Telford History: Coalbrookdale
A photo taken in Coalbrookdale, near where Enginuity is now. Wonder…
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Telford History: Cuckoo Oak Service Station
The old BP Cuckoo Oak Service Station at Tweedale. In 1965,…
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Telford History: Bridgnorth Rd, Tweedale
Looking up Bridgnorth Rd, Tweedale. The Cuckoo Oak has been…
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Telford History: Eustace Rogers & Coracle
Eustace Rogers Jr in his coracle, paddling up the Severn…
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Glimpse into 60s Telford
A series of scanned in slides from a private collection of…
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Telford History: Dale End, Coalbrookdale
This photo from Mark Richardsons collection shows a view up Dale…
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Telford History: Park Street Madeley
This is another photo from Mark Richardsons collection. A rare shot…
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Telford Shopping Centre Wraps up Christmas
At Telford Shopping Centre, the popular Christmas Charity Gift Wrap has…
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Controversial Planning Decisions in Telford
Telford & Wrekin Council’s decision to give planning permission to a…
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The truth about Telford & Wrekin Council Meetings
Back at the beginning of 2013, a couple of guys from…
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Telford company nominated in best Wedding Ideas Awards
A Telford Wedding company have been nominated in the esteemed national…
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Victoria James grows into Christmas
This Christmas is looking to be a busy one for independent…
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Be prepared: Is your vehicle ready for winter?
Breaking down is never a pleasant experience – especially on the…
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Telford Jewellery Maker Poppy Success
A Telford jewellery maker has raised nearly £80 for the poppy…
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Matt Cardle in Telford
Matt Cardle, winner of X Factor 2009 is coming to Oakengates Theatre on 25 April 2014.
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Street Dance smell of Success
A young Telford based Street Dance crew whose members include two young dancers from Blackpool, have just Won at the Street Dance International Championships
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Blocking Telford Travellers
A Telford-based precast concrete specialist is celebrating success after responding to an urgent client enquiry in record time, and preventing nuisance travellers setting up camp on Halesfield 19 Business Park in Telford.
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All Around the Wrekin for Telford Removals Firm
The boss of a Telford removals firm has found one of the best ways to find new clients is to go on holiday – to the same place!
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25 Maw Years
A craft centre which brought new life to a former Victorian…
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More Events in Telford Town Park
Following the success of T-Live and T-Party which attracted 1000s to…
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Telford IT Business Builds for Builder.
Shropshire builder Cornbrook Construction has been praised as an innovation leader…
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Nursing advice on offer in Telford
A drop-in event for people interested in Learning Disability nursing is being co-hosted by the University of Wolverhampton.
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Review: Madebrook Carvery at Madeley
People love a well prepared and well presented carvery meal. There…
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Digiland Dance Delights
An LED lighting company has donated £1,200 to help two Telford…
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Life Begins at 40 for Telford Shopping Centre
The team at Telford Shopping Centre is inviting customers near and…
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Festival fever in Telford
With just a few days to go until the Midlands’ biggest…
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Charity Fashion Show Project
A team of young people are organising a charity fashion show…
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Telfords Lost Pubs
Telford has grown up quickly, and building have come and gone….
Read moreT-Live Features Local Bands
Two Telford bands excelled against some stiff competition on Friday night to win Band Slam and become the final acts that will perform with an incredible line up at T-Live on 7 September.
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Telford Hits Bullseye
Telford and Shropshire is celebrating in style after the recent announcement…
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Local election results double for UKIP
Having been dubbed ‘irrelevant’ by leading Labour activist and ex-Telford and…
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Sanktuary. A safe space.
Eleven o’clock on a Saturday night. Normally I’d probably have had…
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Volunteering with Telford Foodbank
Jake runs Telford Foodbank. People are referred by Citizens Advice Bureau,…
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Cocktails?
Your invite to enjoy cocktails with Telfords finest is here. Join…
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Georgia Williams
As i watched the satellite news trucks ease out of Wellington…
Read moreOpinion: Making our District Centres Work.
Occasionally 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 moreMayor Making & Hollywood
These council meetings come round pretty sharpish. We’ll be there, live…
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History: Telford in Button Badges
Not an entire history of Telford in button badges, nor is…
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Private landlords face “double whammy” say Telford property experts
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.
Read moreThe Sweden Project
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.
Read moreBaby First Aid Training in Telford
The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Bumps and Babes group for Telford…
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Review: So Food, So Good!
Maple House on Hortonwood used to be the headquarters of mobile…
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Telford & Wrekin Council Meeting 2nd May
Wow, these come round quick! Another Council Meeting at 6pm on…
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Why I’m rejecting the Telford Loyalty Card
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.
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Council Spending: Does it add up to good value?
Here are 5 FACTS about how your money was spent in Feb 2013
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Army Reserves Appeal – Can you help?
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.
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UKs Best Kitchen Company is from Telford
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.
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Business Tips for Better Sales
A Telford-based business consultant has issued some top-line tips for firms…
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End of Season AFC Telford United Events
AFC Telford United will be hosting 3 unique end of season events in the marquee on The New Bucks Head Pitch.
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Fish meets Chips
Fish and Chips is nothing unusual but this was a more…
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The Best Chip Shop in Telford
I asked twitter if anyone remembered Angelos Chippy at Little Dawley. The chip shop was legendary.
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Les Mills Workout Hits Telford
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
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Telford Homeless Action Week
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.
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25 Jobs Created by Security Business
A new security firm has opened in Telford creating 25 jobs. Clearview Security Ltd has been launched on Halesfield 8 by Jonathan Hill.
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Zombie Movie to be Filmed in Telford
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
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.
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History: Telford New Town 1971
A prospectus for Telford New Town from c1971.
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History: Telford – Your Opportunity
Another gem from the collection of John Steele and contributed by Michelle Jones. A promotional booklet for Telford from 1972.
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History: Telford Town Park
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.
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Telford & Wrekin Council Budget Meeting
UPDATE: Mark who runs the excellent blog LightmoorLife.co.uk filmed this event…
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