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.
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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.
1832 Newport Boundary
An article the Monmouthshire Merlin published in 1832 describing the complete boundary of Newport.
Volume 1, Number 5
Lazy people at the Free Library, a muddy Stow Hill, the Wild West Show digging up Shaftesbury Park, Caerleon protesting at busy buses and what’s on at the cinema in wartime.