HistoryPoints News

Apr 4, 2012

Remembering the hero of the Titanic

Deganwy-born Harold Lowe was an officer on RMS Titanic when the liner sank 100 years ago. Afterwards he was ...

widely praised for his actions, which saved several lives. Now a HistoryPoints plaque has been placed outside his home in Deganwy, enabling passers-by to read his story on their mobile phones. You can also read it here

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Aberystwyth’s phoenix from ashes

Oct 3, 2023

Demolition beckoned after Aberystwyth’s old town hall, dating from the 1840s, was badly damaged by fire in 1957. But noted architect Sidney Colwyn Foulkes was brought in, and you can now use your smartphone to compare his …

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Anti-vaxxers in 1876

Sep 25, 2023

During a smallpox outbreak in the Cwmbrân area in 1876, several parents were charged with not allowing the local doctor to vaccinate their children at his home, Cwmbrân House. One mother said the house, at Five Locks, was too far from the family home …

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Death at the Llangollen Canal

Sep 16, 2023

As you visit the peaceful, wooded setting of the Llangollen Canal at Pentrefelin you can now scan HistoryPoints QR codes to discover how the wharf there was still in industrial use when one of its cranes collapsed in 1877. The crane was loading slate slabs ...

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