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Jul 6, 2023

Shedding light on broken dam

The broken dam at Cwm Eigiau, above the Conwy Valley, is a relic of the 1925 disaster which killed 16 local residents. Now visitors to the secluded valley can, for the first time, discover the dam's story as they walk and ...

see photos of the structure when it was new. Our QR codes on the stile before you reach the dam from the car park are complemented by QR codes further along the path for information about the isolated Cedryn farmhouse, where a large family lived in the heyday of slate quarrying before many of them emigrated to the USA. To read the stories on your laptop or desktop, click here for the dam information and here for Cedryn farmhouse's story

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Purple Plaque for deaf pioneer

Apr 26, 2024

A Purple Plaque was unveiled today at the former home in Rhyl of Dorothy Miles, a pioneer of sign language poetry and TV programming for the deaf, among other achievements. HistoryPoints recommended her house for a plaque after placing QR codes ...

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First comprehensive school

Apr 19, 2024

Rural Anglesey may seem an unlikely place to start overhauling the UK's education system, but if you use your phone to scan the new HistoryPoints QR codes outside Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones in Amwlch you'll discover that ...

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Discord at Nightingale Row

Apr 11, 2024

The lack of road access to Nightingale Row, near Cwmbrân, caused many problems for residents - including death. The 20 houses were built by an ironmaster and could only be reached via the towpath on the opposite side ...

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