Although parts are old, Telford is a new town that was born in the sixties. We’re always on the look out for old stuff, anecdotes, photos and things from the early days.
Wellington groups are setting out to celebrate the life of one of its most significant sons.
William Withering, who was born in Wellington in 1741, is now immortalised in a plethora of academic books on botany – and in the name of the town’s Wetherspoons.
Read moreA historic milestone is being celebrated in the town, as Monday 25th August marks 150 years since Captain Matthew Webb’s…
Read moreA piece of local history has been found at Wellington Orbit cinema. The discovery was made by workers during the…
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Those served and came back home are remembered in the pages of old book being made available by Hadley & Leegomery Parish Council
A unique historical record of 500 service people from one part of old Telford who fought in the Second World…
Read morePorcelain collections sold for nearly £20,000 as international buyers from as far away as South Korea competed for quality lots…
Read moreIt’s too late for Ironbridge but the Twentieth Century Society is calling for at least one set of cooling towers…
Read moreMemories of a momentous day 80 years ago came flooding back for Telford residents who were children on VE Day….
Read moreStanding up the hill overlooking the Ironbridge Gorge stands a relic from the past which may be consigned to the…
Read moreThe second day of the sale of the Halls Fine Art’s Christmas auction on Thursday featured a quality collection of…
Read moreA quality collection of Caughley porcelain owned by a London collector is coming home to Shropshire to be sold at…
Read moreResidents in a Shropshire village joined pupils and staff at the local school to share their memories of times gone…
Read moreCelebrating the 60th anniversary of opening for business, DB Roberts Estate Agents have been marking their continued success by looking…
Read moreThe old B&M store in New Street, Wellington is now closed for trade as the new store in Market Street…
Read moreLocal historian and blogger, Anth Rowley, takes a trip around Oakengates and St Georges, revealing a surprising past involving a…
Read moreIn a corner of Stafford Park in 1973, a factory opened up making a small sports car. Designed by Tom Killeen, a former Jensen engineer and draughtsman with a specialism in developing monocoque-bodies sports cars, the Innes Lee Scorpion was born.
Read moreWithout slavery, would Abraham Darby have built the Ironbridge? It’s only June, but one of the defining news moments of…
Read moreRemembering the Coalport ferry disaster In the evening of 23 October 1799, a ferry boat carrying 43 Coalport China Factory…
Read moreEvery once in a while, you hear about some tunnels that lead from some old manor house to a nearby church or somesuch. More often than not, it’s complete hogwash but near Telford Shopping Centre there is such a tunnel.
Read moreSome film from the fabulous MACE archive of Telford in the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Read moreThe Wrekin was put up for sale in 2014, but was it sold? Find out…
Read moreIronbridge Power Station Mural. I can confirm that the mural does indeed exist, and I am thankful to Damon Massey who is still working at the closed power station for providing these pictures.
Read moreFrom it’s dominating position on the banks of the River Severn, today the Ironbridge Power Station cooling towers will run cold and breathe steam no more.
Read moreWe all like to reminisce about Telford, and all it takes is something in the back of a drawer or a loft clear out to get the memories flooding back.
Read moreThere are some visual landmarks that I think might disappear over the next few years. Some almost gone already, so I thought I would capture them while I could.
Read moreThis leaflet is one of many advertising Telford as a place to move to. The Teddy Bear featured is on of Merrythoughts, and the Chair Carousel I think is the one at Blists Hill.
Read moreA series of scanned in slides from a private collection of Mark Richardson caused a wave of nostalgia on Twitter and…
Read moreTelford has grown up quickly, and building have come and gone. Many buildings have disappeared without a murmur, but when…
Read moreNot an entire history of Telford in button badges, nor is it on par with the Staffordshire Hoard, but this…
Read moreI asked twitter if anyone remembered Angelos Chippy at Little Dawley. The chip shop was legendary.
Read moreThe feature on Telford from an April 1975 edition of The New York Times. I really doubt many people in Telford will have seen this until now.
Read moreA prospectus for Telford New Town from c1971.
Read moreAnother gem from the collection of John Steele and contributed by Michelle Jones. A promotional booklet for Telford from 1972.
Read moreIn what would become Telford, green rolling hills were in short supply. This article from 1971 has a cute line drawing portraying an artists impression of what the Town Park could eventually become.
Read moreWhile many would think of Telford history as stuff of dusty books and etchings of men in stovepipe hats, part of the Telford Live History Project is to capture your memories from the 60s onwards, and the 80s is firmly part of that.
Read moreThe year is 1976, and Telford Development Corporation (TDC) need to get businesses on the ground employing people that are filling up estates such as Brookside, Stirchley, Woodside and Sutton Hill over the past few years.
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The scan is a clipping of a local resident, who kept a scrap book at the time. Thanks to Michelle Jones for this.
This newspaper cutting from 1976, explains the early work to reclaim the industrial wasteland around Telford including the start of the development of Dale End Park at Coalbrookdale.
Read moreAn early Telford Development Corporation booklet showing the conception and forecasts for growth in Telford. The document dates from around 1971.
Read moreTelford is full of industry & civil engineering. This can provide some excellent photo opportunities or just great walks.
Read moreIn a kitchen at Stone Row, Hinkshay back in 1963 a conversation was taped, possibly surreptitiously, between Grandad Oakley and Uncle Ken Oakley.
Read moreA ghost advert is the remnants of a painted on piece of signwork, often seen on the sides of buildings…
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