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to the hard work of several volunteer translators, we can now offer visitors at least some information about HiPoints in seven languages including русский, Français, Español, Português and Deutsch
to the hard work of several volunteer translators, we can now offer visitors at least some information about HiPoints in seven languages including русский, Français, Español, Português and Deutsch
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 …
[More]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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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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