Anglia anchor memorial, Holyhead
A pub for the poor by Conwy quay
Apr 4, 2016When 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 ...
[More]VC hero's suicide in Newport
Mar 30, 2016John 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 ...
[More]Magnate's locally sourced church
Mar 23, 2016When Lancashire cotton magnate James Ormrod built a church near Ruabon in memory of his wife, he sourced most of the materials from the local area. Sandstone quarried on his ...
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