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.
In 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.
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Without slavery, would Abraham Darby have built the Ironbridge? It’s only June, but one of the defining news moments of
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Remembering the Coalport ferry disaster In the evening of 23 October 1799, a ferry boat carrying 43 Coalport China Factory
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Every 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.
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Some film from the fabulous MACE archive of Telford in the 60s, 70s and 80s.
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The Wrekin was put up for sale in 2014, but was it sold? Find out…
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Ironbridge 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.
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From 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.
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We 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.
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There 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.
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This 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.
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A series of scanned in slides from a private collection of Mark Richardson caused a wave of nostalgia on Twitter and
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Telford has grown up quickly, and building have come and gone. Many buildings have disappeared without a murmur, but when
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Not an entire history of Telford in button badges, nor is it on par with the Staffordshire Hoard, but this
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I asked twitter if anyone remembered Angelos Chippy at Little Dawley. The chip shop was legendary.
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The 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.
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A prospectus for Telford New Town from c1971.
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Another gem from the collection of John Steele and contributed by Michelle Jones. A promotional booklet for Telford from 1972.
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In 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.
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While 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.
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The 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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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.
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An early Telford Development Corporation booklet showing the conception and forecasts for growth in Telford. The document dates from around 1971.
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Telford is full of industry & civil engineering. This can provide some excellent photo opportunities or just great walks.
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In a kitchen at Stone Row, Hinkshay back in 1963 a conversation was taped, possibly surreptitiously, between Grandad Oakley and Uncle Ken Oakley.
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A ghost advert is the remnants of a painted on piece of signwork, often seen on the sides of buildings
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