Thursday 3rd March 2011 Britain’s last inland funicular for sale
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway, Britain’s last remaining operational
funicular, is up for sale. Husband and wife owners Allan and Jean
Reynolds have run the Shropshire railway for the last 15 years but
have decided to retire. They have put a guide price of £700,000 on the
railway which includes Grade II listed buildings at the top and bottom
of the cliff. The railway runs up and down the 111ft sandstone cliffs
that separate High Town from Low Town, and the River Severn. The
funicular was first opened in 1892 and originally ran using water
balance but now uses electric motors. Shropshire

Thursday 11th February 2010 Shrewsbury’s cut price shopping centre
A shopping centre sold at the height if the last property boom for
£118m has been sold for a price believed to be around half of the 2006
value. The Shrewsbury shopping centre is just one of many such
developments that has fallen victim to the downturn. Many shopping
centres are now worth less than the loans guaranteed on them and some
experts now estimate that over £50bn of negative equity exists in the
commercial property centre as a whole.

Mark Williams, of consultancy DTZ, said: "£10bn worth of shopping
centres are capable of being put into receivership, should the banks
so wish. That is one in five shopping centres in the UK. I'll stress
we don't think the banks will put that volume into receivership. Shropshire

Monday 14th December 2009 Old skills taught to Shropshire engineers
Shropshire Council have organised courses to teach engineers in both
Shropshire and Herefordshire some ancient skills to help their present
day work. The sessions include lessons on the use of lime mortars to
help the engineers repair historic bridges. Many bridges in the county
were constructed centuries ago using traditional techniques including
the use of lime mortars.

Shropshire Council employs Colin Richards as their historic
environment manager to oversee the maintenance of the county’s many
historic structures. He explained that the courses could help
engineers repair modern damage to ancient bridges, including problems
caused by flooding and heavy vehicles, using old techniques. Shropshire

Tuesday 27th October 2009 Shropshire dog is world’s oldest pooch
Otto Jones, a Dachshund terrier cross has been crowned the world’s
oldest dog. Otto, who lives with his owners Lynn and Peter Jones in
Reabrook, Shrewsbury has been officially recognised by the Guinness
World Records as the oldest living dog at 20 years and eight months
old and is still a sprightly pup at heart.

His owners, who have had him since he was a puppy, put his longevity
down to a “wholesome diet of Sunday dinners and vegetables”. Apart
from a few grey whiskers, Otto is still fit and active and loves to
play with the children in his street. Shropshire