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Old 3rd March 2016, 18.56:20   #82-0 (permalink)
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Perhaps this was the trigger for the pitch being turned. I notice it says stand also...so has anyone any idea when this was built?? Was it initially built for the racehorses?? It didn't have changing rooms so perhaps this was the case?
May well have been jonesfach, although I couldn't find any references to the pitch changing position the newspaper archives. Will keep on looking though.
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May well have been jonesfach, although I couldn't find any references to the pitch changing position the newspaper archives. Will keep on looking though.
Just looked at an old picture from height which shows the racecourse completely seperate from the football part. So am guessing now the stand was built solely for the purpose of football. Is there somewhere where we could get planing details?? Do Wrexham council keep records so far back perhaps?
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Just looked at an old picture from height which shows the racecourse completely seperate from the football part. So am guessing now the stand was built solely for the purpose of football. Is there somewhere where we could get planing details?? Do Wrexham council keep records so far back perhaps?
Is there an online link to the picture Jonesfach or do you know what year the picture is dated?


Pretty much everything I've seen and read shows that the turf hotel and the tavern before it, was situated near to the winners post, with the earliest temporary grandstands built either side of the tavern, and there are references to show that Mold Road and Crispin Lane where situated as they are now, with the railway station in its current position. This places the lower section of The Racecourse (as sold by WWW in 1897- below) as it is now. Which means that there were always grandstands in the region surrounding where the current pitch is now.
I had believed that these grandstands would have been situated- 1 roughly where the kop is, and 1 roughly where MRS is.

WREXHAM RACECOURSE, The unexpected sale by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., of the Turf Hotel, and one-third of the historic Wrexham Racecourse, has given rise to considerable speculation in the district. The buyers is Mr. T. P. Jones Parry, a Wrexham solicitor, and his purchase includes that portion of the racecourse where football, cricket, and other athletic sports take place, and where the stand, ring, and paddock for the races are located

The Racecourse circuit, was however, much bigger than the current land area of the stadium as it is now- 'The racecourse was ideally placed close to the railway station, was circular with a mile circumference and just a 2 furlong, uphill run-in'
WREXHAM RACECOURSE

The uphill run in suggests to me that racecourse ran clockwise in a radius up Mold Road, then turned right, up past Glyndwr, then back down to Crispin Lane with the 2 furlong uphill run in coming up past the kop.

Perhaps after the sale, the rest of the land was used, as distinct from the football stadium?

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Sorry, I should have said that I had always visualised The Racecourse being in that orientation, rather than I believed, as I have no evidence to say believed.
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This one I think it's from the 30's. Someone posted it on the photos thread also and knew the date it was taken. Ashfield road etc I think is on it and they were built circa 1935 onwards....afaik.
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Is there an online link to the picture Jonesfach or do you know what year the picture is dated?
This one was dated 1948.
The Racecourse - The Racecourse
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Sorry, I should have said that I had always visualised The Racecourse being in that orientation, rather than I believed, as I have no evidence to say believed.
Well if it did happen it was certainly before 1906, but as I am not the only one who believes this to be the case, it could well have been the case??
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This one was dated 1948.
The Racecourse - The Racecourse
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An interesting bit about the soames' in this piece.
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