THE Evening Leader offices across the region were located in prime positions in the communities they served.

People would call in for all manner of things, from placing adverts, giving hot tips for stories or to purchase a copy of the paper itself.

Sharing a photo of the Wrexham Leader building, on Regent Street in the town from 1973, readers of the Local Bygones Facebook group shared some of their memories, aptly timed as the Leader celebrates its 50th anniversary this month...

 

Leader office Wrexham.

Leader office Wrexham.

 

Dan Jaçkson: "My favourite memory of the Evening Leader, as it was, is delivering it in 1985 around Ewloe and saving up my wages to buy my dream BMX."

Dan Gaffer Phillips did the same thing, adding he "bought a Raleigh Team Aero Pro".

Denise Sides: "My aunt Pauline Jones worked there and I had my photo taken for queen of trade apx 1970."

 

The Leader HQ in Mold, 2013.

The Leader HQ in Mold, 2013.

 

Like many youngsters, Margaret Nurse was a member, of Chums' Corner. As was Dorice Griffiths, who said: "I remember when it was your birthday you'd get a card and two free tickets to go the Saturday Morning Club at the Odeon in Brook Street. You used to everyone's best friend in the hope you'd choose them to go with you." Carol Gardner, Lynne Holbeck and Philip James both still have their Chums' Corner badges.

 

The faces behind the lens. If you ever featured in any of our Way Back When galleries, chances are you had that photo taken by one of these Leader photographers - Fred Williams, Les Evans and Tom Hunter.

The faces behind the lens. If you ever featured in any of our Way Back When galleries, chances are you had that photo taken by one of these Leader photographers - Fred Williams, Les Evans and Tom Hunter.

 

Beth Worrall had a connection to one of the title's many snappers: "My brother-in-law was photographer for Leader for many years, Vic Cleveley."

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Raymond Thomas recalled: "When I first started work as a messenger in the Good Department, the Leader used to come out on a Tuesday and a Friday and I would have to call in the Leader office to collect two copies one for the Goods Agent and one for the Goods Rep.

"And I was very shy and I was as red as a beetroot when I saw the ladies behind the desk."

 

Wrexham Evening Leader office, King Street, Wrexham.

Wrexham Evening Leader office, King Street, Wrexham.

 

Karen Currie: "My aunt used to clean there, and on a Friday I would help her, of all the jobs there, I wouldn't empty the huge ashtrays which were always full to the brim, ash all around the desks.

"And I'm surprised the reporters had time to type on those heavy manual typewriters."

 

Leader Wrexhams High Street office, 2013.

Leader Wrexham's High Street office, 2013.

 

Andrea Davies said: "I used to go with mum when she covered for auntie Rita when she was on holiday. I used to love spinning on the typists' chairs. Les the photographer showed how pictures are developed."

Julia Pleavin: "I worked in reception there with Gwyneth Pam and Nancy. Loved it when the Wrexham players came in."

And it was football that Barry Scrivener remembers too: "I always stopped and looked at the pictures in the window when on my way to watch Wrexham there were usually good pictures of Wrexham matches in the windows."