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Wild Water

All around the countryside are ponds that have been dug to drain roads and housing estates, reservoirs created to supply drinking water. Even well-established lakes

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Church Holiday Success

The congregation of St. Mary’s Church, Bridgnorth, entertained nine American visitors as part of the former Parish Holiday scheme, a community event which also raised

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Gold at Shrewsbury

Church Stretton garden designer Mike Russell, from ‘Designs with Nature’ is celebrating as his show garden has won Gold at the Shrewsbury Flower Show. The

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Orchid Summer

Huge fields of canary-yellow Oilseed Rape stretch to the horizon. In other fields, wintersown Wheat shimmers in the early summer breeze. From an agricultural point

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Footpath Improved

An impassable public footpath has been made fit for use again by house builder, Charles Church. The path, which links Wenlock Road with Trevithick Close

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Rowing Club Regatta

Bridgnorth Rowing Club’s Annual Regatta will take place on Saturday 11th June, with racing starting from 9am. Entries are coming in from local clubs such

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Good News for SVR

The 16-mile Kidderminster-Bridgnorth steam heritage line carried 18,273 passengers in April – 4,000 ahead of budget – showing a significant improvement of almost 28%. The

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Open Gardens

Visitors are invited to wander around and enjoy the gardens – from bijou courtyards to elegant walled town house gardens. The street will be closed

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WI is 85 this month!

Born in May 1926, Morville Women’s Institute will be celebrating its 85th anniversary with a full programme of speakers and events, including wine tasting, the

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Ladies at Tideway

Eight ladies from Bridgnorth Rowing Club made history last month as the first female crew from the club to compete in the prestigious Tideway Race

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Bridgnorth Spartans Exchange

Spartan’s football players and their families hosted children from football team S C Muhlried, from Schrobenhausen, Bridgnorth’s twin town in Bavaria, Germany. The Schrobenhausen visitors

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Meet the Mayor!

With Bridgnorth’s Mayor Making this month, What’s What decided to have a look at this ancient office and see how it evolved, and to meet

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