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Newsletter of the Wellington History Group, Rediscovering the Past of Wellington in Shropshire Wellingtonia Issue 1 : Autumn 2008 Newsletter of the Wellington History Group, rediscovering the past of Wellington in Shropshire EDITORIAL MORE INFORMATION elcome to the first issue Events don’t just happen: f you’d like to find out more, of Wellingtonia, the people make history. Our job is to we suggest you pay a visit to Wnewsletter of Wellington help you find out more. IWellington Library and delve History Group. We should like to Wellington has been in into the books and documents thank the Heritage Lottery Fund existence for well over a thousand held in the Local Studies section. for enabling us to produce four years. We cannot know for certain Other libraries in the Telford free issues of this magazine over when the first settlers moved in, conurbation have similar sections the next year or so. nor when our town was given its and, because the history of the The Group was formed in name. And there are some periods whole area is intertwined, November 2007 and comprises where our knowledge is sparse, to additional information is waiting several well known local say the least. That’s where our to be discovered. And don’t forget historians and others wishing to (and your!) skills come into play. Shropshire Archives, based at explore different aspects of The interests of our Group, like Shrewsbury, which houses an Wellington’s rich past. those of any member of the public, enormous collection of original Whereas our President George vary enormously. Some want to documents and where the staff are Evans and Chairman Allan Frost know more about Wellington and most helpful. have written or compiled well its surrounding area’s social, Further information, including over thirty books about the town, economic and political history, and lists of books currently available to there is still so much more to how The Wrekin Hill and The buy, can be found by following the discover or, more accurately, Weald Moors fit into that story. ‘Wellington History Group’ link rediscover. Others are fascinated by the on the Wellington Town Council Our ancestors knew about their town’s railways, schools, web site: lives and events in Wellington, just industries and shops as well as the www.wellington-shropshire.gov.uk as we do today. And, like us, they long list of notable people who seldom bothered to write things have influenced development down because their lives were throughout the centuries. ‘normal’. Who on earth would be As with many other townships, interested in knowing what they facts have sometimes been did on a day-to-day basis, or what clouded by rumour, myth and they got up to when going to work wishful thinking. Another of our or church or popping into a pub? tasks is to find out the truth as The short answer is ... we best we can. would. Finding out what We need your help ... and hope happened in the town, even in we can help you at the same time. relatively recent years, is Discovering history is all about fascinating to so many of us today, sharing knowledge. With that in especially those who are tracing mind, we’re issuing a challenge to their family trees and want to anyone and everyone who may have more to show for their efforts have information, however small, than a skeletal list of names, dates to get involved. Please take a look Our Committee. Back row: Allan of birth, marriage and death. at the back page for details. Frost and George Evans. Front: Joy Rebello and Phil Fairclough. Produced with financial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund THE WELLINGTON CREST Allan Frost The design of the Coat of Arms includes a castle (a reference to Apley Castle which was sadly demolished during the 1950s), two ‘Argent fretty gules, fleurs-de-lys (from the Arms of a lion rampant sable; on a France which were quartered and chief of the last a castle of the appeared in the Royal Arms of first between two fleurs-de- King Charles I, who made his lys Or. Crest: On a wreath of famous Declaration to his troops near Wellington, thus marking the the colours, In front of a beginning of the English Civil War portcullis chained sable, a in 1642), a lion rampant (from the bugle horn stringed Or. Arms of the Charlton family who Motto: Deo Adjuvante. owned Apley Castle), a fret (the Granted 14 March 1951.’ hashing behind the lion rampant, taken from the Arms of the Eyton During the 1880s, the firm These words, written by the family at Eyton-on-the- produced a range of ‘crested College of Arms, are the legal Wealdmoors and the Cluddes of china’ ornaments featuring the way to describe Wellington Coats of Arms of towns Urban District Council’s Coat of throughout the British Isles; it Arms. This is its history. appears that a Wellington Crest was devised shortly afterwards, as trange as it may seem, seen in this miniature watering Wellington did not have an can which is about 5cm high. official town crest until 1951. Wellington Urban District S Council (WUDC) adopted a An increase in the number of visitors to the town in late variation on the design during the Victorian times led directly to the late 1920s when producing its own appearance of a souvenir trade: Official Guides to the town. folk coming to Wellington by train However, the crest we use stayed in one of the town’s hotels today was one designed and and hired a horse and trap to take authorised by the College of Arms, them to The Wrekin Hill and from information and ideas cultural venues like Lilleshall, submitted by WUDC Clerk John Buildwas and Haughmond Broad (after whom John Broad Abbeys and the Roman ruins at Avenue is named) and WUDC Wroxeter. Chairman Cecil Lowe, in March What better way to remember 1951. your visit than to buy a small souvenir? But, whereas images of Orleton), and a bugle horn (from The Wrekin and its Halfway the Arms of the Lord Forester, House soon appeared on china whose family were custodians of and pottery, there was little in the part of the Wrekin Forest from the way of outstanding beauty in Middle Ages onwards). The Wellington itself which warranted portcullis at the top of the crest is its image being placed on a cup an emblem denoting the town’s and saucer. relationship with Apley Castle. One business in particular saw The motto Deo Adjuvante means a looming gap in the market and ‘With God’s Help’. seized the opportunity to make For those who are interested, a money from tourists: A.E. large copy of this crest may be Bourne’s Gift Emporium in New seen on a wall in the Town Street. Porcelain and china ware of Council chamber inside the Civic an astonishing variety became Offices in Larkin Way, Tan Bank. highly popular. Many were Please contact the clerk to the produced by William Henry Goss Town Council to check when the at his Falcon Pottery, founded in room is not in use and access is 1858, in Stoke on Trent. available. 2 Wellingtonia: Issue 1, Autumn 2008 DO YOU REMEMBER ... TAKING THE 11 PLUS John Bradley s the day of the 11 I assume girls would have Plus examination taken the same papers as the Aapproached, a boys. Even in those days, girls mixture of emotions was performed better than boys at evident among those around 11 so it was well known by me. The junior school I educationalists that each year attended – Wrekin Road, a few girls directed to which became an annexe to Wellington Modern School Park Junior after my second would have scored higher year – had a successful marks than some of the boys reputation to sustain, and selected for Wellington doubtless there was also Grammar School. apprehension among the I have always had a staff. We had been well hopeless sense of direction. drilled in those techniques Knowing this, I had persuaded that tended to be examined, Wrekin Road Class 2A, summer 1956 my father not only to show me and the effectiveness of that – on three or four occasions – where preparation was soon to be tested. mathematical education at primary Wellington Grammar School was, but On the day before we took our school now seems a rather narrow I also prevailed upon him at the papers, candidates were issued with a one. Some of the exercises had eleventh hour to drive me there on new nib for our dip pens. On become tedious by too frequent the day of the examination. So I reflection, I’m not sure this was a repetition. Later in the morning, arrived safely, in good time and good idea: pens seemed to work more there was an ‘Intelligence’ test. These relatively calm. Not unnaturally, it smoothly if the nib had first been ‘run were designed by educational was felt I could make my own way in’ for a few days. Fifty years’ ago, 11 psychologists to be ‘culture free’ and, back without great difficulty. Had I Plus tests were held at a Grammar ideally, no benefit would be gained appreciated my proximity to Wrekin school – girls went to Wellington from any practice papers taken Road, I would probably not have set High School in King Street, the boys beforehand. However, I doubt off along the Holyhead Road in the to Wellington Grammar School in whether this was quite true. We did direction of the Cock Hotel in order Golf Links Lane. A few years’ later, in so many I vividly remember one to reach Haygate Road! When an attempt to make the experience schoolmate telling a visiting inspector nearing Ketley, it was clear that I had less intimidating, they were held in that his favourite subject was probably taken a wrong turning.
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