Media Coverage
Below are links to some of the online coverage of HistoryPoints' QR codes and information. We are also grateful to the magazines and local newspapers which have published articles in print, and to the radio and TV stations which have broadcast stories about HistoryPoints.
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Cardiff News Room - New QR-code trail explores the history of Cardiff’s Dock Feeder Canal
Daily Post - history of eerie mausoleum on a North Wales estate
BBC News - Abergele train disaster victims given online obituaries
Daily Post - the horror train crash which still draws people to North Wales to remember the victims
Rhyl Journal - stories of 34 victims of 1868 train crash revealed at mass grave in Abergele
The Leader - First World War VC hero's story available on smartphones in Shotton
Daily Post - BSL pioneer remembered 30 years after her tragic death
Rhyl Journal - QR codes at Rhyl home tell story of sign language pioneer Dorothy Miles
Daily Post - QR codes in Deganwy reveal drawings from Betty Mills' local flower diary of 1989-90
Cambrian News - Aberdyfi QR codes reveal a Welsh-German tale of love, loss and golf
North Wales Pioneer - virtual tram rides open on Llandudno-Colwyn Bay tram route
Herald.Wales - Gerald of Wales' tour now available on smartphones
Church in Wales news - follow Gerald of Wales' 1188 tour using your smartphone
BBC News - QR codes mark the birthplace of crime writer Ethel Lina White
Daily Post - the amazing history of a Llandudno hotel's celebrity guests
North Wales Chronicle - smartphone technology reveals war dead details on Anglesey
South Wales Argus - QRs reveal stories of black sailors who settled in Newport
BBC News - Pwllheli Sunday School boating tragedy site marked by QR codes
South Wales Argus - QR codes reveal Usk Town Hall history, including anti-slavery meeting in 18th century
Golwg 360 - Taith i goffau 120 mlynedd Streic Fawr y Penrhyn yn amlygu pwysigrwydd Merched y Chwarel
BBC News - Bethesda 'Great Strike' trail marks 120 years since start of three-year dispute
Cambrian News - QR codes at memorials give instant access to details of Meirionnydd's war dead
BBC News - Hidden slave-trade sites in Wales revealed
Rhyl Journal - Rhyl building has 'secret' connection with slavery
South Wales Evening Post - QR codes on Kilvey Hill reveal mansion's slavery connection
Powys County Times - rare film of Llandrindod Wells aerodrome unearthed
BBC Wales - how the taxman fled to Llandudno in 1940
South Wales Argus - smartphone users receive story of pioneering teddy factory in Abergavenny
Daily Post - new light shed on gruesome Christmas Day murder
BBC Wales - QR codes in Bethesda uncover untold story of Christmas Day murder victim
My Newtown - WW1 history of Newtown now available on mobile phones
Leader Live - QR codes help people to discover the stories of interesting locations in Hawarden
North Wales Pioneer - mobile phones reveal WW2 evacuation stories
Cambrian News - Second World War evacuation stories
North Wales Chronicle - fascinating stories of WW2 evacuation to Wales revealed at places where they happened
Denbighshire Free Press - mobile phone link to women's history celebrates International Women's Day
Rhyl Journal - QR codes reveal the stories of writer Angharad Llwyd and other women
North Wales Chronicle - fascinating stories of pioneering women from Anglesey and Gwynedd brought to life
North Wales Pioneer - celebrating women's history in Conwy
BBC News - QR codes to explore Brecon's WW1 history launched
Cambrian News - read about suffragettes' antics in Criccieth on your mobile
BBC News - New technology reveals Anglesey cemetery stories
North Wales Chronicle - US plane tragedy at Holyhead explained with mobile technology
BBC News - Taff Vale Railway staff WW1 deaths marked with QR codes
Eastern Daily Press - new plaque where Norfolk airman died when his RAF plane crashed in 1937 near Penmaenmawr
BBC News - QR codes reveal how First World War affected life in Llandrindod Wells
WalesOnline - QR codes reveal fascinating past of Swansea's Wind Street
South Wales Argus - QR codes at Crown Inn reveal story of early VC winner who shot himself in Maindee
WalesOnline - Now you can listen to the Welsh national anthem at Pontypridd's memorial to anthem's writers
South Wales Evening Post - 126 missing names now available at Swansea Merchant Navy memorial
Daily Post - Story of nine First World War brothers from Llanrwst is now retold
Rhyl Journal - Plaque marks altercation between John Prescott and demonstrator
BBC News - John Prescott fracas site marked with plaque
Daily Post - Prescott "punch" site is one of Rhyl landmarks on Welsh history website
Israel News - Prescott election fracas spot marked
S Wales Evening Post - Welsh spot of John Prescott egg-gate marked with QR plaque
South Wales Argus - Stories of Newport Heroes and Villains on your mobile phone
BBC News - Discover Newport's history with QR-code tour
Daily Post - HistoryPoints marks 150 years since Confederate Army ship sank off Prestatyn
Rhyl Journal - 150th anniversary of loss of US Civil War ship
BBC News - Phones give a glimpse of Victorian loos
WalesOnline - HistoryPoints enables everyone to explore Cardiff's underground Victorian toilets
Caerphilly Campaign - 12 war memorials in Caerphilly county are among 100 in Wales with QR codes
WalesOnline - QR codes create bond between today and the past at Rhymney Valley war memorials
Cambrian News - QR codes at Llanbedr memorial reveal story of soldier killed 20 years ago in Bosnia
South Wales Evening Post - hi-tech access to details of civilians killed in Swansea air raids
Wales.com - HistoryPoints explained on the website of the official gateway to Wales
ITV Wales - HistoryPoints helping people with Welsh place-name pronunciation
The Leader - Welsh names in the frame in Wrexham and Flintshire
South Wales Evening Post - QR codes help you avoid getting tongue-tied with place names
Daily Post - new QR codes can help visitors with Welsh place names
WalesOnline - personal stories of wartime heroism available on mobiles at more than 40 war memorials
Western Telegraph - article on history of RAF Air Sea Rescue in Tenby being saved just before veteran died
Wales on Sunday - article about "Law & Disorder" QR trail in Abergavenny
BBC Wales - news item about HistoryPoints QR codes at Sker Point, for Mumbles lifeboat memorial
TGO Magazine - Article about Conwy county blazing a QR-code trail
South Wales Echo - Article on Bute Park smartphone tour in Cardiff
Wales.cn - Article in Chinese on Visit Wales website about HistoryPoints giving information in Chinese
Daily Post, Wales - article about tourists getting information in Chinese from HistoryPoints.org
Interpret Wales magazine - four pages about HistoryPoints in Issue 19 (Spring 2013)
Shankei Shimbun (Japanese national newspaper)
Le Journal de Montréal, Canada
Live for the Outdoors, UK - website of Trail Magazine and Country Walking
North Wales Weekly News - Conwy Valley
North Wales Weekly News - Llandudno
Daily Post - article about Canadian war graves, Bodelwyddan
Daily Post - article about Welsh lifeboat stations