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160 years ago… Horse-skinning extraordinary in Crickhowell
A letter to the Hereford Times, 24 March 1860 TO THE EDITOR OF THE HEREFORD TIMES SIR,—I was passing a few days ago through Crickhowell when my attention was arrested to the skinning of a horse by a police-constable. Now, sir, what I want to know (as a ratepayer) is, whether the Chief Constable is…
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From the Brecon County Times 12 November 1931 In Crickhowell the flood, following the severe gale last week, was the highest in living memory. A number of houses in New-road and Bridge-street were seriously flooded and a section of the road, the property of the Llangryney Bridge Company, which connects Gilwern with Llangryney by means…
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