Then and Now

Then: W.J. Williams Central Stores, Bridge Street
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Now: Razzamatazz is the most recent nightclub on this site
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Then: High Street and the old Wynnstay Arms Hotel
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Now: High Street and the new Wynnstay Arms Hotel
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Then: The Hat Inn and the Elephant & Castle, Charles Street, from the Beast Market
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Now: Schwarz Opticians and the Dao Siam Thai Restaurant
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Then: Seion Chapel, Regent Street
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Now: Bakers Oven & Superdrug
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Then: Brynyffynnon Methodist Church, Regent Street
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Now: Peacocks & Wrexham Methodist Church
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Then: Mrs Simms’s Establishment for Young Ladies, Wynnstay House, King Street
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Now: Bowen Son & Watson estate agents & Hopley Pierce & Son, solicitors
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Then: Privately owned shops, Regent Street
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Now: Primark to Clarks, Regent Street
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Then: The Vicarage Gardens, Llwyn Isaf
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Now: Coronation Walk and Queen’s Square
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Then: Sig-ar-ro Stores & Hope Street
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Caption: Now: Nationwide Building Society & Hope Street
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Then: Brook Street, looking towards the Mitre Brewery
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Now: Liquid, Envy and Chicago Rock café nightclubs
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Then: The old Hand Inn and the Town Hall
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Now: Looking up Town Hill towards Burtons
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Then: The gates to Acton Park and Acton Hall
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Now: The Four Dogs, Chester Road
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Then: Taxi cabs waiting in Brook Street
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Now: Looking towards St Giles’ Way
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Then: Hope Street, looking west
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Now: Hope Street, looking from outside Next
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Then: Hope Street, looking towards the Talbot
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Now: Hope Street from outside Woolworths or Boots
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Then: Yorke Street, looking up to the Wynnstay Arms
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Now: Widened and the buildings adjoining the churchyard demolished
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Then: Church House, County Buildings & the Catholic Cathedral
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Now: The insurance broker’s, Wrexham County Borough Museum and the Catholic Cathedral
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Then: The Town Hall from High Street
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Now: Demolished to improve traffic flow
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Then: St Mark's Church, St Mark's Road
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Now: NCP Multi-Storey Car Park, St Mark's Road
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Then: Wrexham Infirmary
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Now: North Wales School of Art and Design
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Then: Hughes & Son, Printers, Caxton House, Regent Street, Wrexham, c.1910
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Now: Caxton Place, Regent Street 2008
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