History highlights on 91Èȱ¬ Local websites for Wales
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| 14:56 UK time, Friday, 21 May 2010
has a article on Llanrwst Almshouses, a 400-year-old building that is now a museum, and at the very centre of celebrations to mark the town's history. On Friday 28 May, there will be performing arts and music events at the museum, and the following day, Saturday 29 May, Llanrwst town centre will be filled with old-fashioned fair rides, side shows and a market. .
features an photograph of a bottle of Wrexham pilsener lager brewed by the Wrexham Lager Beer Company to mark the centenary of the brewery. It is one of the objects from north west Wales that forms part of A History of the World online collection. .
has a article on a special summer exhibition at the Newtown Textile Museum which has gathered its collection of postcards and photos of floods and flood defences in the town. .
features an archive clip of Vincent Kane having a fun-packed day in July 1970. Vincent Kane recalls his fear at having to take a ride on the big dipper at Coney Beach in Porthcawl. .
also features objects from the online collection created for A History of the World. An amputation kit for injured coalminers, and a Roman alter stone from a fort called Leucarum feature in the gallery.
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