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Rhiwlas maps
Historic maps of Rhiwlas and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Rhiwlas maps
Rhiwlas photos
We have no photos of Rhiwlas, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
Llansilin| Llwynmawr| Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog| Dolywern| Glyn Ceiriog| Pontfadog| Bronygarth| Llangedwyn| Weston Rhyn| Oswestry| Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant| Gobowen| Chirk| Llynclys| Froncysyllte| Pant| Newbridge
Rhiwlas area books
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Memories of Rhiwlas
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Family Ancestry
My maternal great grandparents lived in Llwyn near the church in Rhiwlas. They - Thomas and Elizabeth Jones - are buried in Llansilin Churchyard with their son Lloyd Jones who was, I believe, the last of the family to live there.
They had children called William, Annie Rose, Charles, Robert, Sam, David, Margaret Ann and Henry plus Lloyd the youngest - however I can find no confirming records for Margaret Ann and Henry.
Thomas died in 1918 and Lloyd in 1976.
Annie Rose married and went to live in Bryn Aber, Llansilin which is a five minute drive from Rhiwlas. That was where my mother was born.
Shropshire memories
Embarkation Leave
Mrs Barrett, the Post Mistress at that time, gave me a 1947 farthing for luck when I joined the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in June 1952. She said she had given one to village lads in WW2 and most of them came back, so look after it.
I went to Suez and came back and it is still on my key ring.
Happy Holiday Memories
I now live in Lincolnshire but my father and family are native to Weston Rhyn and many family members still live in the area. I spent many happy holidays in Weston Rhyn as a schoolboy, I stayed at my aunt's house in Rhoswiel just by the canal and would pop across to the local shop run by Mrs Slaughter for sweets etc, or sometimes I stayed at my gran's house (Mrs Williams) at Station Cottages ( They used to run the local newspaper business). But my one love in Weston Rhyn was trainspotting on the then open station. Many happy memories.
SAD!
My aunt Dylis used to have a fruit and veg shop on this street and I can remember going with my gran to the shop and helping to make wreathes for funerals.
My gran used to live in Beatrice Street, opposite the train station. I seem to remember that the access to this was via a footbridge on which I used to stand to wait for the steam trains to pass underneath. At the back of the station was the beginning of a walk which I used to do with my father. It took you to a place called Shell Bank where the land had slid away revealing a layer of shells from thousands of years ago. None of these remain anymore, how sad!
IJLB
I was at Parkhall Camp from Aug 1970 - Aug 1972. I remember that pay day was on a Wednesday, after which the Post Office was the first port of call to get sweets and soft drinks. Every boy had a POSBIE account which 7 shillings per week was transfered into, to be spent on leave. Some of the best years of my early military career were spent at Oswestry.
Inspections
Ref to the pay day. I remember a full room and locker inspection in the morning before Wednesday pay.
Park Hall
I was at Park Hall Camp from March until May 1962 with 17 Training Reg R.A. I remember standing to attention on the drill square as a seventeen and a half year old boy wondering what had hit me, and the Crewe-bound train passing and the fireman or driver mocking us on parade, and Sergeant Johnson shaking his fist in return. I had some happy days at Park Hall except for when one of our number was seriously injured (I think he died) by an over eager sentry.
