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Oh happy days
My father worked for a nearby farm, I know the owner was called "Dunne". My father worked two Shire horses, Blacky and Bonnie, side by side for over 12 years. I spent my childhood sitting on their backs, truly gentle giants. Gathering in the harvest would be long days, but we would all walk to the Four Alls in the evening and I used to walk Blacky and Bonnie there, there was a little lane alongside the pub called Sandy Lane, and my father used to bring some drink out to us and the horses loved it. I still have the original brasses that I used to polish all them years ago. Birds-nesting, fishing, rabbitting, you couldn't put a price on ...read more here
A memory of Four Alls contributed by ron scarratt
School Days
I went to school here in the early 1950's. I have fond memories of the suroundings,
the buildings, the gardens, the landscape and of Market Drayton where some of my relatives lived and some still do. Since this learning academy was a live in school / college I remember that we always had good food. Some of the teachers and students came from other lands particularly from within the British Commonwealth.
Many of the students went on for further education at university and a lot moved around the world including myselfe where I settled in Canada in 1957 and have been here ever since. I have made several trips back to Pell Wall and the place still draws me to return ...read more here
A memory of Pell Wall contributed by Graham Edwards
Family connections.
My grandfather, William Simpson Bruchshaw, is the man coming out of the greenhouse with the plant in his hand. He was head gardener to Mr Munro Walker until Mr Walker died. My grandfather's youngest brother, Henry, was farm manager on the estate. While at Pell Wall, my grandfather experimented in growing tomatoes on potatoes in about 1908 I think. We still have the photos in the family. After he left Pell Wall my grandfather lived in Little Drayton. He died aged 91 in 1952.
A memory of Pell Wall contributed by KD Hill
Remembance day Nov 9
Shocked to see my own family name (Clifford) on this memorial...knowing my grandfather had connections with Market Drayton it may be a relative...more research needed here l think.
Extracts From Cheswardine & Shropshire books
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".
Much of St Mary’s church, behind the mill, was used as a private house after the Dissolution; the ivy-covered
remains of part of it can be seen here, attached to the right of the church. It was finally restored as a church in the
mid 1600s.
An extract from from"Ludlow Photographic Memories".
Mr Sam Mattock was not only the
landlord here, but he also used the
building as a corn exchange; when
sales had been completed, farmers
would seal their deals with a noggin of
whisky! Notice also the Clock House –
so-called because of the clock
on the side of the building.
An extract from from"Ludlow Photographic Memories".
Around Ludlow
South Along The River Teme
Tenbury Wells, Teme Street 1898
Known in the past only as Tenbury, the Wells in its
name was added in the late 19th century as a
deliberate marketing ploy to promote the local mineral
water. The waters from the Malvern Hills nearby were
then, as now, much better known.
Tenbury Wells, The Church 1892
We are just across the border in Worcestershire here. St
Mary’s church sits overlooking the River Teme (also the
county boundary). Subject through the centuries to
frequent floods, the church we see today is really the
result of restoration work in the 19th century.
An extract from from"Ludlow Photographic Memories".