Oswestry, Smithfield Cattle Market c.1955
Photo ref: O63042
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Photo ref: O63042
Photo of Oswestry, Smithfield Cattle Market c.1955

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Sitting right on the English/Welsh border, Oswestry has always served as a market centre for a wide area extending well into central Wales. Even today, the Welsh language can sometimes be heard here.

A Selection of Memories from Oswestry

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. Here are some from Oswestry

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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
My wife and I had our wedding reception here in 1981. Such a long time ago. Steve and Olwena Conroy.
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