Bloody place

 
This loggerheads design is the standard one for Shrewsbury Borough Council (as was) in the 1930s - flaring fur, very red tongues, staring slightly to their left. 

You'll find it on the 'execution plaque' at the top of Pride Hill in the centre of Shrewsbury.

This marks the spot (almost) where Dafydd ap Gruffydd, the last prince of an independent Wales was executed in 1283, not to mention some rebels of the 1403 rebellion.
The plaque was erected by Shrewsbury Borough Council sometime in the first half of the last century.

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Corporation leopards

 

We found this version of the loggerheads on the cover of 'Shrewsbury Illustrated' a Shrewsbury Corporation booklet dated 1933.  This rather arty version was the standard logo for the corporation at the time.

(Though, the three leopards all seem to be disturbed by something they can see to the left of them...)

The booklet is a guide to the town, and also has a fascinating article about the famous Morris's Emporium in the centre of town, which comprised a grocer's & tea-shop & gents' smoking-room & ballroom (they didn't do half-measures in those days!)

We found the publication in Candle Lane Books, which is an old-fashioned second-hand bookshop - and an absolute trap for anyone interested in bibliophile researching.  Three hours could happily go by as you browse - and you'd never know...

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