Mike Robinson

THE YEAR 1842, the time 8.45am – and the inhabitants of Wem High Street would have been awakened by the thunder of horses as the two morning stage coaches headed off on the Whitchurch Road – the Liver from the Castle Hotel and the Salopian from the White Horse. The dust clouds raised as they jockeyed for position on the dirt road must have choked those unfortunate passengers sitting on top. Three quarters of an hour later both coaches would have been leaving Whitchurch.

VISITORS from the Whitchurh’s namesake town in Hampshire swelled the numbers as hundreds of people flocked to the annual Party in the Park. The annual celebration, held in Jubilee Park, was run alongside Worldwide Whitchurch – and people experienced the best the town has to offer in the way of entertainment, food and drink.

PREES Primary Schoool Year 3 and 4 pupils have been building bird hides as part of their design and technology project. They have been helped by the Friends of the School and family members.