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Daniel James 1848 – 1920

by gbadmin Published January 23, 2021February 1, 2021 Leave a comment

Mynyddbach Chapel is lovely, a small comfortable place, an archetypal Welsh Chapel, the oldest Independent chapel in Swansea. and you can find it set back from Llangyfelach Road in Treboeth. It was built in 1867, renovated in the middle of the twentieth century and threatened with demolition in the twenty first. It was saved by…

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The Wizards of Cwrtycadno

by gbadmin Published January 15, 2021April 20, 2021 Leave a comment

This is a grave that either contains mysteries – or contains nothing at all. It is simple and unassuming, close to the wall of the parish church in Caio in Carmarthenshire. It is the grave of John Harries who, together with his son Henry, became known as the dyn hysbys (cunning men) of Cwrtycadno .…

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Wallace Bridger 1908

by gbadmin Published January 14, 2021April 6, 2021 Leave a comment

THE TEARS OF A CLOWN Walter Wallace had come to Swansea to murder his wife but these things never work out as you plan. He was driven slowly back upstairs by the police, who were understandably alarmed by the razor blade he held in one hand and the extremely unreliable revolver he had in the…

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The Pontardawe Ripper

by gbadmin Published January 14, 2021April 20, 2021 Leave a comment

The Pontardawe Tragedy of October 1888 became inevitable once Thomas Lott had been employed cutting chaff. With a sharp knife. He also worked occasionally as a butcher. With a sharp knife. And most significantly of all, he worked in the abattoir. With a sharp knife. This story is a terrible thing. Elemental. Terrifying. Your dead…

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Francis Kilvert 1840 – 1879

by gbadmin Published January 14, 2021April 20, 2021 Leave a comment

     Clyro is such a peaceful place. The traffic rumbles along the A438 on the edge of the village but the untroubled churchyard is a tranquil haven and you can imagine Francis Kilvert sitting next to you on his favourite old tomb next to one of the splendid yew trees, and enjoying together the beauty…

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Thomas Phaer and The Boke of Chyldren

by gbadmin Published January 13, 2021April 20, 2021 Leave a comment

    There is a sense of ancient history about St. Llawddog’s church in Cilgerran. Of forgotten stories, of secrets.      To find Cilgerran you should leave Cardigan on the A478 towards Narberth and turn left into the town.  It is a pretty place, with a dominant and picturesque Norman castle standing above the Teifi. It…

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Here lies John Renie

by gbadmin Published January 10, 2021April 20, 2021 Leave a comment

John Renie’s gravestone is odd. There is no other way to describe it. Unless you call it a “curiosity.” But I am sure you won’t have seen anything like it before. It is unique. A square of stone upon which a puzzle has been etched, as if it was a large piece of paper on…

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Robert Recorde

by gbadmin Published January 10, 2021April 20, 2021 Leave a comment

It All Adds Up Zenzizenzizenic You know about Robert Recorde’s invention. Of course you do. Everyone does. You have used it, perhaps even on a daily basis. It is just that no one has told you it was him. But it was. This story begins in St Mary’s Church in Tenby. It is a very…

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Professor Walter Beaumont

by gbadmin Published January 10, 2021April 20, 2021 Leave a comment

Colwyn Bay Watch When we arrived in Llandudno we initially ignored the thrills of the excellent tramway; we did that in the afternoon. In the morning we went up the Great Orme by car because we were looking for a grave. It is what we do. We went to the graveyard of St Tudno’s Church…

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Arthur Linton – World Cycling Champion

by gbadmin Published January 10, 2021 Leave a comment

It is extraordinary to think that a small place like the mining village of Aberaman, between Aberdare and Mountain Ash, should produce four world class cyclists at the end of the nineteenth century. There were the three Linton brothers – Arthur, Tom and Samuel – and their great rival Jimmy Michael. For a short time…

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