The Beast at Shrewsbury Archives

 

The poster advertising a talk at Shrewsbury Archives features this single-loggerhead. By definition, loggerheads come in threes, but single-loggerheads do appear now & again. 

The featured image is a photo of the wonderful metal carving on the main door at the Shrewsbury Archives building. It's a fine piece of art.  (Does anyone know who created it?)

The talk, on May 29th at 2pm, is actually about how to research obscure subjects, such as the loggerheads, at the Archives.

A new book has now been published to celebrate 600 years of the loggerheads - click here to find out more.

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Bring on a birthday beer...

 
Apparently, Shropshire Hop beer (made at Joule's Brewery in Market Drayton, north Shrops) is back - after a while away.  It's a light, almost floral, beer - very suitable for the warm weather. Drinkable!

The design here pays obeisance to its titular county with a loggerhead in its presentation, though, sadly, only one such head, not three.  It also carries the traditional gold & blue colour combination of the loggerheads and even the ermine-spots (the things in this particular design which resemble Xmas trees) of the 'Shropshire loggerheads'.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if Joules produced a specific Loggerheads Beer this year - in honour of the loggerheads' 600th birthday?  I'd drink it...  

#ShropshireHop

A new book has now been published to celebrate 600 years of the loggerheads - click here to find out more.

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Blue for Shropshire education

North Shropshire College is based on a campus just outside Oswestry, and is a shining example of modern educational achievement.

The badge is a twentieth-century mash-up of ancient influences.  
The ‘lion-passant’, most famous for its presence on the arms of England, was on the arms of the old Oswestry Town Council; the (single) loggerhead and fleur-de-lys come from the arms of Shropshire County; the blue colouring comes from the Shropshire County badge; while the wavy lines must represent the River Perry, surely?  (Does anyone know for sure?)

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Wellington's market cat

 The indoor-outdoor market in Wellington (near Telford) is open for Christmas thank goodness.

The cheerful leopard in its logo is interesting though: is it a loggerhead missing its two mates... or not?  What's its story?

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Croziers plus loggerhead

Another single loggerhead. 
At the Shrewsbury Arms in Albrighton in east Shropshire, it's obvious that the pub's name is associated with the Talbot family, the Earls Of Shrewsbury (the biggest land-owners locally until the beginning of the twentieth century).
But why the two croziers (aka bishops' staffs)?  The seventeenth century earl was a priest (and is buried in the church opposite the pub); is that why?

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Police mislay two loggerheads

 

The shield of arms for West Mercia Police features emblems of the three counties it represents - lion for Worcestershire, three pears for Herefordshire, and... erm... one loggerhead for Shropshire.  But... why just the one???

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