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Originally Posted by dagg
Thanks. Just found this on a old thread.
The Turf Bowling Club - (1929 - 1977) - Reformed as Gresford Colliery in 1978 – The Turf green is now a car park opposite the Turf Pub on Mold Road, Wrexham.
* And very successful they were, winning 13 of the next 17 Wrexham Bowls Championships.
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The Turf Bowling Club had been in existence since at least 1913 dagg.
William Noel Soames had been the Vice President of the Turf bowling club since before the war.
https://www.wrexham-history.com/hist...der-breweries/
I had put some attachments about it on the history thread some time back, but could never find an actual date when the bowling green was first built. It seems likely that it was built when the ground was improved and the two taverns were joined together to form the current turf hotel in 1912/13, and so would have been opened in 1913, although there is also a hint that it may have been built earlier as the kiosk on Mold Road was already in place in 1909 (see attached). The general shape that the bowling green was built on had been around for a long time and had previously been the turf tavern garden. In earlier times, a timber stand would have been erected each year on the turf tavern garden and dismantled when the races were over. Another timber stand was also erected each year where the mrs is today, until a permanent stone built stand was constructed in 1854