Gresford Colliery with Alan & Margaret of NWMAT

Maesgwyn Road, Wrexham. History The Mines Rescue Station was built was post 1912 in response to the Coal Mines Act 1911. It was built near to the Great Western Railway Station in Wrexham. A motor [more]

Mynydd Picnic (Picnic Mountain) – Hafod 9th July 2010 The colliery once employed over 1900 local people, mainly from the villages of Rhos, Ponciau and Johnstown. The pit was closed in 1968. In the mid [more]

John Eddies was born circa 1894 in Tilstock, Salop, the son of John & Elizabeth Eddies and on the 1901 census he was seen for the first time living with his family at Hollinwood, Whixall, [more] [more]