Regent Street looking towards Hope Street on a busy summer day in 1995.
Source: The Welsh Borderlands, first published 1995.
A busy Regent Street back in 1995
As it was!
The rattle of the trams in Wrexham.
Cars now flow along Wrexham’s roads but once the sound on the streets was the rattle of the trams. The Story of the Tram The tram is more than a vehicle — it represents a [more]
20s
Memories of Victoria School 1920s – Eric Hughes
Memories of Victoria School 1920s – Eric Hughes My formal education was received in its entirety at Victoria School so that any successes I have had must, in part, be attributed to the teaching I [more]
1800s
Running away from the Wrexham Workhouse 1857
Compared with today’s standards, the Victorian legal system can appear to be particularly harsh towards children living under difficult circumstances. An example of this is one court case brought about due to four children running [more]