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Butcher's 9 sons in First World War

Sep 25, 2015

100 years ago today, Llanrwst butcher's son Ivor Jones was killed in the Battle of Loos. He and his eight brothers set a Welsh record by serving in the First World War. The ...

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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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