Newport
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Newport Branch- Solemn Sabbaths and Faraway Sundays
Peter Strong gave a very interesting talk (27 June 2018) on how Sundays were treated
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Newport 130th Field Ambulance (St John’s) Unit
Three Field Ambulance Units were set up at the start of World War I attached to the 38 Welsh Division. The 130th was formed from volunteers
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Newport – The Firbank Beneath My Foot (Will Cross)
Two families have eminence in the history of Newport. On the West side the Morgans (the Lords Tredegar) and on the East the Firbanks. Joseph Firbank became extremely rich
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Newport – John Prior-Morris
The Insoles of Llandaff (John Prior-Morris) Our talk on 28th March was most unusual in that it was given by a gentleman dead over a hundred years- or, at least, […]
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Newport – On the Edge (Rosemary Scadden)
On 28th February 2018, Rosemary gave us a talk about the locations along a 50 mile stretch on the Welsh side of The Severn Estuary.
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Newport – “Richard Trevithick”
Our scheduled speaker (Monty Dart) was unable to attend due to family health problems on January 31st so one of our members Chris Penrose stepped in a short notice to […]
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Newport – Monmouthshire Oddities and Curiosities
David Harrison was our speaker for the end of November meeting. He brought a selection of power point pictures, telling us about Monmouthshire oddities and curiosities. Although many were well […]
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Newport – Death and Resurrection
This month (October) we had an interesting but rather macabre talk about the Body Snatchers (or Resurrectionists as they were called) by Alan Tritton.
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Newport – Not All My ancestors were Rogues
Derek Fielding had previously given a talk entitled ‘Black Sheep’
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