The imagination and creative writing skills of young people in Shropshire sparkled at a lively event to start the 2019 Darwin Shrewsbury Festival in style.
The 150th anniversary of one of Shropshire’s long established family owned and run businesses is being celebrated with the release of an emotive video highlighting the people, places and milestones that have shaped the business.
A specially commissioned sculpture to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Morris & Company has been unveiled at its Shrewsbury headquarters office on Welsh Bridge.
Staff at Morris & Company gathered outside its Shrewsbury headquarters today to celebrate the start of its momentous 150th anniversary year.
150 years, five generations, one family
history matters.
The old, the honoured, the past
influence our young, our generation and our future.
Robin Morris, chairman of the fifth-generation family business Morris & Company announced the launch of The Morris Scholarship at University Centre Shrewsbury (UCS) Open Day on Saturday (20th October).
Creative young people in Shropshire can let their imaginations soar and come up with ideas of where they would travel with Charles Darwin in a newly launched competition.
‘Dear Darwin’ is the theme of the 2019 Shropshire Young Thinkers’ Competition organised by Morris & Company with University Centre Shrewsbury (UCS).
An intrepid group of twelve Shrewsbury businessmen who have successfully completed a gruelling 100-mile charity cycle ride, are so far just shy of raising their £5,000 target for the Royal British Legion, to mark the final year of the First World War centenary.
