Wrexham Christmas village

Just back from the (superb) Wrexham Christmas Village market, see here: https://www.christmasmarkets.com/chr...stmas-village/

What a marvellous experience, with some lovely stalls full of all sorts of locally handcrafted goods and food/drink. Picked up some nice decs for the tree, some foodie bits and I got a couple of nice bottles of fizz from English wine producer Morville St Gregory, in Shropshire: http://www.morville-st-gregory.co.uk/about-us/

Highly recommended (as they were doing tastings), and every bit as good as 'proper Champagne', but half the price!:)

Anyway, some pics of the market:

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Last one was taken inside the historic 16th century St Giles church: https://stgilesparishchurchwrexham.org.uk/joomla30/

Great fun, and makes you feel really Christmassy!:santa::christmas:

Marco.

Used to do a market here now and then. Up at the town square.
Farmers, butchers bakers etc. Some nice produce, but I never heard when it was on mostly

Yeah most towns had regular markets back in the day. We're lucky that Wrexham has a permanent indoor Butcher's market (and fresh veg and stuff is sold, too): https://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/b...alls/index.htm

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It's nice having a wander round and buying stuff, when you have time, which you know is local produce and top quality, rather than using supermarkets:)

Marco.

Blackpool has one like that. Used to go there a lot for food

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Blackpool has one like that. Used to go there a lot for food

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One hell of a drive from Scotland.

Bristol has quite a good farmers market, as well as a permanent indoor market, but I always seem to end up in one of the pubs next door.

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One hell of a drive from Scotland.

Bristol has quite a good farmers market, as well as a permanent indoor market, but I always seem to end up in one of the pubs next door.

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Lol. Used to bide in Blacky a lot as worked there in winter.
Better weather too

We have a market in Saffron Walden every Tuesday and Saturday. I reckon, 9 times out of 10, it's chucking it down on a Tuesday or Saturday - like today. I feel for the market people.

Great tol see a positive thread about my town! It's got its faults but we love it here!
Whereabouts do you live Marco?

Hi Andy,

Nice hearing from you. I thought I'd scared you off on your Welcome thread, or were just painfully shy: https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...28#post1160728

:D;)

There's lots of great things about Wrexham, not just the town itself (which of course has its problems, just like any other large town in the UK, and which really should have city status, a major bugbear of mine), but the COUNTY, in which there are some beautiful places. It's often forgotten that Wrexham isn't just a town!

I'm in Acton, near the Four Dogs, where are you?:)

Marco.

Lovely pics marko , we are not allowed lights in our local shopping area , nor christmas trees or anything like that . Like many areas in the middle east

In the Muslim world, Christmas is not celebrated publicly, except in the minority Christian communities in the Middle East. And in North Africa not at all. To a Western Christian living there, the absence of the usual sights, sounds, and practices of Christmas, which are such a part of our culture, is most striking -- and can even be depressing. Go out into the streets and stores, but you will see no Christmas trees or decorations. Go into the homes on Christmas day, but you will not have a Christmas dinner or listen to the reading of the Christmas story, unless you are in the home of one of the few Christians. Turn on TV or radio, but you will find no Christmas programs and few if any signs that it is Christmas.

It is not that Muslims are ignorant of Christmas. Their understanding of it often leaves something to be desired, however. In North Africa, for example, it is commonly viewed as a "European" holiday. Based on what they have observed, to many it represents a big party, with feasting, drinking (and getting drunk), and similar behaviour -- very much like the pagan festival it started out to be back in ancient Rome. The Biblical message of the Incarnation, which Christians have proclaimed to be the real meaning of Christmas, does not seem to be getting through.

https://www1.cbn.com/onlinedisciples...-to-muslims%3F

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Lovely pics marko , we are not allowed lights in our local shopping area , nor christmas trees or anything like that . Like many areas in the middle east

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Is that what they call the West Mids now then, Phil?;)

Otherwise, thanks!:cool:

Marco.

fortunately only a small part of it !!

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I'm really sorry Marco - missed your reply completely!
I live between the cemetery and the Brickie!

I bought some kit from Acton Gate years ago but as you can see my kit is a little downmarket for Acton Gate!
It's Fleabay, Gumtree and Facebook for me haha.

No problem, Andy:)

Ah yes, I know where you are. Acton Gate Audio is one of the last 'proper' family-run hi-fi shops in the UK. I've been going there since the 90s. They sell all sorts of stuff.

Worry not, we specialise in making great sounds out of 'cheap tat', lol!:lol:;)

No honestly, we're big here on showing folks how to get the highest 'sound-per-pound' from their systems, so aside from advice you receive on the forum, if there's anything I can ever do to help with your system, just pop me a PM. I have a fair bit of experience in know how to get the most out of systems, on a budget.

Anyway, hope you hang around and become a regular contributor. Enjoy!:cool:

Marco.

Whats wrexham like for shopping, i didnt think their was anything there?

It's pretty good. See here: http://www.eagles-meadow.co.uk/ There's also another smaller shopping centre, and quite a few interesting places in the town centre, although like a lot are now, it's a little rundown compared with how it used to be, as shops close due to folks doing most of their shopping at the centres or online.

There's a proper old-fashioned record shop, too: https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en...oiowCnoECA8QBg

:cool:

Marco.

How far are you from Portmerion then?

About an hour and a half's drive. We were there last year. Yeah, I know you liked The Prisoner;)

I'm more interested in the architecture and beautiful views:)

Marco.

Thanks Marco. that's very kind of you!

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No problem, Andy:)

Ah yes, I know where you are. Acton Gate Audio is one of the last 'proper' family-run hi-fi shops in the UK. I've been going there since the 90s. They sell all sorts of stuff.

Worry not, we specialise in making great sounds out of 'cheap tat', lol!:lol:;)

No honestly, we're big here on showing folks how to get the highest 'sound-per-pound' from their systems, so aside from advice you receive on the forum, if there's anything I can ever do to help with your system, just pop me a PM. I have a fair bit of experience in know how to get the most out of systems, on a budget.

Anyway, hope you hang around and become a regular contributor. Enjoy!:cool:

Marco.

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About an hour and a half's drive. We were there last year. Yeah, I know you liked The Prisoner;)

I'm more interested in the architecture and beautiful views:)

Marco.

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It was a bit run down last time i went. Clough william Ellis even did Peter Stubbs works down the road from us but was knocked down in the late 60's

Cool. It's defo not rundown now, quite posh. We had lunch here last time: https://portmeirion.wales/eat

Marco.

Good 30 years ago i went last. None of that there..

Lol, yeah I guess things will change a wee bit in 30 years!:eyebrows:

Marco.

When I visited 'The Villiage' in the late '90s we also had lunch there. The only problem was we had great difficulty in leaving. :D

Lol... So who back then was the lucky lady?;)

Marco.

No "lucky lady" at the time. :(

Ah, so who was the "we"?:)

Marco.

My friends - or did you think it was the Royal "we"?

Just checking in case you'd given one of the waitresses an offer she couldn't have refused;)

Marco.

I read somewhere that the whole place is an hotel now.

There was a tiny shop in there selling all memorabilia thats probably been changed now..