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The night Tenby changed UK history

Apr 8, 2016

Tenby was one of Wales' busiest ports when a teenager called Henry Tudor evaded the authorities and slipped out to sea there one night in 1471. Had he been caught, the Tudor dynasty ...

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A pub for the poor by Conwy quay

Apr 4, 2016

When the Royal Oak Inn in Conwy lost its licence in 1899, the reasons included its use by "drunken women" and poor people. The appeal went all the way to the High Court in London, which ...

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VC hero's suicide in Newport

Mar 30, 2016

John Byrne was one of the first men to receive the Victoria Cross, back in the 1850s, but later he shot a colleague in Newport whom he believed had "insulted" the VC. When police ...

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