Llanarmon: The End of Mothers Worry

From the collection of

Archif Sgrin a Sain Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales Screen and Sound Archive
Established in 2001, the National Library of Wales Screen and Sound Archive holds an unrivalled collection of films, TV and radio broadcasts, video tapes and sound recordings relating to Wales and the Welsh, from 1898 to the present day. The collection spans multiples formats and genres, both professional and amateur.

Llanarmon: The End of Mothers Worry


With the widening of the road between Ty'n y Groesffordd and Llanarmon School, pedestrians, particularly schoolchildren, will be safer.

Goodbye to narrow, dangerous bends in the road! Widening of the highway between Ty'n y Groesffordd and Llanarmon primary school causes havoc on Polling Day but ultimately provides a safer route for children to walk to and from the school – and pigs, too, are seen using the new road! Mothers can now rest easy.

W H Crawford, who shot this footage, worked for a haulage company – Briggs - in Liverpool, and he captures detailed footage of the various diggers and lorries involved in the roadworks. Crawford and his family came to live in their holiday home in Llanarmon – 'Ellerslie' - in 1940, after they were bombed out of their home in Liverpool. Crawford delighted in recording on film the people and events in the Denbighshire community which offered sanctuary to many a member of the extended Crawford family during WWII. The full name of the village is Llanarmon-yn-Iâl.


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