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Nov 6, 2024

Swiss Café owner's Armistice Day tragedy

Switzerland was neutral in the First World War but that didn't stop Swiss-born Jean Bonnet, who ran the Swiss Café in Llandudno, from enlisting in the Royal Field Artillery. He had married locally and became a British citizen in 1915. He ...

took part in the defence of Italy, where he died accidentally on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918. You can read or listen to the story of the Swiss Café and Jean Bonnet by using your smartphone to scan the new HistoryPoints QR codes by the entrance to Caffè Nero in Mostyn Street, or by clicking here

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Jazz singer's WW2 loss

Dec 8, 2024

Patti Flynn was familiar in Cardiff and further afield as a jazz singer and radio broadcaster. Less well known was that she lost her father and two brothers in the Second World War. as you can now read by scanning the HistoryPoints QR codes ...

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Marvel of Moelfre mariner

Nov 27, 2024

Anglesey mariner Thomas Lewis had almost starved to death when rescued from a boat drifting on the ocean 150 years ago today. He and two others had to consume blood and livers from fellow boat occupants who had died during their ...

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Dutch gables in rural Llŷn

Nov 22, 2024

Visitors to Llanengan, near Abersoch, might be surprised to see an old house with Dutch-style gable walls. Now HistoryPoints QR codes are on hand to explain that the building was originally the National School, associated with ...

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