Highland Moors, Llandrindod Wells

May 2, 2014

Airship worry for Llandudno police

When an airship came to Llandudno in the First World War, the local constabulary had reason to be nervous - of cigarettes. Local residents ...

thronged to the prom to see the strange craft hovering in the air while undergoing repairs, and one stray spark from a smoker could have ignited the hydrogen which filled the airship. For more on this story - and a contemporary photo - scan the QR codes on the promenade shelter opposite the Hydro Hotel. Or click here

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