Month: April 2018

40s

21 years of Grove Park Theatre in 1946

Grove Park Theatre 21st birthday celebration dinner at the Wynnstay Arms Hotel Wrexham. The full programme includes 21 years of history by J. Emrys Williams. Source: Kindly donated by Margaret Hayes of Wrexham.

50s

Building Work at Grove Park Theatre 1956

Building Work in progress to convert the Sunday school of the former Hill Street Chapel, which was demolished. The only surviving bit of the chapel is a small length of wall visible in the foyer [more]

70s

Hope Street, Wrexham 1971

This drawing is by an artist in training at Wrexham Art College in 1971, this was kindly supplied by Margaret Hayes of Wrexham, who in 1971 paid £20 for two original prints from the then [more]

70s

Queen Street, Wrexham 1971

This drawing is by an artist in training at Wrexham Art College in 1971, this was kindly supplied by Margaret Hayes of Wrexham, who in 1971 paid £20 for two original prints from the then [more]

1800s

Child Stealing at Wrexham 1893

In February 1893 Wrexham Magistrates Court was packed by a varied audience anxious to hear the case of alleged child stealing. The accused was Alice Bellis, the young wife of Thomas Edward Bellis who lived [more]