Old photos

Contributors, history groups, council libraries, archives and long established businesses share their old photos of the region. Take a look...

Neal Potter's family photo shows Rhyl sands and pier, 1957

Holiday camps

Donkey rides at Rhyl

Contributors share photos of annual stays at Rhyl and Prestatyn's holiday camps, with everything from beauty competitions to photos which show how the resorts used to look way back when.

Holiday camps

[5+ slideshows]

Industrial heritage

Steelworkers

View old photos from the region's coal mines, Wrexham's numerous breweries, Flintshire's Courtaulds' textile mills, Brymbo and Shotton steelworks, Buckley's brickworks and more

Old industries

[10+ slideshows]

Towns and villages

Saltney Carnival

There's an A-Z list of photos of local places from Acrefair and Bagillt to Saltney and Wrexham showing everything from 19th Century street scenes and carnivals to dramatic events in local history like Corwen's 1960s floods.

Town and villages

[20+ slideshows]

Transport

Horse-pulled tram

Looking back to a time when ships came up the Dee, when Queensferry's ferry was in business, Rhyl ran its hovercraft and Buckley had trams.

Transport

[10+ slideshows and films]

War

Women's Land Army members

Contributors have shared photos of the Women's Land Army , evacuees , and Penley's Poles .

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