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The Bulletin
Fix this text‘The Bulletin,” Vol. 70 —No. 3641
Fix this textWednesday, November 23, 1949
Fix this textPrice 6d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this textan ancient border market
Fix this text_ town north of Shrewsbury, derives
Fix this textits name from St, Oswald, a king of
Fix this textNorthumberland who was killed in a
Fix this textbattle against Penda, the heathen king of
Fix this textMercia, in 742. The ancient seal of the
Fix this texttown depicts King Oswald bearing a
Fix this textsword and an oak branch. Owing to its
Fix this textposition Oswestry dominated the sur-
Fix this textrounding country, and for centuries it was
Fix this textthe fortified key to the Welsh Marches.
Fix this textIts castle was held by Norman Fitzalan,
Fix this textwho, in common with other Lords of the
Fix this textMarches, was greatly concerned in the
Fix this textsubjection of the Welsh. The few re-
Fix this textmaining fragments of this ancient castle
Fix this texttestify to the strength of its ramparts,
Fix this textwhich were a mile in circumference.
Fix this textIn 1165 Henry II made the town his
Fix this textheadquarters in his abortive attempt to
Fix this textsubdue the Welsh tribes, and just over
Fix this text200 years later Richard II held a Parlia-
Fix this textment here. Oswestry was held for the
Fix this textking during the Civil War, but sur-
Fix this textrendered after its second siege in June,
Fix this text1644. Under Cromwell the fortifications
Fix this textof the town were reduced and the castle
Fix this textand walls were demolished.
Fix this textThe Church of St. Oswald, shown in
Fix this textthe accompanying illustration, is one of
Fix this textthe largest parish churches in England. It
Fix this textstands on the site of a monastery built in
Fix this textthe sixth century. The first recorded
Fix this textevidence of a church is in a charter given
Fix this textby a lieutenant of Roger of Montgomery
Fix this textto the monks of St. Peter’s, Shrewsbury,
Fix this textin the eleventh century. In the fourteenth
Fix this textcentury, however, the town was attacked
Fix this textand burned by the Welsh and the church
Fix this textdestroyed. It was rebuilt and again de-
Fix this textstroyed in 1644, during the Civil War.
Fix this textMuch of the present church dates from
Fix this text1873, when the interior was reconstructed.
Fix this textSt. Oswald is also commemorated in the
Fix this textname of a nearby well which in medieval
Fix this texttimes was believed to have curative
Fix this textproperties. Its legend is that after the
Fix this textbattle during which Oswald was killed
Fix this texthis head was hung on a pole by the pagan
Fix this textvictors ; later a large bird carried it off
Fix this textand dropped it from a great height and
Fix this textwaters gushed up on the spot where it
Fix this textfell.
Fix this textEvery year during the last week of
Fix this textJune or first week in July large wool sales
Fix this textare held in Oswestry, when 45,000 to
Fix this text50,000 fleeces are dealt with. The wool
Fix this textis mainly from Welsh Crossbred and
Fix this textKerry Hill sheep or lambs, and also
Fix this textincludes pure Shropshire and Suffolk
Fix this textwool.
Fix this textOSWESTRY'S CHURCH OF ST. OSWALD HAS MANY ANCIENT STONES
Fix this textCHRISTMAS WINE
Fix this textHave yon friends or relatives in the United Kingdom? Here, then, is news that must
Fix this textinterest you. Just imagine them toasting you at Christmas Dinner while you toast them
Fix this textin the same wine twelve thousand miles away! That’s possible through the “WINE-FOB-
Fix this textBRITAIN” scheme introduced by The House of Seppelt. Through thpir London Office, Seppelts
Fix this textwill arrange for your friends in the Homeland to be supplied with Seppelt Wines before this
Fix this textcoming Christmas. You’ll have to act at once for Christmas will soon be here. Gpt details
Fix this textof Seppelts “Wine-For-Britain” scheme: Write to The House of Seppelt, Box 1122 U G.P.O.
Fix this textAdelaide, South Australia.
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Fix this textHOUSE OF SEPPELT
Fix this textSERVICE
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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