Rossett, The Mill 1895
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Photo of Rossett, The Mill 1895

A Selection of Memories from Rossett

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 Rossett

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I was born there in Aug 1947 and it would appear, like many others, to unwed mums and therefore adopted out. For most of my life I had only an abreviated copy of my birth certificate which came via the orpanage in Liverpool. Given that most of my adopted family were from Liverpool and Lancashire it was always my assumption I was born there. A few years ago my wife tracked down my birth mother in Leicester of all places, ...see more
I was born at this hospital and given the above name. Like other people on here I was adopted, being transferred to Heswall Childrens hospital not long after my birth. A few years ago I received my birth certificate and found my mother had given me her name. She came from Anglesey, and with such a surname it is very difficult to discover any history about her or my circumstances of birth. I visited the ...see more
This is the hospital where I was born in July 1947. My parents were living in Penycae at the time but in 1951 moved to England for my Dad's job. Apart from a brief visit to a relative in Wrexham in 1960, I have never returned to Wales and it is now my ambition to see Trevalyn Manor and Penycae.
I was born in this hospital on the 30/09/1955, my name was Derek Jones. After my birth I was adopted in Nov 1955, I am trying to find my birth mother, I have got her birth certificate but can't find if she married or not. I've been out a lot of money buying certificates but can't find my mother as Jones is a common name in Wales. I found my mother's mum, dad and great-grand parents. My mother's name is Lilian Mary ...see more