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Jan 4, 2025

Sub-periscope inventor's Conwy home

Sir Howard Grubb's periscope had transformed the Royal Navy's submarines by the time he bought a house on Sychnant Pass Road near Conwy, where he soon set about running an electric cable from a nearby hotel to light his residence. Sir Howard had invented ...

the periscope which could be used safely on submarines by 1902. After moving to Bryn Rhedyn in 1908, he was active in Conwy society and a patron of the Royal Cambrian Academy. For more about Sir Howard and other occupants of the house, use your smartphone to scan the HistoryPoints QR codes by the main gateway at Bryn Rhedyn, or click here

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Hopper days in Porthgain

Jan 18, 2025

Porthgain harbour in Pembrokeshire would look like many other rural Welsh harbours were it not for the gigantic bank of disused hoppers along its south side - remnants of a relatively brief period of intense industrial activity. Now you can scan HistoryPoints QR codes by ...

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Wrexham bon viveur's fatal eye op

Jan 12, 2025

Edward Lovatt hosted legendary dinners at his Wrexham pub and brewery, the Old Swan, when he wasn't busy being parish clerk, an auctioneer and agent for various companies. But an operation to replace one of his eyes with a glass eyeball in 1887 ...

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Sub-periscope inventor's Conwy home

Jan 4, 2025

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