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I went to Quinta in 1962 aged 12 had to be tough to get through did not receive any education went to work in the kitchen always had plenty to eat the cook was mrs Fox she looked after me Would not sing in the choir golly kept me there for ...Read more

A memory of The Quinta

Hi, I am looking for a photo(s) of the Welsh Harp pub in Ponciau, Wrexham for my dad. My great grandparents used to run it. It was knocked down in the 1960's and I can't find any photos online.

A memory of Ponciau by alhumphreys

Having just re-read Professor A.H Dodd's "A history of Wrexham" He was amazed at how much history, buildings etc had been swept away in the name of progress from 1850 to 1950. He published his book and died in 1975, lamenting ...Read more

A memory of Wrexham

The first school of my life was in Brymbo where my father and his father and his father before him too had worked in the local steel works. The school teachers used to put out small beds in the playground in the afternoon and ...Read more

A memory of Brymbo in 1949 by Ken Edwards

I really don't remember much about Heswall, but it holds a special place in my heart, as that is where my mother found me. I had been born in May 1959 in Wrexham, but for some reason was not taken home by the women who gave ...Read more

A memory of Heswall

I was at the Royal Hospital for a few months in 1971, a wonderful memory rekindled due to working on the Wirral lately...38 years since I was there but I remembered just where it was while passing through Heswall. I remember Nurse Hessian ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1972 by Brian Jones

My father took me and my sister Jean to see a family in West Hartlepool whose name was Mitten, they had a boy named Brian, one girl Lucy then Gwen and two other sisters whose names I cannot remember. As my father had been in the war ...Read more

A memory of West View in 1946

I was born and grew up in the little village of Llanfairpwll. Mine was a happy childhood, free of drugs, vandalism and graffiti. Everyone knew everyone in the village, which in those days, over 60 years ago, was ...Read more

A memory of Coed Mawr by Glynne Parry

I am a decendant of the vast Jones family who lived in Cwm Cottage, Bethel from 1918. My mother was Welsh allthough she did not speak the language too well, so we spoke english at home. I spent most of my school ...Read more

A memory of Bethel in 1950 by Gladys Edwards