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May 15, 2012

From live Mozart to recorded Mozart

The HMV shop in Llandudno's Mostyn Street sells all kinds of recorded music, but when this building was new ...

it hosted live performances of Mozart operas, followed by regular concerts. Later the venue showed silent films alternating with live variety performances. Read all about it by scanning the QR codes in the shop window, or clicking here.

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Warehouse sketches revealed

Jun 14, 2025

On walls in Cardigan’s former Bridge Warehouse are Victorian pencil sketches of sailing ships and calculations of sail and rope dimensions. There’s no public access to them, but now you can scan a HistoryPoints QR code to see …

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An ancient row in Wrexham

Jun 7, 2025

A single-storey row of shops in Wrexham city centre has survived centuries of change, evidenced by the taller buildings all around. The building in Chester Street was probably built in the 17th century as workshops and has been ...

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Ebbw Vale's good cause-way

May 31, 2025

Ebbw Vale's 18th-century ironmasters did future generations a favour when they built a causeway to carry iron ore from one side of the valley to their furnaces on the other. Horses hauled the ore on a tramway and the level ...

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