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The 1984 version of the film 'A Christmas Carol' was set in a Victorian winter and therefore much of Shrewsbury was covered in fake snow. The town ...
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The Town Walls in Shrewsbury were the setting for several scenes in Clive Donner's adaptation of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. Its tall 18th centur...
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In 1984, Charles Dicken's novel 'A Christmas Carol' was filmed in Shrewsbury. The town has other links with Dickens, as he visited the town on seve...
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Here we can see preparation for a scene from 'A Christmas Carol' on The Crescent in Shrewsbury. The men are spraying fake snow onto the house, read...
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This is a strange sight in Shrewsbury in the 1980's, a shop front covered in turkeys and geese. It is however, a scene from the 1984 filming of 'A ...
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This photograph was probably taken in the early 20th century. Even still, there are familiar names in the window of the shop, for example Colman's ...
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This poem is all about holidaying in Clun. It describes the route to Clun, travelling via either Broome or Craven Arms, and some of the things to ...
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This view looks out of Shrewsbury towards the Abbey and Abbey Foregate. The English Bridge was re-built and widened in the 1920's to allow for the ...
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This photograph shows a group of people making their way in to Shrewsbury through a flooded Abbey Foregate and over the English Bridge. Abbey Foreg...
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The shops and business in Abbey foregate suffer almost every year when the area floods and their buildings suffer flood damage.
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The Abbey Foregate area of Shrewsbury often floods badly. This is a view of the Abbey from the English Bridge taken during the floods of 2000.
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To the left of the picture you can see people walking the planks to leave (and enter Shrewsbury). These planks are laid down when flood waters hav...
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