Mayor Making & Hollywood

These council meetings come round pretty sharpish. We’ll be there, live tweeting but as this is a special Mayor Making meeting and the normal yah-boo to-ing & fro-ing is suspended,…

History: Dawley Spoken Word – Taters

In a kitchen at Stone Row, Hinkshay back in 1963 a conversation was taped, possibly surreptitiously, between Grandad Oakley and Uncle Ken Oakley. The subject was taters (potatoes) and the art of growing them.

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History: Telford in Button Badges

Not an entire history of Telford in button badges, nor is it on par with the Staffordshire Hoard, but this is pure 80s gold for our recent history of Telford…

Faye Craggs, Mike Palfrey and Ellie Garbett

Private landlords face “double whammy” say Telford property experts

Property experts are holding a special seminar for private residential landlords in Shropshire to inform them that they face a “double whammy” from new Government legislation. The free Landlord Success seminar on Wednesday May 22 is being organised by members of Telford business networking group Severn Enterprise BNI.

The Sweden Project

I read a little while back that Sweden had a twitter account, @sweden , and they started to allow citizens to take over the account for a week and tweet what the hell they liked. Those that had a go were doing great until one week, it all went toes up. Could Telford triumph where Sweden didn’t.

Baby First Aid Training in Telford

The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Bumps and Babes group for Telford and Wrekin, in partership with Positive Safety Training is hosting a First Aid Session for expectant mothers and fathers…