Munitions Workers 1915 - 1916
Wreck of The "Ocean Monarch"
Our Chairman, Richard, welcomed everyone to our well-attended meeting on St David’s Day and introduced the speaker for the evening, Peter Robinson.
Peter is a member of the RNLI and has many tales to relate regarding the RNLI but tonight`s talk was on the wreck of t...
From The Clwyd to the Nile - The Extraordinary Life of Edward Evans
After welcoming everyone to our February meeting, Richard, our Chairman, introduced the Speaker, Julie Greer who, as a Member of the Society, did not need much of an introduction as she is a well-known and popular speaker for the Society. She also admits to having an...
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The first meeting of the New Year was opened by our chairman. Richard, welcoming the Members and our Speaker for the evening, Adrian Hughes. Adrian is well known to the Society and has spoken to us before, so we knew we were in for a good evening. Adrian himself is a...
1928 Grand National Winner
Our final meeting of the year was an illustrated talk by Mrs Mary Watkin Jones who is an author and raconteur.
Mrs Watkin Jones comes from Lixwm and has a family history in farming and connection with horses and, from the age of 2 ½ was out riding with the hunt...
Railways Around Rhyl
Our November meeting was an illustrated talk by Mr Bill Rogerson on the local railway history. Mr Rogerson was welcomed by our Chairman Richard who also welcomed the members present.
Bill's talk concentrated mainly on the line that used to transport goods and passen...
Nursing in WW1
Our first meeting of the new Season was an illustrated talk given by Celia Drew on” Nursing in WW1”, Celia was a nurse before retirement and has visited many of the sites mentioned in WW1 including the battlefields.
Nursing during this time was a very different job ...
The Curious Case of The 3:20 to Widnes
The Chairman, Richard, welcomed the members to the meeting and explained that, unfortunately, there had been a last-minute change for the evening`s talk as the speaker was not available. So. at the last minute, our treasurer Chris Grier had to bring forward an articl...