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Graham Watkins
Jun 5, 20204 min read
The Devil Dogs of Marchwiel.
'Like one that on a lonesome road doth walk in fear and dread… because he knows a frightful fiend doth close behind him tread.' The Rhyme...
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Graham Watkins
May 20, 20204 min read
The Lady of Llyn y Fan
Many years ago in the village of Llanddeusant in the county of Carmarthenshire a young man lived with his mother. Their home was...
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Graham Watkins
May 14, 20205 min read
Phil The Bath
Pensioner Percy Thomas was sitting on a bar stool, in the Drover's Arms, enjoying his usual lunch-time pint. "A low melting alloy - six...
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Graham Watkins
Apr 7, 20208 min read
From Ammanford to Albacete
In the 1930s the political scene was changing across Europe. The Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, and his Nazi Party had seized power in Germany....
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Graham Watkins
Apr 5, 20204 min read
The Cockle Women of Penclawdd
It was early, before the sun’s warming rays touched the land. A group of women waited with their donkeys for the tide to turn. Their feet...
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Graham Watkins
Mar 27, 20204 min read
The Dancing Innkeeper.
The Magician, Dick Spot was going to Llanrwst and had been walking all day. It was getting late and he was tired, thirsty and hungry when...
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Graham Watkins
Mar 25, 20204 min read
Swansea Jack
Ask the residents of Swansea who Swansea Jack is and you are likely to hear several different answers. One person will tell you that any...
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Graham Watkins
Mar 17, 20206 min read
Why is a lighthouse or is it a clock tower in the middle of a Cardiff boating lake?
"I am just going outside and may be some time.” Captain Lawrence (Titus) Oates 17th March 1912 In 1909, a young naval lieutenant named...
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Graham Watkins
Mar 4, 20205 min read
A time when 9,000 cattle swam across the Menai Strait.
A time when 9,000 cattle swam across the Menai Strait.
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Graham Watkins
Feb 20, 20203 min read
Trevithick has an idea and a bet is made.
I shall call the moving engine a locomotive,’ said Trevithick.
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Graham Watkins
Feb 9, 20207 min read
Black Bart
"A merry life and a short one shall be my motto,"
John Roberts, alias - Black Bart
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Graham Watkins
Jan 20, 20206 min read
The Boy In The Picture
A short story taken from my anthology 'A Walk in The Woods' It smells funny, not very nice. It's my first visit. I'm six years old in a...
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Graham Watkins
Jan 8, 20203 min read
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell died this day in 1941 in Nyeri, Kenya.
Speaking with a reader at a recent book fair I was interested to learn he'd been a boy-scout in Kenya and, every Sunday morning after...
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Graham Watkins
Dec 15, 20193 min read
Cilwendeg Shell House - Built with profits from a shining light.
When William Trench visited a group of islands off the coast of Anglesey known as The Skerries he came up with a money making idea. The...
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Graham Watkins
Nov 26, 20193 min read
Thomas Telford's sense of humour
On the 26th November 1805 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, designed by Thomas Telford, opened to great fanfare. It carried the canal, across the...
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Graham Watkins
Nov 17, 201911 min read
The White Hat
Ernest Neap shuffled forward in the queue. He didn't feel conspicuous in his raincoat and white roll necked shirt. In fact, he'd dressed...
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Graham Watkins
Nov 3, 20192 min read
Crow’s Nest Farm - Is Your Home Really Your Castle?
In 1760, the Prime Minister, William Pitt, stated. ‘The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may...
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Graham Watkins
Oct 20, 20196 min read
The Decoration.
"Did you remember to bring it?" asks Sarah. I check again to make sure it's still there. The silver brooch in my pocket feels warm in my...
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Graham Watkins
Oct 6, 20193 min read
Orielton Banqueting Tower - Doesn't everyone need one?
Once a grand three storey building, Orielton Banqueting Tower, now stands alone and neglected in the south western corner of Wales. The...
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