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Once a down-on-its-luck coal-mining town, the unassuming Welsh city is experiencing a tourism boom – and locals say there's more to love than just its football team.

As they call it, before they chose this club, but have now been given but have now been given the freedom of wrexham for the way they galvanised the club, thanks to their tv series on theirjourney, have put the whole town in the world stage. go, wrexham! go on, wrexham! go, wrexham! i right on cue, a coach party of young footballers from boston, usa, and also hooked, inside, a fan all the way from alabama, who is finally getting to see the club he's fallen in love with. after so long ofjust actually following the team, i was like, i've got to come out here, even if i can't get a ticket to one ...

"i've got to come out here." even if i can't get a ticket to one of the games, i have to be here just for the culture, just for the environment — just how exciting everything is. well, this place has become totally iconic around the world, as you can see now. ithink, more famous, you'd have to say, than the rovers return or the queen vic. but, you know, this story isn't just about the present and the future. it's also about recognising the club's historical connection with the community of this town, now, a city indeed. and at the centre of that history is the former mining community, which ...

TODAY the Leader takes a drive out to the past for a dose of nostalgia, from garages, registrations and first cars.

76-year-old Peter Wall, from the West Midlands, has contacted the Leader in the hope of finding someone who can help him in his search...