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Toby Neal

Feature Writer

A journalist in Shropshire for 40 years, mainly writes features and columns, especially about aspects of Shropshire history. Lives in Telford.

November 13, 2024

Toby Neal talks the 1960s and the birth of budget air travel in the West Midlands

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Nostalgia|Nov 13

November 11, 2024

Toby Neal on politics: American election inquest and how Rachel Reeves' 'working people' get by

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Toby Neal|Nov 11

November 6, 2024

Clay subsoil spelt doom for Percy Thrower's magnificent Magnolias

Features|Nov 6

November 2, 2024

Comment: Rachel Reeves is "othering" non-workers believing they're modern-day graft dodgers

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Opinions|Nov 2

October 19, 2024

Why I'm literally furious at our use of the English language – Toby Neal

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Toby Neal|Oct 19

October 18, 2024

The amazing day 60s superstar Cliff Richard took to the pulpit to preach at Black Country church

Nostalgia|Oct 18

October 5, 2024

'I see a Tory Party delighted to be in a state of chaos' - Toby Neal column

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Politics|Oct 5

September 27, 2024

Double disaster at West Midlands manor house which robbed the nation

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Features|Sep 27

September 21, 2024

How Keir Starmer is bringing winds of change to Number 10 – Toby Neal

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Politics|Sep 21

September 16, 2024

Memories of Spaghetti Junction's lost pub - the site today has a much more mundane use

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Features|Sep 16

September 15, 2024

Remembering the Wolverhampton pub which once honoured WW2 heroes before being razed to the ground

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Nostalgia|Sep 15

September 14, 2024

'Wish you were here' – expect a media frenzy on winter fuel cut as soon as cold snap arrives

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Toby Neal|Sep 14

September 7, 2024

'I've got the hump with speed bumps in the West Midlands - here's why' – Toby Neal

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Motors|Sep 7

September 3, 2024

Fancy dress and fines for not being fined: remembering the Black Country's eccentric 'cork clubs'

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Features|Sep 3

August 31, 2024

'Gone has gone the sunlit uplands tone optimist Boris Johnson' – Toby Neal on doom-monger Keir Starmer

Politics|Aug 31

August 30, 2024

How we delivered a low blow to boxing kangaroo

Features|Aug 30

Vixen picture has got us foxed

Features|Aug 30

August 24, 2024

'Southport rioters are being handed out in-the-moment sentences to send out stern message'

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Toby Neal|Aug 24

August 2, 2024

Wolverhampton street scene changed by the Blitz

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Features|Aug 2

July 31, 2024

Spotlight on Black Country's mechanical marvels

Features|Jul 31

July 29, 2024

Revealed – the haunting legend of Wolverhampton Royal School's Long Dorm

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Nostalgia|Jul 29

July 27, 2024

Toby Neal – The strange story of Bill of the Big Medal

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Features|Jul 27

July 23, 2024

Cheering crowds for Churchill visit 75 years ago

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Features|Jul 23

July 20, 2024

'Trump cannot lose as he is chosen by God' – Toby Neal

Toby Neal|Jul 20

July 15, 2024

Fatal flaw as school cracked up

Features|Jul 15

July 12, 2024

Death of former councillor and teacher who was colleague of prominent TV campaigner

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Education|Jul 12

July 6, 2024

Toby Neal - 'It's a new dawn, but without the charisma'

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General Election 2024|Jul 6

July 5, 2024

Work on Wolverhampton record-beater turns up a 200mph screwdriver

Features|Jul 5

July 3, 2024

The UK's last July General Election: Wolverhampton airman mulls over his vote in 1945

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Features|Jul 3

June 22, 2024

'My Party of Truth manifesto for the 2024 general election' – Toby Neal

Toby Neal|Jun 22

June 17, 2024

Kingswood – A camp of children's laughter that rose again

Nostalgia|Jun 17

June 15, 2024

'Britain's most glamorous soccer manager' – Memories of football pioneer Phyllis back in 1967

Features|Jun 15

June 8, 2024

Incredible story of Wolverhampton's famous Sunbeam car that missed its land speed record target

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Nostalgia|Jun 8

May 31, 2024

Mystery of Black Country's vanished Robin Hood

Features|May 31

May 27, 2024

Wolves FA Cup memories – Day crowd went wild welcoming home their heroes

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Nostalgia|May 27

May 25, 2024

The rain would have stayed clear of Mrs T – Toby Neal column

Politics|May 25

May 20, 2024

Remarkable story of the house that helped those displaced by war feel at home in Wellington

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Shropshire|May 20

May 11, 2024

'Memories of music through pages of my NME book show their take on legendary artists'

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Music|May 11

May 10, 2024

The day West Brom took on a Soviet army – and won

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Features|May 10

May 3, 2024

Celebrating the stadium which brought gold to Wolverhampton

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Features|May 3

April 27, 2024

Toby Neal on politics: A cost of living crisis or just plain stealing?

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Politics|Apr 27

April 21, 2024

The match in which Walsall and Shrewsbury both made history - the Gay Meadow's greatest night?

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Nostalgia|Apr 21

April 12, 2024

The rocketmen who defended wartime Wolverhampton

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Nostalgia|Apr 12

April 5, 2024

How Wolverhampton had a 'Rocket Gun' anti-aircraft weapon during WWII to counter Luftwaffe raids

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Features|Apr 5

March 29, 2024

Wolverhampton's lone Wulf couldn't turn the tide

Features|Mar 29

Final farewell to last mine

Features|Mar 29

March 25, 2024

Remembering the women of the West Midlands who helped defeat Hitler

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Features|Mar 25

March 13, 2024

Looking back at a fearsome weapon once used to thwackdown on naughty Walsall schoolchildren

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Nostalgia|Mar 13

March 9, 2024

Political column – March 9

Politics|Mar 9

March 5, 2024

The iconic design that changed the face of Wolverhampton

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Wolverhampton|Mar 5