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Doesn't Wrexham Lager deserve a mention?--JBellis 21:19, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Yes- I've put a stub in for this but couldn't remember the date of closure. It needs somebody with better knowledge to fill in the gaps. Velela 11:14, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] History is too big
I have moved all history content to 'History of Wrexham' page. I think what needs to be done is the current history on the 'Wrexham' page should be brought down to a couple of paragraphs of history, for the last 200 years or so. Including Wrexham's borough status etc....
[edit] Churches
I think it is a bit misleading to descrbe St Giles as "Wrexham's main Church". I think "Wrexham's main Anglican church" would be better, as Wrexham also has a Roman Catholic Cathedral known as "Our Lady of Sorrows", or "St Mary's", which also has a large congregation, and is the main church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham, which extends over much of North Wales.
[edit] Too negative!
Most of this artice sems to give a negative view of Wrexham (a lot of space is give over to the riots, far more than it needs). I think some parts need to be re-written.
I would agree, but we aren't trying to 'sell' Wrexham to anyone, just tell it like it is. Born Acorn 11:49, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pictures
Does anyone have any pictures of Wrexham they'd be willing to upload? I could do it myself, but just checking.
[edit] Wrexham - town vs county borough
Please remember that this is an article on the town of Wrexham and should contain information about the town only. There is a separate article on the county borough of Wrexham which can include information on other parts of the county borough! -- Maelor 13:01, 13 July 2006 (UTC) More positive about this great town.
[edit] local areas
More information is needed here.
[edit] Population
The introduction currently states: "The town itself has a population of 43,000 and is thus the largest town in North Wales. The surrounding county borough has a population of 109,300." This can't be right - the council website states that the population of the entire county borough is (2004 est.) 130,200 extrapolated from the 2001 census figure of 128,476. If you go from the councils' ward map can someone say which wards actually comprise the town area? Brynffynnon? New Broughton? Coedpoeth? Then you can go to the census data and work out the actual town population. -- Arwel (talk) 21:28, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I think this is resolved.... 63,087 is the Popluation of Wrexham' Urban area which was defined by the ONS in 2001. This is a 2001 and dosent seem to be available for 2005 estimates (although its prob about 68,000). I dont think the 40 odd thousand figure should be used as its no longer clear what is and isnt wrexham town, added to this Wrexham Council no longer use such a figure. The urban area is defined as the continuous urban sprawl. This includes much of new broughton etc but excludes 'villages' like Coedpoeth.
[edit] Annie Lennox
I would like to know where u found out that Annie Lennox lived in coedpoeth who in their right mind would want to live in that shithole. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 0555 (talk) 20:10, 28 March 2007 (UTC).
What the hell is wrong with Coedpoeth....
The whole of Wrexham is pretty hellish...
I don't believe this either. It is noticeable that the page on Annie Lennox does not mention those crucial, formative years in Coedpoeth at all. But then Bwlchgwyn was once going to house an International Elvis Presley Museum, so who knows... Judge Nutmeg 04:50, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
I am Private Luke Roberts currently serving in basra and my mate stumbled across this whislt doing revision for college. what i want to no is how did u find my name and wot more do u no? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.202.46.50 (talk) 23:29, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Has anyone got any more proof of Annie Lennox living in Coedpoeth, the web is full of articles that mention her name and "coedpoeth" but they all seem like copies of this wikipedia article. I would really like to know if there is any concrete evidence for this. 194.82.118.105 (talk) 14:45, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merge in "City status"
Support. The article on Wrexham City Status is marked with a merge tag, yet there has been no discussion of that proposal here. I support that merge. The City Status article is quite short and does not provide enough context to stand alone. This (i.e., Wrexham) article has a section with the same name, where the city status discussion would nicely fit. Hult041956 19:56, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hearing no objection, I did this merge today. Hult041956 (talk) 00:52, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Town Motto
Anybody ever noticed that the motto Labor Omnia Vincit, translated as Hard work overcomes all things, also means Labour Always Wins? Never a truer word spoken. I wonder which party introduced that motto? Judge Nutmeg (talk) 02:02, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Rejig
Hello editors,
Just a note that this article would benefit greatly from being more closely aligned to the WP:UKTOWNS guideline. There are alot of sprawling and conflicting sections in the article that would be better served following the standard layout.
Futhermore, inline with what has been stated in the past by other editors, I've removed any confusion with the Wrexham County Borough. Please be mindful that they are two different entities. -- Jza84 · (talk) 17:16, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
