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The Extraordinary Child

by gbadmin Published August 14, 2012January 5, 2021 Leave a comment

Let us consider the great Monsieur Chouville. A showman without a doubt, determined to bring thrills to the eager public of Swansea, starved as they had been of top-quality and spectacular entertainment. This was June 1858. There was no need for a large and grainy TV screen displaying inaccurate weather forecasts to the discerning crowds in Castle…

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A new blog has been added!

by gbadmin Published April 9, 2012April 9, 2012 Leave a comment

I thought it was about time. I have added a new piece to the Blog. I have been busy researching for my next book – Murder and Crime in Swansea – and I keep coming across interesting and unusual stories so I thought that it was abou ttime that I started to collect them together. Eventually…

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Go Home. You know you want to.

by gbadmin Published April 9, 2012January 5, 2021 Leave a comment

This is a story from September 1866 and it concerns an incident on Wind Street. Nothing unusual there you might think. But wait. Catherine Williams, the wife of Lewis Williams, was standing at the bottom of Wind Street minding her own business entirely. She was with a pal of hers and it was ten minutes to midnight. Time…

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