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• WARTIME PUB: EVERYDAY LIFE AT THE WYNNSTAY ARMS, RUABON, DENBIGHSHIRE, WALES, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A view of empty bottle holders behind the bar at the Wynnstay Arms, Ruabon. This lack of spirits, such as whisky and gin was a common sight in wartime. Also visible is a price list for beers. The original caption states that the "scrawled out, altered...

• WARTIME PUB: EVERYDAY LIFE AT THE WYNNSTAY ARMS, RUABON, DENBIGHSHIRE, WALES, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A group of women enjoy a drink and share a joke at the Wynnstay Arms, Ruabon. The original caption reads: "Along the stone flagged passage, wives gather in 'Ladies Corner', gossip and drink Guinness at one and a penny a bottle".

• WARTIME PUB: EVERYDAY LIFE AT THE WYNNSTAY ARMS, RUABON, DENBIGHSHIRE, WALES, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Three men discuss various local issues over a pint of beer and a cigarette at the Wynnstay Arms in Ruabon.

• WARTIME PUB: EVERYDAY LIFE AT THE WYNNSTAY ARMS, RUABON, DENBIGHSHIRE, WALES, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Local labourer Price Evans drinks down his pint of beer at the Wynnstay Arms in Ruabon. According to the original caption, Mr Evans said "It may be dear, it may be thin, but there ain't no bad beer".

• WARTIME PUB: EVERYDAY LIFE AT THE WYNNSTAY ARMS, RUABON, DENBIGHSHIRE, WALES, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Corn Merchant Harold Davenport (right) and Rev. Harold J Crowasdale (left) enjoy a pint and a chat in the snug of the Wynnstay Arms, Ruabon. According to the original caption, Rev Crowasdale is originally from Lancashire and was vicar of All Saint's...

• WATER MILL AT WAR: EVERYDAY LIFE AT ERBISTOCK MILL, NEAR RUABON, DENBIGHSHIRE, WALES, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Miller Rogers supervises as oats trickle down a 'funnel' made from sacking onto the turning mill stones at Erbistock Mill. The original caption states that "on the mill floor are four pairs of stones similar to the one shown. Only when the mill is...

• WATER MILL AT WAR: EVERYDAY LIFE AT ERBISTOCK MILL, NEAR RUABON, DENBIGHSHIRE, WALES, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  At Erbistock Mill in Denbighshire, Wales, a farmer delivers a sack of corn for grinding. The mill is designed so that the corn can be hoisted directly from the horse-drawn cart onto the milling floor. In the same way it can be lowered directly from...

• WATER MILL AT WAR: EVERYDAY LIFE AT ERBISTOCK MILL, NEAR RUABON, DENBIGHSHIRE, WALES, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  At Erbistock Mill near Ruabon, Miller Rogers (left) is helped by the mill-stone dresser, 67-year-old Alfred Peate (right) to weigh a sack of meal before it goes out for loading.

• WATER MILL AT WAR: EVERYDAY LIFE AT ERBISTOCK MILL, NEAR RUABON, DENBIGHSHIRE, WALES, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A view of the exterior of Erbistock Mill, clearly showing the water wheel on the left. The original caption states that the mill was built in 1661, and that the exterior is typical of seventeenth century mills.

• WATER MILL AT WAR: EVERYDAY LIFE AT ERBISTOCK MILL, NEAR RUABON, DENBIGHSHIRE, WALES, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Miller Rogers at work in his 'office' at Erbistock Mill. The office consists of a stand up desk and a telephone.