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Pictures From The Past – April 26

Welcome to this week's collection of nostalgia photos from the pages of the Shropshire Star.

Published Apr 26, 2019

These Dawley women workers look cheerful enough – but this was a flat occasion as the town's battery factory was closing forever. This is the last shift at the Ever Ready plant on Hinkshay Road giving a wave goodbye on February 25, 1994. The factory was demolished not long afterwards.

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