Georgia Williams
As i watched the satellite news trucks ease out of Wellington Police Station car park on Friday night, I took
Read moreAs i watched the satellite news trucks ease out of Wellington Police Station car park on Friday night, I took
Read moreOccasionally we get submissions through our Tell Your Story form, most often businesses trying to promote themselves (which is OK) but take a look at this from twitters, @twistingmy (Telfords Grumpy Old Man)
Read moreThese council meetings come round pretty sharpish. We’ll be there, live tweeting but as this is a special Mayor Making
Read moreNot an entire history of Telford in button badges, nor is it on par with the Staffordshire Hoard, but this
Read moreProperty 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.
Read moreI 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.
Read moreThe National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Bumps and Babes group for Telford and Wrekin, in partership with Positive Safety Training is
Read moreMaple House on Hortonwood used to be the headquarters of mobile phone business Geko, but now the giant lizard has
Read moreWow, these come round quick! Another Council Meeting at 6pm on 2nd May and one that promises to be a
Read moreIf 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.
Read moreHere are 5 FACTS about how your money was spent in Feb 2013
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreA Telford business has received special congratulations from the Mayor after scooping a national accolade naming them the ‘most-loved’ kitchen company in the UK.
Read moreA Telford-based business consultant has issued some top-line tips for firms across the region to help them successfully beat off
Read moreAFC Telford United will be hosting 3 unique end of season events in the marquee on The New Bucks Head Pitch.
Read moreFish and Chips is nothing unusual but this was a more unlikely combination when the owner of Chips Away in
Read moreI asked twitter if anyone remembered Angelos Chippy at Little Dawley. The chip shop was legendary.
Read moreA 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
Read moreA 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.
Read moreA new security firm has opened in Telford creating 25 jobs. Clearview Security Ltd has been launched on Halesfield 8 by Jonathan Hill.
Read moreEarlier this year, we decided to try and create a stir with a April Fools prank that would reach across the whole of Telford.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreA prospectus for Telford New Town from c1971.
Read moreAnother gem from the collection of John Steele and contributed by Michelle Jones. A promotional booklet for Telford from 1972.
Read moreIn 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.
Read moreUPDATE: Mark who runs the excellent blog LightmoorLife.co.uk filmed this event and has painstakingly annotated the video so you can
Read moreWhile 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreA new fitness kick-start programme which could attract people for weekend visits to Shropshire will be launched by three fitness experts this month.
Read moreThis 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.
Read moreAn early Telford Development Corporation booklet showing the conception and forecasts for growth in Telford. The document dates from around 1971.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreClose 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.
Read moreIronbridge 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.
Read moreTelford’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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreI’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!
Read moreCouples celebrating Valentines in Telford this year are being offered an alternative to the usual dinning out experience.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreThis 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.
Read moreReview: Severn Gorge Carvery, Telford. On the edge of Telford Shopping Centre, this Marstons-owned pub is a no-nonsense, comfort food favourite of mine.
Read moreShropshire Chamber HQ is to be the venue for the next series of social media workshops run by Jan Minihane of The Net Advantage Ltd.
Read moreWith ever increasing-class sizes coupled with the amount of children losing the basic concepts in Maths and English, Adele Conlon started Shropshire Tutor.
Read moreA local family run estate agency based in Wellington announced the appointment of two new apprentices to expand the sales and lettings team.
Read moreThe real snow story this weekend is the one at the New Bucks Head, home of our local fan-owned football team, AFC Telford Utd.
Read moreLocal comedy promoter, Roger Swift helps to make Dawley a barrel of laughs. The good people of Dawley are
Read moreOf 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.
Read moreBosses 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.
Read moreWell 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.
Read moreGetting 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.
Read moreThe Shropshire Star is paper that locals love to hate, but will printing tweets improve the quality of local news?
Read moreStaff at a Telford supermarket where seven members of staff are battling cancer have raised thousands for a charity which supports the disease.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreDecember 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.
Read moreA Shropshire precast concrete manufacturer is ending a hugely successful year in style after being formally accepted as a member of an influential industry body.
Read moreNow’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.
Read moreHere we have from left to right, the worst parkers in Telford, as voted by you. [toprated]
Read moreThe EP, Eastern Primary, A442, Dawley-Donnington Distributor Road, Queensway. Good or bad?
Read moreA Telford accountant today urged hundreds of people across Shropshire to sign an online petition to reduce a “tax on jobs”.
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