The Golden Age of Brymbo Steam, by G and H Charles

Book published by Garreg Gwalch in 1997, 112 pages. Paperback (N5898X1)

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From the rear side cover: In this book packed with personal anecdotes, two brothers with a love of steam railways share Brymbo's rise as a power in the steel industry and enjoy the village's close community spirit. Their account describes how the GWR, the LNWR and LNER (Great Central) brought their rails to Brymbo to fight for its industrial wealth and how local industry responed to economic changes in their lifetime...

There are chapters titled The Minerva GWR branch, Summer Holidays, Coal, Brymbo Steelworks, Characters, Coal Picking, Luftwaffe hits Brymbo, The Gresford Disaster, and more!