After graduating, he worked as a houseman in Liverpool and in Wrexham before being called up for army service. |
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The first half produced very little to get excited about and in truth Wrexham should have been at least one up. |
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News has emerged of an exceptional Middle Bronze Age gold hoard, found in north-east Wrexham by metal detectorists. |
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Retail, transport and educational infrastructure are centred on Wrexham, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno and Bangor. |
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The eastern part of North Wales contains the most populous areas, with more than 300,000 people living in the areas around Wrexham and Deeside. |
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The Bangor studios produce a large amount of Radio Cymru programmes with some music and feature output for Radio Wales originating from Wrexham. |
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All three stations broadcast from studios in Gwersyllt on the outskirts of Wrexham. |
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They remain the highest ranked team in the region, and play at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham and train at Colliers Park, Gresford. |
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When in 1985 the FAW moved its headquarter from Wrexham in the north to the capital Cardiff, the balance of power shifted firmly to the south. |
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The town has regular bus routes that link nearby villages and towns including Wrexham and Shrewsbury. |
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From 1996, it has been administered as part of the County Borough of Wrexham. |
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Beyond this point the river forms the boundary between Wrexham County Borough in Wales and Shropshire in the West Midlands of England. |
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At this point the border between Wrexham and Cheshire West and Chester follows the course of the river. |
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The northern end of Craig Berwyn is the highest point in Wrexham county borough. |
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The term is also sometimes applied to parts of Powys, Monmouthshire and Wrexham. |
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Wrexham owes a large amount of its original industrial heritage to Bersham, but despite this the village still retains a rural feeling. |
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Wrexham is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley alongside the border with England. |
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At the 2011 Census, Wrexham had a population of 61,603, the fourth largest urban area in Wales. |
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Grieving families currently have to travel to crematoriums in Blacon, Wrexham or Colwyn Bay. |
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The A5 then turns north west to Oswestry, before heading north into Wales in the Wrexham area. |
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Tennis Wales is based at The Welsh National Tennis Centre, East Moors, Cardiff, and has a regional office in Wrexham. |
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The following week former Wrexham loan star from the previous season Andy Bishop joined the club after his release from Bury. |
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Wrexham did however retain the use of Colliers Park for Youth and Reserve fixtures. |
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Wrexham has a fierce rivalry with Chester, the clubs are just 10 miles apart, but are English and Welsh respectively. |
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Other rivalries Wrexham also have rivalries with Shrewsbury Town and Tranmere Rovers due to geographical proximity. |
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Between 1988 and 1995 the reserve team of Wrexham played in the Welsh football leagues. |
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He also had short spells with Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield United, Wrexham and Sydney Olympic. |
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Until the end of 2016 they played their home games at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham. |
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After two seasons at Wrexham, the club pulled out from bidding for a 2012 Super League licence. |
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The Racecourse Ground is located in Wrexham in North Wales and is the official home of the Crusaders and where most matches are played. |
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Crowd trouble stopped the horse racing and in 1864 it became home to Wrexham Football Club with the club now owning the ground. |
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As of the 2017 season, the club is based at the Queensway Stadium in Wrexham. |
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The station broadcasts to Gwynedd and Anglesey from studios in Gwersyllt, Wrexham via the Arfon transmitting station. |
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The Wrexham and Cardiff Bay newsrooms produce the bulletins, alongside those for Capital North West and Wales and Heart North Wales. |
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Y Cymro was founded in Wrexham, and succeeded other newspapers of the same name that had existed during the 19th and early 20th century. |
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Holyhead services run every hour, to Shrewsbury via Chester and Wrexham General, then alternately to Birmingham International or Cardiff Central. |
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Services on the Borderlands Line run from Wrexham Central to Bidston on the Wirral Peninsula, crossing the North Wales Coast Line at Shotton. |
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A small area of Millstone Grit Group rocks stretches through Flintshire and Wrexham into the northwest corner of Shropshire near Oswestry. |
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There were 8,000 there last time and Wrexham fans will be sad to see their arch-enemies drop out of the Conference. |
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Wrexham Newi College second year art student Susan Mann won the Homebase competition open to local colleges and universities. |
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A few Waxwings lingered at St Asaph, Flint and Wrexham, while Short-eared Owls were at the RSPB's Conwy and Burton Mere Wetland reserves. |
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Two engines from Wrexham and an aerial ladder platform were sent after the fire service was called at 7am. |
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Three fire engines and an aerial ladder platform from Wrexham were sent and rescued three women from the property. |
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Former boxer Alexandros Wetherill, 24, was convicted of killing Glynis Solmaz at her home in Bryn Hafod, Wrexham in February. |
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Wrexham council has drafted a crime extract which will be discussed next week to be used in the joint partnership strategy to reduce key targets. |
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I'm hoping to interest somebody locally to brew Wrexham lager in Wrexham again as a microbrewery, but hopefully it will grow up. |
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Sam was one of the villains of the mid-week LDV Vans Trophy defeat at Braunton Park where Wrexham crashed 2-0 in the northern area quarter-final. |
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Llandudno Junction Cineworld, Odeon Wrexham FOOTLOOSE A city boy brings dance back to a town haunted by tragedy. |
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And, as at Ashton Gate, Wrexham looked decidedly unsure and unsettled in those opening minutes at the Fitness First Stadium. |
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Yorkshire terrier Poppy Lou tugged at Victoria Shaw's nightie until she woke up at her Rhosymedre bungalow near Wrexham in November. |
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At Ty Newydd in Wrexham, for example, easi-buy is available on the beautiful Argal two-bedroom apartment. |
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Cross of Penry Street in Rhos near Wrexham, admitted possessing cannabis, a class B drug and ketamine, a class C drug, with intent to supply. |
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The three foot long albino North American King snake looked very unusual slithering in a Wrexham hedgerow. |
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They are Gabrielle 25 and Infinity Chimps, and their knocking shop is called Central Station in Wrexham. |
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A LIVING history group will re-enact the training of Allied troops who were camped at Erddig near Wrexham prior to D-Day. |
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To tackle the problem Wrexham council chiefs are proposing to give very house a 20 roll compostable bin liner starter pack to line their caddies. |
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Devastated Jacqui Blore is claiming breach of contract and unfair dismissal after losing her job at St Giles Church in Wrexham. |
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Since Marcher Sound started in the 1980s in Gwersyllt near Wrexham a plethora of satellite stations have been added to its franchise. |
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Nu Instruments, based in Wrexham, makes mass spectrometers used for geological studies to establish the origins and the fate of rocks. |
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To mark the announcement at their T Wrexham headquarters a Santa plunged from a giant crane on a bungee rope. |
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Larissa Jones, 19, from Rossett, Wrexham, won the showmanship competition at last weekend's Borderway UK Dairy Expo, Carlisle. |
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But even if I do happen to know what a hobbet of wheat means at Wrexham, that knowledge, good for Flint, is not good for Caernarvonshire. |
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Crazy Ladies Dancewear, based in Wrexham, made the fetching catsuits the pair wore on Sunday night's episode of the show. |
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Three years ago Jason leaped over his local pub, the Milestone Motor Inn,Bwlchgwyn, near Wrexham, a total of 11 times on a motorbike. |
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Celebrating 50 years of UK number one hit singles, the Magic of Motown brings its brand-new 2015 Reach Out Tour to Wrexham next month. |
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T HIS week we talk to John Challis who will be appearing in his one-man show at the Grove Park Theatre in Wrexham tomorrow evening. |
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Now Ianto, who is studying music at Yale College in Wrexham, is urging others with speech impediments to beat their demons. |
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Steven Spiller, 53, from Wrexham, pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to dangerous driving causing serious injury. |
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The crash forced the closure of the Chirk bypass, near Wrexham, in both directions causing tailbacks to Llangollen and Oswestry. |
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It may be summer but the Christmas bells are ringing in Wrexham as preparations have started on 2013's Christmas panto production. |
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Tim Trindle, managing director of IMC said, 'We are delighted to have made this investment in Wrexham. |
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It is therefore inaccurate and unfair to suggest Wrexham underfunds its special school by pounds 4,400 per pupil compared with the Wales average. |
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The scheme is led by Wrexham County Council in partnership with Flintshire Council which have introduced business co-ordinators to both estates. |
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I reckon Wrexham take the least threatening, least dangerous corner kicks in the second division. |
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Wrexham Countryside Service is appealing for volunteers to assist with the management of their country parks. |
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The institution was founded in 1887 as the Wrexham School of Science and Art. |
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The group, which serves more than 257,000 customers in north east Wales and Cheshire, has offices at Packsaddle, Rhostyllen, near Wrexham. |
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But themanner of the goal was devast ating for Wrexham, undone by a long punt forward by Button. |
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However you can switch them off in the back streets of Wrexham and in built up areas, unless the fog is a really thick pea-souper. |
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The owner of the Smithy View Garage, Wrexham, Charles Dodman, praised the bravery of Mr Marton. |
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Another Best of Breed winner was Donald Smith, also from Wrexham, who took first place with his Miniature Pinscher James. |
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On August 2, 57-year-old Roy, of Bronington, near Wrexham, will marry childhood friend Sue Evans, who lives near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. |
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James' postbox is at Town Hill in Wrexham, while Jones' is on Church Street, Flint. |
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Fitness instructor Sasha Kenney set the world record for the largest ever hula hoop workout in Wrexham. |
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Following the Welsh reconquest of the area during the 11th century, Wrexham formed part of the native Welsh lordship of Maelor. |
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However, by the early 13th century Wrexham was undisputedly in the hands of the Welsh house of Powys Fadog. |
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Wrexham Lager brewery was established in 1882 in Central Road and became the first brewery in the United Kingdom to produce lager beer. |
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There is a mosque on Grosvenor Road in the former Wrexham Miners' Institute. |
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Wrexham County Borough Council is made up of 52 Councillors, with one then appointed to serve as Mayor for a year. |
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The Wrexham constituency elects members to the UK Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales. |
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The UK Parliament constituency of Wrexham is considered a safe seat for the Labour Party. |
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Wrexham is divided into the communities of Acton, Rhosddu, Offa and Caia Park. |
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Wrexham is not built on a major river, but on a relatively flat plateau between the lower Dee Valley and easternmost mountains of North Wales. |
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Big Hand, Erddig, Sandstone, Axiom, Wrexham Lager and Wrexham Lager Beer breweries have all come to prominence in the last few years. |
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Wrexham has three parks, Bellevue Park, Acton Park and Erddig Park, as well as a green area within the town centre called Llwyn Isaf. |
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The park was designed to commemorate the jubilee year of the incorporation of Wrexham. |
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Llwyn Isaf, situated alongside Wrexham Guildhall, is a popular green area within the town centre. |
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Wrexham is also home to rugby union team Wrexham RFC, a team affiliated to the Welsh Rugby Union. |
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In 1931 nine northern Welsh clubs met at Wrexham to form the North Wales Rugby Union, Wrexham RFC were one of the founders. |
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Rhos Rugby Club, one of Wrexham RFC's main rivals are also based just outside the town in the village of Rhosllanerchrugog. |
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Giles is the Parish Church of Wrexham and is considered to be the greatest medieval church in Wales. |
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The main Methodist church is Wrexham Methodist church, built in 1971 on the site of the former Brynyfynnon Chapel on Regent Street. |
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Ysgol Morgan Llwyd serves as the single Welsh medium secondary school for the county and is located in Wrexham. |
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The first twinning was established on 17 March 1970 between the former Kreis Iserlohn and Wrexham Rural District. |
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Wrexham has four railway stations, Wrexham General, Wrexham Central, Gwersyllt and Ruabon. |
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Wrexham General is on two different lines, The Shrewsbury to Chester Line and the Borderlands Line run by Arriva Trains Wales. |
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All services that operate from Wrexham Central to Bidston also run through this station. |
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Until the 1998 construction of the Island Green retail park, Wrexham Central station was located 50 metres further along the track. |
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Gwersyllt is an unmanned halt which serves the Gwersyllt suburb of Wrexham. |
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It is located on the Shrewsbury to Wrexham line between Chirk and Wrexham General. |
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A new bus terminal, the largest in north Wales, has been built in Wrexham, with a staffed information booth. |
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The Wrexham Shuttle provides a link between Wrexham and the nearby industrial estate. |
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Wrexham is served by the National Express coach network, which picks up from the Wrexham bus station. |
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The A541 road is the main route into Wrexham from Mold and the town's western urban area. |
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The headquarters are in Colwyn Bay, with divisional headquarters in St Asaph, Caernarfon and Wrexham. |
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The colour of the stone is quite distinctive, and is typical of the Wrexham area. |
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All Saints' Church stands in the former coal mining village of Gresford in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. |
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Blaenau Ffestiniog at one time was the second largest town in North Wales, behind Wrexham. |
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As the route was never completed, the short length of canal north of Trevor, near Wrexham was infilled. |
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The route was diverted to the north of the town alongside the road to Wrexham and the Station Hotel renamed. |
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The university occupies a substantial proportion of Bangor and also has some departments in Wrexham. |
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Meanwhile, Cradock, who had become curate at Wrexham, was also now drawing great crowds with his preaching. |
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The infuriated townsfolk of Wrexham, however, forced Cradock to leave and he moved on to Brampton Bryan in Herefordshire. |
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This railway was eventually upgraded to steam operation and extended towards Rhosllannerchrugog and Wrexham. |
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Aberdare Athletic, Cardiff City, Merthyr Town, Newport County, Swansea City and Wrexham have all been members of the Football League. |
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The record attendance at the ground was set in 1957, when Wrexham hosted a match against Manchester United in front of 36,445 spectators. |
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In these early years Wrexham were leaders of the campaign to restrict teams to having just 11 players on the pitch at any one time. |
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Because of a lack of money at the fledgling FAW, Wrexham did not receive their trophy until the next year. |
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Wrexham finished the season second from bottom in eighth place in the first season. |
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In 1921 Wrexham were elected to the newly formed Third Division North of the Football League. |
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Also that season Wrexham just missed out on the promotion spots, finishing in 4th place at the end of the season. |
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After Wrexham started the next season with just 3 wins from 13 league games, Dixie McNeil resigned before his inevitable sacking. |
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The winning goals were scored by Juan Ugarte and Darren Ferguson as Wrexham ran out winners in front of over 20,000 Wrexham fans. |
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Both of these teams were struggling at the foot of the table when these defeats happened, and Wrexham never fully recovered from them. |
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But the season started badly, with only three wins and 10 points by the middle of November and Wrexham rooted to the bottom of the table. |
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Since then, Dean Saunders has taken over the management of Wrexham, with his first game against Forest Green Rovers ending in a victory. |
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Wrexham's MP and AM indicated that they would prefer Wrexham Supporters' Trust to secure the bid. |
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A Roman civilian settlement was located in the Plas Coch area of Wrexham and excavations have revealed evidence of agriculture and trade with the wider Roman world. |
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As well as his ink bottle project Roy is developing his photography business and studying for a degree in business at Glyndwr University in Wrexham. |
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They and another 12 fans have been banned from attending future matches after they were all involved in violence following the Wrexham and Port Vale match last October. |
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Stability under the princes of Powys enabled Wrexham to develop as a trading town and administrative centre of one of the two commotes making up the Lordship. |
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City's star man was goalkeeper Paul Musselwhite who made several match winning saves as Wrexham ran up a corner count of 14-0 yet somehow just couldn't get one elusive goal. |
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Wrexham's former police station on Regent Street, originally the barracks for the Royal Denbighshire Militia, is now home to Wrexham County Borough Museum. |
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Lindsey Brough, of Greenfields, near Wrexham was horrified when she saw her three-year-old tortoiseshell cat, Izzy had an airgun pellet lodged in her nose on Tuesday. |
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Had the club still been in Administration by 3 June then Wrexham would have automatically been expelled from the League because of their financial situation. |
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Other winners included Rasoi Indian Kitchen in Swansea, Maahis in Wrexham, Myristica in Bristol, Jaipur Palace in Plymouth and Pappadoms in Westonsuper-Mare. |
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This would begin the start of a long relegation battle for Wrexham. |
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Charles Wilson, a member of River City Jazz Band and The Tuxedo Jazz Band among many others, passed away at Wrexham Maelor Hospital following several months of bad health. |
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In March 2012, it was announced that Wrexham had again missed out on city status as the community of St Asaph, which was previously a city, was granted city status. |
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Students from Glyndwr University put on a flash mob performance of some of the show's most popular songs at Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham. |
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Flynn's fledgelings have a Uefa Championship double-header, starting with Bosnia-Herzegovina at Wrexham on Saturday, which is followed by France in Cardiff next Tuesday. |
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Three teenage boys had to be taken to Wrexham Maelor Hospital for treatment after the conical flask exploded at Ysgol y Grango, Rhos, in an experiment that went wrong. |
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Wrexham council chiefs said they have been undercharging for years and the price increase will bring them into line with the Welsh national average. |
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The 21st century surgical treatment of kidney stones now includes laser surgery, and this has just been introduced in Wrexham recently, by Mr Shergill and his colleagues. |
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Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham may choose to gang up with fellow Euro exiles Newport, Merthyr and Colwyn Bay and launch a restraint of trade court case. |
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Rockin Robin was also sent off by the referee in the Wrexham vs. |
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For the second year in a row, the Wrexham institution supported the Games and Interactive Experience prize at the BAFTA Cymru Games Awards 2015 in Cardiff City Hall. |
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The second round drew Wrexham against Yugoslav side Hajduk Split. |
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In the graveyard is the tomb of Elihu Yale who was the benefactor of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States and after whom Yale College Wrexham is named. |
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He had a loan spell with Sheffield United later in the season, before leaving St James's Park in the summer of 1998 to sign, amid much fanfare, for Wrexham. |
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As a tertiary college it also provides a wide range of higher education courses at its two campuses at Grove Park in the town centre and Bersham Road in south west Wrexham. |
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Dewi Wyn Jones was being put in a holding cell in the parking bay of the police station, after he had stolen property from BHS and Iceland in Wrexham. |
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In Wrexham, homeowners aged 60 or over may be able to get support and advice from Wrexham Care and Repair or the Houseproud Scheme, which is supported by Wrexham Council. |
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Blue Green Algae has been detected at Acton Park Lake, in Wrexham. |
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The first Crusaders match ever played there was against Leeds on 29 January 2010, and that match is also the highest attendance for a Crusaders match played in Wrexham. |
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The main thing was that we were playing Wrexham so they had all the equipment otherwise he would have been screaming blue murder for half an hour or more. |
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Another notable achievement came in the 1980 British Home Championship, as Wales comprehensively defeated England at The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham. |
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Since 1999, Radio Wales has been expanding its FM network, starting in areas like Cardiff and Wrexham, where there are a smaller proportion of Welsh language speakers. |
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It is a stop on the borderlands line between Wrexham General and Bidston. |
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Ruabon is a bus and mainline rail interchange located in South Wrexham. |
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It is the second busiest station in Wrexham after Wrexham General. |
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The 34 year-old, of Boston Gate, Wrexham, had denied the charges after it was alleged he assaulted Shelley Pullen in the early hours of September 5 last year. |
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The male stab victim was knifed as he was walking with a female student back to the university accommodation where they both live on Crispin Lane, Wrexham, between 1-2am. |
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On behalf of the Chief Fire Officer, Capt Adrian Van Falier of Wrexham Platoon, Clwyd Army Cadet Force and CWO Aron Davies of 2378 Sqd were presented with community awards. |
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Since retiring as a signwriter Don, who has four children and nine grandchildren, took up landscape painting and gained an art degree from Wrexham University two years ago. |
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Wrexham use the distinctive yellow American Bluebird school buses. |
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The A5156 leads to the A534 and on to the Wrexham Industrial Estate. |
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Mrs Morrisroe-Clutton, who works at Wrexham Library running a small business advisory service, became ill after eating a vegetarian burger from the Llay Fish Bar. |
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Owing to the success of the Nomads and the close proximity to other teams in the area including Wrexham, other footballers have also lived in the town such as Gareth Owen. |
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The councillors were appointed by a Joint Committee of the unitary authority councils of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham. |
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So the news that North Wales Police and Wrexham council are taking steps to clamp-down on tattooists who practice their trade on people under the age of 18 is to be welcomed. |
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Hudson admitted stealing CDs from Sainsbury's in Wrexham, five bottles of aftershave from Lloyd's Pharmacy in Flint, and another bottle of aftershave from the same pharmacy. |
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National Express Coaches operate through the town on route 418, offering journeys to Wrexham and to London via Shrewsbury, Telford and Birmingham. |
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Flintshire is a maritime county bounded to the north by the Dee estuary, to the east by Cheshire, to the west by Denbighshire and to the south by Wrexham County Borough. |
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It has raised questions how the fees will now work and whether Wrexham should be entitled to a larger amount since it is being televised on both channels. |
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In an unrelated matter, a Lincoln City fan was given a four-year ban for an incident in April in which a smoke bomb was thrown at the Racecourse, Wrexham. |
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Eleven weeks after giving birth to baby son Oliver, Karen MorrisoeClutton, 32, is on life support at Wrexham Maelor Hospital after eating a vegetarian burger. |
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The young man, believed to be aged 17 and a student at the Maelor School Penley, near Wrexham, was a passenger in a car which smashed into a cottage near Wem, Shropshire. |
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Complaints have been on the rise in recent weeks over the illegal use of motorbikes around Wrexham, scrambling in areas where they are not allowed. |
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Wrexham drew level again after 50 minutes through Faulcon Bridge. |
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Historically part of Denbighshire, the town became part of Clwyd in the year 1974 and since 1996 has been the centre of the Wrexham County Borough. |
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The feathers appear on the badge of Wrexham Association Football Club. |
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Kiddy Dragon I'm at work on a ship in the Nth sea, so to all my family and friends have a great day watching the mighty Wrexham win the FA Trophy again. |
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At the time, Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham were playing in The Football League, and the FAW decided to allow those teams to continue to play in the English system. |
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This is because the four cities of Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Wrexham have teams that are long established within the English football league system. |
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An exception to this perilous state is Ruabon moor, near Wrexham, which is home to healthy numbers of grouse and other upland species such as curlew and golden plover. |
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Wrexham First, an umbrella group of Dragons supporters clubs, fear new chairman Alex Hamilton plans to run the cash-strapped Second Division club 'into the ground. |
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Ian Fenn successfully appealed against a conviction and fine imposed in January last year for failing to provide Wrexham County Council with information. |
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Crowd trouble at the game led to the club being expelled from the Football Association, leading to the club being reformed in 1884 as Wrexham Olympic. |
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Wrexham County Borough Council yesterday approved a scheme to replace all 4,300 of its street lights with new energy efficient bulbs and dimmer switches. |
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