My latest article in Welsh Country Magazine (September 2012 edition) is about the Battle of Pilleth which took place in 1402 near Knighton. It was Owain Glyndwr’s most famous victory over the English forces.
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Book Signing
Thanks to everyone at W H Smiths for their help at my book signing today – and a particular thank you to all of you who bought a copy of my book, Bloody Welsh History – Swansea. I hope you all enjoy it!
New Websites
With the help and direction of Dan Gladwin, my son in law, two new websites are being developed for my local history books. One is Bloody Welsh History – Swansea and the other is called Swansea Then and Now. The sites now exist. Over the next few weeks I shall have to add the content.
Signing – 8 September 2012 – W H Smiths
I shall be signing copies of both Stories in Welsh Stone and Bloody Welsh History – Swansea in W H Smiths in the Quadrant on Saturday 8 September 2012 between 11.00am and 2.00 pm.
I now have a twitter account where I will post news from Swansea’s past. Did you know that in 1863 Sarah Young was imprisoned for a month following her 18th offence that August for drunkenness? No, I didn’t know that either. Look for GeoffBrookes@HistorySwansea Let me know what you think.
Book Signing
I was in Waterstone’s on Swansea signing copies of Bloody Welsh History – Swansea, the first signing for this title. I sold a few books and talked to some really interesting people. The staff in the bookshop were jolly and helpful in spite of the over-amplified street “entertainer” outside who assaults their eardrums most weekends!…
Rotten Rabbit
Here is another small item from the pages of the Cambrian newspaper published in Swansea throughout most of the nineteenth century July 1875 You will be pleased to learn that the Inspectors of Nuisances for the Swansea urban Sanitary Authority buried the creature in the rubbish heaps near the Old Infirmary. It was a rabbit…
The Extraordinary Child
Let us consider the great Monsieur Chouville. A showman without a doubt, determined to bring thrills to the eager public of Swansea, starved as they had been of top-quality and spectacular entertainment. This was June 1858. There was no need for a large and grainy TV screen displaying inaccurate weather forecasts to the discerning crowds in Castle…
Book signing
I am in Waterstone’s Bookshop in the old Carlton Cinema on Oxford Street on Saturday 18 August 2012. I shall be signing copies of my book Bloody Welsh History – Swansea between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm.
Bloody Welsh History – Swansea now available!
I am pleased to be able to announce that my latest volume, Bloody Welsh History – Swansea is now available. It is a fine looking book – for which I take no responsibility whatsoever. It is available in bookshops and of course from Amazon where you can get a Kindle version too. Or you can…