The Rummer Tavern, Cardiff
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 ...
[More]Penrhyn quarrymen's payday extra
Mar 18, 2016Workers at the Penrhyn slate quarry, near Bethesda, used to knock off early on payday to walk to the central pay office, but after steam train technology arrived in the 1870s the pay packets ...
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