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Christmas 1914 – A Gift to the Troops
Christmas 1914 – A Gift to the Troops A sepia coloured postcard portraying King George V and Queen Mary, with the inscription “With our best wishes for Christmas 1914. May God protect you and bring [more]
1910s
Emral Hall Sales Brochure 1916
Emral Hall Sales Brochure 1916 Source: Original document supplied by Julie Broad of Emral Gardens Touring Caravan Park. Photographed by John Davies.
1900s
Hope Street, Wrexham c1900
Hope Street, Wrexham c1900. Source: Clwyd Record Office.
1800s
Church Street, Wrexham. 1881
A grainy view of Church Street, Wrexham in 1881
Coal Mining
1800s
Brynmally Colliery Accident. Wrexham 13th March 1889
The colliery was the property of Thomas Clayton with Mr. Frederick Hutchinson as the certificated manager of the Pendwill Pit of the Brynmally Colliery. The Pits were known as the Nos. 1 and 3 and [more]
Coal Mining
Four Legged Hero of Hafod Colliery
Four Legged Hero of Hafod Colliery. A deep mine was sunk at Hafod in the 1860s by Ruabon Coal Company and, at its peak production employed nearly 2,000 workers and worked for a hundred years. [more]
Coal Mining
Brynmally Colliery
Brynmally Colliery was sunk in 1770 and in 1849 was owned by Thomas Clayton and Co. The colliery was the property of Thomas Clayton with Mr. Frederick Hutchinson as the certificated manager of the Pendwill [more]
Wartime
40s
Bomb falls in the meadow at Buck Farm, Willington
In an effort to draw German planes away from the heavily populated and strategically important areas of Wrexham, the men of the home guard would make their way to the nearby uninhabited mountains and light [more]
Wartime
The Great War and its causes by an Old Boy of Victoria School 1914
THE GREAT WAR AND ITS CAUSES. By an “OLD BOY” of Victoria School, Wrexham. October 1914 “Now tell us all about the war, and what they killed each other for.” That is a question many [more]
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]
