Groves School, Wrexham. Founded in 1896 as part of the Grove Park School for Boys, the school was accommodated in the old Grove Park School buildings. By 1925 the school had some 300 pupils who [more]
The former ESSO Garage, Regent Street. The former site of Regent Street Motors, the fuel station had been closed for many years until it was demolished in 2013 to make way for a new retail development. [more]
The changing view of Yorke Street. Many of the streets in Wrexham have seen major changes to it’s street view, here are a few views of Yorke Street. Sources: Graham Lloyd, Wrexham Museum, Hayley Angel [more]
Henry Monk, Bake n Take and Fagins. (Pic Tom Farell Collection)
High Street, Wrexham. (Pic Tom Farrell Collection)
Wrexham Prints by David Walker. David Walker supplied these Pen and Ink drawn many years ago, when he lived in Coedpoeth. David produced them as Prints and they are still available individually or as a [more]
THERE were plenty of reasons for supposing a permanent link between Britain and France would be sunk by the forces of nature. But now that it has been achieved, it’s the battle between Eurotunnel, its [more]
Meredith was the best of his day. George Best was once the idol of the football fans. In the ‘forties it was Stanley Matthews, in the ‘thirties Dixie Dean, but in the ‘twenties it was [more]
A LITTLE PIECE OF HISTORY! Exciting recent addition to our vintage silver stock, a lovely silver notebook and card case once owned by Captain Henry William Dyke, who was the Assistant Commander on the White [more]
The Stiwt Theatre. Formerly the “Miner’s Institute” (Plas Mwynwyr), which was built in 1926 and dominated the social and cultural life of the village until 1977 when it closed. The local council, which had purchased [more]
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