Wrexham’s April Fool’s round up! Which ones did you fall for?

Wrexham.com for people living in or visiting the Wrexham area

This article is old - Published: Monday, Apr 1st, 2019

It’s that time of year again when the morning is dominated by some unbelievable news that people should read all the way through before commenting on.

Here at Wrexham.com we decided to break out our ‘statue of local legends and the leader of Wrexham Council‘ story which has been on our April Fool’s to do list for sometime. There are no plans to create civic plinths, so sadly the town will not see a bronze Robbie Savage (or Tim Vincent, or the Leader of the Council!) with arms outspread.

The news was met with a range of views on our Facebook page – well worth a look here. For those interested in the results of our straw poll, 64% wanted to see a Robbie statue, 25% of the Council Leader and 11% wanted Tim Vincent.

Huge thanks to local graphic designer and all round image-wizard Kieran Owens for cooking up the entirely believable images.

In a nod towards the ever wonderful @ColdWar_Steve twitter account eagle eyed readers would have also spotted a bonus dancing Theresa May as pictured above.

Emergency services, staff and pupils at All Saints School spent the morning examining an unidentified object which crash landed on the school grounds overnight.

The school remained open after scientists agreed that there was no threat from the saucer like object, with one noting that it has “come in peace”. It is thought that those aboard the the UFO had simply wanted to ‘phone home’ but was struggling to get signal.

Other April Fool’s include the Maelor School Penley, who announced this morning that they were to be the first school in the UK to trial new robot teachers.

As part of the plans learners would communicate with a lifelike human robot based in the lesson and the instructions for work are projected directly to the classroom whiteboard. Parents would also be able to log on to the lessons and see both the content that is being delivered and vote on whether the pupils will receive homework or even be kept behind if they have not completed their tasks.

Former senior legal eagle at Wrexham Council, Trevor Coxon, said that the relatives of the historic hanging Judge Jeffreys are locked in a legal battle, which we presumed was an April Fool:

Apparently relatives of the historic hanging Judge Jeffreys are locked into a legal battle with @wrexhamcbc to reclaim Acton Park as part of the family estate. Council Leader @Cllr_Pritchard is concerned this community park will be lost to the public. 😢😢

— RATTY (@Ratty_1957) April 1, 2019

It was later revealed that if successful in their legal bid, the descendants of Judge Jeffreys want to erect a statue to the famous judge in Wrexham town centre with the other statues and a gibbet next to it.

An alligator was also spotted wandering around Erddig – we believe he was a bit snappy with those who approached him.

Went for my morning walk around @ErddigNT this morning and can someone PLEASE explain wtf is going on??????????? @wrexham pic.twitter.com/Jq55r5PUin

— Lulululululululululu (@ohitsluluu) April 1, 2019