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Apr 5, 2021

Leila Megane 130th


The 1891 census, taken on 5 April, notes a baby aged "one day" living at Bethesda police station. She became the opera star Leila Megane, recording with Sir Edward Elgar, singing for wounded troops and marrying composer T Osborne Roberts. Now you can use your smartphone to ...

scan HistoryPoints QR codes at the old police station in Bethesda (now a cafe and hairdresser's) and outside the house in Caernarfon where she and her husband lived - and where you can listen to one of her recordings.