Events

Enjoy a free guided tour of Bersham Ironworks and learn about 'Iron Mad' Jack.

Meet at Bersham Heritage Centre car park, LL14 4HY. There is no need to book, just turn up. We recommend wearing sturdy footwear.

For further information call 01978 297460 or email museum@wrexham.gov.uk

'Shotton Steelworks' by Glyn Jones

A look at the steelworks from its opening in 1896 to the closure of the heavy end in 1980. 7:00 pm on Wednesday 14th June at The Kathleen & May Heritage Centre, Dock Road, Connah's Quay, CH5 4DS

£2 per head, free for QWA members. For further information telephone 01244 791222, email marystjoy@outlook.com or visit www.quaywatermen.com

Enjoy a free guided tour of Bersham Ironworks and learn about 'Iron Mad' Jack.

Meet at Bersham Heritage Centre car park, LL14 4HY. There is no need to book, just turn up. We recommend wearing sturdy footwear.

For further information call 01978 297460 or email museum@wrexham.gov.uk

Our County History - Alive and Kicking?
The work of Flintshire historians through time
Contributions by: Brian Bennett, Celia Drew,John Butler, Carol Shone, Paul Mason and Dr Shaun Evans
Plenary session: Brian Taylor, Paul Brighton, Hazel Formby and T.W Pritchard

The annual general meeting of the Heritage Forum will be held at Mold Methodist Church on Wrexham Street, Mold CH7 1HQ at 18:30 on Tuesday July 25th.  Parking is available on the nearby public car park by the Co-op.

Enjoy a free guided tour of Bersham Ironworks and learn about 'Iron Mad' Jack.

Meet at Bersham Heritage Centre car park, LL14 4HY. There is no need to book, just turn up. We recommend wearing sturdy footwear.

For further information call 01978 297460 or email museum@wrexham.gov.uk

A wonderful range of interesting unusual and historic homes and buildings will be open to the public see website for more details
http://www.opendoorsdenbighshire.org.uk/
Denbighshire Open Doors' Heritage Event

Enjoy a free guided tour of Bersham Ironworks and learn about 'Iron Mad' Jack.

Meet at Bersham Heritage Centre car park, LL14 4HY. There is no need to book, just turn up. We recommend wearing sturdy footwear.

For further information call 01978 297460 or email museum@wrexham.gov.uk

A wonderful range of interesting, unusual and beautiful historic homes and buildings will be open to the public see website for more details
http://www.opendoorsdenbighshire.org.uk/
Denbighshire Open Doors' Heritage Event

Attractions include Short ‘Bridges of the Dee’ boat trips • Our café will be open and there will be a BBQ • Annual Corporate Duck Race and General Public Duck Race • Come and meet the RNLI Flint Volunteer Lifeboat Crew, Deeside Fire Service and Coastal Rangers • We will have music and a variety of stalls.
Lots of fun for all.

Quay Watermen's Association
A photography orientated talk including tips on how to take quality photographs for posterity.

 10:00 Welcome
 10:10 Vic Tyler-Jones Llay Main: Its Colliery and Village.
 10:55 Bleddyn Penny Protest and Pragmatism: Welsh Steelworkers’ Responses to Deindustrialisation.
 11:40 Leon Gooberman The Rise and Fall of the BNS/ICI Factory at Pontypool: A Case Study of Deindustrialisation.
 12:30 Lunch Break (Tea and coffee will be available, but there will be no lunch provided at this event).
 13:15 Keith Gildart The Decline of Coal Mining in North East Wales, 1947-1996.
 14:00 Iwan England Aberfan: The Fight for Justice.
 14:45 Valerie Walkerdine Gender, Work & Community after Deindustrialisation: The Case of a Former Steel Town in South Wales.
 15:30 Closing Remarks
This event is FREE to attend and a warm welcome is extended to all.
To book your free place and register please contact: Siân Williams, Llafur Secretary, c/o South Wales Miners’ Library, Swansea University, Hendrefoelan Campus, Gower Road, Swansea, SA2 7NB. Tel: 01792 518693
Email: miners@swansea.ac.uk
https://www.llafur.org/events/day-school-deindustrialisation-wales/

Discover the history of North East Wales through 100 objects! North East Wales Heritage Forum will be here to guide you through the history of the area with displays, handling tables and family activities.
www.greenfieldvalley.com

Visit us on Saturday, 16th September as we open the doors of the library to everyone as part of Open Doors 2017. Join one of three FREE hour-long, curator-led tours where you’ll learn about our unique and distinctive collections and the man who founded them, W.E. Gladstone.
You will also go behind the scenes into Closed Access, our secure store - get up close with almost 6,000 items printed before 1800, some dating from the early 16th Century. There will also be a display of beautiful and fascinating items from our diverse collection. 60-minute Curator-led tours of the Library take place at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm.
After your visit, why not stay for tea, coffee and cake in our bistro, Food for Thought (open 10am - 5pm). We serve a full lunch menu between 12pm and 2pm, and light bites between 2pm and 5pm.
Come along and see the library and its collections as they are rarely seen by the public. We hope to see you there!
About Open Doors - Cadw’s Open Doors is an annual celebration of the architecture and heritage of Wales. It provides an opportunity for the public to visit places not normally open or to visit for free sites that usually charge. Sites that are normally open and free of charge offer something additional for their visitors. To find out more about Open Doors, visit cadw.gov.wales/opendoors Visitors are welcome to turn up on the day, but please note that tour groups will be limited to 35. We do advise booking both tour and lunch reservations in advance. To book your tour or make a lunch reservation, please call 01244 532350 or email enquiries@gladlib.org.
https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/

For more details visit website
http://www.visitdenbigh.co.uk/discover-denbigh/things-to-do/doors

A large display of photographs and memorabilia showing the history of Mold over the last 150 years, along with the historic Council Chamber will be available free of charge for the public to vies.
Short talk by local Historian David Rowe at 11.30 am

Thursday 19th October  10am to 7pm

Friday 20th October 10am to 5pm

Saturday 21st October 10am to 4pm

Pictures and artefacts from around Deeside- learn about your past.

Enjoy refreshments in the Exhibition cafe

Admission free - Donations welcom

THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED TO 18 NOVEMBER DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED ON 21 OCTOBER

The next Open Day will take place on Saturday 21st October 2017, from 10am to 4pm. Plenty to see and do including:

◦Walking tours – taking in the industrial heritage story, fossil forest, and our new apple and pear orchard

◦4×4 tours – covering nearly 3 miles in a Landrover finding out about our history

◦Narrow Gauge Railway rides

◦Stalls and displays about our plans and the activities we’re doing this year

◦Bric-A-Brack, teas & coffees, and raffle tickets to helps raise funds

◦NEWHF stand with displays and handling objects

Come and discover a treasured collection of stained glass windows commemorating characters from Welsh history. Also many portraits and sculptures,  a large number of items relating to the industrial heritage of the Valley (including the Glyn Valley Tramway),  a collection of Eisteddfod Chairs,  an impressive display of Holy Bibles, samples of the poet Ceiriogs work, bookcases donated by the Welsh communities in Patagonia and much much more.

Also NEWHF displays and hands on activities for children and adults

An illustrated talk by Celia Drew for the Buckley Society
Members free, visitors £2 on the night
www.buckleysociety.org.uk
e mail bucksoc@uwclub.net

The Old Engine Shed is open every Saturday until December 16th.  Look at The New Glyn Valley Tramway & Industrial Heritage Trust website for special events before Christmas.

A talk by Mavis Williams for the Quay Watermen's Association.
Members free, visitors £2 on the night
Telephone 01244 532352 www.quaywatermen.com
e mail qwamembership@gmail.com

An illustrated talk by Brian Taylor
At Shotton Community Centre, Plymouth Street, Shotton
Members free, visitors £3 on the night.
email  deesidedlhs@gmail.com

The Old Engine Shed is open every Saturday until December 16th.  Look at The New Glyn Valley Tramway & Industrial Heritage Trust website for special events before Christmas.

An illustrated talk by Lorna Jenner for The Holywell & District Society.

Everyone Welcome           Non member  £3.00

If you wish to volunteer at the dig, you should contact Ian Grant at CPAT

ian.grant@cpat.org.uk

The Old Engine Shed is open every Saturday until December 16th.  Look at The New Glyn Valley Tramway & Industrial Heritage Trust website for special events before Christmas.

FREE EVENT - Join us to have a look around, take a tour (walking or by 4x4), see the fossils, have a go on the railway, chat with us about the restoration plans.

Also there

Wrexham Amateur Radio Society - broadcasting around the world.

NEWHF  timeline and themes displays telling history of NE Wales and hands-on time line activity.

If you wish to volunteer at the dig, you should contact Ian Grant at CPAT

On Sunday 25th November there is an OPEN DAY at the site.

Work at site completed on 27th.

ian.grant@cpat.org.uk

The Old Engine Shed is open every Saturday until December 16th.  Look at The New Glyn Valley Tramway & Industrial Heritage Trust website for special events before Christmas.

An illustrated talk by Brian Bennett Friday 1.12.2017. Doors open 7 pm. Non members £2 on the night

Please note this date coincides with a pantomime at the Buckley Theatre next door to Hawkesbury Community Centre,

parking will be at a premium so car sharing where possible is encouraged

www.buckleysociety.org.uk 

A drop in consultation about future developments around the Trevor Basin

WWW.PONTCYSYLLTE-AQUEDUCT.CO.UK/WORLD-HERITAGE-STATUS/RESOURCES/CONSULTATIONS/

CADVAS (Corwen and Dee Valley Archaeological Society) Midwinter Solstice Walk to Moel Ty Uchaf Cairn Circle on Friday 22nd December 2017.

Depart Llandrillo Car Park at 10 am, dogs welcome but must be on lead at all times.

NB! Early-Bird Walk to view sunrise will depart at 7 am prompt.

www.cadvas.org.uk 

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