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Mar 28, 2024

Conwy sea air for city kids

After Manchester GP Dr Thomas Garrett moved to Conwy in 1916, it wasn't only his health that benefited. He and wife Catherine set aside rooms in their seaside house for children to escape temporarily from the polluted ...

air of English cities. The children's home quickly expanded to cover multiple buildings and was run by Manchester City Council for 50 years from 1939. For more about the home and to see photos, use your smartphone to scan the HistoryPoints QR codes beside the street sign for Dr Garrett's Drive. 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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