Ysgol Ruabon 1973.
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Ysgol Ruabon 1973
Ruabon
Gardden (Rocky) Woods & Devil’s Bridge, Ruabon
Gardden Woods is known locally as ‘Rocky Woods’ because of the three old sandstone quarries, which supplied stone to North Wales, Lancashire and Cheshire until 1952. Devil’s Bridge The famous ‘Devil’s Bridge’ over the river [more]
60s
Bonfire Night Blaze at Ruabon Farm 1965
Firemen battled for two hours during the early hours of Bonfire Night to stop a fire spreading to farm buildings. The blaze was one of the biggest in the area for a number of years [more]
Coal Mining
Wynnstay Colliery, Ruabon
Wynnstay Colliery or The Green Pit. Ruabon. The New British Iron Company owned the colliery. The workings were ventilated by a split of the air at the extremity of the horse road and then behind [more]