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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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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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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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Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary: Day Four

29/07/2019
An image of the dig taking place at Shrewsbury Castle on a sunny day with Shrewsbury Castle standing proudly in the background.

Day four of the dig at Shrewsbury Castle saw the archaeology getting really complicated. At our end of the trench it was…

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Healthwatch Shropshire amongst guests at next Armed Forces Outreach event on 5 August

26/07/2019
People at Armed Forces Outreach sessions

The next Armed Forces Outreach Support service event will take place on Monday 5 August 2019 from 10am until 1pm at Palmer’s…

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Event to mark 50 Years since the closure of Alveley Colliery

26/07/2019
Railway and fields at Severn Valley Country Park

Severn Valley Country Park is holding a family friendly event on Sunday 6 October to mark 50 years since the closure of…

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Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary – Day Three

25/07/2019

Day three of the excavation has seen us move through the lower part of layer two. We have begun to find more…

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Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary – Day Two

24/07/2019
An image of the dig team at Shrewsbury Castle during the excavation

Day two has been spent skimming any remaining top soil with spades. Next the teams worked back across the trench in lines,…

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Shrewsbury Castle Dig Diary – Day One

24/07/2019
An image of two of the finds from day one of the first ever Shrewsbury Castle excavation

Day one saw us break ground inside the walls of the castle for the first time. Peeling back the turf and slowly…

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