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Historic maps of Overton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Overton maps
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Erbistock| Penley| Bangor-Is-Coed| St Martins| Ellesmere| Ruabon| Hanmer| Erddig| Newbridge| Chirk| Rhosymedre| Acrefair| Rhosllanerchrugog| Cefn Mawr| Wrexham| Penycae| Cuddington| Bersham| Weston Rhyn| Gobowen| Coedpoeth
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Clwyd memories
ERBISTOCK
I WAS BORN AND BROUGHT UP TO THE AGE OF 12 IN ERBISTOCK AND I LOVED IT. THE BOAT INN WAS RUN BY THE WILLIAMS'S. I PLAYED WITH CAROL AND TIMOTHY IN ALL THE OUTBUILDINGS. I WENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL IN THE CHURCH AND THERE WAS A LADY CALLED MRS ASPREY THAT LIVED IN A LITTLE COTTAGE BY THE RIVER NEXT TO THE CROSS FOXES. SHE KEPT PEKINESE DOGS WHICH YOU COULD HEAR FROM THE ROAD BUT NEVER SEE. I CAN REMEMBER ONE HOT DAY SEEING MY BEST SANDALS FLOAT DOWN THE RIVER FROM WHERE WE WERE PLAYING BY THE OLD MILL. OUR SCHOOL HAD TWO CLASSES, MRS PARRY AND MISS BOWEN. ON LOVELY DAYS THE WHOLE SCHOOL WOULD BE TAKEN FOR A NATURE WALK, THE WOODS WOULD BE FULL OF DAFFODILS AND THE SMELL OF WILD GARLIC - PURE HEAVEN! ALL THE LANES AND HEDGEROWS WOULD BE FULL OF WILD FLOWERS, THERE USED TO BE BEDS OF WATERCRESS DOWN BY THE RIVER CLOSE TO THE BOAT INN WHICH WE... Read more
My Childhood
I lived in Erbistock till the age of 20, that was in 1981 when I emigrated to Australia. My mum still lives there, my dad passed away a couple of years ago, he was born in Erbistock and lived down Groves Lane for nearly 70 years. I remember the peace and quiet, the harvest times driving the tractor and helping milk the cows. My grandmother lived in the council houses, where my uncle still resides.
I use to attend Erbistock primary school until it closed. I remember the two classrooms and the outside toilets. I remember always looking forward to the yearly fairs and helping my nan to find the best rose in her garden to display and hopefully win a prize.
I use to love walking through the woods down by the boat in through to tinkers brook, and when I was 15 I got a job at the Boat Inn washing glasses behind the bar.
I remember the riding school where Mr and Mrs Broad use to live,... Read more
Swimming
I used to live in Marchwiel some three miles away. We used to cycle to Bangor on hot days in the school holidays to swim in the river. I had a very beautiful girlfriend by the name of Barbara Jones, she lived right by the milk factory about half a mile from the bangor bridge. I lost contact when I moved to Cardiff. (Great Memories)
The Good Times at Middle Sontley
My first visit to Middle Sontley was in the late 1970s and I was made welcome by the kind owner, Mr Neville Roberts. Part of the farm was being transformed. Mr Roberts had bought land from the closed down Hafod Colliery that consisted of a derelict house, marshy fields and a black muddy brook. He amazingly transformed this bleak area into a place of beauty that attracted an abundance of wildlife and fish in the three lakes he created out of the horrible black marshy area. Today you would not recognise what was previously a settling area for coal-dust-laden water from the colliery. His house is historic and, with Mr Roberts' permission, worth viewing, especially the well in the kitchen!
Wynnstay Hall
The building is Wynnstay Hall, former home of the Williams-Wynne family, and was rebuilt following a major fire in 1858.
Ruabon
I was born in Ruabon in 1935 at No1 Church Walks, obviously near the church.
I lived there until I left for University in 1953 and later moved to Gresford.
School Days
I attended Ruabon Girls Grammar School from 1954 to 1959, happy days. At that time we were taught in 'the huts', we did not get the new school until the year before we left. I now live near the school but all that is left is one brick block of the boys school. I lived in Cefn Mawr and in the summer often walked home from school along Offa's Dyke.
