If we build it, they will come! And we'll be putting the first bricks in place on Wednesday 15th January in Wrexham Library at 2.30pm. That afternoon, the Library - through our annual literary festival with a difference – Wrexham's Carnival of Words – hosts a gathering for dozens of organisations, and individual "movers and shakers", to decide … [Read more...] about 2026 – Celebrating 150 Years of Wrexham’s Culture, Art and Industry
Wrexham 1876
Wrexham’s Great Art Treasures Exhibition, 1876
The year had an interesting beginning - the Football Association of Wales established at the town's Wynnstay Hotel. And then there were the visits by George Pinder's Continental Circus and a memorable Horticultural Show, the first to be held in town for almost ten years. But in July 1876, Wrexham saw the most memorable event of the entire … [Read more...] about Wrexham’s Great Art Treasures Exhibition, 1876
Alfred Neobard Palmer
I remember plainly how I first stumbled across Alfred Neobard Palmer. I was writing the final part of my Yale Trilogy and was searching for significant events which might have taken place in Wrexham during 1715. This search led me to a book with the lengthy title, A History of the Older NonConformity of Wrexham and its Neighbourhood, being the … [Read more...] about Alfred Neobard Palmer