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Dec 9, 2023

Nye's Beaumaris inspiration

As well as founding the NHS, Aneurin ('Nye') Bevan improved housing standards for working people. Now you can scan HistoryPoints QR codes at the Cae Bricks housing estate in Beaumaris to discover how he was so impressed with the architecture ...

by Sidney Colwyn Foulkes that the national housing guidelines were amended following his visits to the construction site. The original set of 30 houses, completed in 1948, was followed by two other sets to form the estate we see today on this hillside site, which overlooks the Menai Strait. For more on the estate's history, use your smartphone to scan the HistoryPoints QR codes on the lamp post at the foot of Ffordd Meigan (by the junction with Maes Hyfryd), 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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