Volume 1, Number 7
The Crindau Pigeon Match, a sturgeon caught in the Usk, an automatic stamp machine installed in Maindee, the noisy hot cross bun-boys, and Cambrian Road being built.
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The Launch of In Shops
As part of a revamp of Kingsway Centre, the In Shops was opened in October 1986 and featured 163 retail units and a food court. Here's how the opening day went.
Newport's Little Switzerland
For at least 160 years, Little Switzerland has been a spot in Newport known for its ’double view’ of Twmbarlwm and the Bristol Channel. Here’s a potted history of how it developed over time.
When GWR Owned Station Approach
How the Great Western Railway used to ensure that Station Approach remained a private road and how the Coporation redeveloped the site.
Volume 1, Number 6
Vintage W.H. Smith adverts, stealing swedes, the Caerleon Leek, a ball at the King’s Head Inn, two wretched urchins and the 'one of handsomest smacks' ever to have launched in Newport.
The Great Circular Road
A proposal in 1911 to build a Circular Road and Main Avenue which is very similar to today's M4 and SDR roads.