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Apr 25, 2012

Shiver me timbers at the Cottage Loaf

The shipwreck near Llanddulas this month was unusual, but at one time there were so many wrecks along ...

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Posted by: RhodriClark

the North Wales coast that they supplied plentiful timber for the new Dunphy's Warehouse in Llandudno. The shipwreck timber was reused when the Cottage Loaf pub was built on the same site. Details here

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Prichard's folly fully used

May 22, 2022

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