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Bryn-Y-Baal maps

Historic maps of Bryn-Y-Baal and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Bryn-Y-Baal maps

Bryn-Y-Baal photos

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Mold| Hawarden| Penyffordd| Connah's Quay| Rhosesmor| Shotton| Flint Mountain| Queensferry| Pantymwyn| Loggerheads| Hope| Halkyn| Flint| Llanferres| Cilcain| Caergwrle| Pentre Halkyn| Rhydtalog| Llanarmon-Yn-Ial| Nannerch| Shotwick| Puddington| Brynford| Gresford

Bryn-Y-Baal area books

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Memories of Bryn-Y-Baal

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Clwyd memories

Childhood Memories

I have very happy memories of a childhood spent in Mynydd Isa. I was only there for 4 years ('72 - '76) but I crammed a lot of adventures into that time! My friend Audra and I used to go cycling down Rose Lane and look a the 'haunted house' across the fields, never daring to go inside. (It was an old wooden building, derelict at the time). We spent many hours at the bonk! - the local playing field, and would walk up to the building sites in Buckley and climb in and out of the clay pipes. We also used to walk 2 chow dogs called Idris and Ady, (they were really big and fluffy) and used to walk to Bryn a Bal school, which seemed miles, and call at the shops on the way. My house was No 75 Mold Road on the corner of Mercia Drive, and I remember I had the room with the veranda above the garage. The corner shop at the top of... Read more

Little Mountain

Hello, I am serching for any info on my dad, Charles Howarth Shone who lived on Little Mountain Road around 1945 - 1970. His father was Charles (Charlie?). They were related to Cyril and Olwyn Shone who lived on the opposite side of the road. I believe he went to Hawarden Grammer School and used to catch the train. Another relation is Tom Shone - I believe married to Gwen. Apologies for the vagueness but when you are young details don't sink in and as you get older you realise it's too late. Many thanks.

Working at Dobshill

Dobshills, I worked there, I miss it and the people who worked there. God bless x

Year 6

I've had soo many good times at Gwernymynydd C.P. School with all my friends, they are over but I will come back.

My Grandparents And Father

Hello I'm hoping someone may be able to help me. I'm trying to find anything to do with my grandparents /fathers life, especially old photos of the area they lived and worked. My grand father was called Joseph Millington and he had a place of work/ factory in Hawarden. All I know was that it went under the name of Ellis & Millington. He was married to Annie whos parents had a farm at Llong. They had 2 sons Graham and Brian. I would appriciate any information as I would like to put something together for my father as a little surprise as he has just had a birthday and I cannot seem to find a lot on the areas where he grew up including old photos of Ewloe and Shotton schools in the 1940s and 50s, and Wood Lane. I know this is a long shot but would appriciate any information that may help.     

Ewloe Castle Before 1257

I see it stated that Ewloe Castle was built by Llewellyn in 1257. But there was evidently some fortification there earlier. In 1256 Prince Edward (Edward I) and his followers were besieged there by Llewellyn and rescued by Simon de Montfort who brought an army of mercenaries from France to their aid. See Charles Bemont's excellent biography, Simon de Montfort, or the biography by Margaret Wade Labarge, or my own book, Montfort, volume one of which is just out on amazon,com. (As it's very new, on amazon.co.uk it's best found under Montfort Ashe) My book doesn't get to Ewloe until Vol.3, but that will be out by late summer 2010.

Hawarden County (Grammar) School

I was about 14 when I moved to Buckley from Wallasey and went to Hawarden Grammar School. I have good memories of the time there and would like to contact some of my old (now really old) friends from those days. I am now 84.
I left Hawarden to work at Llay Hall coal mine in 1944 and then returned to the school in 1948 for about three months before leaving for Aberystwyth.
Bob Dean email bdean@look.ca

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