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The police office is PC69 Kenneth Edwards of the old Flintshire Force who is talking to Mr Cummins, a local landowner and the year is 1959.
A memory of Holywell contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Dancing days
I lived in Ysceifiog and used to travel by bike to the dances at the village hall in Brynford. I used to meet my friend Betty Davies and her sister Sheila, who lived in Brynford. They had two brothers Gerald and Leonard. At these dances we had a band and an MC. It was where I learnt the Gay Gordons and Quickstep and Waltz. In those days my name was Wyn Parrington. I met my first husband Frank Hansom from Holywell at the dances. We married in 1955 and went to live in Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1957. I had a wonderful life out there with servants and a nanny. I learnt to swim and drive. I had three children and ...read more here
A memory of Brynford contributed by Margaret Wynne
Schools and church
Pantasaph holds many memories for me. I remember travelling from Lixwm with my Mother, brother and sister and going to Sunday Mass at church, also travelling in a pony and trap to attend Midnight Mass. I loved these services, loved to listen to the monks as they chanted before each mass.
I also attended Sy Aloysious High School, then when that closed I went to the local catholic school. I would get a bus from Lixwm to Brynford and then if I was lucky catch another bus in Brynford to Pantasaph. It was a long walk if we missed it, sometimes walking in the rain.
If anyone else went to St Aloyious, my name then was Veronica Hard.
A memory of Pantasaph contributed by Veronica Pearce
Jones Balers
Looking back from this photo is the site of the original Jones Balers factory. I have many fond memories of my early working life with a wonderful bunch of collegues at the factory. I often visited Herbie Ellis' shop which later was to be in one of the houses in this pond photo, also the Red Lion pub nearby.
David Jones (Young Dai)
A memory of Rhosesmor contributed by David Jones