Victorian toilets, The Hayes
French privateers who cried 'Loup!'
Oct 29, 2014The cannons outside Holyhead Maritime Museum were dumped overboard in 1710 by French privateers, who had kidnapped customs officers by ...
[More]Wanderer who knew 15 languages
Oct 27, 2014Dic Aberdaron, whose grave is outside St Asaph parish church, led a nomadic life, accompanied by a cat and many books. "One quarter idiot, three-quarters genius” was ...
[More]Telescopic sites in Swansea
Oct 21, 2014In its heyday as a port, Swansea had a dozen companies making chronometers and other nautical instruments, including telescopes. The Cousens family ...
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