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Welsh Towns

Series 2

Episode 4: Wrexham

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Wales HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Eddie Butler visits Wrexham, the birthplace of football in Wales and home to the oldest international stadium in the world. Eddie discovers that Wrexham made the first successful lager in Britain and was drunk by General Gordon's troops in Khartoum. He visits a stately home to find out how another sort of butler worked and meets one of the last people to remember the tragic Gresford mining disaster of 1934. He also learns how the traditions of football and brewing are being revived. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Eddie Butler
Producer:
Steve Freer
Director:
Steve Freer
Series Producer:
Catrin Griffith
Executive Producer:
Elis Owen

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