HistoryPoints News

Feb 20, 2021

Circus chaos at Holyhead


Since we installed our QR codes by the old Stanley toll house near Holyhead in 2015, many people have enjoyed the story of an entire travelling circus evading the toll in 1890. Further research has revealed that a leopard escaped while the circus was at Cae Morgan, a snake bit ...

its charmer and a jaguar broke loose during a show. We've updated our web page with these stories - click here to read them or scan the QR codes with your mobile next time you're passing the toll house at the end of the Stanley Embankment.