Merchant Navy memorial, Cardiff
School sailing tragedy at Criccieth
Sep 3, 2014On this day in 1951, residents of Criccieth were surprised to see a boat belonging to a Bedford school labouring on a choppy sea. The boat capsized at 2pm and no lifeboat ...
[More]So many ways to die at the pit
Aug 28, 2014The miners' memorial in Llanbradach, Caerphilly, commemorates c.165 men who died in many accidents, and in many different ways. Startled pit ponies, falling roofs ...
[More]Hotelier's wartime tribulations
Aug 21, 2014Llangollen hotelier Samuel Johnson had already seen nine of his 17 staff depart on First World War service when he tried, in vain, to get the hotel manager exempted ...
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