Using public records Dave Edwards has pieced together this very brief biography of Alfred Sproston, a popular hairdresser of Hall Street, Rhos. The story includes details that go back to the birth of Alfred’s father [more]
Cyril Bullock serves customers at Woolworths Fish Bar, Wrexham 1972. Many children were mesmerised by the huge fish/running water/nets feature on the back wall. Sadly now just a great memory it forms part of the [more]
Wholesale Grocery and Corn Shop, Chester St, Wrexham, Circa 1940’s. Source: NWNMedia;
Shop frontage of E.R. Hughes – The Bon, top of Town Hill in 1966. Source: Leaderlive.
Close up views of Hope Street, at the junction with High Street in 1966. Source: NWNMedia.
Regent Street looking towards Hope Street on a busy summer day in 1995. Source: The Welsh Borderlands, first published 1995.
Wrexham Vegetable market 1970. Source: NWNMedia; Wrexham History.
This great photograph of High Street, Wrexham in the early 1890s was supplied by Tom Farrell of Aberystwyth.
We have been sent the following photographs from Ed, for inclusion on the website. Photo of 8 High Street Wrexham Message Body: Thank you for having this site and posting enough information for my searches [more]
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]
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