Craven Arms, Market Street c.1960
Photo ref: C539014
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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.

A Selection of Memories from Craven Arms

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Craven Arms

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When I was young in the 1950s I would spend some weeks of my summer vacation at my grandparents' house at 11 Newington Terrace, Elizabeth and Albert Torr. I remember swimming in the river, we would go to the weir and remove some of the planks and let the water spray over us and cool us down. I would travel each year from Belfast in Northern Ireland by boat to Liverpool and then by train to Craven Arms. My ...see more