Shifnal, Hatton Hall 1899

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I came across this website purely by accident and was immediately fascinated by the memories of Shifnal. Somebody mentioned Cottams’ fish and chip shop on the Broadway. Cottams left and were replaced by a diminutive foreign lady by the name of Mrs Peloppida – at least, it sounded like that to me. When she left, my father and mother took over in about 1954 or 1955. They were Gordon and Ethel Evans and we were ...see more

My Parents Herbert George Morris & Winifred Josephine Cheadle Married here on June 8th 1935. They were born & bred in Shifnal so were their parents. Grandparents were George & Harriet Morris , Jack ' also called James' Cheadle & Winifred Cheadle. They later on in the 1930s had to move to Wolverhampton where my Dad worked .

I went to school at Haughton Hall around the time I was 8 or 9. It was for a few years because our school had been burnt down in Madeley, St Marys .. what a spooky cold gloomy place! If ever I went to a haunted building this was it, I loved the place and got up to complete mischief with my mate Jolene - pure fun. I'm glad its a hotel now, at least it didnt go to waste, but what a grand old house. And I do ...see more

As a child, I attended Shifnal Infants and Primary School in Curriers Lane. Then when I was seven years old (I think) moved to St. Andrews C of E Junior School, which was an old fashioned school down the bottom of the Innage Road - now demolished for a housing estate. From there I moved to Idsall School in Shifnal (which may have been called Shifnal Secondary Modern or Shifnal Comprehensive ...see more