Craven Arms, Market Street c.1955
Photo ref:
C539005
Photo ref:
C539005
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This is a view of the street looking south. The shop on the right is a branch of W H Smith, with the old style of sign standing proud from the wall - some of these still survive on a few branches around the country. Notice how similar the shop front is to the one in Wellington, shown in picture number W44080.
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A Selection of Memories from Craven Arms
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Craven Arms
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When I was young in the 1950s I would spend some weeks of my summer vacation at my grandparents' house at 11 Newington Terrace, Elizabeth and Albert Torr. I remember swimming in the river, we would go to the weir and remove some of the planks and let the water spray over us and cool us down. I would travel each year from Belfast in Northern Ireland by boat to Liverpool and then by train to Craven Arms. My ...see more
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