As you can see below, the bricklayers from J.R Pickstock have steamed ahead this week and the brickwork is already near completion.
So here is a selection of photos showing the work that has been done so far.
(click to enlarge each photo)
Keep checking back for more updates!
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We have recently uncovered the base of a signal post at Oswestry station. What appeared to be a standard looking pile of bricks has been dug out to reveal the inner cogs and pulley systems of the original signal post. When the station was partly demolished in 1966, we assume that the signal stack went [...]
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Hello all,
Since the last blog installment the wall at Oswestry station has grown rather a lot!
It now spans the length of the station building and is ready to be faced with the necessary brickwork.
Which brings us smoothly onto the ‘Sponsor a Brick’ campaign which is now in action. Due to the amount of brickwork needed [...]
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I’ve got to say how much I enjoy scrolling through the Old Cambrian section of the forum on this site.
The photos in the thread started by joshuaethan are terrific and we’re all quietly convinced that the man in the top hat in the one of the station being built in the 1860’s is our very [...]
Well, the project map of the first section of the CHR restoration plan has just been put up on the wall – it covers from Oswestry Station up as far as Gas Works Bridge – and things are starting to buzz a bit here in old Oz!
I couldn’t believe it this afternoon when I went [...]