Oswestry, Cross Street c.1960
Photo ref:
O63098
Photo ref:
O63098
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When considerably enlarged, this photograph shows a pub sign on the right depicting two crossed keys - the Keys. The pub still has the same name today, but the spelling has changed, so that it is now called the Quays - a somewhat inappropriate name for a pub in a town that is totally land-locked.
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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
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