A FAMOUS singer came to Oswestry as part of a television programme exploring her family history.

Emeli Sande, who has performed across the world including at The White House for President Obama, visited Shrosphire to learn more about her grandparents' past for a Channel 4 programme My Grandparents' War.

As part of the show, Sande visited the Oswestry Showground, which housed the former army barracks of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) where her grandma Betty worked as an orderly during WW2, as part of the Welsh women's branch of the British Army.

In the documentary she said: "My grandparents didn't often speak about their war experiences so I'm really curious as to the bigger picture and just what they went through as human beings."

Her grandma Betty wasn't the only one that volunteered for the ATS, her sisters, Margaret and Edith also worked there, in the kitchen and at an ammunition factory, where they took care and cooked for the soldiers.

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The singer described her grandma as a romantic, she said: "I remember that about her, she always read some romance novel, she stayed true to herself."

Sande also discovered the love story between her grandparents, where her grandpa Bob asked his friend to ask Betty out, as he was really shy.

When he came back from Egypt he met his future wife at The Admiral Benbow pub in Shrewsbury and instantly fell in love with her.

Immediately after the war the couple got married at St Mary's Catholic Church, but in 1945 Bob signed up for another 12 years of service, and he was then posted in Kenya.

Sande met up with June Roth, at the pub her grandparents met for the first time, where she learned that June's mum and Betty might have known and worked alongside each other.

My Grandparents' War has partnered up with My Heritage, and together they help celebrities learn more about their families' past.

To watch the full episode you can visit https://www.channel4.com/