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AFRICAN PRINCE

Owdo me owd butties, thank’ee for joinin’ me for more of me owd chunnerin’s you’re gluttons for punishment. Radio Shropshire’s Johnty Odonty asked me about this which reminded me that I anna shared it on here, so blame him if… Read More »AFRICAN PRINCE

HERE BE DRAGONS

62-63 MARDOL SHREWSBURY Owdo me owd butties have you ever sin a dragon in Shropshire? I know that dragons are frum days long gone but today i wanna chunner on about one that is even younger than me. I’m sure… Read More »HERE BE DRAGONS

JITTY DITTY

Owdo me owd butties, have you ever heard of the Broseley Jitties? no it inna an affliction but a higgeldy-piggeldy maze like network of narrow paths that criss-cross Broseley Wood. In the late 16th century James Clifford, the Lord of… Read More »JITTY DITTY

OWD (OULD) SCRIVEN

Owdo me owd butties, we dunna get to see many lions in Shropshire, mebbe owd Scriven had summat to do with that… Once upon a time,and a long long time ago, possibly around 1320 (that’s the year not the time),… Read More »OWD (OULD) SCRIVEN

MORE MERMAIDS MON?

Owdo me owd butties, thank’ee most kindly for poppin in for a brevit and if you are one of our regular readers, that’s quite probably Shroppieoomon and owd Stanleydog, you might remember last wik’s mermaid, well here’s another ‘un. Mytton… Read More »MORE MERMAIDS MON?