A railway accident, which caused a profound sensation throughout the kingdom on Christmas Day, occurred on the Great Western Railway on Thursday week, a few hundred yards from the village of Hampton Gay and close [more]
Do you remember The Billy Scales Band? Sent in by Nathan Roberts, he said “This is my Grandad Billy Scales and his dance band, he used to play around the Wrexham and North Wales area [more]
Cobden Flour Mill, Wrexham.
Staff from the Woolworths store in Wrexham have a final group photo before the store closed for good on Tuesday 6th January 2009. The store had 73 members of staff and has been in the [more]
Clarke Bros, Butchers Shop, Chester Street, c 1930s.
A beautiful old photo of when Wrexham FC met Liverpool in the FA Cup 4th round at Anfield on the 24th January 1970. (Wrexham lost 3-1). Source: NWN Media
Source: NWN Media
Dr Beeching considered the long line from Ruabon to Barmouth along the Dee valley to be surplus to requirements and its complete closure was scheduled for 18th January 1965. In the autumn of its days [more]
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