Volume 2, Number 3
Special constable summoned for assault, fire at W.A. Baker, street preaching, salmon caught in the canal and ham stealing in Pill.
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Volume 2, Number 2
The first omnibus route in Newport, till robbing, the notorious Rendezvous pub, the blind sail around Newport, police accommodation in Pill and poor drainage in Ruperra Street.
Volume 2, Number 1
Professor Crocker's Performing Horses, the January Sales, Fires, a trotting match, drunkenness stats of 1889 and complaining about the road to the Pill Barracks.
A Victorian Christmas in Newport
Step back into late-Victorian Newport through original archival adverts to discover a world of "monster" cheeses, elaborate "Cosaque" crackers, and the grueling festive rush that defined the local Christmas period in the late 19th century.
Volume 1, Number 53
John Davies the Lame Chicken, emigrants on missing Newport, stealing cabbages, turnips, sheep and a wine glass and complaining about the police in Pill.
Volume 1, Number 52
The election riots of 1852, a magnificent panorama, the orange peel nuisance, damages to pubs during election, beautifying Pill, Mr Bryan's lamp, an early mention of Jeddo Street and the Public Clock.