A FLINTSHIRE church will mark 100 years since the ending of the First World War with an exhibition later this month.

The Flintshire Remembers Exhibition at Tyddyn Street Church between 25-27 October will provide an insight into life in Britain during World War One.

There will be exhibits showing the work in munition factory workers in Flintshire, the wartime hospital at Leeswood Hall, and, from a Church History member, memorabilia of a family member who served as a nurse behind enemy lines in Palestine.

David Rowe, a local historian who is helping to organise the exhibition, said: ''With the focus on the trenches in France and Flanders, we tend to overlook the major contributions made by women during the war.

''With many men serving in the armed services, this led to women working in areas that previously were the exclusive territory of men. These included railway workers, bus and tram conductors, postal workers, bank staff and police and firefighters. In Flintshire especially women worked in nursing, agriculture and the Deeside armaments factories.

''However, they generally received lower wages for doing the same work, leading to early demands for equal pay. Ultimately this war work also contributed to the woman's suffrage campaign.

Mr Rowe added ''A good example of the contribution made by women was the work of two sisters, Bessie and Dollie Lloyd, from Gwernaffield Road, Mold. Bessiewent to work in the TNT factory Queensferry and Dollie used her nursing skills to work under the Red Cross.''

The Exhibition opens at 11a.m on Thursday 25th October and there will be an official opening by Councillor Karen Hodgkinson, Mayor of Mold.