Events

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FLINTSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

A talk by Jo Lane, the Business Regeneration Project Officer for Mold Town Council

Non-members welcome.

For more information contact

secretaryfhs21@gmail.com

Tel 07778659648

https://www.flintshirehistoricalsociety.org.uk/

A talk for the Buckley Society about Parkgate which sits opposite the coast of North East Wales on the estuary of the River Dee.

Speaker Author and Local Historian Dr Anthony Annakin-Smith

Anthony is a local historian with a diverse range of interests often focused on maritime and industrial history in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Particular specialisms include the history of the former port of Parkgate (Cheshire) and contemporary shipping in the Dee Estuary, early industry in the Neston and Parkgate areas, local links to the slave trade, and the evolution of the British landscape with particular focus on the Wirral peninsula and Cheshire.

http://www.buckleysociety.org.uk

For further information contact the society secretary on 07729421138

Non members are welcome upon payment of a £2 admission fee

A Flintshire Historical Society event featuring a talk

by

Mary-Ann Constantine BA, PhD

Reader and Project Leader , Curious Travellers Project National Library of Wales.

The Travels and Friendship of Two Men who Changed the Past, Richard Gough and Thomas Pennant

Non Members welcome.

Booking not necessary

For more information e mail Secretaryfhs21@gmail.com

https://www.flintshirehistoricalsociety.org.uk

Off Flint’ – Celebrating our town, castle and coast is an exciting project to involve local people in recording, conserving and celebrating the rich heritage of Flint town, castle and coast.

We need volunteers to help gather the wealth of stories about Flint.

Stories, photos and artefacts gathered during the ‘Off Flint’ project will form the basis of a new community archive in Flint Library so that the information gathered is widely accessible to everyone.

‘Off Flint’ is led by Flintshire County Council and, thanks to the National Lottery players, has received £54,200 funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Please contact Jo Danson, Community Heritage Officer, on 01352 703042 or http://jo.danson@flintshire.gov.uk.

A talk for the Flintshire Historical Society by Senior Buildings Investigator  Susan Fielding, MA

The talk will be preceded by the Annual General Meeting

Non- Members welcome.

For more information contact Secretaryfhs21@gmail.com

Tel 07778659648

An opportunity to see a wide variety of displays from organisations including North East Wales Archives, Ruthin History Society, Corwen Museum, Buckley Society, Friends of Wrexham Cemetery, Menter Iaith and Clwydian Range & Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty as well as a chance to have a look around Ruthin Gaol before it opens on 1^st April.

Everyone welcome.

Further details from Jo Danson on 01352 740385

email jo.danson7@gmail.com

http://www.newa.wales

A talk for the Flintshire Historical Society by

Philip Hume,

The Mortimer History Society

  The medieval Marcher Lordships were a region between England and Wales that, politically and administratively, didn't belong fully to either. Within each of the 50 lordships, the Marcher Lord had  unique regal-like powers with their own laws, judicial powers, and access to resources and armies.

This talk explores the origins and development of the Marcher Lordships in the context of the 200-year struggle for control of Wales, with particular reference to the Marcher Lordships of north-east Wales.

Non-members welcome.  For more information: Secretaryfhs21@gmail.com 07778 659648

A joint event by Aura Libraries and Leisure with the Buckley Society

Come along to find out more about your hometown, meet society members and view the exhibitions.

Tell us your local stories.

http://www.buckleysociety.org.uk

We are holding an 'Open Day' at the Ceiriog Memorial Institute on Saturday July 15th to unveil our new display entitled ''Evicting a Community - 100 Years On'', which commemorates the centenary of Warrington Council's plans to dam the Ceiriog Valley in 1923.

Much research has gone in to the display, which contains detailed maps and costs of the proposed project, reports and press cuttings, as well as the Parliamentary Bill itself, with support both for and against. The founder of the Institute, Sir Alfred T Davies, led the campaign against, producing the booklet 'Evicting A Community', and found an ally in Lloyd George, who described the Valley as 'A Little Piece Of Heaven On Earth'. Thanks to them we are 'Yma O Hyd'

For information, the Institute will then open every Saturday afternoon up to 16th September inclusive, from 1-00 until 4-00pm.

For further information email bhughes789@btinternet.com

Exhibition open each Saturday July 15th - September 16th 2023

Evicting a Community 100 Years On.

In 1923, Warrington Corporation submitted proposals to Parliament to construct two large reservoirs in the Ceiriog Valley.

Warrington's reservoirs scheme and the fight to preserve the Ceiriog Valley presented in an informative display each Saturday afternoon.

Admission free - donations appreciated.

Note! The fascinating museum – recently refurbished – displaying many unique exhibits relating to the Ceiriog Valley and beyond housed in the same complex can also be visited at the same time.

Light refreshments available.

For further information contact Bryn Hughes at bhughes789@btinternet.com

http://www.ceirioguchaf.co.uk/CeiriogUchaf-CC/centenary_news-18429.aspx

Easy Access.       Light Refreshments

SATURDAY, 19 AUGUST, 2023

Admission £2    On-site free car park all day.  Bus 5 from town (NOT 5X)

For further information or booking forms, please contact Karlyn on 01492-440763

Organised by The North Wales Postcard Club.

www.nwpcc.org.uk

New and exciting displays and groups for you to meet, at this multi period re-enactment weekend. Take a stroll

through our living timeline. There will be period music to enjoy and trinkets to buy.

www.greenfieldvalley.com/events

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This September, more than 200 of Wales’ historic sites, landmarks and hidden gems will offer visitors free entry, events or guided tours.

It’s all part of Open Doors — Wales’ annual contribution to the European Heritage Days initiative, which invites heritage organisations, private owners, local authorities and others to open their doors or offer activities to the public free of charge during September.

Funded and organised by Cadw, the ever-popular festival of Wales’ built heritage will this year, encourage Welsh residents and visitors alike to explore some of the country’s lesser-known and smaller-scale sites ― several of which are usually closed to the public.

Search by location or postcode or see full list below.

https://cadw.gov.wales/visit

https://cadw.gov.wales/visit/whats-on/open-doors-events

Hawarden's Literary Festival is back!

For further details click on link below.

https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/

Free Event

Join us at Wepre Park to celebrate the end of the Our Back Yard Project and the Connah's Quay Community

Guided walk with the Friends of Wepre, meet at the rear of the visitor centre 11am

Stalls, local history exhibits, family activities, crafts. bush craft activities, outdoor cooking, litter picks (with prizes) and more!

Contact Groundwork North Wales on 01978 757524

A Cheshire Local History Association event

An umbrella organisation, which seeks to
promote the interest in and study of the local
history of Historic and Civic Cheshire, and to
look after the interests of local history societies
and individual local historians.
Personal membership for an individual or a
couple living at the same address is £10.00
p.a. which includes a complimentary copy of
the annual journal. Society membership is
£20.00 p.a. and includes two complimentary
copies of the annual journal.
Cheshire History
Information available from CLHA, c/o Cheshire
Record Office, Duke Street, Chester CH1 1RL

http://www.cheshirehistory.org.uk

Doors Open 9am.

On Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th of October Mold Town Council invites you to take a step back in time and visit the Historic Mold exhibition at the Daniel Owen Centre, Daniel Owen Square,  Mold CH7 1AB.

During the event, there will be a large display of photographs and memorabilia showing the history of Mold over the last 200 years, many of the photographs on display will be from the late Ray Davies Collection, who throughout the years recorded the changing face of Mold & District. Among the displays will be boards dedicated to www.Ronsbusesandcoaches.com

Exhibition open times:  
Tuesday 24th October 5.00pm – 7.00pm
Wednesday 25th October 10.00am – 2.30pm.
FREE ENTRY

Do you have any interesting Mold memorabilia or items of interest that you would like to display during the event? Please get in touch with Jane Evans 01352 758532  opt. 3 or email events@moldtowncouncil.org.uk

During the event local Historian and Author David Rowe will be giving short talks on:-

24th October
5.15pm  Frothblowers, Temperance and Assembly Hall Riot.
6.30pm Mold Riots 1869 – The Aftermath

11.00am  Frothblowers, Temperance and Assembly Hall Riot
12.00pm Mynydd Isa to Mendon – The Story of Henry Hughes, survivor of Argoed Hall Mining Disaster
1.30pm 1869 Mold Riots – The Aftermath

All talks are free of charge, so please arrive in plenty of time for what promises to be a great insight into Mold’s history.

Historic Mold event is in conjunction with the http://Gŵyl Daniel Owen Festival

which will run from 20th – 27th October, further details on GDOF can be found their website.

My name is Lowri, I am the Community Outreach Officer for North Wales for the Women’s Peace Petition Centenary Project funded by The National Lottery Heritage fund. The project is a year long celebration of the 390,296 Welsh women who signed a petition for peace, and presented it to the women of America in New York in 1924, asking them to use their influence on the American government.
During 2023/24, the project will be running events and activities across Wales to Remember their story, Rejoice in the centenary and Realise their wishes by inspiring future peace activists.
We are in the process of creating partnerships with organisations and groups across Wales to deliver funded activities and events to promote the project and would love you to be involved. These activities could be talks, workshops, educational events, mini exhibitions and more… we want to be flexible in our delivery to ensure we are producing exciting and engaging activities, so we would love to hear your input on how best to collaborate.
From November we will also be looking for lots of volunteers to transcribe the names on the petition, so that future generations can search the names of the signatories. Perhaps your organisation could help us with this ambitious campaign?

To learn more about the project, please visit: https://www.wcia.org.uk/peace-heritage/womens-peace-petition/
If you would like to discuss getting involved or just learn more about the project, please get in touch: I’d love to hear from you.

The Women’s Peace Petition team and North East Wales Archive Services would also like to invite you to an:
Archive afternoon in Hawarden  on Friday 15th March, 1pm - 3.30pm at Hawarden Archives, The Old Rectory, Rectory Ln, Hawarden, Deeside CH5 3NN. See full entry for that date on this page.

Contact LowriKirkham@academiheddwch.cymru

Kindest regards

Lowri Kirkham
Community Outreach Officer, north Wales

A talk by  Margaret Barr

Discovering Old Welsh Houses  https://www.discoveringoldwelshhouses.co.uk/

2.30pm Saturday 25^th November 2023

Ebenezer Baptist Church, Glanrafon Road, Mold, CH7 1PA.

Non members very welcome.  Booking not required.

For more information: secretaryfhs21@gmail.com 07778 659648

David Young [formerly Baptist Minister at Llay]
will give a presentation on Life in the vanished squatters’ hamlet on Ruabon Mountain 1845-1902

[some Llay families are descendants of these people]

Admission £2 light refreshments
All are welcome
For further information contact Vic Tyler-Jones 07788 590 636 or e mail tylerjones@btinternet.com