Here’s a photo of Gwrych Castle Gate, Abergele from the Dennis Parr Collection. Date unknown, but maybe an eagled eyed reader will be able to give a rough date by looking at the car.
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The Co-op Camp, y Foryd
Here’s a photo of The Co-op Camp, y Foryd, near Rhyl, from the Dennis Parr Collection. Date unknown.
Nurse Tubridy of Abergele Hospital in the 1950s
There was a nurse at Abergele Chest Hospital, or Abergele Sanitorium, in the early 1950s called Nurse Tubridy. Linda Ramsden has kindly shared some old photos from her personal archive of Abergele Hospital in the 1950s. we’ve been publishing Linda’s photos of life in the Hospital in Abergele Post during the past months. Many thanks to Linda.
Update 29/05/2023 As you can see in the comments, we’ve received this correction from Nurse Tubridy’s own son: “The nurse in the photo is not Nurse Tubridy. I know this because my mother is Nurse Tubridy. She was at Abergele Sanitorium as a nurse in the early fifties. She was from Ireland and was known as Maura. I have photos of her during her time at Abergele sanitorium. The photo on your site is not her. She is still alive and is 92 years old this year.” So I’ve changed the captions to remove the wrong name.
Abergele Hospital in the 1950s
Here are some more of the old photos Linda Ramsden shared from her personal archive of Abergele Hospital in the 1950s. Linda’s mother was Nurse Hughes, who worked at the hospital, also known as the Abergele Sanitorium, in the early 1950s. Many thanks to Linda:
Remembering the people of Abergele who took part in WWI
On 11 November 1918, ‘the war to end all wars’ came to an end. Abergele is remembering this on Remembrance Sunday. The poppies and cutout soldiers as you drive into the town have been a thoughtful reminder for the past weeks. This website has published many articles about WWI (keep clicking the Older Posts link at the bottom to see all the biographies and articles)
We thought we’d look back at the Cofia Abergele Remembers project in which AbergelePost.com worked with local historian Andrew Hesketh and Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan learners to list and record the names in audio of the people of Abergele and surrounds who participated in WWI. Click the triangle at the top-lift of this Soundcloud widget to hear the audio recording.
Here’s a list of students who made the recordings:
Jordan Harwood
Chloe Merrison
Anna Humphreys
Teigan Thompson
Scott Carney
Alice Naylor
Chantalle Cox
Eleanor Lloyd
Iwan Coghlan
Cian Hanna
Mike White
Ben Stone
Sophie Peake
Laurie Wilson
Lara Wagstaff
Abbey Jacklin
Jamie Edwards
We’re grateful to Andrew Hesketh and the Emrys students for this touching tribute. We join with the whole nation, 100 years after its end, in remembering those who participated and those who died in the First World War.
Nurse Hughes, who worked at Abergele Hospital 1950-1953
There was a nurse at Abergele Chest Hospital, or Abergele Sanitorium, in the early 1950s called Nurse Hughes. Her daughter Linda Ramsden has kindly shared some old photos from her personal archive of Abergele Hospital in the 1950s. we’ll publish more of Linda’s photos of life in the Hospital in Abergele Post during the coming months. Many thanks to Linda:
Father and baby dragged under the wild waters of the River Gele in the 1971 Abergele Floods
Lee Rowland Williams has been in touch with Abergele Post to tell his dramatic story as an 18-month-old baby when he and his father, the landlord (from 1967-72) of the Pen y Bont pub in Abergele nearly drowned during the Abergele Floods of 1971. Here’s his story in his own words:
“My parents Sheela and Hugh Williams , ran the Pen-y-Bont pub on Market Street,
and the only pub that was built over the River Gele and during the flood , a car became stuck under the bridge , therefore causing massive build up of powerful water to engulf our pub.
“My parents decided enough was way too much and with myself (an 18- month-old baby) my mum and dad and Brian left the pub. Within leaving the speed at which the river was so forceful, my father had me in his arms, but a broken log hit him waist high, and he was knocked underwater with me , into the black water, he couldn’t see me.
“My mum’s heart stopped for what seemed like years. Our friend Brian reacted so fast and, without a second thought, dived under the water and literally grabbed me and raised me up. It sounds dramatic, but it truly was. I went to hospital, but mum tells me that day she saw her only son and husband almost too close to loss, that it’s truly a miracle and also it’s such a huge part of that flood.
“I, Lee Rowland Williams can’t find any archive story of this major story of the history of Abergele. Please help if you can.”
So now Lee’s story is documented on this site. Thanks to him for sharing it.
