Flintshire Memories: It happened 30 years ago this week

By Flintshire Chronicle on Jul 18, 09 01:13 PM in 1900-1999

BRITISH Steel Corporation announced the end of steel making at its Shotton plant. Welsh Division managing director Peter Allen tells the workforce 6,300 jobs are to be phased out within a year.

HOLYWELL weightlifters dig deep into their own pockets to start a training facility at the King's Head Hotel Ballroom.

SICKNESS among Delyn Borough Council's 290 staff cost the authority £27,500 a year. Personnel chiefs say staff taking frequent short periods are the main problem.

CLWYD County Council pulls the plug on parents' DIY swimming pool at Gwernaffield Primary school. Spending cuts mean the council cannot finance the £30,000 needed to complete the half-finished pool.

ALYN and Deeside Council prepared to be swamped by applications from scores of its 5,000 tenants to buy their own homes under the newly-formed Thatcher Government's Right To Buy scheme.

NERCWYS contralto Anne Davies hits the high notes at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, winning first prize for the best soloist. She picks up a trophy and £50 and also scoops the contralto solo section for the second year running.

PEOPLE from as far afield as Brazil, Norway and France are in Buckley to witness the 123rd Jubilee.

PLANNERS claim if development went unchecked Mold would soon merge with nearby villages. The county structure plan up to 1991 suggests future development should be concentrated in Mynydd Isa and Buckley.

THEATR Clwyd screens Every Which Way But Loose starring Clint Eastwood (pictured) and a orangutan named Clyde.

THE Welsh bowls team thrashes the Potteries in the country's first Crossfield Cup game at Holywell's Fron Park.

CRICKET fans are treated to the BBC's uninterrupted live coverage of the Test match between England and India.

HAWARDEN High School boys win the Deeside Schools Hockey Championship by beating reigning Welsh champions Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay, 2-1 at Northop Hall.