Been down in the library today and found this advertisement in the Cambrian newspaper for January 1861. A most delicious dainty for vermin! Seems a bargain and to me – and it eliminates Bedroom Pests as well. Exterminates these tormenting pests by millions. Sounds essential to me.
Author: gbadmin
A Bit of Needle
This is taken from the Cambrian Newspaper in 1856. It deals with an extraordinary operation necessitated by a most singular accident. It involved a young Irishman who was, as they say, larking about with some young country women. He grabbed a buxom girl who was engaged in seamstress work and hugged her.But as he pressed…
New Blog – Bedside Manners
Just posted a new blog called Bedside Manners. It is a story from North Wales in the seventeenth century. An altogether different approach to medical practice….
Bedside Manners
The story comes from Hanmer in Flintshire in the seventeenth century and concerns Elinor Evans who was a maidservant. She had injured her ankle and a surgeon named William Jones was called. She had financial assistance from her friends and neighbours to pay for treatment. It cost 30 shillings. You can judge for yourself whether she got…
Wales is Weird
It won’t come as a surprise to you to learn that Wales is one of the strangest countries in the world. And it is official – paranormal investigators say so. We are surrounded by the unexplained. The message is clear. If you want to be puzzled and bewildered then come to Wales. The place is…
The Holy Grail
Did you know that the Holy Grail, used by Christ at the Last Supper and then later to gather His blood from the Cross, is in a secret bank vault in Wales? Trust me, Indiana Jones got it spectacularly wrong. The story is quite straightforward.The Grail was brought to Glastonbury by Joseph of Arimathea and closely…
Cover to Cover
I went to Mumbles today to the lovely bookshop, Cover to Cover on Newton Road (just up the hill from Oystermouth Castle) to sign some books for the owner, Sarah Rees. It is an excellent place, a proper old fashioned bookshop where the books are loved and the customers respected. As featured in The Independent’s list of 2010…
Charlotte Wood
Those of you who have seen my pieces in Welsh Country Magazine will know that the artwork for them is provided by Charlotte Wood. She is an extremely talented artist and the illustrations that she provides add a huge amount to the overall effect of my stories. In fact often the pictures are better than…
Ancestors in the Attic
Fellow- contributor to Welsh Country Magazine, Karen Foy, has a new book. It is called Ancestors in the Attic and shows how you can use those unconsidered trifles and random memorabilia in your attic to help your research into your family history. It is full of handy hints about what to do do with old legal documents…
Sweaty Feet
I have found this helpful hint in the notebooks of a policeman from 1859 – PC 207 Lewis Jones from Gorseinon. Perhaps it works, perhaps it doesn’t, though probably if you use enough of it you will stop worry about whether they are sweaty or not. One ounce of salts desolved in a pint of boyling…