Should we annexe Oswestry?
Post categories: History & Memories,ÌýHot Topics,ÌýWrexham
| 10:45 UK time, Wednesday, 13 February 2008
That's the title of an interesting aside on the blog of , following on from the story that the has fixed its sights on the English border town of .
Interesting how times change. In the 1400s, Oswestry became known as as it was burned and nearly destroyed by the Welsh. Now any attempt to make it Welsh would, presumably, be conducted much more diplomatically.
And, according to the newspaper, that's what's going on right now in Berwick - the town which has been a battleground between England and Scotland for centuries, .
What do the people of Oswestry think of the idea that they could become part of Wales - and what do their Welsh neighbours think? What are the benefits and is it an idea worth pursuing?
