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Terry Higginson
Hi, I was the landlord at the Cross Guns for 10 years from 1976 till 1986.
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Greenfields
The house on the right hand side of the picture, Greenfields, is my family home. When my father laid a new oak block floor in the hall, we put a 'time capsule' in the form of a box under the new floor. It contained such articles as photographs of the family, coins and other such things of the era. He reckoned the floor would not need replacing for 100 years and so the next generation of occupants would find it when that happened.
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Shropshire memories
Terry Higginson
Hi, I was the landlord at the Cross Guns for 10 years from 1976 till 1986.
A memory of Pant contributed by First name Last name
Greenfields
The house on the right hand side of the picture, Greenfields, is my family home. When my father laid a new oak block floor in the hall, we put a 'time capsule' in the form of a box under the new floor. It contained such articles as photographs of the family, coins and other such things of the era. He reckoned the floor would not need replacing for 100 years and so the next generation of occupants would find it when that happened.
A memory of Pant contributed by jane kynaston
Extracts From Pant & Shropshire books
Chirbury was the home of Lord Herbert, an Elizabethan philosopher, diplomat and keen historian. He collected a large library of chained books (the books were chained to their shelves so that they could not be taken away) which he bequeathed to the villagers. The books are now kept in the main library in Shrewsbury.
An extract from from"Shropshire Photographic Memories".
Chirbury was the home of Lord Herbert, an Elizabethan philosopher, diplomat and keen historian. He collected a large library of chained books (the books were chained to their shelves so that they could not be taken away) which he bequeathed to the villagers. The books are now kept in the main library in Shrewsbury.
An extract from from"Shropshire Photographic Memories".
Pronounced ‘clibbery’, Cleobury Mortimer is famous for the crooked spire of its church. The town also claims to be the birthplace of William Langland, a poet living at the same time as Chaucer, whose masterpiece is the work ‘The Vision of Piers the Plowman’.
An extract from from"Shropshire Photographic Memories".
In his ‘A Shropshire Lad’, the poet A E Housman opens with the words: ‘From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain . . .’ The high, windswept Clee Hills would have been an excellent place to light a beacon celebrating Victoria’s jubilee, the occasion described in this poem.
An extract from from"Shropshire Photographic Memories".
Craven Arms - a town named for its pub! Actually, it is named for the Earls of Craven, who also owned nearby Stokesay Castle. This town sits on an old meeting point - Roman roads, 18th-century toll roads and railways all crossed through here.
An extract from from"Shropshire Photographic Memories".