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Santa, Shrek and Minions take to the streets of Oswestry as thousands enjoy Christmas parade

Santa, Shrek and even the Minions were out in force at the Oswestry Christmas Parade this weekend.

Supporting image for story: Santa, Shrek and Minions take to the streets of Oswestry as thousands enjoy Christmas parade

Supporting image for story: Van driver, 31, was more than double the drink drive limit in Oswestry

Van driver, 31, was more than double the drink drive limit in Oswestry

Supporting image for story: Shropshire retro: 12 nostalgic pictures taken during the month of December in the 1960s, '70s, '80s, and '90s

Shropshire retro: 12 nostalgic pictures taken during the month of December in the 1960s, '70s, '80s, and '90s

Supporting image for story: You could win £5,000 in Christmas raffle to support Shropshire hospice, but you'll have to be quick! Find out how...

You could win £5,000 in Christmas raffle to support Shropshire hospice, but you'll have to be quick! Find out how...

Supporting image for story: Shropshire set to receive more than £26 million to improve local bus services

Shropshire set to receive more than £26 million to improve local bus services

Supporting image for story: Stunning Shropshire home with cinema room and 10 acres in 'beautiful rural idyll' gets price drop - see inside

Stunning Shropshire home with cinema room and 10 acres in 'beautiful rural idyll' gets price drop - see inside

Supporting image for story: Ellesmere man who shoved tea towel in girlfriend's mouth during brutal assault on his narrowboat is spared jail

Ellesmere man who shoved tea towel in girlfriend's mouth during brutal assault on his narrowboat is spared jail

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Santa, Shrek and Minions take to the streets of Oswestry as thousands enjoy Christmas parade

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Supporting image for story: Drink driver, 38, who was treble the limit in Oswestry gets long road ban and unpaid work

Drink driver, 38, who was treble the limit in Oswestry gets long road ban and unpaid work

Supporting image for story: Emergency services called to roundabout crash after HGV and van collide

Emergency services called to roundabout crash after HGV and van collide

Supporting image for story: 'Truly amazing' restoration of historic Shropshire railway station building wins national award

'Truly amazing' restoration of historic Shropshire railway station building wins national award

Supporting image for story: Person pulled free from car stuck in Oswestry floodwater

Person pulled free from car stuck in Oswestry floodwater

Supporting image for story: A pantomime in Oswestry? Oh yes there is!

A pantomime in Oswestry? Oh yes there is!

Supporting image for story: 'Approve it!' - Office of Rail and Road urged to signal green light for Shropshire-London rail service

'Approve it!' - Office of Rail and Road urged to signal green light for Shropshire-London rail service

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About Oswestry

Shropshire's largest market town, Oswestry is well known for having a mixed English and Welsh heritage, being five miles from the Anglo-Welsh border. The town also boasts a host of vibrant independent stores, coffee shops and a high number of public houses per head of population - there are around 30. Oswestry is also home to one of the most spectacular and best preserved Iron Age hill forts in Britain - Old Oswestry.