EVERY year Wales comes together for the National Eisteddfod.

The week of competitions and performances, considered the largest music and poetry festival in Europe, attracts thousands of visitors from across the country, and beyond.

Here we look back the event when it was held in Wrexham and District back in 1977. It returned to the county in 2011, and was held in Flintshire in 2007.

To see more photos from the past, courtesy of the Leader archives, checkout the Local Bygones section on our website - leaderlive.co.uk

For more photos and chat about local history, you can also join the 'Local Bygones' Facebook group.

If you have any old photos you would like to share, email claire.pierce@newsquest.co.uk