Telford Live – Page 73 – Informed. Updated. Engaged.

14/05/2013 Andy Smith

Not an entire history of Telford in button badges, nor is it on par with the Staffordshire Hoard, but this…

Faye Craggs, Mike Palfrey and Ellie Garbett

Private landlords face “double whammy” say Telford property experts

10/05/2013 Andy Smith

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

07/05/2013 Andy Smith

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

05/05/2013 Andy Smith

The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Bumps and Babes group for Telford and Wrekin, in partership with Positive Safety Training is…

Review: So Food, So Good!

05/05/2013 Andy Smith

Maple House on Hortonwood used to be the headquarters of mobile phone business Geko, but now the giant lizard has…

Play Bingo Bongo on May 2nd from 6PM

Telford & Wrekin Council Meeting 2nd May

01/05/2013 Andy Smith

Wow, these come round quick! Another Council Meeting at 6pm on 2nd May and one that promises to be a…

Why I’m rejecting the Telford Loyalty Card

27/04/2013 Andy Smith

If you’ve been living under a rock, or are a visitor from a different town, let me fill you in on the Telford Loyalty Card.

Councillor Bill McClements. Cabinet Member for Resources & Service Delivery

Council Spending: Does it add up to good value?

23/04/2013 Andy Smith

Here are 5 FACTS about how your money was spent in Feb 2013

Sam Warner from Capgemini, Sarah Knowles from Shires Fire and Safety, Ella Sips from Telford and Wrekin CVS, Lt Col Matthew Botsford, Trooper Jim Morgan and Sergeant Chris Fisher launch the volunteer appeal at the CVS Telford Pulling Together breakfast networking event.

Army Reserves Appeal – Can you help?

23/04/2013 Andy Smith

The volunteers of the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry (RMLY) based in Dawley Bank spend hours of their time volunteering in times of emergencies such as flooding, support old comrades, give ceremonial support to local dignitaries and provide instructors for military youth organisations and colleges and universities.

Mark Burrows, of Kitchens by R&R with Mayor, Councillor Dennis Anson and Mayoress Kathleen Anson.

UKs Best Kitchen Company is from Telford

17/04/2013 Andy Smith

A Telford business has received special congratulations from the Mayor after scooping a national accolade naming them the ‘most-loved’ kitchen company in the UK.

Alan Adams

Business Tips for Better Sales

17/04/2013 Andy Smith

A Telford-based business consultant has issued some top-line tips for firms across the region to help them successfully beat off…

End of Season AFC Telford United Events

17/04/2013 Andy Smith

AFC Telford United will be hosting 3 unique end of season events in the marquee on The New Bucks Head Pitch.

Stuart Williams and Martin Newbrook

Fish meets Chips

Telford History Telford People

17/04/2013 Andy Smith

Fish and Chips is nothing unusual but this was a more unlikely combination when the owner of Chips Away in…

Angelo Cosco, outside Angelos Chip Shop in 1970

The Best Chip Shop in Telford

04/04/2013 Andy Smith

I asked twitter if anyone remembered Angelos Chippy at Little Dawley. The chip shop was legendary.

Les Mills Workout Hits Telford

04/04/2013 Andy Smith

A Telford gym will become the first in the town to offer all six of the popular Les Mills workout classes taking the fitness world by storm

Telford Homeless Action Week

04/04/2013 Andy Smith

A series of events to raise awareness and money gets underway in Telford during May. Organised by Stay, events include a Firewalk, a Skydive and a sleepover at the summit of the Wrekin.

Jonathan Hill, MD of Clearview

25 Jobs Created by Security Business

04/04/2013 Andy Smith

A new security firm has opened in Telford creating 25 jobs. Clearview Security Ltd has been launched on Halesfield 8 by Jonathan Hill.

Production Team by Directors Platform

Zombie Movie to be Filmed in Telford

April Fools Telford News

31/03/2013 Andy Smith

Earlier this year, we decided to try and create a stir with a April Fools prank that would reach across the whole of Telford.

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History: New York Times Perspective

18/03/2013 Andy Smith

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.

History: Telford New Town 1971

17/03/2013 Andy Smith

A prospectus for Telford New Town from c1971.

History: Telford – Your Opportunity

09/03/2013 Andy Smith

Another gem from the collection of John Steele and contributed by Michelle Jones. A promotional booklet for Telford from 1972.

Family Park for Telford

History: Telford Town Park

09/03/2013 Andy Smith

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.

Telford & Wrekin Council Budget Meeting

06/03/2013 Andy Smith

UPDATE: Mark who runs the excellent blog LightmoorLife.co.uk filmed this event and has painstakingly annotated the video so you can…

Cascades. Shropshires Top Nightspot.

History: Cascades and Telford Nightlife in the 80s & 90s

03/03/2013 Andy Smith

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.

History: Telford, A Marvellous Way of Life

03/03/2013 Andy Smith

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.

Maz Bedson and Gareth Connell and Stuart Henderson of Ideal Fitness who have teamed up to launch Fit Weekenders.

New Fitness Kick Started in Telford

25/02/2013 Andy Smith

A new fitness kick-start programme which could attract people for weekend visits to Shropshire will be launched by three fitness experts this month.

The scan is a clipping of a local resident, who kept a scrap book at the time. Thanks to Michelle Jones for this.

History: The Return to Nature c1976

25/02/2013 Andy Smith

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.

History: Telford Promotional Leaflet c1971

25/02/2013 Andy Smith

An early Telford Development Corporation booklet showing the conception and forecasts for growth in Telford. The document dates from around 1971.

Telford IT Guys Leaving Chairs for Charity

19/02/2013 Andy Smith

A team of Shropshire IT experts will be swapping their hard drives for a hard walk over the Shropshire hills as they take on a 50-mile hiking challenge.

'Spoons in Wellington. Lovely Point of Sale material too.

Review: The William Withering

18/02/2013 Andy Smith

Close your eyes and think of the word ‘Wetherspoons’. Do you think of poor food, cheap beer and low rent punters? Time to throw out your preconceptions.

That bike belongs to the last guy to cycle up Jiggers Bank.

Ironbridge Antiques Arts and Craft Centre

18/02/2013 Andy Smith

Ironbridge renaissance had actually occurred in relatively recent times. It’s only since the 1970s that tourists have been encouraged to visit the now world famous heritage site, with the focal point firmly focused on the fabulous museums.

TADLOPs Secret Garden

06/02/2013 Andy Smith

Telford’s senior musical Theatre society TADLOP (Telford And District Light Operatic Players) are currently embarking on a magical journey to a show full of wonder and mystery.

The Gathering 2013 comes to Telford

06/02/2013 Andy Smith

The year 2013 has been chosen by Ireland as the year to bring all those who claim to have a little bit of Irish in them to come home for a visit. As part of the promotions, a dance show, Celtic Dream is coming to Telford.

These guys are probably in their late forties now.

Telford Utd Seeks Old Relics

06/02/2013 Andy Smith

A group of Telford supporters are appealing for fans of the Club to come forward with old programmes, photos and memorabilia of times gone by as part of a project to raise awareness about dementia in the borough.

The Greenwood Centre, home to The Wood Sorrell Clinic, Ironbridge.

Hannah Charmans Wood Sorrell Clinic

06/02/2013 Andy Smith

I’d always loved the look of Ironbridge from the photos I’d seen and things on the TV, but for some reason I’d thought it was somewhere in Herefordshire, near the Forest of Dean!

Kerstin Losch prepares for the supper club in Telford

Valentines Day Supper Club

06/02/2013 Andy Smith

Couples celebrating Valentines in Telford this year are being offered an alternative to the usual dinning out experience.

A large industrial unit in Telford. More please, but full.

So what do businesses in Telford want?

29/01/2013 Andy Smith

A Telford Business Summit was held on 29th Jan 2013 by Telford and Wrekin Council to discuss with the businesses in attendance, and some who put questions by email, what their plans were.

The Jacket Potato with Cheese and Beans. £2.99 at the Beacon.

Review: The Beacon, Wellington

25/01/2013 Andy Smith

This weeks under a fiver is The Beacon in Wellington. The Beacon is well known for cheap beer on Thursdays, but before ‘spoons opened, it was the only thing close to a pub lunch in the centre of Wellington.

The Severn Gorge - Great Value Carvery

Review: Severn Gorge Carvery, Telford

23/01/2013 Andy Smith

Review: Severn Gorge Carvery, Telford. On the edge of Telford Shopping Centre, this Marstons-owned pub is a no-nonsense, comfort food favourite of mine.

Jan Minihane of Net Advantage Ltd

Telford Social Media Workshops

23/01/2013 Andy Smith

Shropshire Chamber HQ is to be the venue for the next series of social media workshops run by Jan Minihane of The Net Advantage Ltd.

Giving Children a Head Start

21/01/2013 Andy Smith

With ever increasing-class sizes coupled with the amount of children losing the basic concepts in Maths and English, Adele Conlon started Shropshire Tutor.

Max & Katie Colman with Beth Oliver and Dan Edwards (seated)

New faces at Telford Estate Agents

Telford People Telford Sport

21/01/2013 Andy Smith

A local family run estate agency based in Wellington announced the appointment of two new apprentices to expand the sales and lettings team.

A volunteer with passion and a shovel works to get the game on.

Telford is Snow Joke

19/01/2013 Andy Smith

The real snow story this weekend is the one at the New Bucks Head, home of our local fan-owned football team, AFC Telford Utd.

This is Roger. He's nuts, but puts on a good comedy night

New Comedy Night is Hit

17/01/2013 Andy Smith

Local comedy promoter, Roger Swift helps to make Dawley a barrel of laughs. The good people of Dawley are…

The Changing Face of Madeley

17/01/2013 Andy Smith

Of course, there are still people living in the area who remember Madeley before developers decided it needed to be buried in blocks of concrete in the 60’s.

Telford Day Nursery Secures Planning for Move

17/01/2013 Andy Smith

Bosses at a Telford nursery chain were celebrating today after winning their battle to move one of their nurseries to Hoo Farm after a u-turn by planning chiefs.

Parents and Children at the Bumps and Babes in Telford

Musical Fun For Parents and Babies in Telford

15/01/2013 Andy Smith

Well over 20 parents and babies attended the first National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Bumps and Babes session for 2013 to enjoy a singing and dancing session with Musical Steps.

Ironbridge Antiques, Arts and Craft Centre and Riverside Tea Room needs signs - Nigel Byard

Ironbridge Antiques Arts & Crafts Centre Campaign

04/01/2013 Andy Smith

Getting visitors to Ironbridge Antiques, Arts and Crafts Centre has proved a real challenge over the past few weeks, but a brown tourist sign would help.

David Ross' photo and a copy of the Shropshire Star

Opinion: Shropshire Star – Delivering Local News?

01/01/2013 Andy Smith

The Shropshire Star is paper that locals love to hate, but will printing tweets improve the quality of local news?

Cycling to Lapland

Telford Tesco Staff in Charity Boost

31/12/2012 Andy Smith

Staff at a Telford supermarket where seven members of staff are battling cancer have raised thousands for a charity which supports the disease.

Telford Baby Group Appeals for Volunteers

31/12/2012 Andy Smith

The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Bumps and Babes group for Telford and Wrekin is appealing for new volunteers to help run the group as well as new members for 2013.

Michelle Childs - Bizmums

Group launches to support Telford mums in business

21/12/2012 Andy Smith

December saw the launch of a new group, led by Michelle Childs, which will be supporting local mums who are self-employed and running their own businesses. Bizmums will be held twice a month in the Telford area.

Owen Batham, Sales and Marketing Director at Elite Precast Concrete

Telford Concrete Company Mixes with the Biggest

18/12/2012 Andy Smith

A Shropshire precast concrete manufacturer is ending a hugely successful year in style after being formally accepted as a member of an influential industry body.

Play our Crap Parking game

Crap Parking Telford People

14/12/2012 Andy Smith

Now’s your chance to pick the worst parker in Telford by clicking on the picture below that you think demonstrates the worst parking attempt out of the pair.

Telford’s Worst Parker

14/12/2012 Andy Smith

Here we have from left to right, the worst parkers in Telford, as voted by you. [toprated]

A442 in Telford

14/12/2012 Andy Smith

The EP, Eastern Primary, A442, Dawley-Donnington Distributor Road, Queensway. Good or bad?

Axe the Tax says Neil Phillips

Axe The Tax Says Telford Accountant

12/12/2012 Andy Smith

A Telford accountant today urged hundreds of people across Shropshire to sign an online petition to reduce a “tax on jobs”.

PICTURED: From left, Back: Dean (coach) Josh, Ciaran, Steven, Callum, Jarod, Kev (Manager); Front: Ryan, Jake, Mitchell, Alex, Grant, Brayden.

Support Builds for Lawley Comets

Telford Sport

12/12/2012 Andy Smith

Lawley Lightmoor Comets U14s will proudly sport the logo of Lawley Village after a deal was agreed with the Lawley Villager Developer Group.

Review: Krispy Kreme in Telford

12/12/2012 Andy Smith

I appreciate that this isn’t a “restaurant review” in the traditional sense, but after my experience in the newly opened ‘Krispy Kreme’ store in Telford Town Centre yesterday I feel compelled to write it down and share it with others!

Alan Adams

Better Business on the Horizon in 2013