120 years ago today, a ship bound for New Zealand crashed onto rocks near Porth Colmon. Locals quickly relieved the wreck of much of its precious cargo - including whisky, fine china and even pianos - before the nearest Customs officers ...
The 1891 census, taken on 5 April, notes a baby aged "one day" living at Bethesda police station. She became the opera star Leila Megane, recording with Sir Edward Elgar, singing for wounded troops and marrying composer T Osborne Roberts. Now you can use your smartphone to ...
The origin of the towering metal roll stack displayed at Ebbw Vale is now explained to residents and visitors, who can scan the nearby HistoryPoints QR codes to read on their smartphones how the town's ailing fortunes were reversed in 1938 when ...