Flintshire Memories: 30 years ago this week

By Flintshire Chronicle on Jul 5, 09 02:31 PM in 1900-1999

A NEW carpet which transformed the Deeside Leisure Centre ice rink (pictured) into the biggest concert hall in the region was unrolled for the first time.

CLWYD Health Authority wanted the Government to make the wearing of seat belts compulsory.

FLINTSHIRE enjoyed a heat wave as temperatures soared to 77 degrees.

AN APPEAL to Clwyd's 60 social workers to drop their threatened industrial action was made by the county's social services committee.

A 178-acre farm in Cilcain was sold at auction for £280,000.

THE Government shocked Clwyd education chiefs by reducing the county's school building budget by £100,000.

HOUSEHOLDERS who visited the Welsh Water Authority's Bretton works were able to see how water extracted from the River Dee was purified before it reached the kitchen tap.

SHOTTON Steelworks Central Charities Committee donated £2,165 to good causes.
HUNDREDS of angry mothers marched on Shire Hall, Mold, to protest about planned cuts in education spending which threatened nursery schools and teaching jobs.

THE number of people out of work in Mold, Deeside, Flint and Holywell fell by 21 over the month to 3,182 - the lowest June figure since 1975.

THE impressive talents of Holywell High School pupils were showcased at an open evening.

A NEW £300,000 factory on Deeside Industrial Park employing 40 people, mainly craft welders, was expected to be completed by the end of the year.

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