Newport
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Newport – Sketches of Old Newport
At the monthly meeting at the Civic Centre, Newport on Wednesday 30th August, we had a new speaker. Margaret Hall (a Newport girl) gave us a talk showing sketches drawn […]
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Newport – Life and Work of a Risca Cuckoo: John Brewer
Our chairman John Brewer gave this talk at our meeting on 28th June. He started his talk by explaining the origin of the name ‘cuckoo’ given to inhabitants of Risca. […]
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Newport – The Case that Changed the Law
The meeting at the Civic Centre on 31st May was very well attended. Nearly 50 members had come to hear Monty Dart
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Newport – A History of Inn Signs
Tonight (27 Feb), we had our first meeting of the New Year with a return visit from Mr Bob Trett.
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Newport – Tracing Irish Ancestry
A good attendance listened carefully to a thorough review of Irish records from Diane Brook on 26 April. Certainly we heard about the problems- records, particularly censuses, destroyed by fire, […]
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Newport – No Job for a Girl
For our March meeting we had a most interesting survey of the role of Welsh women in domestic service in the inter-war years. Rosemary (Scadden)
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Newport- Workers, Warriors and Waywards
Feb 22: Workers, Warriors and Waywards by Peter Strong We had a very interesting talk by Peter Strong about the role of women in helping the war effort in Monmouthshire […]
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Newport – Inn Signs
Newport Branch Meeting: 2017 January 25 For our first meeting of the New Year we had a return visit from Mr Bob Trett. His subject was “Inn Signs” and their […]
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Newport – Otto Weddigen
This month (November) we had a fascinating talk by Gareth Thomas bout a war hero – but this time one from the German
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