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Oct 24, 2012

QRs for each Welsh lifeboat station

Each of the 31 lifeboat stations in Wales has its history of courage, and sometimes tragedy, and now anyone ...

can read about it on their mobile phone as they walk past. HistoryPoints and the RNLI charity have provided QR codes for each station which link to a summary of the station's key dates, bravery awards, current boats and more. You can read the RNLI's press release about the project here or go to the complete list of stations on HistoryPoints.org here

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Towyn floods illustrated

Oct 9, 2024

Hundreds of people have read our information about the 1990 tidal flood at Towyn since we placed QR codes on the sea wall near the funfair in 2012. Now we've updated our web page about the sea defences with photos of the floodwater ...

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Porthgain's steam railway

Oct 2, 2024

Today Porthgain is a rural Pembrokeshire idyll, so walkers on the coast path may be surprised when they scan new HistoryPoints QR codes which reveal the extent of the steam railway that once served a granite quarry. Before the first steam ...

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Llanengan's isolated chimney

Sep 24, 2024

The tall chimney which stands in isolation on a hill above Llanengan, near Abersoch, may puzzle some visitors, but now you can scan HistoryPoints QR codes nearby to discover that it was built for a Victorian lead mine which had a steam-powered ...

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