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Carrot Pudding 23 December 1898
This is a recipe from the Cambrian Newspaper for 23 December 1898 “Two cups of grated carrots, half a cup of fine suet, four tablespoonfuls of brown sugar, eight tablespoonfuls of flour, half a pound of raisins, half a pound of currants, one saltspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of mace. Boil for four hours, then…
Chicago News 1907 – Little Swansea Child’s Fate
Under the headline “Little Swansea Child’s Fate” the Cambrian carried the story of Elsie Lang who was 19 months old. The family had left Swansea for Chicago where her father Claude was hoping to find work as a joiner. She was playing outside the front door of her house on 26 June 1907 when she was knocked over…
Independent Publishers Group
I have heard today that my next book “Welsh History, Strange but True” will be marketed in America. Quite a surprise I have to say. The publicity and the promotion will be in the extremely capable hands of Trafalgar Square Publishing, who seem to be based in Chicago. How exciting! I am looking forward to…
Alan Furst
I am enjoying the novels of Alan Furst very much at the moment – a wonderful evocation of Europe in the 1930s as it slides inevitably into war. There is a fantastic series of novels which are tenuously linked with the same characters cropping up occasionally. Just finished Night Soldiers and now moving on to…
Christmas sorted
Of course this is the home of the finest Swansea – related Christmas presents anywhere – my books. Buy here – I am soooo cheap… Just go to How to Buy. Happy December everyone
The Swansea Book of Days
It is now time to start my next book – especially since this one to can be pre-ordered on Amazon already. It is called The Swansea Book of Days and it is a really simple concept. Three incidents from the history of Swansea for each day of the year. There is plenty of research to…
Welsh History – Strange but True
I have finally submitted by first draft of my next book – Welsh History – Strange but True. It is a stroll through the neglected undergrowth of Welsh History from the Neanderthals right up to the Second World War. It is full of odd stories and useless information. You can find out about WW1 “Q” ships,…
Murder and Mayhem in Swansea
On Saturday 12 October 2013 I am speaking in Swansea Central library at 2.00 pm. I have called the talk “How things do Prosper” and I will be talking about 6 murders. One is quite well documented – but I have uncovered some new and fascinating information about Thomas Allen who murdered the owner of the…
Website issues
I have had a few issues recently with my websites. This explains the departure of my Twitter feeds. But thanks to the efforts of my son-in-law Dan the problems appear to be resolved now. Sorry if I have missed any messages or anything but everything seems to working properly once more.