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Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary: Day Eight

01/08/2019
An image of an aerial view of the excavation trench at Shrewsbury Castle.

Day eight of the dig at Shrewsbury Castle and the rain left us. We had an incredibly sunny day with more volunteers…

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Volunteers wanted to help treasure local memories

01/08/2019
An image in black and white of two men working in the old millstone quarry in the Severn Valley. The Severn Valley Lives in the Landscape project is looking for volunteers to help preserve memories like these.

Severn Valley Country Park are looking for  volunteers to help capture the memories of local people that can be treasured and accessible…

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A classic thriller calls on Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury

01/08/2019
An Inspector Calls

The full cast has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of Stephen Daldry’s seminal production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller…

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Appy Days – Some free parking available during August using the MiPermit app in Shrewsbury  

01/08/2019
A picture of a parking sign

News jointly from Shropshire Council and our partners Shrewsbury BID A free parking initiative has been unveiled for Shrewsbury which campaigners hope…

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News from our partners: Shrewsbury Sports Village new home for Shrewsbury Town FC academy

31/07/2019
Shrewsbury Sports Village AstroTurf pitch

News from our partners Shrewsbury Town FC Shrewsbury Town is pleased to announce that the Shrewsbury Sports Village will become the new…

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News from our partners: SaTH wins national award for improving end of life care

31/07/2019

News from our partners Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has scooped a…

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Decisions made by North planning committee on 23 July 2019

30/07/2019
A row of houses

The following decisions were made by Shropshire Council’s North planning committee at its meeting at Shirehall, Shrewsbury on Tuesday 23 July 2019. Proposed…

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Tobacco crime – a trade worth millions

30/07/2019

Shropshire Council’s trading standards team continues to tackle illegal tobacco sales as part of a regionally co-ordinated campaign. More than six million…

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Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary: Day Six

29/07/2019
An image of volunteers on the Shrewsbury Castle excavation in and around the trench on a wet Saturday.

After five days of blistering sun when the rain came it was torrential. All the diggers were quite quickly soaked but still…

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Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary: Day Five

29/07/2019
An image of the Shrewsbury Castle dig team discussing layers in part of the trench, trying to understand the relationships between different elements of the archaeology.

Day five at Shrewsbury Castle began by resolving the deeper trench surrounding the 1920’s water pipe. As we know that what surrounded…

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