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Corwen Museum is run by the Edeyrnion Heritage and Cultural Society to help highlight and protect th

30/10/2026

Picture from the David Ellis Evans Archive. Ty Uchallyn, Corwen.

Does anyone know anything about the house?

Is that a ghost coming out of the house?

Laura

29/10/2026

29 October 1914

The death of E O Vaughan Lloyd of Rhagatt Hall.

On the 29th October, 1914, Mr Lloyd passed away. He was a generous benefactor to the Reading Room before the Council adopted the Libraries Act. The Council passed a Resolution regretting his decease.

Laura

28/10/2026

Able Bodied Seaman /JX247721 Glyn Thomas HMS Hecla, Royal Navy.

Glyn born 28 October 1920 son of David and Mary Winnifred Thomas (nee Davies) of Carrog. Glyn had two sisters, Jane and Ellen and a brother John.

In 1921, the family lived at 5 Glyndwr Terrace, with Dad David employed by the Moel Fferna Quarry.

Glyn enlisted in the Royal Navy.

Glyn came onboard HMS HECLA. HMS Hecla (1940) was a destroyer ship launched in May 1940. It was built by the John Brown Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited in Clydebank, Scotland.

Hecla was sunk by the German Submarine U-515 on 12 November 1942 just off the coast of Casablanca, Morocco.

Glyn was one of those onboard at the time.

Glyn is remembered on the Carrog War Memorial and the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Buried at sea.

If you have any further information, please let me know.

Laura

Photo of Portsmouth memorial taken by Adrian Hughes for the Home Front Museum page as part of their research of the Fallen of Llandudno.
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28/10/2026

28 October 1952 William Morris Hughes, CH, KC died.

William was an Australian politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923. He is best remembered for leading the country through the First World War.

William was born 25 Sept 1862 in London, where his father was helping with renovation work to the House of Parliament. HIs father - William Hughes we believe came from the Corwen Area, his mother Jane Morris came from the small village of Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain.

William's mother died when he was 6 and he was sent to his father's sister Mary in Llandudno to live. Mary ran a B&B Bryn Rosa, where William earned pocket money helping with the tenants

William emigrated to Australia aged 22 where his political career grew and as prime minister famously traded insults in Welsh with David Lloyd George.

The link with Corwen - and some more to research! It is possible he was related to Elizabeth Roberts who was the landlady of the Owain Glyndwr in the early 1900s. Just need to check some facts on that one. If you know anything - please let me know!

Photo of Billy Hughes from Wikipedia

Laura

27/10/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Makah Makah, Sue Hary

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Monday	12pm - 3pm
Tuesday	12pm - 3pm
Wednesday	12pm - 3pm
Thursday	12pm - 3pm
Friday	12pm - 3pm
Saturday	11am - 4pm
Sunday	11am - 4pm

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http://www.amgueddfacorwen.org.uk/

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