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May 2, 2012

Welcome to our Chinese visitors

Britain is welcoming growing numbers of Chinese visitors, and now we're doing our bit to ...

ensure they can learn more about the history of places they visit in North Wales. Mandarin - 普通话 - is the eighth language to feature on HistoryPoints. You can read one of our translated pages here - which is all about this place: 英国最小的房子，下东门街，康威.

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Aber's old lifeboat station

Dec 2, 2023

Aberystwyth's lifeboat station is obvious to visitors and residents, thanks to its harbour-side location. Its Victorian predecessor is more obscure - well away from the sea. Now our QR codes on that building, in Queen's Road, enable anyone to discover its ...

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Abertillery couple's train plunge

Nov 25, 2023

After visiting the Shrewsbury Flower Show in 1910, the train journey home came to a sudden and shocking end for Giovanni Tedaldi - one of a succession of Italians who ran the cafe in Abertillery Arcade - and his wife Mary. In darkness, the train ...

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Marconi's Tywyn bungalows

Nov 18, 2023

The 'Marconi Bungalows' street sign beside the A493 in Tywyn is a reminder of the area's importance in the First World War. Now you can use HistoryPoints QR codes at the sign to discover how wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi ...

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