Old photos give a glimpse of our past
When Mike Harrison's grandfather John (1877-1941) started taking photos of scenes that attracted his attention 80 years ago, did he ever imagine his hobby would provide such a legacy?
It's only now, thanks to the Web 2.0 ethos of sharing, that we can appreciate his efforts - and Mike's - as he has been making his grandfather's photos available online for all to see - and enjoy.
It's quite an archive John Harrison has left, judging by the dozens of photos he collected while biking his way around the UK sometime around the 1920s.
From his home in Belfast, he travelled extensively across the UK and, thankfully, stopped off on the country lanes around north Wales and Shrophshire to share photos like a pleasure boat on Llangollen Canal, the water wheel at Rossett Mill, Erbistock, and there are others showing the north Wales coast and elsewhere.
Then, there are those, without captions - their locations unlike - suggesting this was a personal hobby.
The photos have been made available on Flickr, much like '100 year old photos of Welsh landmarks found in U.S archives' that were put on the web last year for public enjoyment.
Thanks to them, Mike and his grandfather.
Continuing the theme of old photos
Look at these next photos showing the former Mona Stores, High Street, Rhosllanerchrugog, near Wrexham. The oldest [left] was taken in 1923 and the others [below] are in the 60s and 2009 and are shared by Steve Williams as the shop was run by his great grandfather, Benjamin Williams, from about 1871.
Steve says: "Benjamin became an important local figure on the religious scene. He was also an important member of the Temperance movement, which was very strong in Rhos, and treasurer of the Rhos Silver Band."
And finally...
This week we also heard from Peter Owens, Ynys Mon, who's looking for any information regarding his great grandfather, John Hughes.
He was the ferry boat operator at Queensferry. Mr Hughes also ran the first Post Office and was known as "John the Post", running the "stagecoach mail run from Qeensferry to Flint and beyond".
