2009
I have family in Oswesty and my uncle used to have a fruit and veg round. I used to go with him and my aunty sometimes when I was young. I used to love staying in Oswestry, it's my favourite place. I still have lots of relations there now.
Shared on 15 September 2008
and died in 1883, Emma had a son, Thomas Leonard Smith, and he was brought up as one of the children and became a butler in North Wales and died in 1915, he left a widow and 2 daughters but never knew Emma was his mother. His only grandson was killed during the 2nd World War and I was the only... [more]
Shared on 15 June 2008
My maternal great grandparents lived in Llwyn near the church in Rhiwlas. They - Thomas and Elizabeth Jones - are buried in Llansilin Churchyard with their son Lloyd Jones who was, I believe, the last of the family to live there.
They had children called William, Annie Rose, Charles, Robert, Sam, David, Margaret Ann and Henry plus Lloyd the youngest... [more]
Shared on 14 August 2009
The 1901 census shows my grandmother Emma Mainwaring, then aged 14, working as a domestic servant at Kenwicks Park. Thinking that Kenwicks Park was the name of a large country house I started to search for it only to find that Kenwicks Park refers to a locality. Can anyone suggest where I can find the exact house where my grandmother worked?
Shared on 27 October 2009
Hi, I was the landlord at the Cross Guns for 10 years from 1976 till 1986.
Shared on 16 June 2008
Extracts From Gobowen & Shropshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Gobowen, inspired by Frith photos.
This photograph looks towards the level crossing, where at the moment we can just see a steam train drawing away from the station. The railway station, a lovely old Italianate-style building dating from 1848, was on the verge of being closed in the mid 1990s; it was only saved by children from the school, who ran it for a time.
This is an extract from Shropshire Living Memories.
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The Co-operative is now the Silo Central, an internet café. There is another café just outside the village, at Derwen College. This is a college for school leavers with learning difficulties, and catering is one of the subjects taught here. The café, run by the students, recently won an award as the best in the Midlands in a competition by BBC Midlands Today.
This is an extract from Shropshire Living Memories.
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Shropshire Photographic Memories
Today Gobowen is famous for its Italianate style railway station. The station was decommissioned by British Rail and was saved and restored by the children and teachers of the local school, who still continue to run the ticket office as part of their 'work experience'.
This is an extract from Shropshire Photographic Memories.
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