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Morda, OSWESTRY, SY10 9PJ

£400,000 boxes on an estate south of Oswestry town centre. With small gardens and plots and MDF flooring, poor build quality, lots of snagging issues and a commuter culture where people don't really know their neighbours, don't want to and seem placidly happy about it all. Actually it is probably a 1990s estate. But I couldn't live on one.

Once of those generic Welcome to the town signs. Border Market Town it states. Twinned with somewhere. I love Oswestry - it is so much more than its billing here; Historic border town, railway town, market town with its own unique character, accent and qualities. I can vouch for the quality of the emergency dentists here. It is the third largest town in the county, after Shrewsbury and Telford but gets overlooked. Over the years I have enjoyed its pubs, hotels, cafes, live music venues and best of all its many, varied walks. I could very happily live here. It feels much more Welsh than anywhere else in the county and I like that.

Looking downstream.

A very Anglicized name for a terrace in the Welsh borderlands. We are a long way from Buckinghamshire. I hope there is a Morda Terrace in Beaconsfield.

Lovely building with nice features. Is that a wooden winch gantry housing? Would look better without scaffolding obviously. But I expect they are having necessary maintenance done. The roof seems to be the focus. Hope it's OK.

Looks like it is apartments now. Very nice. Could be offices I suppose. But lack of signage suggests residential. Ha! A few clicks reveal that this building is a mix of office and flats. Interesting. http://www.oswestry-borderland-heritage.co.uk/?page=35

Nice. Posh residential avenue. Looks like the sort of place that you need a credit check just to enter. I like it. Golf club captains and lady captains only I am sure. You need at least three languages. Retired BA Captains welcome. Grammar school education. They know the Latin names of garden plants. Possibly ex-pats. Cars - Volvos, Jaguars, Audis. Widely travelled. They may well have a wine cellar accessed via a spiral stair in the utility room or garage. The wife reads Grazia. Wears Balenciaga. They ski. Grandkids are privately educated. They own property abroad. The daughter in law was a model or worked in PR. They have no pets. They never talk about their origins.