Centenarian George Pemberton entertained guests at his 100th birthday party – with a rousing song and poetry he’d learnt as a schoolboy in 1921. More than 30 people gathered at Pendine Park’s Hillbury Care Home, in Wrexham, to celebrate the big day as George gave an energetic rendition of “There’s a Hole in my Bucket”. [..]
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Tuesday November 15th, 2011
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Gangsters armed to the teeth with splurge guns are set to take over a theatre – and give a big break to two young actors from Flintshire. Liverpool-based LHK Productions are putting on two performances of the hit show, Bugsy Malone, at the Stiwt Theatre, in Rhos, near Wrexham, on Saturday, November12. The musical is [..]
Tuesday November 15th, 2011
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Startled shoppers watched as a soap opera unfolded – in front of the cosmetics counter. World-renowned Wrexham-born opera star Anne Williams-King offered ‘Parfum de Wrexham Racecourse’ before bursting into song at the Estee Lauder counter of the Debenhams store at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre. Anne is the mother of Paula, pregnant mistress of Wrexham pub [..]
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Tuesday November 15th, 2011
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Sixty years on, memories of the Korean War are excruciatingly painful for former tank driver Peter Archer. Peter, now approaching his 81st birthday, still can’t bring himself to talk about some of the terrible things he witnessed. Those haunting experiences are never far from the surface though and they regularly penetrate the subconscious in the [..]
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Thursday November 10th, 2011
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