Houghton Hall 1899, Shifnal
Houghton Hall 1899, Shifnal Ref: 44160
Memories of Houghton Hall 1899, Shifnal
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Shifnal & local memories
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Dove Club
When I was growing up in Shifnal there was no carnival, only the Dove Club weekend, the fair visited the last weekend in June as it still does to this day. My memories of that time are always having something new to wear and Grandad sharing out the pennies he had saved amongst all his grandchildren for us to spend down the fair. All the family came to visit and we used to meet up with all our relations down the street, and at the end of the night on the Saturday we had a treat of a packet of crisps and a bottle of pop around the back of the White Hart, this was for a time also run by the Houlston family who were related to my grandmother.
My Family in Shifnal
My grandparents moved to Shifnal in 1930. They moved from Trescot when my mother was two, they were Doris and Charlie Johnson and my mother was Sylvia. My Uncle Noel still lives in Shifnal so I still retain my links but would love to be in touch more and share memories as my mother died recently and I feel that I want to hold on to Shifnal as I have so many happy memories of it.
More Memories
I would love to hear from anyone who has memories of my mother Sylvia who left Shifnal when she married John Simons in 1958. She lived in London from that date but frequently returned with me to visit. My mother's best freind was Hilda Easthope and I have fond memories of her as she married my father's best man and moved to London. Ii would love to share memories with anyone who holds Shifnal dear to their heart.
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)
Womens Land Army Hostel
Do you have any photos of the Womens Land Army Hostel in 1946?
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 with the horse and cart. What a memory. My name is Jane, my maiden name was 'Humphries'. My brother still lives there at Custer Castle in Shaw Lane. Dad, better known as 'Jack', used to run the bakery in Aston Street with a cake shop in Bradford Street. We lived over the shop (and a toy shop in the corner). My father worked for Lloyds the Grocers which was in Park Street (can't remember what the place is now but the building is still there). There was an abattoir behind the grocery shop and one of my earliest memories was of dad wheeling our bacon pig down from our... Read 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'
Photos of Pupils at Shifnal Schools
As a child, I attended Shifnal Infants and Primary School in Curriers Lane. Then when I was seven years old (I think) moved to St. Andrews C of E Junior School, which was an old fashioned school down the bottom of the Innage Road - now demolished for a housing estate. From there I moved to Idsall School in Shifnal (which may have been called Shifnal Secondary Modern or Shifnal Comprehensive School, I cannot remember which) at the age of eleven, until I left school in 1974. I am trying to obtain any old photographs of my classmates or classes at any of the above Schools and I would gladly pay any costs for any prints. Also, if any of my old classmates remember me and would like to get in touch that would be good too. Looking forward to hearing from anyone who may be able to help.
Ernest Roy SPENCER
My dad often told me about Shifnal, his dad had two pubs there, and his sisters Norma and Winnie lived there. I can remember going to my cousin Mavis's wedding in the beautiful church there and spending time looking round the town. My cousins and my Aunty Norma still live there. I don't get there as often as I would like, but would love to hear from anyone that can give me information about my dad's dad, and his mum too. I believe my dad's mum's name was Augusta Spencer. It always feels like home when I do go back there.
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 to wherever they would stop and sing carols.
I can remember the Mason's, they were butchers at No 2 Bradford Street. I played there quite a lot as a child. One day David Mason (the same age as myself) and I played (in the very early 1950s) in the storeroom and thought it a great hoot to tip cornflakes all over the floor and jump on them so they crunched! Boy, were we in trouble! I don't know where David is now but would love to catch up. My dad used to cook ham and beef for the Mason's to sell in their butcher's shop, which was also... Read more
