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Sep 16, 2023

Death at the Llangollen Canal

As you visit the peaceful, wooded setting of the Llangollen Canal at Pentrefelin you can now scan HistoryPoints QR codes to discover how the wharf there was still in industrial use when one of its cranes collapsed in 1877. The crane was loading slate slabs ...

into a canal boat, despite the nearby slate and slab works having been connected to the railway network years earlier. Assistant foreman John Williams was struck by the crane's broken beam and died a few days later. For more about the wharf and how slate arrived there from the quarries to the north, scan the QR codes by the towpath with your smartphone, or click here

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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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