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Times Past Photographic Archives of North Wales.
Buckley (Bwcle) in Flintshire Photographic Archives
Buckley ( Bwcle in Welsh) was built up around the coal, brick-making
and pottery industries, and even though coal production had all but stopped
by the mid 1930's the brick and pottery industries were still going VERY
strong - long after the last colliery in Buckley was shut.
As one local - Andrew Parker - said:-
"Looking back to my childhood I can only recall about 5 coal pits.
The one that sticks in my mind is Mountain Colliery as the train tracks
for it used to run through where my parents kitchen is. I used to cross
Church road, down from St Matthew's Church, to the old railway crossing
gates and along where the old lines ran to the colliery itself. In fact
I remember playing on the old pit head works when going to and from school,
Mountain Lane Primary.
What I do recall are the great many clay pits when I was younger. Mostly
the Mount which was around the back of the estate. It was one of many
that were flooded. Many friends and I used to swim, canoe, play and fish
in them.
But I think the biggest one was Lane End works, and I do believe that
it has shut down in recent years but if you look at a map from the sixties
you will see that most of the CLAY pits are in a line, from Lane End to
the Mount, Polio, the Adders (Long filled in with the land fill site)
the Globe and so forth."
If you have any old postcards or photographs of North Wales that you could scan and email then please send them here.
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Buckley Boy's Brigade |
Buckley Free Library and Council Chambers |
Buckley Junction Staff |
Buckley Junction Station |
Buckley - Lane End |
Buckley - Main Street |
Buckley - Mountain Colliery |
Bckley - Old Windmill |
Buckley - St Matthews Boys School |
Buckley - St Matthews School 1935 |
Buckley - Tivoli Cinema |
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Acknowledgments:- The archives site has been made possible by the kind cooperation of: Anne Ashton, Ron Ashton, David Baker, Helena Crennell, Mary Eunice Davies, Ray Davies, Sandra Davies, Terry Ireland, David Sallery, Ky Thurland, Dave Williams, with photographic work from the collections of Dora M Davies, Ray Davies, Dr David Williams, Haydn Morris, Frank Armstrong and Phil Evans.