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Shrewsbury in the 1950s and 1960s
The county town of Shropshire underwent great changes during the 1950s and 1960s, when the council’s watchword was "down with the old and up with the new." This book contains more than 180 images of Shrewsbury from that time, revealing the transformation of the town center, the demolition of the slum dwellings in the suburbs in which families had lived for generations, and the development of the outer suburbs. With images from the local press, some fine aerial shots taken by a local land agent, and material from an avid collector of Shrewsbury ephemera, it offers a nostalgic look at the town as it developed and modernized after World War II, and a fascinating glimpse of an age when acts such as Doris Day and the Beatles topped the charts, and the traffic wardens in Shrewsbury wore miniskirts.
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Shrewsbury in the 1950s and 1960s
The county town of Shropshire underwent great changes during the 1950s and 1960s, when the council’s watchword was "down with the old and up with the new." This book contains more than 180 images of Shrewsbury from that time, revealing the transformation of the town center, the demolition of the slum dwellings in the suburbs in which families had lived for generations, and the development of the outer suburbs. With images from the local press, some fine aerial shots taken by a local land agent, and material from an avid collector of Shrewsbury ephemera, it offers a nostalgic look at the town as it developed and modernized after World War II, and a fascinating glimpse of an age when acts such as Doris Day and the Beatles topped the charts, and the traffic wardens in Shrewsbury wore miniskirts.
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Shrewsbury in the 1950s and 1960s

Shrewsbury in the 1950s and 1960s

by David Trumper
Shrewsbury in the 1950s and 1960s

Shrewsbury in the 1950s and 1960s

by David Trumper

Overview

The county town of Shropshire underwent great changes during the 1950s and 1960s, when the council’s watchword was "down with the old and up with the new." This book contains more than 180 images of Shrewsbury from that time, revealing the transformation of the town center, the demolition of the slum dwellings in the suburbs in which families had lived for generations, and the development of the outer suburbs. With images from the local press, some fine aerial shots taken by a local land agent, and material from an avid collector of Shrewsbury ephemera, it offers a nostalgic look at the town as it developed and modernized after World War II, and a fascinating glimpse of an age when acts such as Doris Day and the Beatles topped the charts, and the traffic wardens in Shrewsbury wore miniskirts.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750960298
Publisher: History Press Limited, The
Publication date: 03/01/2015
Series: Britain in Old Photographs Series
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

David Trumper is a retired teacher with a longstanding interest in local history and photography who has collected more than 20,000 views of Shrewsbury and Shropshire, dating from 1842 up until the present day. David has written more than 22 books to date, including Shrewsbury Revisited, Shropshire Then & Now, Shrewsbury Then & Now, and Telford Then & Now, as well as numerous articles. He runs talks and guided walks across the county throughout the year.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 4

Introduction 5

1 Town Centre Scenes 7

2 Town Centre Changes 31

3 The Old Suburbs 49

4 Shops and Businesses 69

5 The Severn and the Quarry 85

6 Floods of the 1960s 97

7 The Column and Outer Suburbs 111

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