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A hot air balloon rises up over Attingham Park in an annual ballooning event in 1993. This event no long occurs here although ballooning is still popular in Shropshire. Photograph by John Mason.
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Shrewsbury is no stranger to flooding as the River Severn rises rapidly after heavy rain. The Photographed by Don Burgess.
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It is not entirely clear, which Abraham Darby this photograph portrays. Abraham Darby the First arrived in Ironbridge to set up the Coalbrookdale Company in 1709. Either by marriage or blood the Darby family ran the company until 1849. They believed that everything should be made of iron, from p...
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John Benbow was the son of a Shrewsbury tanner. Tradition has it that he ran away to sea. In 1686 he is known to have owned a frigate in the Levant trade which was attacked by Moorish pirates. Benbow is said to have overcome them. The gruesome tale goes on to recount that he cut off their hea...
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Is this amateur dramatics in Wellington? There are an odd assortment of individuals in this postcard, including a farmer, someone with a gun and a person dressed up as an animal!
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Some people believe that the tradition of dressing the Arbour tree in Aston-on-Clun dates back to the Pagan period. There are many different suggestions as to why this tradition developed. Some suggest that it was to ward off witches, whilst others believe it is derived from the habit of tying p...
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Some people believe that the tradition of dressing the Arbour tree in Aston-on-Clun dates back to the Pagan period. However, the modern practice of dressing the tree probably dates to 1660 when Charles II (1661-1685) dressed trees nationwide to commemorate his restoration. In 1786 John Marston ...
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Every year on 29th May the Arbour tree in Aston-on-Clun is decorated with flags to commemorate the wedding of two villagers, John Marston and Mary Carter, in 1786. Originally, the celebration also included the eating of rice pudding, but this practice finished in the early 19th century.
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The Battle of Shrewsbury took place on 21st July 1403. King Henry IV (1399-1413) led the Lancastrian Army, whilst the rebel army was led by members of the Percy family.
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The Battle of Shrewsbury is best remembered as the climax of Shakespeare's play, "Henry IV, Part I", when Henry's son, Prince Harry, kills Harry Hotspur on the battlefield just north of Shrewsbury. The Battle of Shrewsbury was fought in 1403 so that King Henry IV (1399-1413) could assert his posi...
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The Battle of Shrewsbury took place on 21st July 1403. King Henry IV (1399-1413) led the Lancastrian Army, whilst the rebel army was led by Henry Percy. It is thought that 14,000 Royalists and between 5,000 to 20,000 rebels died during the fighting, including Henry Percy. Percy was initially bur...
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The Battle of Shrewsbury took place on 21st July 1403. King Henry IV (1399-1413) led the Lancastrian Army, whilst the rebel army was led by Henry Percy. It is thought that 14,000 Royalists and between 5,000 to 20,000 rebels died during the fighting, including Henry Percy. Percy was initially buri...
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