Oswestry, Post Office And Main Avenue, Park Hall Camp c.1960
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Memories of Oswestry, Post Office and Main Avenue, Park Hall Camp c1960

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Oswestry, Post Office And Main Avenue, Park Hall Camp c.1960

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I worked for awhile in Oswestry as a teenager wiring the telephone exchange up with a team. We stayed in lodgingsin the week in town, not far from the park. I cannot remember their surname but Derek and June were their first names. They were lovely people and as I was young they looked after me and took me to concerts as I was into music. They even bought me a trench coat after I said I would like one. They were so ...see more
I was there in march8th 1954 Anyone got any photo sets of that intake ??? I am bill. Jolley. From Wigan At. Gunnerbill1@blueyonder.co.uk
I also remember arriving at Park Hall Camp as a very nervous young man in September 1972. Looking back they would have to be some of the best times of my life. I have been in Australia since 1983 but on my next trip back home to Yorkshire ( yes I still call England home) I will be reliving the trip to Oswestry via Gobowen train station. I believe the camp is no longer there but I will still visit and try and remember some of ...see more
I arrived at Park Hall in October 1970 until May 1973, and much to my amusement left as the top Scottish Junior. It was the beginning of a perfect time and a wonderful life for many years. Those of us who arrived as callow youths left as 'men'. I would like to express many thanks; to the camp, to the town and to the young ladies who taught us many things (social skills). I went back for the memories....40 years after I left.