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Clun books (4 available)
Ludlow Photographic Memories
Paperback
Shrewsbury Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Shropshire memories
Mary Ann Shuker
My great grandmother, Mary Ann Shuker came to Manchester from Chirbury in service as a maid. She married my great grandfather, Ernest Edward Chorlton and they must have returned to Chirbury to be married because the family bible states they married at Chirbury Church on 22nd December 1888. I always thought she came from Wem - but this is quite a way away (for those days). I would love to find out more about her - I will travel to Chirbury and search the graveyards for her mother and father. What a life change for her to travel to Manchester! The address she came to is Stanley House, Oxford Road, Manchester (I would imagine a cotton baron's home). She must have ...read more here
A memory of Chirbury contributed by pam Lennon
Ethel May Tantrum
My husband's Grandmother, Ethel May Tantrum, was born in Craven Arms in 1885, but by 1891 was living in Elms Cottage, Little Stretton. In 1910, she married Harold Ezard and in 1924 she died at White Birches Cottage, Little Stretton. Their son, Harold, was born in Little Stretton, but we are not sure where (possibly White Birches Cottage?) and we would love to hear from anyone who could help us find out more about the Tantrums and the Ezards of Little Stretton.
We recently visited Little Stretton, by chance, with some friends and found it a fascinating place and plan to return in the future.
A memory of Little Stretton contributed by Judith Ezard
Artists
Groups of artists would visit in summer and stay at The Feathers Hotel. After breakfast they would choose their locations, some at the church, some at the castle, others would be in the middle of Broad Street. They would set up their stools and easels and stay there all day (except for lunch of course!). There was very little traffic in 1955. One wonderful afternoon, I was invited to join them and I was able to draw the mud & wattle buildings with charcoal. At the age of 13, it was a great honour to be included in this wonderful group of people.
Does anyone remember Miss Grayfoot? She was head-mistress of Ludlow Girls Grammar School during the fifties. She ...read more here
A memory of Ludlow contributed by Charlotte Gatling
Dinham Weir
The Ludlow weirs were navigation Flash Lock weirs until the railways came to the Teme valley. Sailing Trows from the Severn worked up the river with wheat for the mills from Gloucester returning with flour for the villages and iron bar from Downton for blacksmiths downstream. An 1820's painting shows the old Dinham Bridge with four square rigged trows unloading at Dinham Mill now Mr Underwoods lovely restaurant and other trows at the opposite bank and under full sail up to the Downton Gorge.
A memory of Ludlow contributed by Max Sinclair
Extracts From Clun & Shropshire books
We can see the village of Clun in the valley, with the keep of its old castle standing guard.
Actually this castle was less a military stronghold than a centre for hunting. In medieval times,
the Mowdens and the surrounding district were all part of Clun Forest, and subject to Forest
Law in much the same way as the New Forest in the south of England.
An extract from from"Shropshire Living Memories".
Although it only has a
small population, Clun is
always referred to as a
town rather than a village.
Its layout is extremely
elongated, with the castle
and market area at one
end and the church (with
presumably the original
settlement site) up on the
hill on the other side of
the valley.
An extract from from"Shropshire Living Memories".
Crossing the River Clun in the
valley is the most delightful
medieval bridge, which we can see
here just beyond the white van. It
was built in around 1450, and can
cause real problems for modern
large coaches and articulated
trucks. Alternative routes are very,
very much longer! The barn on the
left of the photograph has since
been removed, and this area beside
the river is now a car park for
visitors to the nearby castle. The
building beside the bridge, now
called Bridge Crafts, houses a post
office, craft centre and tea shop.
An extract from from"Shropshire Living Memories".
Today the Gatehouse has been totally restored; it is available for renting as a holiday home through a company
called the Landmark Trust, which specialises in saving old buildings and restoring them for this purpose.
An extract from from"Ludlow Photographic Memories".
The Bell Inn with its ‘good
stabling’ is obviously for
visitors to the town (those
who cannot afford to stay at
the Feathers or the Angel),
while the Wheatsheaf
probably serves an even
poorer local clientele. The
carriage sitting on the left is
made of wicker-work.
An extract from from"Ludlow Photographic Memories".