There was once a time when hundreds of families lived in rusting old double decker buses in the sand dunes behind what is today a "paradise" beach.
Talacre Beach in north Wales is a popular tourist hotspot and wildlife haven today. But back in the 1950s it looked very different with hundreds of makeshift shacks without any electricity or running water. The area - called The Warren - was known locally as the "slum by the sea".
Situated at the mouth of the Dee Estuary and Liverpool Bay, the very first holiday chalets were built on the area of uncultivated land near the beach in the early 1930s. But during World War Two, the chalets on The Warren steadily filled with evacuees fleeing bombing raids targeting Merseyside for its docks and shipyards. You can get more local news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
