EVERY morning for the past two weeks, the steam engine which has run from the Severn Valley Railway’s locomotive depot at Bewdley, to Kidderminster, to work the first passenger train of the day from the railway’s southern terminus, has been taking an unusually long time to get there. And the reason is, ‘the elephant stop.’
Read More »A south Shropshire food business is branching out, and bringing some celebrity cheffiness to their customers.
Read More »Coopers Gourmet Sausage Rolls has scooped prestigious business awards at the HEART of ENGLAND fine foods (HEFF) Diamond Awards.
Read More »HARD on the heels of yesterday’s Royal Visit by HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG KCVO, the Severn Valley Railway moves to its main event in celebration of the line’s 150th anniversary this weekend (May 19th & 20th) " and the visit of HM Queen Victoria!
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The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster and Vulcan XH558 will be taking to the skies over Shropshire in honour of the thousands of National Service RAF veterans. These iconic aircraft will perform for visitors and guests at the National Service (RAF) Association parade, taking place at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford on Sunday 20th May 2012.
Read More »The new £3 million Ludlow Touring Park officially opened its gates yesterday (Wednesday) as the managers prepared for a bumper weekend.
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NEW CARAVAN PARK MANAGERS ATTRACTED BY 'FANTASTIC' COUNTRYSIDE
The “fantastic” Shropshire countryside helped to attract the managers of the new £3 million Ludlow Touring Park, which opened to caravanners and motorhome owners today (May 9).
Read More »HRH Duke of Gloucester gives royal seal to SVR's 150th anniversary
THE 150th ANNIVERSARY of the Severn Valley Railway is to receive Royal recognition, with the official visit to the Kidderminster - Bridgnorth steam heritage line by HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG, DCVO, on a day of special commemoration next Monday, May 14th.
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CHILDREN were given expert tuition to create healthy dishes from the executive chef of a four star luxury hotel. Key stage 1 pupils from Tilstock Primary School visited Hill Valley Spa, Hotel and Golf in Whitchurch for a morning to learn all about being healthy.
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HF Holidays is embarking on a significant building improvement works on The Longmynd Hotel. The walking holidays company, which took over the hotel management in February, has just announced major capital investment in this landmark hotel in Church Stretton.
Read More »A Shropshire tourist attraction and a local car dealership have connected to celebrate sharing pole position in the county’s electric vehicle race. Hawkstone Park in Weston-under-Redcastle, near Shrewsbury, has become the first location in Shropshire to install electric vehicle (EV) charging points while William A Lewis is the county’s first dealership to have fully electric vehicles on general sale.
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On Monday 13th May 2002 the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford was officially opened for business by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael Beetham. Built as a centre of excellence for aircraft restoration, a team of skilled Technicians and Apprentices have during the last decade conserved many of the world’s most historic and rarest aircraft. Now about to celebrate its 10th anniversary the Museum is looking back at some of the aircraft to have passed through its doors during this period.
Read More »The Dorothy Clive Garden - a charitable garden trust - is making an urgent appeal for gift items to be donated for ‘Curiosity Corner’ - an area within the gift shop selling pre-loved items donated by the general public and which helps to fund the upkeep of the garden.
Read More »The Dorothy Clive Garden is offering a free fairy cake to all children who turn up dressed as a Fairy or Prince on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th May 2012. This promotion will also entitle free admission to all children on this special fund raising weekend.
Read More »Caravanners and motorhome owners staying at five star touring and holiday home parks in Shrewsbury on May 30 are in for an extra treat as the Olympic torch will be passing the entrance on its route through Shropshire.
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Visitors can now enjoy the best floral display of rhododendrons in Staffordshire, which are currently in bloom and located in the quarry garden - formerly a disused gravel quarry " at the Dorothy Clive Garden on the North Staffordshire/Shropshire border.
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FURNITURE BRINGS HOMELY TOUCHES TO WROXETER'S ROMAN HOUSE
The Roman Town House at Wroxeter Roman City, built by Channel 4 for their series “Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day” has an altogether more homely feel now, thanks to the installation of some replica furniture in three of its rooms.
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Join us this bank holiday weekend and help search for our Roman soldiers who have taken leave of their post and gone missing!
Read More »Youngsters from Albrighton Primary School will be unveiling a WW2 exhibition next week at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford in front of friends and family. Pupils have worked alongside staff at the Museum as part of the ‘Young Curators Project’ learning how to handle and display artefacts, write labels and produce display boards for their exhibition.
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On the 2nd May 1952 a BOAC de Havilland Comet 1 carried 36 passengers on the first leg of a journey from London to Johannesburg on what was the first fare paying passenger flight in a Jet Airliner. To mark the 60th anniversary of this historic flight, the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will be unveiling a specially commissioned temporary exhibition which charts the Comets story and includes previously unseen archive film footage. The exhibition will be displayed alongside the Museum’s Comet, the only complete Comet 1 remaining anywhere in the world.
Read More »HM The Queen is coming to Shropshire in July as part of her Diamond Jubilee Tour " and everyone in the county is invited. Along with His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, The Queen is due to attend the spectacular Diamond Jubilee event at RAF Cosford and The Royal Air Force Museum on 12th July, when the county stages its celebration of “60 Glorious Years”.
Read More »BUSINESSMEN and women are being offered the chance to build new contacts or perhaps strike a new deal while enjoying one of the UK’s best golfing venues. Hill Valley Spa, Hotel and Golf will provide the perfect setting for business associates when it hosts a Shropshire Chamber of Commerce Corporate Golf Day at its Emerald Course on Friday, May 18.
Read More »Join a drop-in workshop to design and make your own Space Racers using simple craft materials at Enginuity, near Ironbridge, Shropshire during the summer school holidays between Saturday, 21st July and Sunday, 2nd September. Afterwards test your Space Racer over Enginuity’s ‘Martian terrain’ and see how it competes against other models. The daily sessions will run from 10.30am until 3.45pm and cost £2.50 per Space Racer for materials plus admission.
Read More »Dress up as Alice in Wonderland or another character from the famous book and go along to Blists Hill Victorian Town, near Ironbridge, which will be hosting a themed event over the weekend of 21st " 22nd July based on the Victorian novel by Lewis Carroll. The book tells the story of seven-and-half-year-old Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world.
Read More »The Ironbridge Gorge Museums are hosting the fourth International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) exhibition at the Footprint Gallery, Fusion, adjacent to the Jackfield Tile Museum from 18 July - 1st September 2012. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to view the fantastic skill of the winning and finalist photographers from the fourth IGPOTY competition in this fascinating exhibition of photographs of gardens, plants, flowers and botany.
Read More »Hadley Park House Hotel, Shropshire, will be where Basil Fawlty meets Father Ted in 2012. It’s all part of the hotel’s Best of British season, and a further step towards Hadley Park becoming known as one of the very best venues in Britain to see live re-enactments of some classic TV comedy.
Read More »Local amateur photographers, and members of the Whitchurch Photographic Society and Smethwick Photographic Society, Malcolm and Barbara Lander, will be exhibiting a collection of their images from the Dorothy Clive garden and other work on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd April 2012 from 10am to 4.00pm in the garden Pavilion.
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FOR many gardening is an enjoyable hobby, but for two greenkeepers with more than 300 acres to look after it is a way of life. Mike Evans and Roger Millington have been looking after the extensive grounds of Hill Valley Spa, Hotel and Golf, including two 18 hole golf courses, since they were teenagers.
Read More »Join a drop-in workshop to design and make your own pewter cast medals to celebrate the London 2012 Games at Enginuity, near Ironbridge, Shropshire during the half-term holiday between Saturday 2nd and Sunday 10th June. The daily Marvellous Metals sessions will run from 10.30am until 3.45pm and cost £2 per medal for materials plus admission.
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