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Feb 22, 2024

Facing down an anti-Irish mob

An anti-Irish mob which rampaged through Holyhead in 1851 picked the wrong target when it reached the shop and home of James Nugent. He refused to discharge his Irish employees, despite the mob's threat to ...

demolish his house, so the mob found softer targets (including children of Irishmen) elsewhere. James had been a force for good since moving to Anglesey from Kingstown, near Dublin: he had campaigned for town improvements in Holyhead like those in Kingstown. For more on this story, use your smartphone to scan the HistoryPoints QR codes on a lamp post beside Stanley Crescent car park (where James Nugent's shop stood). 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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