16th September 201128th September 2023swimming Captain Webb: ‘Shropshire Lad’ and the original swimming hero The public reaction to David Walliams’ marathon eight-day swim along 140 miles of the River Thames in aid of Sport Relief is […]
20th July 201028th September 2023Olympics, summer Olympic sports Much Wenlock, the Shropshire GP and the modern Olympics William Penny Brookes was born, lived, worked and eventually died at 7 Wilmore Street in the tranquil Shropshire market town of Much […]
20th May 201028th September 2023Olympics, Paralympics 2012 mascots celebrate Much Wenlock & Stoke Mandeville So LOCOG has unveiled Wenlock and Mandeville, its (first?) mascots. Described as having been “created from the last drops of steel left […]