Reservoir House at Penycae
Penycae
Reservoir House at Penycae prior to demolition. Can you put a date to it? Source: Source: John Davies from the collection of the late Emlyn Davies, Penycae.
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Wrexham
Hightown Railway Halt
Hightown Railway Halt. Hightown Halt on the Wrexham to Ellesmere line, after passing the Caia Road Railway Sidings, the next stop was the Hightown Halt which was located just off the Whitegate Road in Hightown. [more]
60s
Climbing to Brymbo 1965
Climbing to Brymbo 1965 LMS Stanier ‘8F’ 2-8-0 48122 blackens the sky as it tackles the final leg of the journey to Brymbo Middle Signal Box in 1965. Source: Pic (c) A.O. Wynn.
Rhos
The Ambulance Trip – 10 Jaco’s in France
Aradrwr (Ray Dawson Edwards), reporting on The Great Ambulance Adventure, reminded readers of Cliff Richard’s movie Summer Holiday, in which, “Cliff and the Shadows set off on holiday in a red double-decker bus in 1963.” [more]
Coal Mining
Bersham
John Hubert Edward Jones (1923 – 2015) shares memories of his days as a miner.
Miners Memory Box Series filmed by Wrexham History. John Hubert Edward Jones (1923 – 2015) shares memories of his days as a miner. Filmed at Bersham Colliery 29th October 2013 in the North Wales Miners [more]
50s
Hafod Colliery Cricket Team of 1950
Hafod Colliery Cricket Team of 1950 who were winners of the Area Industrial Shield. Top row (L-R): Bert Smith (Umpire), Fred Aspinal (Coach), Ed Wynne, Bob Burke, Os Jones (Umpire). Middle row (L-R): J. Jones, [more]
Bersham
Bersham Colliery Wrexham
Bersham Colliery was a located near Rhostyllen. The mine accessed seams found in the Denbighshire Coalfield. 19th century When the colliery first opened it was named Glan-yr-afon Colliery. Operated by Bersham Coal Company, the first [more]
Wartime
40s
Penley People – John Pijski Memories
John Pijski was born in Stanisław Górny, not far from Wadowice. He fought with gen. Anders’ Polish 2nd Corps (2nd. Warsaw Armoured Division) alongside the British 8th Army in Italy. Later he served in Germany [more]
War Memorials
Bellevue Park WWI War Memorial
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]
40s
Pensioner recalls the night the Germans bombed Osborne Street, Rhos during WWII
Pensioner remembers the night the Germans bombed his street LIFE in the village of Rhos was very different 70 years ago. Europe was at war and bombing raids by the Luftwaffe were frequent. In the [more]
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Stiwt Theatre - Rhosllanerchrugog - Wrexham History:
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