Brymbo Heritage Group

Another plaque unveilled

nick — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:34:58 +0000

On Friday 4th November 2011 a plaque to commemorate the visit to Brymbo of Prince Edward the Prince of Wales in 1934 was unveiled. The plaque was produced and fitted into the wall by Brymbo Heritage Group with funding from Brymbo Community Council. It was unveiled by children from Brymbo School and was attended by members of the community.

Wrexham Histories Festival

nick — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:37:35 +0000

On Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th February 2011 BHG exhibited at a stand at the Wrexham Histories Festival organised by Wrexham Borough Council. This was a very successful event that was attended by a number of heritage organisations and visitors. Our thanks to all the members who helped out with the stand.

On the stand we were showing a number of old documents, some of the ‘patterns’ used at the steelworks, old photographs, a video tour of Brymbo and our oral history project.

The events included some excellent performances by Branka Crowder playing the haunting sound of traditional Celtic music, and the Fron Male Voice Choir.

To find out more about the events and exhibitions go to www.wrexhamstory.co.uk

This event was part of the Wrexham Year of Culture, full details of events throughout the year are available on http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/leisure_tourism/year_of_culture/

Plaque unveiled

nick — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:33:43 +0000

On the 14th April 2011 some of the children from St. Mary’s Aided Primary School Brymbo, unveiled a plaque to commemorate the production of Iron and Steel at the former Brymbo Steelworks, from 1796 to 1990.

Also attending were the Head of the school and members of staff, Community councillors and Mr Tony Birch outgoing Chairman of Brymbo council.

The group would like to thank Mr Tony Lambert local builder, for putting the 3 ton bolder in to place, Brymbo Community Council for the funding for the project and PCSO Rebecca Stallard for her work in keeping the whole proceedings safe by controlling the traffic on the day.

The plaque was manufactured by Merseyside Casting ltd. Liverpool, and the stone was set and dressed by Celtic Stone.

Beryl Baigent 2011 visit

nick — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:31:21 +0000

Beryl lives in Canada and was born in this area. She came to visit us in Brymbo in 2010 and was able to read some of her excellent poems at one of our evening meetings. She was over in Wales again from 19th June to 5th July 2011 and launched her new book, In Praise of Darkness on 24th June. We arranged an extra meeting on Wednesday 29th June for Beryl to read to us. This was in the Conservative Club at 7:30pm and thanks to Gweneth at the Conservative Club for arranging a light buffet.

Whilst Beryl was across, we also took the opportunity to record an oral history interview with her. Meanwhile, she has sent us some photographs to look at which are in the photographs section.

Brymbo Boot

nick — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:18:43 +0000

Another car boot sale was held on Saturday 9th July in the car park in front of the Enterprise Centre. We were very lucky that the weather was good and everyone enjoyed the sunshine. It was very well attended with lots of people selling a wide range of items. Keep checking the website for the date of the next Brymbo Boot.