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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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Wrexham's Yale University link

Oct 19, 2014

Elihu Yale's generosity wasn't confined to the American university which carries his name. He also gave several gifts to St Giles' Church, Wrexham, and was buried close to its ...

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Shrunk like Topsy at Porthmadog

Oct 13, 2014

Topsy, one of the world's first ever model railway locomotives to be powered by steam, is proudly displayed in Porthmadog, the town where an engineer used it ...

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