Trow
A trow was a type of cargo boat found in the past on the rivers Severnand Wye in Great Britain and used to transport goods. …
St John’s Church, Dowlais, Wales
St John’s Church is a defunct Grade II listed church in the village of Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. The church was built in 1827 for local ironworks manager Sir John Josiah Guest, at …
Hypervalue
Hyper Value (Holdings) Limited was incorporated in 1980 by Ken Rogers, the founder and then Chairman of the Hypervalue Group. It was best known for …
Hovrinskaya Hospital, Russia
Hovrinskaya hospital was an abandoned building in the Hovrino District of Moscow in the Hovrino area, near the railway station of the same name. The …
Pont ar Dyfi, Wales, UK
Pont ar Dyfi (English: Bridge on the Dovey), also known as the Machynlleth Bridge or (in grammatically correct Welsh) Pont ar Ddyfi, is a road …
Asafoetida
Asafoetida has been also referred to as the “Food of the Gods.” The main part of this plant that is used is the resin which …
Butlin’s Barry Island, Wales, UK
Barry Island was a Butlin’s, latterly Majestic Holidays, holiday camp located on Barry Island in Wales. It opened in 1966 and closed in 1996 History …
Regal Cinema, Dublin
The Regal Cinema was a film theatre that operated for almost a quarter of a century in Dublin, Ireland, until its closure in 1962. History …
David Davies (Dai’r Cantwr)
David Davies, also known as Dai’r Cantwr (David the singer) (c. 1812–1874), was a Welsh poet and lay-preacher. He was convicted and sentenced to transportation …
Penally Abbey
Penally Abbey is an old rectory, now the Penally Abbey Country House Hotel and Restaurant overlooking Carmarthen Bay in the village of Penally, about 1.5 …