Shifnal, Shropshire

Another memory . . .

This is a follow on from my earlier memory - Christmas in Shifnal. What a wonderful time. I can remember it snowing at Christmas time as a child, and sitting in the bay window of our flat above the cakeshop and toyshop at 4 Bradford Street watching the carol singers sitting on the back of a truck travelling along Bradford Street... [more]

Womens Land Army Hostel

Do you have any photos of the Womens Land Army Hostel in 1946?

does anyone remember Alice Amy Robinson

Does anyone remember Alice Amy Robinson or any of the Robinsons, who lived at 33 Broadway Shifnal during the war? I would love any memories of them. Thankyou, Barbara Madeline de Havilland (formerly known as Margaret Robinson)

I miss Shifnal and have very happy fond memories.

I have just gone onto this site. I remember the Goliahs. It was when I was a little girl, Mr Goliah used to regularly visit my dad and I think at one stage he dropped off a load of cattle manure with a horse and cart for our garden.   I can also remember the milkman in the early 1950s delivering milk... [more]

E M Goliah

My Grandmother Mrs E M Goliah had a general stores on Broadway I believe it was sold circa 1956 due to ill health, I believe it was an Elizabethan style property, and was next door to Cheadles, the 'clock' shop. The property no longer exists due to 'redevelopment'

Shropshire Photographic Memories

Shifnal is thought to have been the model for P G Wodehouse's 'Market Blandings'. The road here has since been widened with the demolition of the butcher's shop - can you see the legs of meat hanging outside the window of Mason's?

Shropshire Photographic Memories

Sometimes a lot of change can take place in a very short time. Notice how the butcher's shop has obviously just been repainted. Mr Mason (?) still stands by the door, meat still hangs outside the window, but the sign has not yet been replaced.

Shropshire Living Memories

There was a terrible fire in the town in 1591, so all the timber buildings in the town date from afterwards. Generally when buildings are restored, the plasterwork is often removed to reveal the old timber beneath; however, on the Star Hotel on the far left of the picture, the timber work has since been plastered over.