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Jun 6, 2012

Centuries of swearing at Llanrwst

The fine old bridge at Llanrwst has long been known as the swearing bridge because ...

generations of drivers have met in the middle, often needing several attempts and reversals to get across. But the air must have been blue on the day the bridge opened in 1636, when an elementary mistake led to the embarrassment you can read about by scanning the QR codes on the east bank, each side of the bridge. Or by clicking 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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