Pell Wall
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Pell Wall memories
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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
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.
Contributed by KD Hill
Shropshire memories
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
Extracts From Pell Wall & Shropshire books
Forcing plants and flowers in the kitchen garden reached its zenith in the 19th century, offering hosts considerable scope for impressing their guests. As well as providing vegetables and fruit all year round, it grew exotic blooms to decorate the rooms of the house – often these were chosen to complement the colours of the ladies’ gowns. This ceaseless quest for the exotic and unlikely generated a tremendous amount of work for the gardeners.
An extract from from"Times Gone By".
Forcing plants and flowers in the kitchen garden reached its zenith in the 19th century, offering hosts considerable scope for impressing their guests. As well as providing vegetables and fruit all year round, it grew exotic blooms to decorate the rooms of the house – often these were chosen to complement the colours of the ladies’ gowns. This ceaseless quest for the exotic and unlikely generated a tremendous amount of work for the gardeners.
An extract from from"Countryside Poems".
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".