We asked Shropshire expats to let us know where they now live or work, and they responded in their scores. So here’s a photo gallery of some of the wide and varied places inhabited by ex-Shropshire folk.
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Yearning for life back in county
Lauren Plant is currently living life in the fast lane, working for sports car maker Lotus in the US. But she frequently finds herself yearning for the more leisurely pace of the leafy Shropshire countryside, which holds her fondest memories.
Julie spurns the free jet to Japan
If you’re offered something for nothing, most people grab it with both hands. But Shrewsbury-based Julie Bromilow was having none of it.
Football fun hits the Thai capital
The World Cup and Thailand are a marriage made in heaven, says Shropshire expat Duncan Kaiser, who teaches English in Bangkok. The people here love an excuse to get together socially, have food, drink, and be entertained. The more excitement the better.
Putting down roots across the globe
Duncan Kaiser was a well known Shropshire face for many years. The Broseley-raised adventurer played cricket for his village team, and performed regularly on the local amateur dramatics circuit.
A sunlit journey into the unknown
It’s now nearly five years since Yasmin Kelly set off on a journey into the unknown. Leaving her Shropshire home in an old Volkswagen camper van with her husband, two children and two dogs in tow, she bought a ruin in a small village called Los Almagros in southern Spain.
Nita’s life is now a beach
Nita Reed wants to put the record straight. She’s sick of reading about Shropshire ex-pats who gaze longingly back to memories of their homeland. She emigrated to the duty-free Caribbean island of St Martin six years ago, and makes no bones about it — no money in the world would persuade her to come back!
Cash to be had training crickets
Shropshire expat Oliver Davies , from Market Drayton, brings us his latest letter from China, lifting the lid on what has become a popular gladiatorial sport - cricket fighting.
Fond memories of home county
It’s not just Christian names which these two ladies share. Alison Lainton and Allyson Thompson are both living many miles from home, and harbouring fond memories of Shropshire.
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