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Coining it in Llantwit Major
Aug 26, 2018In the 11th century, the last Welsh lord of Glamorgan minted his own coins in Llantwit Major and reputedly stored them in a bank where the Old Swan Inn now stands. From the 1640s the owner of the current building ...
[More]Dun charging in St Asaph
Aug 21, 2018'Dun Charging' would have been an apt alternative name for The Talardy in St Asaph, Denbighshire, when Thomas Everard Hutton lived there. He had survived the notorious 'Charge of the Light Brigade' in 1854 but was wounded in both ...
[More]Machynlleth's gift to baseball
Aug 12, 2018A terraced house in Machynlleth seems an unlikely place of origin for an American baseball star, but that's where Ted Lewis, the "Pitching Professor", spent his first years. Playing for the team later known as the Boston Red Sox ...
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