I will be speaking at the Annual General Meeting of the West Glamorgan Family History Society on Saturday 27 February 2016. I have been asked to speak about my work on gravestones. The title of my talk is The Secret of the Stones and during the presentation we will be visiting Cadoxton, Felindre, Pant Teg, Tonyrefail, Trealaw, Barry…
Category: News
Bananas
I came across this news item in the Cambrian Daily Leader for 18 February 1914. It comes from a completely different world. Dr. George Arbour Stephens, a Swansea physician and social worker, carried out researches in connection “with that disease which has become almost fashionable nowadays, appendicitis.” He believed that it was due to the increased consumption…
The Brown Dog Riots
I have been researching the life of Frances Power Cobbe for an article for Welsh Country Magazine and I came across this unusual and forgotten story from the early twentieth century. Here is just a brief introduction to the Brown Dog Riots. It all began with a vivisection which was performed on a brown dog…
Rhys ap Thomas
My article in the January edition of Welsh Country Magazine is about the most important tomb in Wales – that of Rhys ap Thomas in St Peter’s Church in Carmarthen. For a time he was the most powerful man in Wales, because this is the man who killed a king, the man who struck the…
Special Offer The Complete Set
I now have available a new offer. You can now buy a complete set of my local history publications on the website. For £60 you can have one copy of each book (plus of course the Buy One Get One Free offer on Stories in Welsh Stone.) The price includes all postage and packing and you can…
Guaranteed Christmas Delivery
First of all I would like to thank everyone who came down to Swansea Market to see me on Saturday in spite of the vile weather. It was good to see you all. I am very grateful indeed. Today I have reduced the price of Stories in Welsh Stone to £12 (which includes P&P.) The…
Christmas Cards by Jason O’Brien
I am very pleased to say that when I have my stall in Swansea Market (see previous post) I will also have for sale some wonderful Christmas Cards by the Swansea artist Jason O’Brien. They are so beautiful you will probably want to frame them, not give them away! You can add your own message to the…
Book Signing
I had a good book signing in Waterstones in Swansea yesterday. If you missed it don’t worry. You can buy any of my titles here on this website. Just go to the How To Buy page by clicking on the link here. Don’t forget, all my books are cheaper here than they are anywhere else – the…
Special Offer Still Available
I still have some copies of my book Stories in Welsh Stone available as part of my special Christmas Offer. Click here to go to the How to Buy page, buy one for £13, which includes postage and packing, and receive another copy absolutely free! So you can keep one and give one away as…
Special Christmas Offer! Buy one get one free!
If you buy one copy of my book Stories in Welsh Stone I will give you another absolutely free! The book originally retailed at £18 but here I am selling them for £13 to include postage and packing. But if you order one I will send you two. Ideal Christmas presents obviously. Or keep one…