HistoryPoints News

Aug 21, 2021

Am-dram with a bang in Llangollen


Our new QR codes at Llangollen Town Hall explain, among other things, how an amateur drama group blew a hole in the roof when it took stage realism a step too far in the 1920s. The show needed one of the actors to pretend to fire ...

a gun pointing upwards, so the group borrowed a First World War rifle - without realising there was still a bullet inside! For more about the building, including the market hall on the ground floor, use your mobile to scan our QR codes on the noticeboard facing Castle Street or around the corner in Parade Street. Or click here