Volume 2, Number 45
The High Street clock, the Tredegar Memorial Corn Exchange, Cordey's 'New System of Business', a drunk tramp and Vine Cottage for sale on Commercial Road.
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Baneswell Occupation Roads
At a busy Baneswell crossroads stands an unassuming stone wall with a hidden past. Far from modern street furniture, its vernacular masonry reveals a surviving remnant of an 1840s rural occupation road, stranded amidst the Victorian terraces that grew around it.
Volume 2, Number 44
The Swing Riots of 1830, foul stealing near 'the machine', a tram accident at Pye Corner, stealing a wife and a narrow escape on the railway.
Walking through 1750s Newport
What you could see and who you could encounter on a stroll through 1750s Newport from Stow Hill, along the High Street and onto Malpas and Caerleon.
Volume 2, Number 43
When the Polka dance arrived in Newport, stealing a horse brush, the early closing of shops, the many enterprises of C. Desmond and the 'Cambrian Youth' freak of nature.
Volume 2, Number 42
A duel at Rodney House, a coach to Liverpool in under a day, the soldier's coffee house outside the barracks, the burglary at Woodlands and stealing fruit from Belle Vue.