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Films by me and you
As Oswestry waits patiently for the multiscreen cinema promised by the Smithfield deal, film culture in the heart of the town continues to evolve.
After bringing digital cinema to the Attfield Theatre, Kinokulture, together with creative group Eclectic, launched a new and experimental film viewing experience at the Ironworks last Thursday (May 2) - to a v ...
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Trefonen “Lane Quest”
For the first time in its 25-year history, The Trefonen Hill-Walk Weekend is having a cycling element, called a "LaneQuest" on Sunday 26th May:
You sign in at the Village Hall from 1.30 for a 2.00pm start, and collect a special map of the area, marked up with spots to visit. At each site, you will find a unique sticker to place on the map. The sites are ...
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Oswestry Regal Project
On Friday 26th April I put up a post on this website about a meeting that had taken place at the Walls Restaurant the previous evening, to discuss the idea of acquiring the old Regal cinema building for the town of Oswestry. I myself had called the meeting and was pleased with the turnout of about 30 people, including councillors, representatives of local gr ...
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Local and international flavour for launch of amateur film forum
Creatives in the Marches will find plenty of inspiration at the forthcoming launch of the People’s Film Collective (PFC), a new screening forum where amateur film and video makers can bring and show their work.
Hosted by the Ironworks music/arts venue in Oswestry, PFC kicks off on May 2 at 8pm with an eclectic screening of home-grown films captured on e ...
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A game for all seasons?
To win the Welsh Football Premiership is no mean achievement and The New Saints have done it again for the second year in succession. This will secure Champions League international football here in Oswestry this summer.
However, they lost out in the Welsh FA Cup Semi Final to premiership arch rivals Bangor City who scored a last gasp goal in injury time ...
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Something to be proud of
Our fourth literary festival kicks off today.
Sometimes there’s the feeling that, a far western outpost, Oswestry is adrift. Festivals like this remind us that we aren’t. We are connected to the modern world - and to the past, when the town was a centre of Welsh scholarship and literature.
By celebrating writers from here – Wilfred Owen ...
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Cambrian Christmas No Turkey
In mid-December 2012, the Executive of Cambrian Heritage Railways (CHR) thanked the Town Council for including the illuminated train with ‘moving wheels and steam’ in the new Christmas lights and siting it close to the Station Yard on Oswald’s Road.
That was before it became apparent that the Railway was in for a bumper number of visitors for it ...
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Share the despair
Image : ‘After tribute bands and karaoke, is Gloom the new answer to a great night out?’
An evening of ‘morbid introspection’ doesn’t sound like a whole lot of laughs.
But organisers of ‘Gloom’, taking place at Oswestry’s Ironworks venue next Friday (Feb 15), claim the event will be an inspiring sensory experience fusing moody music a ...
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Gatacre fields forever
The future of the much-loved Gatacre playing fields is under consideration.
Proposals include re-locating and rebuilding the dilapidated pavilion.
Also under discussion is a proposal to allow Woodside School to manage part of the current recreation ground.
Shropshire Council is spending £10,000 on a feasibility study and consultation on the changes ...
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The National Theatre reaches Oswestry
Last night kinokulture cinema at The Attfield Theatre pushed Oswestry onto the greater cultural map of the UK, with the first live broadcast from the National Theatre in London - and in doing so made a huge contribution to Oswestry's cultural offer.
This first kinokulture screening from National Theatre Live was The Magistrate by Arthur Wing Pinero. A ve ...
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What’s special about Oswestry?
What do we see when we think of Oswestry?
'An Alphabet for Oswestry' is finding out.
Click on the 'Alphabet' tab on the dark red band above, or here. ...
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New youth centre – change but no change
In October, a report appeared on this website explaining how, while Oswestry now has a newly built youth centre, finding funding and a workable system of governance for it in a time of austerity is proving to be a struggle.
A couple of weeks ago, this was followed up by an account of how members of the youth centre, for the first time in many years, didn ...
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New lawman no visionary
(Photo: West Midlands Police. Some rights reserved)
In ten days, magnificently unprepared, we will vote for a new police and crime commissioner for the vast West Mercia area .
Three men have stepped up to the plate.
There is Labour party apparatchik Dr Simon Murphy.
“(The job) risks bringing politics into the police. I will not let this happen if ...
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All the bells
Martin Creed, Work No. 210: Half the Air in a Given Space. (Photo by Julian Stallabrass Some rights reserved)
On Friday, people across the country will be ringing bells simultaneously for three minutes from 8.12 in the morning.
The event is the idea of Turner prize winner Martin Creed, in celebration of the start of the Londo ...
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Food one of Oswestry’s strengths
Oswestry’s sixth food festival is less than two weeks away.
This, from last year’s festival, shows how it is both fun – and boosts our local economy:
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Popular market trader: “My dad and me”
This was madeo a couple of years ago, with a well known trader in Oswestry market. We’re showing it now to mark National Markets week.
This week, you can trade from a market stall for tenner. Call David Clough on 01691 680222 ...
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Remembering Wilfred Owen – with passion
Dean Johnson would like Oswestry to make something of its connection with Wilfred Owen.
He’s made a good fist of celebrating the poet in his home town, Birkenhead – where Owen was educated.
Dean set up the Wilfred Owen Story museum, there. Drawing on his connections, he lured actor Christopher Timothy and Pink Floyd’ ...
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Seeking Wilfred Owen
(Photo: Dean Johnson's blog)
A ”pilgrim” will arrive in Oswestry, this week, from Birkenhead.
Alert readers will notice that both towns have a claim on Wilfred Owen. He was born here – and educated in Birkenhead.
The pilgrim is Dean Johnson, who runs the 'Wilfred Owen Story' museum in Birkenhead. “Owen is a touchstone o ...
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Saints March in at the Double
(Photo: The New Saints FC)
Saints skipper Paul Harrison lifts the cup to the delight of Phil Baker.
On the same day Chelsea and Liverpool were slugging it out at Wembley, Oswestry’s footballing heroes The New Saints pulled off a magnificent double by adding the Welsh FA Cup to their Premier League title for 2012. To do so, they ha ...
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