Charles Street
The Lowe Family
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]
Your Memories
School Days
Grove Park School – Top of the Form winners 1968
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]
Your Memories
Mystery photo possibly Wrexham Garden Village
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]
Llangollen & Rural
Visit to Llangollen, July 1945
The following pictures taken in Llangollen July 1945 have been kindly supplied to Wrexham History by Virginia Jenkins in Hyde Park, Vermont, USA
50s
Copperas Corner 1952
Jennifer Bland’s family has had a long association with Penycae. In 1780 one ancestor owned Groes Hall, Maes y Pentre (Black Horse), Ysgubor Ucha, and later Groes Colliery. Jennifer kindly supplied this photo of Copperas [more]
90s
Cefn Musical Theatre Society – Half a Sixpence 1992
This year (1992) we return to a more traditional musical with “Half a Sixpence”, a bright and breezy frolic with the major leads taken by younger members of the society. Source: Cefn Mawr Musical Society [more]
60s
HMAS Voyager disaster: Archives reveal stories of heroism of a local man
On the evening of February 10, 1964, the worst peacetime disaster in Australian maritime history unfolded off the New South Wales south coast. During a naval training exercise HMAS Melbourne, an aircraft carrier, collided with [more]
Clubs & Societies
Memories of Penycae Youth Club
The first youth club was held in Penycae school we had first aid classes tennis lessons and best of all ballroom dancing lessons Neil Davies of Penycae taught us to dance we learned the lot [more]
Acrefair
A Tribute to the employees of Air Products – 1957-2009
Air Products moved out after more than 50 years at its home in Acrefair, with the last members of a 200 strong workforce finally leaving on 18th December 2009. John Edwards, who had worked at [more]
70s
Silver Jubilee Street Party 1977 – Wrexham
Silver Jubilee Street Party at Edward Street Wrexham 1977 Filmed by Mr Rees Lewis of 10 Edward Street. Source: Poppy Wales; Claire Lewis.