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Places we like
I hesitated to put Wrexham on the list of places we like. For one thing, it is almost completely anglicised - almost as unWelsh as Liverpool. Emm and I go there frequently, but as often as not it is to one of its quieter suburbs, where we are periodically required to live celibate lives, while looking after a delinquent dog and an antisocial cat. However, Wrexham itself is a thriving town, with a wide range of shops and department stores to cater for all pockets and tastes. It even has a sex-shop, which I visited once. It was the seediest, most dismal shop I have ever been in, and was reason in itself for shopping online. But the town is also blessed with a wealth of fashion shops. When Emm tires of shopping we head for the Elihu Yale for a drink. (Elihu Yale is considered Wrexham’s most famous son, though he was actually born in Boston, Massachusetts. His family moved to Wales when he was only four, and he never returned to America. However, having made his fortune, he sent a large donation to a newly established college in Connecticut, which was renamed in his honour. This was to become Yale University.)
I hesitated to put Wrexham on the list of places we like. For one thing, it is almost completely anglicised - almost as unWelsh as Liverpool. Emm and I go there frequently, but as often as not it is to one of its quieter suburbs, where we are periodically required to live celibate lives, while looking after a delinquent dog and an antisocial cat. However, Wrexham itself is a thriving town, with a wide range of shops and department stores to cater for all pockets and tastes. It even has a sex-shop, which I visited once. It was the seediest, most dismal shop I have ever been in, and was reason in itself for shopping online. But the town is also blessed with a wealth of fashion shops. When Emm tires of shopping we head for the Elihu Yale for a drink. (Elihu Yale is considered Wrexham’s most famous son, though he was actually born in Boston, Massachusetts. His family moved to Wales when he was only four, and he never returned to America. However, having made his fortune, he sent a large donation to a newly established college in Connecticut, which was renamed in his honour. This was to become Yale University.)
