Shrewsbury, Lion Hotel, Wyle Cop c.1955
Photo ref: S125057
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Photo of Shrewsbury, Lion Hotel, Wyle Cop c.1955

Memories of Shrewsbury, Lion Hotel, Wyle Cop c1955

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My granny got a job as a waitress at the Lion Hotel so that she could be near her young man to whom she had just got engaged in 1927. I doubt if it has changed much since that time.
I spent a couple of weeks as a relief manager during the 1980 summer holidays for branches of Williams & Glyn's Bank and have happy memories of my time in Shrewsbury. The bank accommodated me at the Lion Hotel where the old coaching inn ambience was really lovely. However the word got round the farming community that the manager was away so several farmers took their chance to ...see more