WHITMORE RAILWAY STATION BOOKING OFFICE (Baldwin’s Gate)

Contributed by Philip Crush   This blue plaque, our sixteenth, has been fixed to the Station Booking Office. It was unveiled by the Borough’s Mayor, Councillor  Mrs Ann Heames, on Saturday   11th September. The plaque commemorates the opening of the station in 1837 and the Coronation steam engine 6220’s 114 mph “run” in 1937.

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LOCAL COMMEMORATIVE BLUE PLAQUE SCHEME

To date fifteen plaques have been commissioned and are displayed in the Borough (see below). This scheme is ongoing and three new plaques are currently in production. If you would like to suggest a local person or special building for our consideration contact us at – nulcivicsociety@yahoo.co.uk                 [...]

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Town Centre Plaque Trail

This trail will help you to find some of the more interesting buildings around the town centre.     Key 1      Guildhall and Market Cross – Blue Plaque 2      71 High Street – Historic Building Plaque 3      75 High Street – Historic Building Plaque 4      85 High Street – Historic Building Plaque 5      93 High [...]

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Historic Buildings Plaques

   In the 1970s, Civic Society members wanted to identify and celebrate some of the buildings of historic or architectural merit remaining in the Borough and mark them with small plaques.   These plaques, designed by Phillip Gibson, are cast and fired in a stoneware ceramic body and decorated in blue slip. The design shows a [...]

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