All aboard! When rail ruled across Flintshire
The street name often the only reminder in most cases of what once was. It's hard to image the market town of Mold as home to a bustling railway but it certainly had one. Having recently been loaned the collection of postcards and photographs belonging to former Leader columnist, the late Elvet Pierce, by his son Brynmor, I came across a stunning set featuring trains and railway life across Flintshire. Along with the following words by local historian and author Brian Bennett, and a few of his own collection of photos, it's not difficult to get a real sense of how things used to be...