Midland Montage: 10.05.1962: Bishop's Castle

Its railway and cinema are no more and the town hall clock has stopped working but the final ignominy for Bishop's Castle is to lose its status as England's smallest borough.

The castle that gives Bishop's Castle its name may have been reduced to a bowling green but the residents of the tiny Shropshire town want to hold onto their traditional ways and are not happy with proposals to amalgamate with nearby Clun. Memories of the Baron of Clun capturing the castle in 1265 live long in England's smallest borough as ATV reporter Jim Lloyd finds out.