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History and Legends

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... exist then. We've started here with Arthur because he is so well known all our readers, world wide can relate to this. However, there are lots of other stories and strings of Celtic culture that survive ...

Business

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Many world famous businessmen have surprisingly either come from Wales or have important Welsh connections. Some have incredible stories, most have quietly got on with business making changes that effect ...

Artists

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Every town, village and remote little hamlet in Wales has a resident artist. It's nice to know that this art and craft  tradition is as strongas ever and the proof is here within our list of famous ...

Actors

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... have strong Welsh connections (Tom Cruise has 'Flint' family history). Our Actor's listing includes names that just fill theatres world wide like Christian Bale, Anthony Hopkins, Ioan Gruffudd and for ...

Spam where does it come from?

Created on 04 August 2012. Posted in This Website

... song "Spam, wonderful spam". In other words, it just keeps comming. The ammount of spam is massive, it's estimated that of all mail recieved 88% to 91% is spam. These figures plus or minus a few percent ...

About URL's, an introduction

Created on 31 July 2012. Posted in This Website

... be wrong? URL's or links are easy to get wrong, even professionals get confused or make simple errors that have BIG effects, for instance: If you click on this link your browser may warn you about ...

With thanks to Brilliant Networking

Created on 31 July 2012. Posted in This Website

  Our thanks to Brilliant Sponsors! Brilliant Networking... "It is really through your connections with people that you can gain all the resources you need to accomplish your personal goals. ...

Mulberry Cottage, Ghostly tales from Wales

Created on 30 July 2012. Posted in Ghost Stories

... fresh salty air. I just knew I had to get to the coast as soon as possible, and where better to go in my mind that day was Newquay, Cei Newydd, Cardiganshire. I hadn't been there for years but I have such ...

St. Edrens, a ghostly tale from Wales

Created on 30 July 2012. Posted in Ghost Stories

... That year we encouraged my mother, Enid, to join us as we explored ancestral or genealogy spots throughout the U.K. Mother was seventy-five then and traveled from Vancouver to England to join us. My ...

Unclaimed Premium Bond prizes in Wales, some of it could be yours!

Created on 29 July 2012. Posted in Facts and Fiction

... Wales. The problem is, the NS&I (National Savings and Investments) can't find the owners because the contact information they hold is out of date. That's not their fault, it is the bond holders responsibility ...

Edward, The 'Black' Prince of Wales

Created on 29 July 2012. Posted in History and Legends

... to have formed part of the arms of King John. It's worth mentioning that 'Ich Dien' is actually german, 'I Serve'. In 1345 the prince first accompanied his father on a foreign expedition. His real career ...

Dekkard Bryon, guitarist from Bridgend, Wales

Created on 06 April 2012. Posted in Musicians

Dekkard Bryon Dekkad Bryon is a guitarist born in Bridgend. He played with bands local to that area at the end of the 1970's and then moved to Cardiff. If anyone has any more information please let ...

Harold Lowe: Titanic hero from Eglwys Rhos, Caernarfonshire, North Wales

Created on 02 April 2012. Posted in Adventurers

... Eglwys Rhos, Caernarfonshire (North Wales) he was the third of eight children. It's reported that his parents George and Harriet had ambitions for him to follow an apprenticeship in Liverpool, England ...

Vic Franklyn, Canadian singer born in Aberdare, Wales

Created on 29 March 2012. Posted in Musicians

... Library Trust', a non-profit trust that produced a major series of recordings between 1962 and 1985 by Canadian artists and of Canadian compositions. This organisation gained a huge boost in 1970 due to ...

English Printable Phonetic Alphabet: International, used by police and military

Created on 01 March 2012. Posted in This Website

... wrong! - Well that's why the phonetic alphabet was invented - to help get references right first time! Call signs are used everyday by public services like the police and fire fighters but they're also ...

Black Bart, Ogle scores first success

Created on 01 March 2012. Posted in Black Bart

... had to get far enough away so that 'The Swallow's 'guns, when eventually revealed, would not be heard ashore. The rouse worked, by the time ''The Rover''' was close enough to board she was too close ...

Black Bart, The jackpot, again!

Created on 01 March 2012. Posted in Black Bart

... their vessels. Here he was told of two British men-o-war, 'The Swallow' and the 'Weymouth' that had visited just a month earlier with the intention of returning by the following Christmas. He was well ...

Bartholomew Roberts, A stolen sloop to Barbados

Created on 01 March 2012. Posted in Black Bart

... governor there sent word to Martinique that pirates were on their way! Roberts already knew things were heating up and though he eventually discovered proof of the treachery at Dominica for now he had ...

Bartholomew Roberts, South to St. Bartholomew

Created on 01 March 2012. Posted in Black Bart

... and let him know that when the governor at Martinique heard they might be headed his way, he fitted two sloops ready to take action against him, taking a lead from the Barbadian governor mentioned earlier. ...

Bartholomew Roberts, A prize for the plundering

Created on 01 March 2012. Posted in Black Bart

... her captain come aboard. He was treated respectfully according to his rank but given no doubt that his life, crew and ship were in peril. Roberts forced him to reveal the richest ship in the convoy the ...