60s
Rhosrobin Infants School 1969
Rhosrobin Infants School 1969. Can you put names to faces?
Month: January 2017
70s
Police speed camera on Mold Road Wrexham in 1971
A posed photograph of a Police speed camera on Mold Road Wrexham in 1971. Source: NWN Media; photographer Vic Cleveley.
80s
Miss Wrexham in 1988
Miss Wrexham in 1988 held at Plas Madoc Baths. Can you put names to the faces? Comment below if you can. Left – Right: No11: Victoria Jones from Buckley now living in Brisbane Australia. No9: [more]
Pubs, clubs & hotels
Boat Inn, Erbistock
Boat Inn, Erbistock. The Boat, famous for its picturesque location and charming character, sits prettily on the idyllic banks of the River Dee, in Erbistock. Visit the website Boat Inn.
30s
Lorne Street, Wrexham 1930s
Lorne Street, Rhosddu, Wrexham 1930s
1910s
Ifor Tunnah – Canadian Forestry Corps
Ifor Tunnah – Canadian Forestry Corps Welsh newspaper “Y Drych”- The Mirror, notes, he emigrated to Chicago (Aug. 10th 1917). Ifor Tunnah left Chicago for Camp Borden in Canada to join up with the Forestry [more]
Leisure
PRINCE OF WALES, Hand Lane, Ponciau
HAND INN, Ponciau Ponciau Pubs
Leisure
GRIFFIN INN, Bank Street, Ponciau
GRIFFIN INN, Bank Street, Ponciau. OLD PHOTOS & MEMORIES OF RHOS & DISTRICT. Click here to go to Facebook group. Bryn Williams remembers that next door to the left was a Barbers shop whose name [more]
Leisure
The Simons Family – Over 130 years as travelling show people
George and John Simons are the fourth generation of travelling showmen descended from John Litchfield Simons, who started his travelling career with a Menagerie and later ran a Bioscope show. He died in his caravan [more]