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'Funny, sharp and always on point - Star columnist praised by reader' - Your Letters plus Christmas cheer at the Black Swan pub in a 1960s archive picture

'Funny, sharp and always on point - Star columnist praised by reader' - Your Letters plus Christmas cheer at the Black Swan pub in a 1960s archive picture

What you're saying today... You can enjoy other pictures from the past and more with our weekly FREE Nostalgia Newsletter -  with scores of archive...

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Shropshire Star

Tania Taylor

'Reader criticises costly fire engine replacements to meet emission rules' - Your Letters and Christmas cheer for youngsters in a 1972 picture throwback

'Reader criticises costly fire engine replacements to meet emission rules' - Your Letters and Christmas cheer for youngsters in a 1972 picture throwback

Your thoughts for today. You can enjoy other pictures from the past and more with our weekly FREE Nostalgia Newsletter -  with scores of archive...

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Tania Taylor

Mark Andrews: Joey Barton is the tip of a poisonous iceberg that is contaminating social media

Mark Andrews: Joey Barton is the tip of a poisonous iceberg that is contaminating social media

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news In a candid interview with Sky Sports reporter Katie Barnfield, Joey Barton confided his innermost...

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Mark Andrews

'Reader calls for national prostate cancer screening to save lives' - Your Letters plus 1982 Christmas concert memories from Charlton School in our picture from the archive

'Reader calls for national prostate cancer screening to save lives' - Your Letters plus 1982 Christmas concert memories from Charlton School in our picture from the archive

Dive into this bumper batch of letters from our readers. You can enjoy other pictures from the past and more with our weekly FREE Nostalgia...

22.12.2025 1

Shropshire Star

Tania Taylor

Christmas whisky warning: Toby Neal's festive tale of drinking responsibly and the classic Wolverhampton humour of the multi-talented Roger Squires

Christmas whisky warning: Toby Neal's festive tale of drinking responsibly and the classic Wolverhampton humour of the multi-talented Roger Squires

Please drink responsibly this Christmas and don't do as I did when my wife told me to pour all my whisky away. I unscrewed the top from the first...

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Toby Neal

'From Farage to fortune - a reader’s bold forecast for 2026' - Your Letters plus a well earned cuppa for Les in a 1964 picture from the archive

'From Farage to fortune - a reader’s bold forecast for 2026' - Your Letters plus a well earned cuppa for Les in a 1964 picture from the archive

Your letters today cover political predictions and helping the RNIB. You can enjoy other pictures from the past and more with our weekly FREE...

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Shropshire Star

Tania Taylor

Dan Morris: Real heroes are all about the bacon

Dan Morris: Real heroes are all about the bacon

Grandma was a card shark - a ‘hustler’, if you will. Grandma was a card shark - a ‘hustler’, if you will. While she was a demon knitter, and a...

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Daniel Morris

'Worse than flu? Reader takes aim at Doctor Starmer’s hypocrisy' - Your Letters plus a throwback to a 1950s Christmas in Wem

'Worse than flu? Reader takes aim at Doctor Starmer’s hypocrisy' - Your Letters plus a throwback to a 1950s Christmas in Wem

Your letters today... You can enjoy other pictures from the past and more with our weekly FREE Nostalgia Newsletter -  with scores of archive...

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Tania Taylor

'Why aren’t we using driving skills to get young people into work?' - Your Letters and a festive flashback to a Coalbrookdale Christmas in 1947

'Why aren’t we using driving skills to get young people into work?' - Your Letters and a festive flashback to a Coalbrookdale Christmas in 1947

Why we should give youngsters compulsory driving lessons, the NHS under pressure again, and Trump is just a businessman. Your views today... You...

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Tania Taylor