A Shropshire Christmas
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A Shropshire Christmas

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A Shropshire Christmas

About this book

This varied collection brings together personal reminiscences and extracts of fiction, folklore and poetry which look at the celebration of Christmas over the years in the county of Shropshire.

Represented here are well-known Shropshire figures such as Ellis Peters and A.E. Housman, as well as those who have their own purely individual stories to relate. Included among the extracts are a medieval chronicle of Shrewsbury, an American visitor's account of Christmas in Ludlow in 1851, and Oswestry-born Wilfred Owen's letters home from the battlefront over Christmas 1916. There are memories of a postman delivering the mail on Christmas Day, a description of a Boxing Day meet of the Shropshire Beagles, and many references to local folklore and traditions over the festive season.

This book is the perfect gift for anyone spending Christmas in the county.

Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2026
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781837053681
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. From The Raven in the Foregate
  6. Dick Whittington’s Probable Birthplace
  7. An Extraordinary Year
  8. Salopian Songs of Praise
  9. The Victorian Visitor
  10. From The Diaries of Hannah Cullwick
  11. From A Night in the Snow
  12. From Shropshire Folk-lore
  13. The Curmudgeons’ Christmas
  14. A Very Different Christmas
  15. Times Gone By
  16. Family Life ...
  17. ... And a Famous Brother
  18. To Mother – Christmas, 1920
  19. From A House That Was Loved
  20. Letters Home
  21. Yule-tide Pastimes in the Country
  22. From Friends Round the Wrekin
  23. From Shropshire Folk-lore
  24. From Burlton Village – A Recollection of Childhood
  25. From Memories of Clun
  26. Recollections of the Old Welsh Frankton Carol Singers
  27. Sam Evans’ Christmas Carol
  28. Letter to the Editor
  29. Down Memory Lane
  30. The Tontine Club
  31. From Shropshire Days and Shropshire Ways
  32. From Mare’s Milk and Wild Honey
  33. Beagle Broadcast
  34. The Bells of Shropshire
  35. The Farmer’s Christmas
  36. Food Fit for a Festival
  37. Putting on a Show
  38. A Special Visitor
  39. Christmas Present
  40. New Year’s Eve
  41. And Finally …
  42. Sources and Acknowledgements
  43. Picture Credits

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