Victorian toilets, The Hayes

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French privateers who cried 'Loup!'

Oct 29, 2014

The cannons outside Holyhead Maritime Museum were dumped overboard in 1710 by French privateers, who had kidnapped customs officers by ...

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Wanderer who knew 15 languages

Oct 27, 2014

Dic 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 ...

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Telescopic sites in Swansea

Oct 21, 2014

In 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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