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DIY money on Anglesey
Mar 24, 2017A national shortage of small coins in the 18th century was no problem for one Anglesey company - which simply minted its own currency. The coins were accepted in London ...
[More]Beer today, gone tomorrow
Mar 18, 2017SA Brain produced beer at the Old Brewery, in the centre of Cardiff, from 1882 to 1999, but the brewery goes back much further. It was already known as the Old Brewery when Samuel ...
[More]Feeding opium to babies
Mar 11, 2017In 1901 a young man was charged with trying to kill himself by jumping off Llangollen Bridge. His mother told magistrates she had fed her boys opium as babies, on doctor's orders, and continued ...
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