Charles Jones was master of Bethesda's Pont y Tŵr School in 1852 when his eldest son, aged 10, died after falling down a cliff. Charles and wife Joanna then lost their infant son to whooping cough, burying their children just six days ...
When Baptists began to worship in the St Mellons area of Cardiff in the early 18th century, the only suitable places for meetings were local farmhouses. Visiting preachers came from as far away as Abergavenny. After using a paupers' house for a few decades, the local Baptists ...
Chinese authorities accused Colwyn Bay mountaineer Sydney Wignall of spying for the CIA after they arrested him in the Himalayas in 1955. Under torture, Sydney could truthfully deny the charge, as he was actually spying for India ...