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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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Blackwood – Forgotten Gadgets
Blackwood School Staff Room was the place to be on Tuesday 13th June. We were royally entertained
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Ebbw Vale – Sad news
My first post here as branch Secretary is a rather unfortunate one. It is to inform our branch and Society members of the death of Don Robinson.
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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, […]