Wrekin News 252

MARTIN
SCHOLES
Yes, we are living
through difficult times.
If you can help please
visit this site (it’s part
of the Royal Voluntary
Service) and they need help. Please
visit https://www.goodsamapp.org/
NHS to learn how.
But now on to other matters.
Here are a series of images of the
area in former times. They are all
of a series of various entertainment
venues in Wellington.
We only have a photograph
of the sign for the Morris Hall
in Wellington, which was off
Church Street. Does anyone have
a photograph of The Morris Hall?
If so, please send it in to us at the
Wrekin News.
Other venues are The Grand
Cinema, The Town Hall, Terry
Heath’s, The Majestic, The YMCA
and The Clifton Cinema.
Talking of cinemas, does anyone
remember the Cosy Cinema? I was
told how, whenever Mor-isis ice
creams won an award they would
give free ice creams to children
attending a Saturday matinee
showing at the nearby Cosy Cinema.
According to this website
http://cinematreasures.org/
theaters/41404 “The Cosy Cinema
was Located in Dawley, near Telford,
Shropshire. The Cosy Cinema was
opened in 1921. It has a facade
decorated in a Tudor Revival style,
and the auditorium was made of
corrugated iron, with a tin roof.
The Cosy Cinema was always
independently operated and was
still open in 1966. It had closed
by 1980, and has since been
demolished.”
I really think the website has its
information about The Cosy Cinema
wrong. Can any Dawleyites please
put them right?
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The Wrekin News, details elsewhere
in this digital edition.
ENTERTAINMENT VENUES IN
WELLINGTON
What about a quiz? OK, here we go:-
Q1) Where was the switch for the light on the Wrekin, originally?
Q2) In which street in Wellington was the Union Workhouse which later
became a brewery?
Q3) In which street is the Crown Inn, Dawley?
Q4) What is the difference between a hamlet and a village?
Q5) Which Telford business makes chocolate Easter eggs?
Q6) What local Telford band put out the song Make Believe which got to
number 28 in the Radio Luxembourg chart 50 years ago?
Q7) Where was the Granville Arms pub?
Q8) In which street would you have found The Sun Inn, Wellington?
Q9) What type of industry was undertaken in Tentree Croft, Wellington?
Q10) In which village near to Wellington was famous for its spa waters?
Q11) Which local village was famed the world over for its cranes?
Q12) Which pub in Telford is named for a famous local ironmaster?
Q13) What method was widely used to raise barges up to a higher level
without the use of a canal?
Q14) In which town was Captain Webb born?
Q15) It is now called The Old Orleton. What was it previously called?
Q16) What was the nickname of the Wellington Town Football Club?
Q17) What is the nickname of AFC Telford United?
Q18) What two Parliamentary seats cover the Wrekin News area?
Q19) What was the name of the two cinemas in Dawley?
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