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Catalogue of the Standard Brick Company, Buckley, c. 1900 [image 3 of 16]
  • The HM munitions factory at Queensferry employed 7,000 people at its peak during the First World War, with females comprising the majority of the production staff. The factory specialized in the manufacture of high explosives and gun cotton (explosive cellulose nitrate) which posed serious health and safety hazards for the employees. Given the hazardous nature of these materials, it is remarkable that only four people lost their lives as a result of accidents in the factory. However, serious injuries, burns and ill health were extremely common and over 12,500 accidents were reported during 1917-18.
Female munitions workers at Queensferry, c.1915
Mold Bank five pound note, dated 25 March 1829
  • Edwin Connah of Buckley spent most of his life in the brickmaking industry. He worked as a burner at Gibsons brickworks, Buckley, from 1907 until his retirement. This booklet was written before 1900.
Edwin Connah, Recipes for White and Coloured Glazes (Wrexham, c.1890s) [title page, image 1 of 13]
Holywell Bank one pound note, 6 November 1820
Memorial card of the novelist Daniel Owen, 1895 [image 1 of 2]