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HISTORY SERIES ONE:
Early Shrewsbury until 1154
90-minute talk
HISTORY CLUB – SEASON TWO:
Medieval Shrewsbury 1154-1485
HISTORY SERIES - SEASON 3
Tudor & Stuart Shrewsbury 1485-1714
Newspapers and Networks
The development of the printed word and the start of the Shrewsbury Chronicle; the development of turnpike trusts and the beginning of the stagecoach business in Shrewsbury; the rise and decline of Shrewsbury’s river trade; the development of the Shrewsbury Canal; the coming of the railways to Shrewsbury and Shrewsbury’s lost railway stations.
People and Production
The Shrewsbury Season – high society in 18th century Shrewsbury; the battles against cholera and smallpox; the reasons for the construction of the Ditherington Flax Mill; key industries in Shrewsbury; dealing with poverty and social attitudes towards the poor and needy; the construction of Shrewsbury Prison and the ending of public executions.
Improvements and Innovations
Population, congestion and changes to trading; the ‘beautification’ of the town; planning and other forms of regulation; the new buildings of Shrewsbury, such as the Salop Infirmary, the Shirehall and the Music Hall; ragged schools, the Lancasterian model and the concept of educating females; Sunday Schools and Shrewsbury School; the improvements made by Thomas Telford.
Fame and Fortune
The chaotic but restricted nature of 18th century politics; significant milestones in Shrewsbury’s electoral past; the fame or infamy of Admiral John Benbow, Lord Robert Clive and Viscount Rowland Hill; the presence of John Wesley, the construction of St Chad’s and the destruction of St Mary’s; leisure and the development of organised sport; strange attitudes towards relationships.
Personalities and Places
The growing population and the changing ways of crossing the River Severn; the significance of Charles Darwin, Julia Wightman and Thomas Southam in Shrewsbury; the tower at the castle and the toilet in Wyle Cop; Mad Jack Mytton and the problems of indebtedness; the changing townscape of Shrewsbury as revealed from old maps.
A Medieval weekend in Shrewsbury
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NOTE: The railway series is a mix-and-match series, which allows the audience to choose which lines to focus on and for how long. For instance, an audience can choose to mix the Wolverhampton line with the lines west of Shrewsbury or to join the north and south of Shrewsbury to focus on the complete line
between Whitchurch and Ludlow/Woofferton.