Then and now: Oswestry folk came to author David's aid
As prolific Shrewsbury author and historian David Trumper worked on his 24th book, taking a "then and now" look at Oswestry, he faced a dual problem.
One was that he didn't know Oswestry well, and the other was that some places in the border town have changed so much that he couldn't work out where to take his modern comparison pictures from.
But Oswestry folk came to his rescue and the result is "Oswestry Through Time," the latest in a series of books in the format from Amberley Publishing.
"They asked me to do it, I suppose because I've done so many others and they seemed quite popular," said David.
"I'm not 'Oswestry' but I have a very good friend who worked there many years ago and knew quite a lot of the places, and he took me out there and pointed me in the right direction. And then I have one or two friends living in that area helping with some really hard ones.
