25 years ago in Flintshire

By Flintshire Chronicle on Jan 16, 09 10:54 AM in 1900-1999

CLWYD councillors were pressing ahead with plans to demolish the historic Hawkesbury Hall, pictured, in Buckley - despite objections from local historians.

ALYN and Deeside Council planned to fill in an old railway cutting alongside The Highway at Ewloe and use the land as a country park.

NORTHOP residents crowded into a public inquiry which was set to determine once and for all the route of the controversial, multi-million-pound Northop bypass.

SYCHDYN Memorial Hall fundraising committee announced it had banked £7,000 to date toward improvements to the building.

ONE in six people - a total of 8,305 - were unemployed in Deeside, Flint, Holywell, Mold and Buckley during Christmas and New Year.

CLWYD councillors were split on the best method of implementing Government legislation which gave parents the right to choose a school for their children.

ALYN and Deeside Council managed to trim back its spending budget to just over £5m to toe the Government cutback line.

IN A last-ditch effort to win Government financial aid for the A320 European Airbus project, a British Aerospace Broughton union leader and MP Barry Jones were to deliver a petition to Downing Street.

A SERVICE which helped people to check their entitlement to welfare benefits was launched in Clwyd.

A RIGHT royal welcome was planned by Flint folk for the Queen's visit to the town on March 16 to open the £2.4m offices of Delyn Council.

LOCAL organisations were invited to make use of Mold Alex FC's new £90,000 dream clubhouse.

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