For Sale in 1778: A Mansion House Called the Fryers
A 1778 advert from the Bath Chronicle described a mansion house for sale called the Fryers.
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Volume 1, Number 17
The town's wooden paving, being drunk and "obstropulous", six week's hard labour for stealing trousers, stealing a spoon and a shocking discovery in the river Usk near the St Julian's Inn.
For Sale: One Used Slave and Whaling Vessel
The short history of how a ship called the African Queen shipped slaves from Africa and went whaling in the South Seas ended up for auction in Newport in 1802.
Volume 1, Number 16
The Russian Gun, a tee-totaller arrested for being drunk, rook shooting, the ‘Greatest Ventriloquist in Europe’ visits Newport, the Monster American Circus and an immense broccoli.
Volume 1, Number 15
The introduction of the "Queue" at the Lyceum Theatre, the stench funnel on Stow Hill, the quality of water in Pill, mud on Corporation Road and what to do with the Russian gun at the Cattle Market.
The First Motor Car In Newport
On Tuesday 24th November, 1896 a Benz motor car was exhibited at the Tredegar Show and it may have been the first car to appear in Newport.