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Acton Hall Gates, Wrexham 1924

01/02/2017

Acton Hall Gates, Wrexham 1924. Located on the Chester Road. The hall itself was the residence of the Cunliffe family and was also the home at one time of the infamous Judge Jeffries. The hall [more]

High Street from the Town Hall, Wrexham 1905

30/07/2017

Source: Postcard from our collection

Restoration of the Iconic Hippodrome Light.

04/09/2016

Restoration of the Hippodrome Light The Hippodrome Light. A brief history. “For people in the 1920’s and 30’s cinema going was the ultimate form of escapism. Films were getting bigger and better with budgets starting [more]

NEW BOOK – Secret Wrexham

30/03/2018

The town of Wrexham and its immediate vicinity has a rich heritage of industry, including coal, iron and steel, brewing, tanning, brick and tile making and lead mining. In Secret WrexhamJohn Idris Jones takes the [more]

Hortons Jewellers, Church Street, Wrexham

02/09/2017

Hortons, Church Street, watchmaker, jewellers, gifts and music.

Gresford Colliery with Alan & Margaret of NWMAT

30/04/2017

An interview at Calon FM in April 2014 with Alan & Margaret Jones of NWMAT Source: Interview recorded at Calon FM Studio; this compilation compiled by Wrexham History; Graham Lloyd.

Mine workers getting on public transport in 1938

21/09/2016

Mine workers getting on public transport in 1938. Broad Street, Rhos, Wrexham. Bersham Colliery Pic supplied by NWN Media

Llay Main Colliery

25/02/2017

Llay Main Colliery was the last major mine to be sunk on the southern part of the North Wales Coalfield, Llay Main was completed in 1921, after sinking work had been postponed by the First [more]

The Women’s Land Army In Pictures

29/09/2016

Following a request to show the women’s role during World War I, here is a selection of pictures. In Britain during the First World War, there was a shortage of farm labour as men were [more]

Royal Ordnance Factory – Wrexham

08/09/2016

Work on the new Royal Ordnance factory at Wrexham began soon after the outbreak of war in 1939. Located where the Industrial Estate is today, during the Second World War, Wrexham’s ROF facility made cordite, [more]

7th Btn. RWF Home Guard E Company Rhos

01/03/2017

Men of the 7 Battalion, R.W.F. Home Guard, E Company, Rhos, during the Second World War, many of whom took part in the operation try to extinguish the flames on Rhos Mountain caused by enemy [more]

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