Alteryn Skating Field
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Allt-yr-Yn was home to a very popular ice skating field. Hundreds would attend daily making its owners a sizeable sum of money.
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For Sale: A Commodious Dwelling-House
In September 1770, a large house belonging to a Mrs Kemeys was advertised for sale located near the Market House on High Street. But where exactly was it?
Volume 1, Number 12
Driving too far to the weighing machine, the dangerous and filthy state of pavements, Jack the Cripple, a stolen Merino coat, a foot race at Rogerstone, a runaway horse and the Zanettos play the Empire.
Charles Morgan’s Tredegar Cattle Show
The Tredegar Cattle Show ran for over 100 years from 1819 first at Court-y-Bella Farm and then Newport Cattle Market. This is just a brief snippet from a few years in the 19th century.
Dickey Taylor, the Idiotic-Looking Elf
A miserable, lean, and idiotic-looking elf with the vacant stare of a maniac, and the tattered appearance of a thoroughbred vagrant. A Baneswell resident charged with singing in the street.
Milo the Muscular Giant
Milo the Muscular Giant was an Italian-born strongman who performed at The Empire in Newport in January 1894. He was a classic strongman of the 19th/20th centuries.