Wrexham Lager

[Blairy]

Through my research on the Birmingham men in the Great War, twice it can up that the public house called the Royal Exchange in Nechells Birmingham was nicknamed “The Wrexham” because the lager it sold was brewed in Wrexham. As someone who was born next door to a public house I have never come across Wrexham lager in Birmingham. Has anyone heard of it being sold or drank from about 1900 until 1940’s
Or was the nickname of the pub for another reason that I do not know about and nothing to do with the lager.

[ap1]

http://www.wrexhamlager.co.uk/history/ They appear to have had plenty of outlets for the lager. Even sold on the Titanic!

[jungle1810]

Hello Graham,
It may well be a long shot but for many years Wrexham Lager supplied free lager on our A.G.M. I have been going to the A.G.M's for many years but that is not relevant to your question. But maybe when the Comrades gained in popularity possibly in the late 1930's and or the end of the second world war the comrades as a mark of appreciation used the non de plume you mentioned even if it was in Birmingham, as we both know a hell of a lot of "Brummies" attended the A.G.M over many years. Just a possibility no more.
Regards Don

[Blairy]

Thanks Chaps
On the Facebook page of Wrexham Museum there is a postcard from a Staff Officer from the Army Service Corps who sent a label back to Wrexham Brewery taken off a bottle of Wrexham lager which was found in the grounds of General Gordon’s Palace at Khartoum on Sept 3^rd 1898 to show how far the lager had travelled.
My thoughts are that it was drank in Birmingham during the Great War as a lot of the beer was watered down to combat drunkenness in the munitions factories.
Lager is difficult to water down and was in bottles.
My 87 year old cousin remembers the “Wrexham” on the corner of Long Acre and Rocky Lane Nechells Birmingham as her mother use to send her to the pub to bring her father home before he got legless.

[Blairy]

Here is a cropped photograph taken in 1950 of a faded old painted Wrexham lager sign on a wall in Birmingham so if this was painted on the pub wall I can now see why the pub would be called the Wrexham
Also a modern day label showing the ace of clubs trade mark
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