Craven Arms, Stokesay Castle Hotel c.1955
Photo ref: C539001
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Photo ref: C539001
Photo of Craven Arms, Stokesay Castle Hotel c.1955

More about this scene

Now known as the Stokesay Castle Inn, this hotel overlooks a new tourist attraction in the town - a museum of the Shropshire countryside. In the past many of the visitors to the area would have come in order to enjoy country pursuits, and it is interesting to see the round sign on the hotel wall for members of the Cyclists Touring Club.

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