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Now in its third year, the Bridgnorth group Together at Christmas is looking for help. “For many, Christmas is a time of year for enjoying

What’s What! editor Sally Themans recently met one of the volunteers who helps out at the Bridgnorth Monday Club, which is held in the bungalow

This year’s Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Festival is a particularly special occasion for the team at Merrythought as it coincides with this famous company’s 85th

Professor Hisashi Sanada, an advisor to the CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, led a delegation from Japan to this year’s Wenlock Olympian games

In just five years, the Beckbury Show has grown beyond recognition to become a significant event in the county, with over 4,000 visitors streaming through

Five Shropshire men are setting of this November to row the entire length of the Amazon, hoping to become only the second team in history

This year’s Wenlock Olympian Games kicked off in March to the sound of music, speech, drama and dancing with over 500 youngsters taking part in

Perfect walking conditions were the order of the day for this year’s annual Bridgnorth Walk to the top of the Brown Clee and back. Over

Burwarton Show has been running since 1891 and continues to go from strength to strength, with over 20,000 visitors last year. This year’s event, which

Cllr David Cooper was inaugurated as Bridgnorth’s new Mayor in May, and we asked him about what he wants to achieve for Bridgnorth: “I love

Ironbridge Coracle Regatta, from 12-4pm on Bank Holiday Monday 25 August, invites coracle makers and paddlers from all over Britain to participate in an array

Classic car enthusiasts will be revving up in support of Severn Hospice for its Classic Vehicle Rally on Sunday 16 August at Attingham Park. Hundreds

Dean Lewis and Luke Richardson celebrating their GB selection Two members of Bridgnorth Tae Kwon-Do have been selected to represent Great Britain at the World

HRH the Princess Royal paid a visit to the Severn Valley Railway in April. During her visit she met staff, volunteers, founding members and apprentices

A project to transform an area of wasteland into a communal area in Bridgnorth has been completed thanks to a partnership between local residents, stakeholders

In the last edition of What’s What! we talked about public access defibrillators, or PADs, the lifesaving equipment which is often installed thanks to initiatives

Bridgnorth rugby club are making history, having won a place in the final of the National Intermediate cup to face Maidstone at Twickenham Stadium, the

With the 70th anniversary of VE Day in May, it seems the What’s What! area is awash with fabulous forties celebrations…..here’s a run-down of some

Both Bridgnorth and Shifnal will be holding their annual carnivals on Saturday 27 June. Bridgnorth Carnival gets underway in May with the appointment of the

Wenlock Poetry Festival will be welcoming friends old and new to its 2015 line up as the very best of contemporary poetry comes to Shropshire

A number of public access defibrillators, some of which are backed up by a community responder scheme using local volunteers, have recently been installed in

Edge Renewables, the owner of the quarry that sits atop Wenlock Edge, has applied for planning permission for a wind turbine which will be used

Two years on from London hosting the Olympics and the What’s What! area seems to be awash with events and clubs springing up all promoting

Vision Bridgnorth is the new charitable local interest group set up to ensure the ambitions expressed in the Bridgnorth Town Plan by members of the

The Old Furnace in Coalbrookdale has been presented with a prestigious Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Engineering Heritage Award in recognition of being the birthplace of