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Wreck survivor's cannibalism charge

Sep 18, 2015

A sailor from Moelfre, Anglesey, was lucky to be picked up alive by a passing ship after nine days in a lifeboat, but later he was tried for cannibalism. His own ship ...

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Relic of Ebbw Vale's iron supremacy

Sep 10, 2015

The General Office building in Ebbw Vale is a grand statement of previous industrial might - and it should have been even bigger. The First World War interrupted ...

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Conwy landlord's dry Sunday sin

Sep 5, 2015

An hotel landlord in Conwy was one of the first to be fined after boozing on Sundays was banned in Wales in 1881. Bona fide travellers were allowed to consume ...

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