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Wrexham in past decades

This week we look at old pictures of a major border town and industrial centre.

Iolo Griffiths

InYourArea Community, Iolo Griffiths

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Wrexham in past decades

The Gothic architecture of the Wrexham Lager Brewery, pictured in July 1960, has a distinctively Bavaraian feel

Students at the Denbighshire Technical College see a machine for testing stress in building materials being demonstrated. Date unknown.
Wrexham bus station. No date given but judging by the clothing this would seem to be about the 1950s or 1960s
Billy the goat in perfect step with his Goat Major Lieutenant Corporal Howard Bodinnar of Coventry, leads the parade followed by the Pioneers marching through the streets of Wrexham.February 1951
A print by Henry Burn, circa 1847, of Wrexham. From the National Library of Wales collection
Wrexham brewery workers circa 1910. Courtesy of the Wrexham Lager company
The old Victorian bandstand in Wrexham's Parciau, pictured in April 1973, was the subject of a discussion whether it should be restored or demolished as it was in a poor condition
The mayor of Wrexham arrives by horse and carriage to open the Victoria School, Wrexham in January 1901
The Wrexham Miners Institute
Fruiterer John Edwards of Wrexham North Wales with assistant Ann Owen customer Mary Kyne and his thirty eight inch moustache, September 1983.
Fashion students Helen Marshall, Jayne Vallence and SharonHughes at Wrexham College of Art on March 20 1986

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