Flint, c.1950
Photo ref: F120022
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Photo ref: F120022
Photo of Flint, c.1950

More about this scene

This view down into Flint is noteworthy for a number of reasons. We can see the heavy industrial scene, the chimney stacks and the Courtaulds building in the distance (left). A good deal of the old Flint still seems to be in place - in the 1960s there was some rebuilding, now so prominent from this viewpoint. The cattle being driven towards the silhouetted industrial buildings seem to signify a vanishing, rustic way of life.

A Selection of Memories from Flint

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Flint

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

I was born in Flint in 1946. Looking at the old photos in your memory archives of the 1950s, it brought back a lot of old happy memories to me. Looking at the Church Street photo with the Hawarden Castle pub on the right, the Red  Lion to the left. The Grand Cinema to the left and at the top of the street the  very posh Plaza Cinema. Also I see on the bottom of the street Pumphrey's old  shop and garage on the corner of ...see more