Memories of Chirk

[JustLooking]

...and another one - assume taken at the Chapel on Chapel Lane - I see Dr Salt, old Mr Potter and Uncle John Oliver there. I don't recognise any of the others.



JL

[JustLooking]

Here's another one while I'm searching through.

Bottom Row, Chirk Green. Early 1940s.

So much for concessionary coal - after a long shift at the coal face, the miners had to come home and shovel it all into the coal shed 

I expect you'd know this person, Keith 



JL

[keithwynne]

JL,
I well remember your Dad. Both your mum and Dad were lovely people.
In the photo of the Chapel group, the only other face I recognise is second from the right.  It is Bill Thomas, who lived in the bungalow LHS Lloyds lane. I think he might have been a local magistrate or something like.
Somewhere I've a photo taken in 1947 celebrating either nationalisation of the railways or an anniversary of the GWR coming to Chirk. It is taken at the station and includes all the local worthies including Bill Thomas, as well as the others such as me, Bill, George, Pat and about half of Chirk.
Keith

[Morganllan]

My Nain told me that as a young girl she was in a choir that went to sing Christmas carols in a concert for Lord Howard de Walden, at Chirk Castle; must have been ca 1932 

I remember the first time I saw those magnificent castle gates, and was especially impressed by the red hand 

[Morganllan]

I'm sure there was a Chirk Green Chapel but I can't remember where it was 

The Methodist Chapel in Chapel Lane is Chirk Green Chapel. I've been there quite a few times over the years. I'm told it still has 2 services on Sunday and a lot of other activities such as fellowship and lunch club. There used to be a pub called Plasywaun next door, not that I ever went there   

There's a Chapel at Chirk Bank too.

Is the old oak still there?

Morgan

[JustLooking]

Not sure about the old oak, Morgan, but that dedication was at the chapel that we're talking about - nearly all of my Roberts line went there - my little family  were C of E because my  paternal Gran (nee Mates) and my Mum were.

Cousin Janet's line were C of E also    It's very interesting how a family's religious affiliations changed in just 1-2 generations.

Your Mum's friend (my cousin) were Prims, (I think)  -  i'm sure  they went to the Station Rd Chapel.

Be back later - eyes are really hurting 


JL

[JustLooking]

Hello Keith and any other interested parties

I've just been browsing on the old maps web site and found an interesting \os map that pinpoints the location of some of the old mine shafts, the original RC Chruch and the Children's Hospital.

Go to www.old-maps.co.uk

* Enter Chirk Green in the location.
* select the 1954 Pre-WW11  1:10 500 (partial coverage)
* Select Enhance Zoom and then enlarge and wonder around to some favourite haunts


JL

PS - just looked at an older map and discovered that the original Brynkinallt colliery shafts are located to the east of where the old allotments were at the top of Chirk Green 

[keithwynne]

Hello JL,
Thankyou for the Old Map web site. Am just about to wander around the Chirk I remember.
Keith

[JustLooking]

While you're there, Morgan has found out that your friend, who still lives in Chirk, thinks that the Jummer was what Chirk Green Farm was once called!

But I don't know where the Jummer in Jummer's Farm came from 


JL

PS - I've found a Margery Jummer who got married in Somerset in 1635