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History audio & video

Watch and listen to stories about the region's local history, mainly told by the people who were there.

Gresford Disaster

Archive footage includes a broadcast of the accident.

Discipline book

Gordon provides an insight into Rhos' mining past.

Gold Cape

Award winning poet Stuart Taylor wrote about the Gold Cape.

Shotton Steelworks

A works' film shot pre-nationalisation.

Then & Now

Local life as seen from people's old photos & memories.

WWII stories

Contributors record their war stories concerning NE Wales.

The escaped lion

Huw shares photos and memories to do with Cefn Mawr.

Migrating frogs

David remembers the problem caused by frogs in Acrefair.

Pub memories

Marilynne remembers the Blue Bell pub, Acrefair, in the '60s.

Floods

Flooding in Bangor on Dee was once a regular feature, according to villagers.

Secret weapons

Inside a secret WWII weapons factory, near Mold.

Brymbo Steelworks

Watch a 1960s film showing the former steelworks in Wrexham.

Hafod Hooter

Former miner Ken talks about the siren used at Hafod Colliery.

'60s Wrexham

Before cars were banned from Wrexham town centre.

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Do you fancy making your own film? There are opportunities for people to make their own Video Nation films.


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