The area once known as the bomb site has quite a history, it was bounded by Queen Street, Henblas Street, Chester Street & Lambpit Street. This is not just about the old Market, a lot of other buildings have [more]
Amongst the public and private buildings at present being or about to be erected around us, we place before our readers a wood engraving of the artist’s studio to be built on a plot of [more]
THE OLD Manor House, at World’s End, Llangollen, was built about 1563, and since then, a west wing has been added. The upper storey consists of massive timbers. Over one of the doorways there is [more]
The story of the Lowe family who came from Yorkshire and through their descendants eventually ended up in Wrexham. William Lowe was born in Sheffield about 1820 and in 1840 he married Mary Piercy at [more]
Top of the Form winners 1968 Grove Park Boys’ School Wrexham had been invited to compete in the 21st Anniversary series of the BBC radio quiz programme “Top of the Form”. That year’s contest was [more]
Can you help identify the possible location of this event? Submitted by Catherine who includes the following information. I am hoping you can help me out regarding a picture I found amongst my grandparents photos. [more]
Oscar Alexander Hugo Franke was born on 17th May 1843 and baptised at Dresden, Saxony. Germany. He was the son of Johanne Michael Franke, a farmer. It`s not exactly certain when he came to Britain, [more]
This upload features unique and never broadcast in the UK, footage of a short interview with HMS Repulse survivors whom had escaped from Singapore in early 1942. My late father, Ted Matthews, is one of [more]
The Hightown flats (Napier Square and Gatefield) were completed by Wrexham Borough Council in 1970. They were built on the site of 19th century terraced houses including Napier St, Nelson St, Trafalgar Rd and several [more]
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