Biographies
Johnstown
30s
Coal Delivery Truck 1930s
A make shift sign “Buy Hafod Coal” written on the front of the coal truck which serviced the Rhos, Johnstown and Wrexham areas during the 1930s. Source: Original photograph NWNMedia; Local Bygones; Digitally repaired as [more]
1800s
Hafod Colliery 1880
Hafod Colliery 1880.
Company
Jenkins and Jones of Johnstown
Here follows an account of Isaac Jenkins and John Tysilio Jones, builders and timber merchants of Johnstown. All my sources are available to the public and can be checked if necessary, using the list of [more]
Industry
Henry Dyke Dennis and the Red Works
Henry Dyke Dennis was born in Bexhill Sussex England in 1864, his Father was Henry Dennis and mother Elizabeth Dennis, as Henry Dyke Dennis grew up into his 30’s he became a Mining & Civil [more]
Johnstown
Company
Dennis of Ruabon, Hafod works Johnstown.
A selection of pictures from Dennis of Ruabon, Hafod works Johnstown. Source: Pics 28dl.
Johnstown
War Memorial and Red Lion Inn, Johnstown
Johnstown War Memorial and Red Lion Inn, Johnstown. Source: Tom Farrell Collection, Aberystwyth.
1800s
John Thomas, Maelor View, Johnstown
In Memoriam – John Thomas, Maelor View, Johnstown. In 1912, exactly 105 years ago, Mount Pleasant Church Officer John Evans’ (Victoria Street, Rhos) crafts a beautiful eulogy on the passing of his departed spiritual ‘brother’ [more]
Johnstown
Christ’s Church, Johnstown 1990
Christ’s Church (chapel) was built in 1890 in the centre of Johnstown opposite the former Johnstown Shell Garage. A school was built before the chapel in 1881. It was originally Congregational by denomination but the [more]