Love Wrexham Magazine - Issue 3 - September 2019

WREXHAM 

MAGAZINE 

SEPTEMBER 2019 

Issue 3 

MEDI 2019 

Rhifyn 3 

Monthly Business & Community magazine delivered in & around Wrexham 

Cylchgrawn Busnes a Chymuned misol sy’n cael ei ddosbarthu yn Wrecsam a’r ardal gyfagos 

Bethan Jones: 

50 Labours of Love 

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AM 

DDIM 

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www.love-wrexham.com 

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Croeso! 

Welcome! 

Annwyl Ddarllenydd, 

Croeso i ail rifyn cylchgrawn Caru Wrecsam. 

Roeddem wedi rhyfeddu at y nifer helaeth o ymatebion 

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ymateb yr ydym yn ei gael yn ein sir hardd. Rydym yn 

ceisio mynd allan cymaint â phosibl i ofyn i bobl am y 

cylchgrawn, ond mae dal yn ddefnyddiol iawn cael 

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rhowch neges ar ein tudalen Facebook (facebook.com/ 

LoveWrexhamMagazine), anfonwch neges e-bost i 

info@love-wrexham.com, neu cliciwch ar ‘Contact us’ ar 

ein gwefan newydd, well: love-wrexham.com 

Dear Readers, 

Welcome to the third issue of Love Wrexham Magazine. 

We were amazed by the many positive responses we got 

when we were delivering the second magazine and by how 

few there were left! This has encouraged us because we 

inevitably wonder how we’re perceived in our beautiful 

county. Our mission is to get out and about and ask people 

about the magazine as much as possible, but it’s still very 

useful to know what you’re all thinking. Please write to us, 

post on our FaceBook page (facebook.com/ 

LoveWrexhamMagazine), send an email to info@ 

love-wrexham.com or use the ‘contact us’ feature on our 

new and enhanced website 

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Os hoffech hysbysebu eich busnes, cysylltwch â ni 

trwy ffonio 01978 799 385, neu anfonwch neges 

e-bost i info@love-wrexham.com, a chofiwch am 

ein chwaer-gyhoeddiadau, sef: Love Wirral a 

Love Chester. 

Cofion gorau 

Adam a Stefan 

If you wish to advertise your business, contact us on 

01978 799 385 or email info@love wrexham.com and 

don’t forget our two sister publications: Love Wirral and 

Love Chester. 

Best wishes 

Adam and Stefan 

49-52 Chester Street, 

Wrexham, LL13 8BA 

Tel: 01978 291111 

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enquiries@levantwrexham.co.uk 

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WHAT’S IN THIS MONTH’S LOVE WREXHAM MAGAZINE 

YR HYN SYDD YNG NGHYLCHGRAWN CARU WRECSAM Y MIS HWN 

6 

10 

16 

22 28 

Wrexham 

Food 

Festival 

Caru Wrecsam 

Y Cylchgrawn a Ddewisir 

gan Fusnesau Wrecsam. 

Cover Photograph: 

Courtesy of AC Creative 

Bethan Jones: 

The Big 

50 

Local Business: No22 4 

Cymraeg: Back to school 8 

Local Business: Martin Rees Jewellers 13 

Travel: Cruise Myths 14 

Do You Know? 19 

Community: Playwork/Singing Streets 20 

Books: Porth y Byddar by Manon Eames24 

Pets: Playing With Your Dog 26 

Local Business: Techniquest Glyndŵr 29 

Eating Out: North Wales Foodies 30 

Puzzle Page 32 

Wrexhamites: Jamie Dixon 34 

Outdoors: Marford Quarry Walk 36 

Charity: Groundwork North Wales 38 

Local Business: Ady Jones Taekwondo 40 

Gardening: 

Ready For 

Autumn 

New: 

Extended What’s 

On Guide 

History: 

Rosemarie 

Frankland 

Love Wrexham 

The Magazine of Choice 

for Businesses in Wrexham. 

We would like to introduce ourselves: Adam (left) and Stefan 

– your Love Wrexham Magazine team. We’ve lived in the 

Wrexham area for many years – Adam in Brymbo and Stefan in 

Coedpoeth – and we’re always on the lookout for more interesting 

stories so please get in touch if you have one! 

Hoffem gyflwyno ein hunain: Adam (chwith) a Stefan - eich tîm 

cylchgrawn Caru Wrecsam. Rydym wedi byw yn ardal Wrecsam 

ers blynyddoedd lawer - Adam ym Mrymbo a Stefan yng Nghoedpoeth 

- ac rydym bob amser yn chwilio am fwy o straeon diddorol. 

Felly, cysylltwch â ni os oes gennych chi un! 

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Local business 

New Tŷ Pawb Café Owners With A Whole New Concept 

No 22 are a communityorientated 

café in the 

building of Tŷ Pawb, 

bringing the ethos of 

community, that is helping 

each other without having 

to donate or think about it. 

Using our everyday eatingout 

habits, we are aiming 

to enable the community 

to ‘pay it forward’ through 

ordering from the café or 

by using our suspended 

board. The pay it forward 

scheme already enables us 

to provide food to children 

through the Fifa tournament 

we’ve held for a good 

cause at Tŷ Pawb. We’ve 

also held event funding 

the food and drink for the 

Wrexham Football Inclusion 

Celebration Party and we are 

currently issuing vouchers 

to Nightingale House to 

hand out to volunteers for 

scones and tea. 

With the introduction of 

our brand new ‘Random 

Act of Kindness’ card, we 

are hoping this will enable 

a more anonymous, less 

intrusive way of giving to 

people less fortunate than 

ourselves. This 

scheme, although 

we are starting 

it at No 22 in Tŷ 

Pawb, we hope will 

encourage other 

local businesses 

once we have 

piloted it, to engage 

with us and help 

in a way that’s not 

promotion-based. 

It’s a random act and it does 

not need cameras, photos, 

adverts or self-publicity to 

work. 

The Pay It Forward scheme 

enables us to benefit local 

organisations or people 

in need by us allocating 

one hot drink or one of our 

meals for every ten sold or 

the equivalent. We do need 

people to work with us so 

feel free to pop into the 

café and have a chat with 

us about our initiatives. We 

are merely trying invite the 

community to think more 

about each other and help 

in a positive way. 

We source wherever possible 

from local businesses and 

people in the local area so if 

you think you can help, use 

our scheme in anyway or 

know of an organisation that 

could benefit from the Pay It 

Forward scheme, please let 

us know. We also have our 

suspended coffees – we are 

a member of the Suspended 

Coffee Movement, and the 

Pay It Forward movement. 

No 22 is not about any 

individual; we are as much 

a part of the community as 

you. 

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Events 

Wrexham Food Festival 2019: The Biggest One Yet! 

This year’s event is set to be 

bigger and better with over 85 

local and regional food producers 

expected, chef demos from local 

restaurants, cookery classes, live 

music and a fireworks display on 

the Saturday evening. 

Speaking about some of the 

exhibitors that people can expect to 

see, food festival committee member 

Sam Regan told us: 

“It will be bigger than ever and we 

are delighted to say we have 11 start 

-up businesses attending, such as 

Doughnutology, Ffa Da Coffi, Gardd 

Gwyllt and Bao Revolution. They are 

all new over the last year and will be 

showcasing their products so we 

would encourage everyone to come 

and see their new offers and ideas. It 

is great to see Sabor De Amor, one 

of the start-up slots from last year 

now in town-centre premises and we 

look forward to seeing this year’s 

fledgling businesses flourish.” 

This year there are no advanced 

sales with wristbands being sold on 

at the entrance. Prices are remaining 

the same at £4 for adults and £2 for 

children; under-eights come in free. 

There is also a £10 ‘family ticket’ that 

covers two adults and three child 

wristbands – the wristbands allow reentry 

throughout the day. 

Committee member Alex Jones also 

reeled off a range of exhibitors: 

“For those who wish to drink 

responsibly during the day, Aber 

Falls Gin, Wood Brewery, Rosie’s 

Cider, Magic Dragon of Aqueduct Ale 

and of course Wrexham Lager will be 

attending amongst others. Wrexham 

Lager are also sponsoring the live 

entertainment again this year. 

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“The festival will have the huge 

marquee again containing sixty (ish) 

exhibitors, including Sabor de Amor, 

Riverside Spirits, Chilly Cow Ice 

Cream and Happy Hedgehog Foods, 

to name just a few. We also have a 

separate demo kitchen marquee with 

a chef theatre where you will be able 

to watch some of the region’s best 

chefs educate and entertain 

throughout the weekend. We don’t 

do celebrity chefs. The opportunity to 

showcase local talent far outweighs 

anything a celeb could offer and they 

are our local celebs to celebrate!” 

Some free parking will be available at 

town centre car parks that are owned 

by the council. This does not include 

the Tŷ Pawb multi-storey car park. 

Please note free parking only starts 

after 10am. Anyone who wishes to 

park before 10am will be expected to 

pay to park as per the car 

park’s usual charges and the 

council say this will be strictly 

enforced. 

Andy Gallanders from Bank St 

Social is again organising the 

live events programme, “On the 

Saturday, the Wrexham Lager 

stage (bandstand) will host a 

full line-up of local musicians 

with superb headliners Rhythm 

Train. The Coverlovers are 

headlining on Sunday. 

Andy added, “It’s been a privilege to 

be involved with curating the 

entertainment for Wrexham Food 

Festival for the second year running. 

The addition of free parking is not 

only great for the festival, but a huge 

boost for the whole of the town and 

one we encourage businesses in the 

town to take advantage of!” 

You can check out the Food Festival 

2 0 1 9 w e b s i t e o n 

www.wrexhamfoodfestival.wales. 

TICKET INFORMATION 

One-Day Tickets 

Adult (age 16+): £4 

Child (age 8-16): £2 

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Adult (16+): £6 

Child (age 8-16): £3 

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Bookings are highly recommended 

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We also offer local beers from Wrexham Lager & Real Ales 

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Cymraeg 

Back To School Phrases In Welsh 

This is number three in our series for Welsh language beginners. 

Here we take a look at some useful expressions and vocabulary for that dreaded day 

(for them anyway) when your kids head back to school! 

Termau Nôl i’r Ysgol – Back to School 

English Welsh English Pronunciation 

Back to school Nôl i’r ysgol Norl-eer-usg-ol 

Read Darllen Dar ll*en 

Write Ysgrifennu Usg-riv-en-nee 

Homework Gwaith Cartref Gwhy-th Car-trev 

Sandwiches Brechdanau Brech**-dan-eye 

Lunch box Bocs Bwyd Box-Boo-id 

New shoes Esgidiau newydd Es-gid-ee-eye ne-with 

Friends Ffrindiau Ffrin-dee-eye 

Pencil case Câs Pensiliau Cahs-pen-sil-ee-eye 

Register Cofrestr Cov-rest-dr 

*no equivalent sound in English 

Place tongue behind the teeth and blow. 

Alternatively, please ask a Welsh speaker! 

**ch as in loch 

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Meet Ruth Rees from Martin Rees Jeweller Pawnbroker 

Read about their long-standing business success and varied personal interests 

Martin and I have been 

jewellers since the 1970s. 

Martin learned the trade 

working at Nigel Hughes’ shop 

in Chester and then we started 

out trading on antique markets 

at weekends. We also sold 

old postcards and stamps (I 

thought the stamps were really 

boring though!). Subsequently, 

we shared a shop on Town 

Hill, took over the whole shop 

a year or two later and finally 

made the move to Chester 

Street in 1985. We decided on 

Wrexham because it’s been 

our hometown since we were 

married back in 1976. 

“Besides jewellery, our ruling 

passions have been travel 

and riding big rollercoasters in 

theme parks although Martin’s 

health issues have cramped 

our style on both recently. We 

managed to enjoy two months 

in Singapore earlier this year 

and we still spend time at 

Alton Towers, Thorpe Park and 

the other Merlin attractions, 

making good use of our annual 

passes. 

“It’s been a privilege to serve 

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our customers have become 

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and third generations coming 

in to buy, sell, or get repairs 

and valuations done. No two 

days in our shop are ever the 

same; we might end the day 

exhausted, exhilarated or 

sometimes stressed out – but 

never bored! 

Martin Rees Jewellers 

61 Chester Street, Wrexham, LL13 8BA 

01978 266887 • www.reesjeweller.uk 

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Travel 

Cruise Myths Debunked: Why Your Next 

Holiday Should Be A Cruise by Paulina Twarog 

Cruises are becoming people’s 

number one holiday choice. They 

have something to suit everyone: 

from visiting multiple destinations 

to keeping you entertained every 

minute of the day. We’ve picked 

out some of the common myths 

about cruises to show you what life 

onboard is really like: 

Cruises are expensive 

Cruises are mistaken for 

being dear, but this couldn’t 

be further from the truth: 

cruise prices are all-inclusive 

or full-board and you often 

get your flight included in the 

package. Once on the boat, 

you spend little to no money 

and you’re sometimes given 

credit to spend onboard 

depending on the cruise 

line. You can choose from 

several restaurants, some of 

which have award-winning 

menus and world-class chefs. 

Evening entertainment is 

abundant and on larger lines, 

such as Royal Caribbean 

or Disney Cruise Line, you 

can see shows of West-End 

calibre, all included in the 

price! 

You’ll have access to all the 

facilities you would expect at a 

resort. Along with pools, spas 

and fitness centres, you’ll have 

shops, casinos, restaurants, 

bars, cinemas and nightclubs. 

You won’t be short of things 

to do and you won’t waste 

any of your holiday on travel 

days because your holiday 

starts the minute you step on 

the ship. 

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Cruises are boring 

The worst part about going 

on holiday is the time it takes 

to travel to a destination, our 

pre-holiday dreams of a cold 

glass of Pinot Grigio and dutyfree 

often turn into a nightmare 

of queuing at security and 

racing to the gate only to wait 

on the runway for an hour! On 

a cruise ship, you get the VIP 

treatment straight away: you 

are escorted to your cabin or 

suite to settle in and are then 

free to head to the bar for a 

drink before you’ve even left 

the harbour! 

Keeping yourself entertained 

is straightforward as there’s 

plenty for you to do onboard. 

Every minute you’re away will 

be time for you to relax and 

enjoy yourself, making seeing 

the world effortless and 

allowing you to maximise your 

quality time. 

Cruises allow you to 

completely disconnect from 

the outside world. While you’ll 

still have access to Wi-Fi and 

other amenities, being on a 

cruise is like living in your own 

little city at sea, where you can 

spend time alone or meet and 

socialise with other cruisers. 

There’s not enough time 

in port 

Although some ships only 

stay in some locations for the 

day, there are many ships that 

stop in ports overnight giving 


you more time to explore the 

destination. You often arrive 

early in the morning giving you 

maximum exploration time 

with the chance to arrange 

trips on land before you reach 

the destination. 

You may think something 

like island hopping in South 

East Asia is only made for 

backpackers, but not any 

longer. One of the biggest 

advantages of cruises is 

that you can visit multiple 

destinations during your trip 

allowing you to see more 

of the world and to explore 

destinations you never would 

have considered before. 

Cruising is for old people 

Cruises are certainly relaxing, 

but they’re not just for the 

retired. On board, there is 

something for everyone 

so whether you’re 

travelling as a family, a 

couple or even alone, 

you’ll feel right at home. 

From fancy-dress parties 

for little ones to club 

nights and theatre 

shows for the adults, 

you can choose from a 

variety of entertainment 

and activities. The number of 

options means you can tailor 

your cruise experience to the 

holiday you want. You can party 

one night, have a romantic 

dinner the next, sunbathe by 

the pool or try out a dance 

class. You can experience a 

million different holidays in one 

when you cruise. 

Most cruise lines are family 

friendly, but just like resorts, 

you can opt for an adult-only 

version. Cruise lines such as 

Virgin Voyages are stamping 

out the myth that cruises are 

for the older generation with 

state-of-the-art ships being 

built with nightlife, food and 

entertainment that you just 

can’t get on land. 

Think you’re ready to give 

a cruise a go? Check out 

some of our top offers or 

speak to Paulina for a tailormade 

holiday today. 

https://paulinatwarog. 

notjusttravel.com/blog/ 

inspiration/ship-just-got-real-4- 

cruise-myths-debunked 

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Gardening 

Getting Your Garden Autumn-Ready 

How to keep your garden happy and healthy in September by Allan Longshadow, Wordworx 

With summer drawing to an end and autumn fast approaching, now is the time to get your garden in order for 

the months ahead. 

Order in the borders 

As the evenings begin to draw in, the 

bedding plants adorning your borders 

will quickly die off en-masse. Unless 

you have hardy plants, you’ll want to 

dig them up, get your beds looking 

tidy and spread some compost over 

them to replenish the nutrients for 

next year. 

Tend to the Tiles 

Take the time to give tiled paths and 

patios a thorough surface cleaning 

and a good weeding between the 

gaps to help keep them at their best. 

It will also help to prevent them from 

becoming slippery. 

Get to grips with grass 

Give your lawn a good trim before the 

weather gets too cold and wet, and 

apply a good quality lawn treatment 

to restore sparse patches and kill 

back any weeds and moss growth. 

It’s also a good idea to add fertiliser 

now, to ensure healthy growth come 

spring. 

Prepare your pond 

A top tip if you have a pond in your 

garden - get some pond netting from 

a local garden centre and cover it 

before the leaves begin to fall. It will 

save you a huge amount of effort 

later. Hold it down with rocks or 

heavy planters. 

House your herbs 

Potted herbs smell lovely in the 

garden - and bringing them into 

shelter under a porch or other semienclosed 

space will keep them going 

for longer. 

Top Tip 

If you don’t have a porch or other 

shelter, a plastic greenhouse is an 

inexpensive way to protect longer 

lasting plants. Locate it in the most 

sheltered area, and put rocks or tiles 

on the base to weigh it down. 

A little effort now will save a lot of 

effort later... 

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Using a net will also help prevent your 

pond from going stagnant. 

Don’t leave the leaves 

Don’t allow fallen leaves to gather 

and linger around - as they get 

damper, they will be harder to clean 

and may cause surrounding plants 

and woodwork to rot. They’ll also 

make spring cleaning much harder. 


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1. Author J. K. Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last 

Harry Potter book in 1990, 7 years before the release 

of the first book. 

2. The Harry Potter brand has been estimated to be 

worth as much as US$15 billion. 

3. 77% of Russia is made up of Siberia. 

4. In 1963, major league baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry 

remarked, “They’ll put a man on the moon before I 

hit a home run.” On July 20, 1969, an hour after Neil 

Armstrong set foot on the surface of the moon, Perry 

hit is first, and only, home run while playing for the 

San Francisco Giants. 

5. The Olympic flag’s colors are always red, black, blue, 

green, and yellow rings on a field of white. This is 

because at least one of those colors appears on the 

flag of every nation on the planet. 

6. All major league baseball umpires must wear black 

underwear while on the job in case their pants split. 

7. Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to 

keep his head cool. He changed it every two innings. 

8. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. 

9. The moon is moving away from the Earth at a tiny, 

although measurable, rate every year. 85 million years 

ago it was orbiting the Earth about 35 feet from the 

planet’s surface. 

10. The star Antares is 60,000 times larger than our sun. 

If our sun were the size of a softball, the star Antares 

would be as large as a house. 

11. A “jiffy” is an actual unit 

of time: 1/100th of a second. 

12. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. 

13. There is enough fuel in full jumbo jet tank to drive an 

average car four times around the world. 

14. Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles 

or snakes.. 

15. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 moves only six 

inches for each gallon of fuel it burns. 

16. A kiss stimulates 29 muscles and chemicals that 

cause relaxation. Women seem to like light and 

frequent kisses while men like them more strenuous. 

17. According to Chinese acupuncture, there is a point 

on the head that you can press to control your 

appetite. It is located in the hollow just in front of the 

flap of the ear. 

18. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, 

but our nose and ears never stop growing. 

19. The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs. 

20. In Russia there are 9 million more Women than men. 

21. There’s high-speed Internet on the way up to 

Mount Everest. 

22. Steve Jobs was adopted. 

His biological father was 

Abdulfattah Jandali, a 

Syrian Muslim. 

23. Steve Jobs never wrote a 

single line of programming 

code. 

24. 27,000 trees are felled each day for toilet paper. 

25. 95% of all data in the world is still stored on paper. 

Most of it is never looked at again. 

26. Starting 2015, all New York residents must recycle 

their old electronics like PCs and TVs, or face a 

US$100 fine. 

27. D-Day was originally set for June 5 but had to be 

postponed for 24 hours due to bad weather. 

28. A snail can sleep for three years. 

29. The chicken is one of the few things that man 

eats before it’s born and after it’s dead. 

30. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. 

31. It is physically impossible for pigs 

to look up into the sky. 

32. Only female mosquitoes bite. 

33. Most elephants weigh less 

than the tongue of the blue whale. 

34. A shrimp’s heart is in its head. 

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Community 

Playwork Pilot Scheme Tackles Holiday Hunger 

Adventure playgrounds across 

Wrexham have opened their 

gates for longer this summer 

thanks to an exciting new 

pilot project to address food 

poverty for children in Wales. 

At least 65,000 children in 

Wales were at risk of going 

hungry through the school 

holidays according to the 

Bevan Foundation with over 

3,000 of those children in 

Wrexham alone. The ‘Holiday 

Hunger Playwork Pilot’ was 

backed by Welsh Government 

funding and meant adventure 

playgrounds at The Venture, 

Gwenfro Valley and The Land 

were able to provide healthy 

meals for children who came 

to play. 

Gareth Stacey, Assistant Team 

Lead of the WCBC Play & 

Youth Support Team (PYST), 

who coordinated the pilot, 

said the funding, “allowed us 

Hundreds of singers will fill 

the streets of Wrexham this 

month when the popular 

choir festival, Wrexham 

Singing Streets, returns to 

the town centre on Saturday, 

September 28th. 

This is the fourth year it has 

taken place. The event is 

organised by local MP Ian Lucas 

in partnership with Wrexham 

Glyndwr University, Wrexham 

Council and John Jones Quality 

Acoustics. More than 30 choirs 

have signed up to take part 

and they will perform for the 

public free of charge at various 

locations around the town 

centre throughout the day. 

Mr Lucas said: “I’m immensely 

proud of Wrexham Singing 

Streets and am grateful to the 

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to ensure fewer children go 

hungry whilst at the same time 

extending opportunities for 

children to play. We’d like to 

thank the Diocese of St Asaph 

for providing the food, the 

adventure playgrounds and 

Lesley Griffiths AM and Ian 

Lucas MP for their hard work 

in making this pilot a reality.”. 

This has been particularly good 

news for Wrexham Youth And 

Play Partnership (WYPP) who 

were able to open Gwenfro 

Valley Adventure Playground 

Wrexham Singing Streets Choir Festival 

many people who work so 

hard to make the event such a 

success. There are choirs from 

all over, some of which come 

a very long way to take part 

in our event to promote what 

a positive place Wrexham is.” 

Wrexham Glyndwr University 

for an extra two days thanks 

to the pilot. Sarah Roberts, a 

parent, volunteer and member 

of the Gwenfro Valley Steering 

Group, said “the extra 

sessions on the playground 

have been incredible for these 

kids. This time last year, we 

nearly closed and we’ve 

wanted the playground open 

longer ever since. Here we 

are, a year down the line and 

we’re open two extra days 

and making sure these kids 

are getting fed through the 

holidays.”. 

Wrexham MP Mr Lucas 

has been working hard in 

Westminster since 2014 to 

highlight the issue of holiday 

hunger in Wrexham and other 

parts of the UK. He joined his 

wife Norah and local volunteer 

Sandra Haskey to help 

prepare meals for the project 

on Thursday, August 1st. 

Vice-Chancellor Professor 

Maria Hinfelaar added: “Singing 

Streets has been a huge 

success for the town and we’re 

delighted to have been closely 

involved in the festival right 

from the start.” 


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What’s On - September 2019 

Wrexham Town Centre 

Clean Up - Let’s Make and 

BE the Difference 

Venue: Saith Seren Wrexham 18 

Chester Street, LL13 8BG 

Admission: Free Time: 10.30am 

Theatr Clwyd Comedy Club 

Venue: Theatr Clywd Mold, 

Flintshire CH7 1YA 

Age: 16+ Admission: £10 

Film Screening • American 

Interior • 73 Cinema #1 

Admission: £5 / £4 Time: 6:00pm 

Venue: Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, 

Wrexham LL13 8BB 

Fun Day 

Venue: Ponciau Banks Park, Ponciau 

Time: 1pm - 5pm 

Gresford Village 

Celebration Event 

Venue: Gresford Trust Memorial Hall 

Off High Street, Gresford, LL12 8PS 

Time: 1pm - 7pm 

Malpas Yesteryear Rally 

Admission: See advert on page 37 

Venue: Rally Field, Hampton, Malpas 

Cheshire SY14 8JN 

Wrexham Food & 

Drink Festival 

Venue: Llwyn Isaf, 

Wrexham Town Centre LL11 1AY 

Football Forever! 

Venue: Wrexham Museum 

Admission: FREE 

North Wales Vegan Festival 

Venue: Plas Coch Sports Centre 

at Glyndŵr University, Wrexham 

Time: 10.30am - 4.30pm Admission: £3 

Boyzlife brings together 

members of two of the 

biggest boy bands in 

history – 

Boyzone and Westlife – 

to perform a whole host of 

their biggest chart hits. 

Venue: William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr 

University, Mold Road, Wrexham 

LL11 2AW 

Time: 7.30pm Admission: £31.35 

Luther Vandross Celebration 

Venue: Wrexham William Aston Hall, 

Wrexham Glyndŵr University, 

Mold Road, LL11 2AW 7:30pm 

Death Café Wrexham 

Join us for cake, coffee and 

an open conversation 

about death 

Venue: Bank Street Social, 

5 Bank Street, Wrexham LL11 1AH 

Admission: FREE 

Time: 5.30pm - 7.30pm 

Community Garden Tidy 

and Clean Up 

Venue: Acton Park, Wrexham 

Time: 10am - 12pm 

Wrexfest 2019 Various 

artists and venues 

Queens Square / Llwyn Isaf 

www.wrexfest.com 

Alexander O’Neal 

Venue: Wrexham William Aston Hall, 

Wrexham Glyndwr University, 

Mold Road, LL11 2AW 7:00pm 

Admission: £32.45 

Bersham Ironworks - 

Guided Tours 

Venue: Bersham Heritage Centre 

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Wrexham Writes 

September Meet 



Time: 6.30pm - 10pm 

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Wrexham Real Ale Trail 

Admission: £15 Venue: Wrexham 

For further details, go to 

www.realaletrail.co.uk 

Martial Arts Family 

Open Day - Ady Jones 

Taekwondo Wrexham 

Venue: Ady Jones Tae Kwon Do 

Schools & Family Martial Arts Centre, 

Unit 4A, Abbey Road North, Wrexham 

LL13 9RX. Tel: 07968 542 174 

Wrexham Comedy Festival 

2019 featuring Paul Sinha 

plus Support and Siobhan 

Phillips plus support 

Venue: 17 Hill Street (Former Central 

Station / Live Rooms), 

Wrexham LL11 1SN 

Admission: £15 / £12.50 

Unspoken - Evrah Rose 

Verve Book Launch Ft Spoz 

and Ben Wilson 



Time: 7.30pm - 10.30pm 

Glitter Ball Entertainment 

by The Big Beat plus a live 

auction and raffle 

Admission: £50 Time: 7pm 

Venue: Carden Park 

North Wales Opera Studio: 

Suor Angelica & Cavalleria 

Rusticana 

Venue: The Stiwt, Broad Street, 

Rhosllannerchrugog LL14 1RB 


Singing Streets 

Choir Festival 

Venue: Wrexham Town Centre 

Time: 9am - 4.30pm 

Belinda Carlisle 


University, Mold Road, Wrexham LL11 

2AW 

Admission: £35.75 

Time: 7.30pm 

Cyfeillion y Stiwt Friends: 

Noson Lawen - Local Talent 

Venue: The Stiwt Broad Street, 

Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham LL14 1RB 

Time: 7:30pm 

Admission: £4 - £10 

Movies @ Minera 

Venue: Minera Lead Mines, Minera 

LL11 3DU 

Admission: £3-£5 

Time: 6.30pm - 10pm 

Ben Elton Live 2019 


University, Mold Road, Wrexham 

LL11 2AW 

Admission: £27.50 Time: 7pm 

TGC Productions: 

Dinner With Otto 

Venue: The Stiwt, Broad Street, 

Rhosllannerchrugog LL14 1RB 


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Football Forever! 

Admission: Free 

Venue: Wrexham Museum 

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Books 

Porth y Byddar (The Door of the Deaf) by Manon Eames 

Book review by John Morris 

This excellent documentary 

novel brings to life one of the 

critical events in Welsh history: 

the creation of the Tryweryn 

Dam to provide water for 

Liverpool Corporation by the 

drowning of the village of Cwm 

Celyn. 

The author sets the scene 

following a brilliant introduction 

when she notes that all the 

homesteads and families are 

soundly asleep on the Monday 

night a week before Christmas 

in 1955 after which their lives will 

never be the same again. 

The memorable 

scenario in the chapel 

as one of the elders, 

Dafydd Roberts, 

reveals the plans to 

drown the village to the 

faithful congregation. 

He asks them to stay 

together and that 

with the promises of 

support from a range 

of agencies, he tells 

them that he and the 

other congregation 

leaders are confident 

that they can succeed 

in getting Liverpool 

Corporation to rethink 

their plans once they realise the 

consequences of their actions. 

One can picture how emotional 

Dafydd is as he addresses the 

congregation in his belief that his 

trust in his faith, love for his way 

of life and social justice will be on 

their side. 

She contrasts this with the 

New Year celebrations of 

two of the leading Liverpool 

councillors, Frank Cain and John 

Braddock, and the New Year 

1996 discussions of a group of 

students in Neuadd Pantycelyn. 

The author initiates an in-depth 

analysis of the problems facing 

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those who wish to challenge 

Liverpool Corporation. 

We read about the inept Welsh 

speakers who have forsaken the 

language and those who do not 

want to start a “commotion” and 

wish to challenge by acceptable 

constitutional methods. In 

contrast, she focuses on the 

group in the college who see the 

use of alternative unconstitutional 

action as the only way forward. 

Readers will become emotionally 

involved as the characters in 

the village of Capel Celyn and 

neighbouring 

areas prepare 

to protest on 

the march 

in Liverpool. 

Manon Eames 

highlights the 

insensitive 

attitudes of 

the councillors 

in Liverpool 

as they pour 

scorn on the 

efforts of 

Gwynfor Evans 

in his attempts 

to change their 

plans to flood 

the village. 

The reader becomes emotionally 

involved as the author focuses 

on the efforts of first language 

Welsh speakers in their efforts 

to write letters, in English, to the 

officials at Liverpool Corporation, 

for them to gain insight and 

understanding of the feelings of 

the residents of Capel Celyn. 

The author brilliantly portrays 

the emotional stress suffered 

by the Capel Celyn residents 

as Elizabeth Riley, a girl from 

Capel Celyn who works with 

Liverpool Corporation, becomes 

the personal assistant to Mr 

Braddock. She is given the 

job of typing invitations to the 

Inauguration of the Reservoir 

Llyn Celyn on 21st October, 

1965. One of the other office 

assistants notices she is crying. 

She asks Elizabeth if she is 

alright to which Elizabeth replies: 

“Yes, just something in my eye”. 

I am sure that when they read 

this, many readers will shed a 

tear in common with Elizabeth at 

how the residents of Capel Celyn 

were treated. 

It is within the chapter on 

Tystiolaeth (Evidence) that 

the author drives home to the 

reader that protests by small 

communities against the actions 

of powerful companies or 

conurbations are doomed to 

failure without political change 

to back them up. Faith, love 

and connections are inadequate 

against political and multinational 

company power. 

Ms Eames has produced a 

powerful novel based on actual 

events which directly affected 

the lives of the residents of Capel 

Celyn. The resultant impact of 

the flooding of the valley and the 

disbursement of residents, many 

of whom had rented farms and 

houses from the Rhiwlas Estate, 

resulted in a massive attitude 

change by the Welsh people 

to political authority. Groups 

developed who were determined 

to take up the challenge to 

achieve parity for the Welsh 

language and the goal of 

devolution. The resultant growth 

in the use of the Welsh language 

in everyday life, schools and 

commerce undoubtedly resulted 

from the suffering of the residents 

of Capel Celyn and insensitive 

destruction of a Welsh-speaking 

community. 


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Winners and finalists will have their work published in an anthology, and will 

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Pets 

Playing With Your Dog: Why Is It So Important? 

by Karen Boyce, Beastly Thoughts Professional Dog Services 

“Toys are a bridge between 

dog and owner.” 

Craig Ogilvie (Master Dog 

Player and creator of the 

Interactive Play Method.) 

Playing is an important and a 

fun activity in the life of your 

dog. It can be used as a reward, 

a learning experience or just as 

a reason to hang out with them! 

Not enough owners play with 

their dogs and most dogs are 

simply given lots of toys and left 

to learn to entertain themselves. 

Don’t let this happen to you and 

your dog! 

How to play in a way your dog 

loves: 

• Let the dog latch onto the 

toy and keep the tension 

while moving the toy around 

in fluid motions. 

• Do NOT use sharp or 

uncoordinated movements; 

you could hurt your dog’s 

mouth, neck or spine. 

• Do NOT shove the toy in 

your dog’s face – this will 

cause frustration! 

• Keep the toys low to the 

ground. 

• Keep play 

sessions 

short – always 

leave the dog 

wanting more! 

(around 15 

seconds per 

session is 

enough). 

The best types 

of toys are really 

very simple: 

• Stuffed toy 

• Lotus ball with 

or without rope 

• Long rope toy (see photo) 

• Old tea towel 

Remember – quality of play 

over quantity! 

Beastly Thoughts Professional 

Dog Services sell Kong snakes, 

lotus balls and lotus ropes. We 

also hold play workshops so 

make sure you’re on our mailing 

list: 

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email-opt-in.html 

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Local history 

Smiling Rosemarie On Top Of The World 

This month we learn about 

ROSEMARIE FRANKLAND, the girl 

from Rhosllannerchrugog whose 

journey to the very pinnacle of the 

beauty pageant world was followed by 

her struggle to adapt to a life in show 

business. 

Rosemarie Frankland, the Welsh beauty pageant 

contestant, won the 1961 Miss United Kingdom 

and Miss World titles before becoming an 

actress. Born in Rhosllannerchrugog in February 

1943, she was the child of a hospital cleaner 

and a factory foreman. She moved to Lancashire 

as a child and worked at a local branch of Marks 

and Spencer. 

All eyes were on Rosemarie Frankland as she was 

crowned Miss World in 1961 

She took part in many beauty pageants and 

won the titles of Miss Lancashire and Miss 

Lake District before her big break when she 

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won Miss Wales in 1961. Winning Miss Wales 

meant she qualified for Miss World and later 

that same year (as Miss United Kingdom), more 

than 10 million television viewers watched her 

become the first British woman and the seventh 

European to win the Miss World competition at 

the Lyceum Ballroom in London. She also was 

the first runner-up at Miss Universe 1961. 

Together with Gina Swainson, who won the Miss 

World title as Miss Bermuda in 1979, she is 

one of the two women who came closest to 

winning Miss Universe and Miss World, having 

been second at Miss Universe before winning 

Miss World. Helen Morgan who was also Miss 

Wales and Miss United Kingdom, achieved the 

same feat, but she resigned the Miss World 

title four days after being crowned. When Bob 

Hope crowned Rosemarie as Miss World, he 

commented that she was the most beautiful girl 

he had ever seen. 

Modelling work flooded in after she secured 

the Miss World title. She also auditioned for 

a number of Hollywood studios and she had 

an uncredited role in the 1964 Beatles’ film 

A Hard Day’s Night. At this time she married Ben 

Jones, a photographer who was 16 years her 

senior, but the marriage was unable to survive 

her hectic lifestyle and he filed for divorce six 

months later on the grounds of adultery. 

With (l-r) Tuesday Weld, Frankie Avalon and Bob Hope in I’ll Taken Sweden 

Jones said “Rosemarie was star-struck and I 

don’t think she had the capacity to deal with it. 

For an 18-year-old behind the counter at Marks 

and Spencer to be thrown in the deep end of 

Miss World with no guidance and nobody to help 

her was too much. In the end it was a bit of a 

Marilyn Monroe story.” 

Her affair with Hope, which had started shortly 

after she won the Miss World title, began again 

in earnest. She moved into his Palm Springs 

home and appeared in his movie, I’ll Take 

Sweden in 1965. Hope took her on a tour of 

American forces in the Arctic, joking: “She’s so 

hot, we were in real danger of going through 

the ice.” 

Rosemarie in later years 

The film roles dried up and I’ll Take Swedenn 

was her last movie role. She had a short-lived 

stint as Hope’s personal assistant, but her 

relationship with him came to an end too as he 

refused to commit to her. 

In 1970, she married The Grass Roots singer/ 

guitarist, Warren Entner and went to live in Los 

Angeles. In 1976, she gave birth to their only 

child together, a daughter, Jessica. She and 

Warren divorced in 

1981. 

She was suffering 

from depression at 

the time of her death, 

purportedly from a 

drugs overdose. She 

was 57 when she 

died on December 

2, 2000 at Marina 

del Rey, Los Angeles 

County in California. 

She was cremated in the USA, but her ashes 

were moved back to her native Wales and were 

interred in Rhosllannerchrugog cemetery. 

Story and images courtesy of Graham Lloyd at 

www.wrexham-history.com. Original article 

first published in Bygone Wrexham 2017. 


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Techniquest Glyndŵr have 

revealed that alongside the 

purchase of and relocation 

to the former unoccupied TJ 

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of Wrexham, they will also 

be rebranding the Science 

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change of name. 

Techniquest Glyndŵr has come 

under the ‘Techniquest’ banner 

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The original Techniquest based 

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The rebranding is set to coincide 

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The successful funding and 

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Centre Manager Scot Owen said 

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Eating out 

The North Wales Foodies are back 

with their September Shout Outs! 

Here we are again to share more of our favourite local foodie favourites. It’s great to be able to 

share our recommendations with you guys, and support these local, independent businesses. 

It’s fantastic to see so many local people appreciating the many thriving establishments 

Wrexham and its surrounding areas have to offer. This month we’ve visited the Fat Boar in 

Wrexham Town Centre, the Cock o’Barton near Malpas and Aballu in Rossett. 

What finer thing in life is there than a Sunday 

roast, especially when you don't have to make 

it yourself? We'd recommend The Fat Boar any 

day of the week, but taking advantage of their 

great value Sunday roast is sure to please with 

its generous helpings of meat, veg and majorly 

impressive Yorkshire puds. 

any special occasion (or any day as the case may 

be). We went along to The Cocoa Rooms for a 

lock-in to sample some new creations, such as 

their mango and vanilla truffles, and ended 

up taking even more home. The next lock-in is 

coming up soon so be sure to follow Aballu on 

Facebook to keep up with their latest offerings. 

Chocaholics listen 

up! We’ve known 

about Aballu for a 

while, but now we 

feel it’s time to share 

this little secret with 

you. From their small 

workshop, Jo and the 

team create mouthwatering 

uniquely 

flavoured chocolate 

truffles and bars for 

We love the Cock o’Barton, which might have 

a Cheshire postcode, but at just a short drive 

from town, we consider it a Wrexham restaurant. 

We’ve eaten here many times and their seasonal 

menus and friendly atmosphere keep us coming 

back for more. We visited this time to take 

advantage of the awesome beer and burger 

offer (Tuesdays from 5pm) and we were totally 

impressed. Who could say no to a homemade 

steak burger topped with melted cheese and 

smoky candied bacon, washed down with a local 

ale? We’d recommend booking a table because 

even on a Tuesday evening, the restaurant and 

bar areas were packed out. 

Don’t forget to give us a follow on Instagram and Facebook @NorthWalesFoodies to see more of our shout-outs... 

and mark the 7th and 8th of September in your diaries for Wrexham’s ever-expanding food festival. 

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21 Ceded (7) 

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10 Horned animal (5) 

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22 An avatar of Vishnu (7) 

25 Exceed (7) 

26 A mendicant preacher (5) 

27 Favoured (9) 

28 Rational (7) 

29 Grew out of (7) 

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Issue 27

Wrexhamites 

Social Work Student’s Placement Success Recognised 

At Houses Of Parliament Awards 

A placement with a prisoner 

support charity fitted so well for 

a Wrexham Glyndwr University 

Social Work student that he not 

only secured a job at its end, but 

ended up with a national award 

as well. 

Jamie Dixon from Penyffordd 

initially embarked on the placement 

with the Prison Advice Care Trust 

(Pact) as part of his studies on the 

Glyndwr’s BA (Hons) Social Work 

course. During his 80-day 

placement, he worked with the 

Trust and prisoners at HMP 

Berwyn, preparing the prisoners for 

the day they were released and 

helping them to return to life 

outside the prison. 

Jamie said: “I would help them sort 

out housing, benefits, food, liaison 

with council departments and 

things like that. The charity actually 

works out of the probation office in 

Wrexham and a lot of my time was 

spent in there.” 

Following his placement, Jamie 

was contacted by the charity and 

told he was one of a select group 

of people from up and down the 

UK who had been selected to 

receive a volunteering award. 

Jamie and the other volunteers 

were asked to come to a special 

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presentation at the House of 

Lords as part of an event 

celebrating Pact’s 120 th year 

helping people. 

He said: “After I heard I had been 

put forward for the award, my dad 

and I were invited 

down to the Houses 

of Parliament where 

the ceremony was 

being held. It was 

very interesting 

actually – we went 

down there the day 

Theresa May 

resigned and that 

was fascinating to watch in the 

House of Commons. Seeing those 

processes in Parliament is not 

something everyone gets to see. 

We were each given an award by 

David Gauke – the then Justice 

Secretary – and it was great to be 

recognised for the work I had done. 

Pact is a big charity and out of all 

the people in the country they 

could have given an award to, they 

picked just 13 of us.” 

Jamie is now working part time 

while he completes his studies at 

Glyndwr and is looking forward to 

applying his degree once he 

graduates and finds a career in 

social work. 

He added: “After the placement 

and the awards, I actually ended 

up getting a job with Pact – once 

again, working with prisoners from 

HMP Berwyn. That’s the kind of 

arena I’d like to work in once I 

graduate. My mum is a social 

worker and coming to Glyndwr to 

study to become one too seemed 

the next logical step for me.” 

Senior lecturer in Social Work at 

Wrexham Glyndwr University, Liz 

Lefroy, said: “Each Social Work 

student at Glyndwr is expected to 

apply the skills they learn with us 

on a placement. Jamie is a 

conscientious student who 

performed exceptionally well on his 

second year placement. He was 

given a challenging opportunity 

and he rose to that challenge. 

We work hard with our partner 

organisations: Wrexham, Flintshire 

and Denbighshire Councils, to 

provide students with placements 

which enable them to grow into the 

social work role and this turned out 

to be a particularly good fit.” 

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Outdoors 

This month we take you on a mileand-a-half 

(2.8km) walk around 

the beautiful and diverse Marford 

Quarry. 

Marford Quarry is located 2.5 miles 

NE of Wrexham. Heading south 

into the village of Marford on the 

B5445, turn right onto Pant Lane in 

the village centre (immediately after 

the Red Lion pub). There is free 

parking at Maes y Pant car park, 

approximately 415m down Pant 

Lane (SJ 354 551; LL12 8HB). 

OS Explorer Map 256 

Marford Quarry Walk 

by Mark Roberts, North Wales Wildlife Trust 

With over 1,000 recorded species, 

Marford Quarry is a wildlife haven 

and one of the best places in Wales 

for invertebrates. As its name 

suggests, the site was quarried for 

many years (supplying aggregate 

for the construction of the Mersey 

Tunnel) but, now that nature has 

truly reclaimed it for herself, insects 

thrive in the mix of post-industrial 

habitats and several rare species 

make their homes here. 

The reserve is especially important 

for a specialised group of 

invertebrates, 

aculeate 

Hymenoptera (bees, ants and 

wasps) with an astounding 171 

different species recorded (2018). 

Ants, in particular, are an important 

source of food for green 

woodpeckers and as you wander 

along the network of paths that 

criss-cross the quarry floor, listen 

out for their distinctive, cackling 

call. In spring and summer, the vivid 

colours of orchids and other 

wildflowers accompany the 

reserve’s leafy greens; whilst the 

flashes of colour from the 35 

butterfly species found here are 

sure to catch your eye. 

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You walk into an unexpected oasis 

of wilderness by following a treelined 

path to find rare plants like wild 

liquorice, special invertebrates, 

slow-worms and gorgeous 

butterflies such as the purple 

hairstreak. 

The route is easy-going; even 

suitable for all-terrain pushchairs. 

Turn left out of the car park onto 

Pant Lane and walk along the lefthand 

pavement until you see a 

finger post pointing left (shortly after 

crossing Quarry Brow). Follow this 

lovely leafy path, noticing the huge, 

smooth-barked beech trees among 

the sycamores. 

When you come to the junction in 

paths (after about 300m), take the 

right-hand path, passing a bench on 

the left and carrying straight on. 

Ignore other paths leading off the 

track. 

At the next fork, take the right-hand 

path, which climbs steeply uphill. 

Notice the change in vegetation to 

ash, hawthorn and birch as you gain 

height, whilst the atmosphere 

becomes drier and the soil sandier. 

If you wish to spot dragonflies and 

look for smooth newts, frogs and 

toads, dip down the left-hand path 

at the next junction to visit the pond 

– retrace your steps to return. 

The path carries on looping around 

the top of the reserve, skirting a 

fenced area. The fence prevents 

rabbits nibbling special plants such 

as bee orchid, pyramidal orchid and 

wild liquorice. In summer you smell 

wafts of evening primrose and hear 

the repetitive song of the chiffchaff. 

Continue along this path past a 

hedge of Lawson cypress with 


glimpses of open countryside 

between the trees. Look out for 

alder with their distinctive cones; 

and mature hawthorns with their red 

berries in autumn and white 

blossom in May. In summer, you 

hear the loud chirping of 

grasshoppers. Growing around the 

path is wood sage, which smells 

pungent if you crush the leaves. 

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gorgeous views over the lush trees 

of the quarry – in autumn, the 

colours are spectacular. 

The path loops around a second 

fenced area: in summer, see if you 

can spot the bubblegum-pink 

flowers of common centaury in the 

open area to the right of the path. 

Pass the circular benches on the 

right and take the mesh path leading 

left. 

Just before the next benches ahead 

on the right, turn left and left again 

– from here on in, you are starting to 

retrace your steps. Plenty of dead 

wood is left to rot on the reserve as 

habitat for invertebrates – see if you 

can spot the striking ruby-tailed 

wasp as you walk. 

Very soon you come to another 

junction of paths. Take the left-hand 

route, which returns you down the 

long straight path, the way you 

came in. Turn right out of the 

footpath onto Pant Lane to return to 

the car park. 

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• Free Parking 

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Although your guided walk finishes 

here, you are also free to explore 

the paths of Maes y Pant. The 

highlight is the viewing area: to 

reach this, turn right past the Maes y 

Pant welcome sign and carry on 

along the track until you reach a set 

of steep steps on the right. Climb 

the steps for panoramic views over 

the trees and distant hills – on a 

clear day you can even see 

Liverpool, 25 miles away. As you 

retrace your steps to the car park, 

look out for green and great-spotted 

woodpeckers. 

Many thanks to 

Mark Roberts of 

the North Wales 

Wildlife Trust for 

providing us with 

this walk and 

the accompanying 

photos. 

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Alyn Waters with more to look forward to in 

September. 

This month sees two new events 

for the local and wider community 

at Minera with a Heritage Fun Day 

taking place on September 14th 

and an outdoor film-screening on 

September 21st. 

The fun day will feature guided tours of the site 

provided by Wrexham Museum, fun and games 

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the 2001 American cartoon comedy film loosely 

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