The John Steele Collection
The images on this site were collected by John Steele from Oakengates Telford Shropshire and I am sharing them in his memory.
When he sadly passed away his son gave me access to Johns extensive collection of newspaper cuttings, leaflets and slides.
The newspaper cuttings are generally from the Shropshire Star and Telford Journal.
The Telford Promotional leaflets were issued by DDC (Dawley Development Corporation) later known as TDC (Telford Development Corporation).
Some material is of unknown source - I would be grateful for information if they need have credits added to them.
John worked and volunteered with the Ironbridge Gorge Trust so a lot of the information is related to the trust activities.
Some local history links to look at include:
Telford memories Facebook Group
Dark Lane Forgotten Village Facebook Page
Telford Local History

Various leaflets related to Telford, some taken from local newspapers (Shropshire Star/Telford Journal), some from international newspapers (New York Times), some from IGMT publications and some of unknown origin!
Ironbridge 25th Anniversary
M54 the Facts
New York Times 1975
Wrought Ironworks Royal Visit
The Times -Dawn Of Industry
The Times - Telford 1976
Ironbridge Bicentenary Programme
Royal Visit Telford New Town 1972
The Severn Gorge Booklet
200 Years Ago This Week
Living in the Ironbridge Gorge
Opening of Coalbrookdale
Conservation of Industrial Monuments