In his third and final instalment of memories from Oswestry School in the 1950s, David Pickup remembers the importance of food, parcels from home and … More...

This is the second of three beautifully written memoirs by David Pickup, OO 1952-60, about Oswestry School in the 1950s More...

"For whom the bell tolls"... David Pickup remembers Oswestry School in the 1950s and the importance of the school bell! More...

What had promised to be a nostalgic return to The Wynnstay Hotel where we would all be celebrating Founder's Dinner turned out, sadly for me, a non-ev… More...

1926 was a momentous year in the history of Oswestry School. More...

As we welcome our new Guinevere House boarders, our thoughts go to all our OO 'Guiney' Girls. Does this picture awaken fond memories of your time in G… More...

Having said farewell to our Aunt and Uncle in 1952 with 8 years of boarding school life to come, the School Matron led us upstairs to show us our dorm… More...

When, on a rainy day in 1952 my brother Bernard and I arrived at Oswestry School along with three other 'new bugs', as we were called, Bernard was 9 a… More...

For many years the origin of LAST DAY, painted and repainted by countless numbers of boys on the wall at the entrance to School, has been the topic of… More...

In 1960, Speech Weekend began on Friday 1 July, almost sixty five years ago today, and I can remember it like it was yesterday. More...

Returning to School on 8 June after a gloriously sunny half term break at our caravan on the outskirts of Blackpool I began to feel sick and dizzy. More...

The cricket season had arrived. More...

By the arrival of 2 April 1960, Oswald had more or less secured victory in the games via a points lead and numerical superiority of finalists. More...

For the two weeks leading up to Sports Day, 1960, the School was an excited, buzzing hive of feverish activity in anticipation of the forthcoming fina… More...

Athletics take precedence as Houses prepare for Sports Day, 1960. More...

The leading photograph, cropped from the1959 annual school photograph shortly after his  arrival at School, shows Major WL Frankland flanked by JF Til… More...

As Lent term got underway, some of the seniors in School House were becoming increasingly irritated by the lack of hot water on their bath night. More...

Episode 3:  Poor weather derails football plans for Lent Term. More...

Episode 2: Retention of cups by Oswald is on my mind. More...

Episode 1: Lent Term, and approaching the dreaded A levels. More...

In Richard R Oakley's book, A History of Oswestry School, he describes a dinner party, held at The Wynnstay Hotel on the last Saturday of Summer Term,… More...