Partial History of WEM - the last 200 years.
Industrial History
Farming
Brook House
: a Dairy Farm after WWII by Tom Edwards
Food and Farming in WWII
by Roger Ashton (Brock)
A Lacon Smallholding
by John & Jenny Leese
Life in Whixall
by Chris Allman
Selling Whixall Crops
at Market by Alice Edge
Winter Thrashing
by Roger Ashton (Brock)
Cheese making
at Applebys
Memories of Cheese
at Platt & Swain
Rural Industries
Introduction to brick making
Brickworks in North Shropshire (Map)
Barkers Green Brickworks
Peat Cutting
Two Centuries of
Trade & Commerce
in a Border Town
Brewing & beer distribution
Image:
The Horse & Jockey
Brewing
in Wem
Wem
Brewery
Wem's most famous
master brewer
Inns
of Wem
Inns
in the surrounding area.
