Articles from June 2010



Station Area Plan 1892

Here’s one for all you history buffs out there!
We have recently unearthed a plan of the Oswestry station area dating 1892. It is currently owned by Paul Mottram and before him was held by his father.
It is around 10ft x 4ft and was hand drafted in 1892, it shows all the original, station buildings and [...]

Platform and sleeper work continues

The work on the platform and area at Oswestry Station has been making some great progress over the last couple of weeks.
Firstly, the block wall of the platform has been extended quite significantly. We are now getting closer to building the full 12 coach original length of the platform.
Also over the weekend, some of our [...]

Workforce

As some of you may have noticed, we have recently acquired a new workforce. At the start of May the Cross-Border Tourism Development Group received 12 new workers in the form of 9 labourers and 3 admin staff. Also more recently another 7 labourer’s arrived to help with work on the platform at Oswestry station.
All [...]

Sponsor a Brick

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 [...]

Phase 1 well under way

Hi all,
here’s an update of what’s been going on at Oswestry station over the past month.
First of all as some of you may have noticed we’ve received a great boost in our workforce. This has come in the form of 9 labourers and 3 admin staff who have been given jobs via the Future Jobs [...]