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Dyfed Thomas – An Actor for All Seasons.

13/09/2016

Dyfed Thomas – An Actor for All Seasons. On Saturday July 3rd. local actor Dyfed Thomas plays one of the most important roles of his career when he appears as John Jenkins in BBC2’s long [more]

Brymbo Ironworks 1860

26/01/2017

Brymbo Ironworks 1860 Not a great quality picture, but shows a glimpse of what it looked like in the 1860s Source: Industrial Revolution p.23. 1984

Late Saxon (918 – 1066)

22/01/2017

Late Saxon (918 – 1066) There is no agreed definition of early, middle and late Saxon. For this summary, we will treat late Saxon as starting with the death of Aethelflaed in 918. Her brother, [more]

Mount Pleasant, Ponciau. Annual Report 1950

11/02/2017

Mount Pleasant, Ponciau. Annual Report 1950. Pastor D. Eric Evans writes the 1950 Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Annual Report retrospectively in 1951. It is a detailed account of church activities and expenditures in 1949 and [more]

First in the Miners Memory Box Series by Wrexham History

Dennis Owens, Bernie Wright & Emlyn Davies share memories of their days as miners.

10/09/2016

Dennis Owens, Bernie Wright & Emlyn Davies share memories of their days as miners. Filmed at Bersham Colliery 29th September 2013 in the North Wales Miners Association Trust Ltd mobile museum. Sadly Bernie Wright passed [more]

Artwork for front cover of The Clatter of Clogs – Rare find

10/09/2018

This Artwork for the front cover of The Clatter of Clogs by Colin Gibbs is indeed a rare find. The book was first published in 1990 with a second edition following on in 1991. The [more]

Gresford Colliery, the last piece standing

07/05/2017

Gresford Colliery, the last piece standing. Gresford Colliery closed on economic grounds in November 1973. In the 1980s the site was redeveloped as an industrial estate. In 1982 a memorial to the victims of the [more]

Brynkinalt Auxiliary Military Hospital 1915 – 1919

08/09/2016

There was at Chirk a small hospital, primarily for children, which had been establish in about 1900 at Brynkinalt Cottage, Chirk Green, by Lady Rosamund Trevor, Countess of Bantry, who was second wife of Arthur [more]

Mount Pleasant (Rhos) Roll of Honour

09/09/2016

Inside Mount Pleasant English Baptist Chapel (opened in 1892) there is a Roll of Honour on the wall, commemorating those members who served in the First World War (1914-18). The Minister of Mount Pleasant Chapel [more]

Bellevue Park WWI War Memorial

08/08/2018

The Leader – October 2017 A memorial built to commemorate those who made the ultimate sacrifice during the First World War has been unveiled. The memorial garden at Bellevue Park in Wrexham was officially opened [more]

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