Men of the 7 Battalion, R.W.F. Home Guard, E Company, Rhos, during the Second World War, many of whom took part in the operation try to extinguish the flames on Rhos Mountain caused by enemy incendiary bombs. Major Hardy Woodford, who was in charge of the company, was living in the Wrexham area at the time, he is at the centre of the first seated row.
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This is an account of the ancestors of Edwin Munslow, a baker of 9 Mountain Street, Rhosllanerchrugog. The story begins with the 1841 census, on which we meet a 45-year-old basket maker, John Munslow (Snr.) [more]
Presented by Pam Rhodes with the Rhos Male Voice Choir & the Rhos Orpheus Choir. Conducted by John Glyn Williams. Organist Haydn Bowen. Source: First published by BBC 1992. Shared with kind permission of the [more]
Dr. Caradog Roberts. This essay is intended to stimulate an interest in the life of Dr. Caradog Roberts, one of Rhos’s musical heroes. To set the scene, let us go back in time to Church [more]
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