This is a rattling good story from a debut author.
The historic, market town of Shrewsbury with its narrow streets and alleys offers a perfect backdrop to the early 20th century events described. Couple this with a clear sense of social deprivation and the scene is set.
The principal characters are ‘fleshed out’ expertly in terms of personality and motivation. They demand empathy or antipathy in a few cases! Including characters unspoken thoughts in italics enriched the plot.
Bringing main characters back in ghost form in the modern setting could’ve gone wrong. These were not screamy ghosts in shrouds but dressed as they were in their time. It was beautifully done. The bonus was these characters expressing their feelings about the modern world and conversely later characters gained an impression of olden times.
Very much hoping there will be a sequel?
An Amazon review:)
Earlier this year, urgent repairs were made to a stained glass window from the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Shrewsbury. The window, located in St Catherine’s Chapel, was created in northern Europe during the 16th Century and shows The Assumption of the Virgin – where the body and soul of Mary, Mother of Jesus, was escorted to heaven by angels. Unfortunately, the bottom third of this window was damaged due to heritage crime and was sent to a stained glass specialist for repairs and restoration. Jim Budd ACR is an ICON accredited Conservator who runs a multi-disciplinary stained glass studio in Herefordshire. In this video, Jim explains the conservation and repair work and how new pieces were created using traditional glass-making techniques.
This work is now complete, and the window has been installed back into the church. This is the first window to be repaired as part of a lottery funded project that will restore, protect and highlight the exceptional stained glass collection. Thanks to support from National Lottery players and CCT donors, The Past, Present and Future of St Mary’s Stained Glass, will safeguard the glass for future generations and engage audiences with enhanced interpretation and an exciting programme of events and workshops. For more information about this project, please visit the website:
https://t.co/iUg1CdsaUK
It took a fifties woman who found out the hard way to tell Ross Altmann the Minister that the DWP website STILL stated #50sWomen Retirement age was 60 in 2016!!!!! Women were already retiring🙆♀️ #pension
"We have an Ombudsman or we don't & while the @PHSOmbudsman's finding may be uncomfortable or inconvenient, it is nevertheless the finding & we should do the right thing." Exactly, @AndrewSelous. It is "a matter of trust" for #WASPI#1950swomen & indeed the general public.
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If they do not use X drop them an email asking them to support you and your fellow #WASPI constituents. #notgoingaway@WASPI_Campaign
Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy. That’s more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding for creative arts at university level is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic self-harm. https://t.co/tzuKldPQNO
Thanks to all Waspi & their supporters for taking this forward including @BenMLake Mark Williams & Dennis Skinner. Any support from @OfKawczynski @JBuckleyLabour @AdamWagner1 ? Was there equality in pay in the early 1950s?
My contribution to #ShropshireDay is a favourite view of the Clocktower of Shrewsbury’s 1960s Market Hall with St John’s Hill in the foreground. #Shrewsbury
Can Cabinet look again at the proposed one way system on Murivance onwards in relation to exiting the town centre quickly via Kingsland Bridge. Important to all to limit traffic in the town centre & for residents & parents of Shrewsbury High School pupils. Thanks.
As the waters recede on another monster flood, thousands of homes and businesses along the Severn and Wye remain dry thanks to flood defences.
They work.
But they’re not the answer to future flooding and are creating a false sense of security.
A (long!) 🧵
A little something to add a bit of zest to Betwixtmas - lovely early C17th timber framed building on Frankwell, Shrewsbury. Love the central access passage.
A gable within a gable in Frankwell, Shrewsbury. Possibly C15th.
The principals of the cruck frame are split from a single tree. The beam that ties them together is arch braced - and check out the trenches (cut-outs) where the purlins once fitted.