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Trapped by a newsagent's pencil

Apr 13, 2018

A wealthy Stafford merchant almost got away with dumping his illegitimate baby's body, wrapped in newspaper, in the sea near Dolgellau, but he forgot that his newsagent had written his name on ...

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Entertained by Cardiff hangings

Apr 3, 2018

Large crowds used to gather on Cardiff's St Mary Street, by the present-day market entrance, not for shopping but to watch people being hanged. The magnificent Victorian market hall stands where a prison ...

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Powys preacher's patriotism

Mar 30, 2018

Preacher Rhys Thomas Prydderch applied several times to join the army in the First World War. He was eventually accepted, but died just days after reaching the Western Front. In Talgarth, his home ...

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