The OW Web
We are convinced that The Old Wrexhamians Web is equally as complex and far-reaching as the world-wide web! Here are a couple of examples:
John Fowles' fabulous house on the side of a mountain, overlooking Llangollen, had been on the market for over two years. Everyone who came to view said "wonderful, I must have it" but each time there was no follow-up. When yet another viewing was arranged he thought "here we go again". At the appointed time who should walk through the door but fellow OW John Barry Williams, proprietor of PHS in Wrexham. "Love it" said JB, "I'll be in touch". The very next morning the Estate Agent phoned and said "sold"!
In the process of organising the OW Golf Day, I received an e-mail from Wrexham solicitor David Parry listing some other OW's who might be interested in the golf and/or dinner. One name on the list was that of Des. Parry. Whilst David did not have Des's address he said that Berwyn Edwards of Messrs. Geoffrey Morris & Ashton, would. So I phoned Berwyn Edwards. I had not known him at school but we still found lots of common ground for chat. He told me that he and his wife had recently returned from Australia where they had visited his wife's cousin in Sydney. He told me that on her lounge wall was a photograph of a Grove Park Rugby team! He then said that he recognised Chris Williams of Messrs. Allington Hughes, in the photograph. I said that I, too, must have been in it as I played alongside Chris. I asked him what it was doing on his cousin's wall. He told me that the picture belonged to her ex-husband, Mike Roberts. Suffice to say that we had been trying to trace Mike for about 14 years! Now we've got him! A week or so later I received an e-mail from Mike sent from Quito, Ecuador where he was on holiday.