Oswaldkirk, The Filling Station c.1955
Photo ref: O137013
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Photo of Oswaldkirk, The Filling Station c.1955

A Selection of Memories from Oswaldkirk

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Oswaldkirk

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I was born in 1942 at Oswaldkirk postoffice. My mother was the youngest of three sisters. Joyce the eldest was a nurse in Leeds, Olive the 2ed helped run the shop and postoffice, and my mother Nancy who also helped in the shop. My father Harry was away serving in India, and did not return until the war was over in 1946. I return to the village each year to go to the family graves in the church ...see more