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A bark door exit in Brecon

Aug 16, 2016

Dogs which interrupted the sermon at St Mary's Church in Brecon would be seized with special tongs and ejected through a purpose-built dog door, which you can still ...

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Killed by a pinprick

Aug 11, 2016

Sarah Franke of the Old Vaults Inn, Ruabon, pricked herself with a pin in 1891. She suffered blood poisoning and died, aged 47. Her husband Oscar was an immigrant ...

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Suffragette fears at Eisteddfod

Aug 2, 2016

When the National Eisteddfod of Wales was held in Abergavenny in 1913 there were concerns that suffragettes might use the event to protest for women's votes. A hayrick near the maes in ...

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