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One of my ancestral churches! My 4x great-grandparents Hugh Bennett Robinson and Mary Kemp were married here in 1781 #genealogy

View from the bedroom window this morning. #Shropshire

If only we had a railway line to go with it.
#Shropshire

#339, Canal, Ellesmere, 03/12/2025

More mist, sun and Autumn trees from a few days ago.

#photography #ellesmere #shropshire #canal

I completely agree!

Yes! Exactly! I can't see us ever being reconnected now. Apparently the reason we were never on "the" main line was because local landowners objected when the railway was being built... I think the town would be a very different place now if they hadn't got their way.

If only we had a railway line to go with it.
#Shropshire

View from the bedroom window this morning. #Shropshire

🎄 Day 4 of our #Shropshire advent calendar shows early morning light on the frost-covered balustrades of Cressage Bridge, with the Wrekin seen in the distance. It was very cold standing above the River Severn and I was glad to get back in front of the woodburner at home! 🎅

A beautiful moon halo/ moon rainbow sitting high in the sky above the 900 year old Abbey Church in Shrewsbury, UK

#photography #astronomy

Quite a dramatic morning…
#LongMynd #ChurchStretton #Shropshire

St. Chad's church Shrewsbury in the December sunlight.

English Bridge in Shrewsbury this December 2025.

#337 Ellesmere Arm, Shropshire, 03/12/2025

Cold first thing but with a hint of cold in the air I decided to head off down the canal with the camera, the end of the arm was just getting the first of the sunlight.

#photography #ellesmere #canal #shropshire #photooftheday

🎄 It's Day 3 of our #Shropshire advent calendar and here is Bishop's Castle after overnight snow, looking down High Street towards the Church of St John the Baptist. When I parked up I could see that the snow was melting quickly from the rooftops, so I ran up the Street to get this shot. ☃️

Advent Calendar 2025, Day 3

Charles Dickens, renowned for his theatrical flair, captivated audiences with his public readings of A Christmas Carol, performing excerpts at 127 events until his death in 1870. One notable reading took place at the newly built St George’s Hall in Bradford on December 28, 1854.

Each door of the History & Heritage Yorkshire Advent Calendar reveals a festive nugget of history, folklore and traditions, curious snippets and the events that shaped the region.
Please enlarge the image to read. #AdventCalendar #Heritage #Yorkshire #CharlesDickens #AChristmasCarol

Been trying to find out more about my husband's elusive "Witty Butcher" great-grandfather. Found a blog by a great-granddaughter! The contact form doesn't work 😱 - but she says he enjoyed going to musicals and the theatre and was known as the Silver King of Smithfield Meat Market! 🧐👀 #genealogy

🎄 It's the start of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is Ludlow Castle surrounded by hoar frost glistening in the winter sunshine. It was a beautiful morning up on Whitcliffe Common, but the cold was fierce and the only way to stay warm was to keep moving in between taking pictures. ☃️

🎄 Day 2 of our #Shropshire advent calendar takes us to the Stretton Hills and here we have the view from Hazler Hill, looking towards Helmeth Hill and Caradoc. The dark sky you can see was bringing more snow, and after this shot I headed up Caradoc and was caught in a blizzard for an hour. 🎅

Why have I only just discovered this?! I will be searching for a photo of the "Witty Butcher's" shop after work! (See my earlier post). Can't wait! 🧐👀

IWM Duxford displays WW2 US pilot's escape archive for first time A new exhibition tells the remarkable story of crashed pilot Lonnie Moseley's time on the run.

The story of a US pilot from Utah who bailed out of his plane over France & became a temporary labourer on a French farm with forged papers among stories to be shown in new interactive exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bin Country 😊

Thanks!

Echo & the Binnymen 😊

A kissing gate's last stand. Oswestry, Shropshire.

Yes of course! It was a birthday present for my brother-in-law Paul, so he's the one who completed it!

The Good Old Days   Pity the poor children of today, with their calendars stuffed with chocolates,   never to know the thrill of opening a small cardboard door and discovering behind it   a picture of a bell. Brian Bilston

This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.

The Pilot’s Grave Sometimes we discover some fascinating stories whilst we are researching our family history and sometimes the stories find us. Now ordinarily you might wonder what my connection is to the story of …

Sometimes we discover some fascinating stories whilst we are researching our family history and sometimes the stories find us - The Pilot’s Grave #Genealogy #WW2 #USAAF #FamilyHistory #Blog #BloggersTribe #USA #Pilot #Blogging #Nantwich #Cheshire

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@shropshirebeyond.bsky.social It's not a great photo I'm afraid but here it is!

Oh dear - sounds of the same ilk as my husband's great-grandfather. Wonder if they knew each other!