Volume 1, Number 33
The urinals of Newport in 1868, a midnight brawl in Maindee, the opening of the Victoria Assembly Rooms, a trotting match, Newport's gas lights in 1825 and being taken home in a wheelbarrow.
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Volume 1, Number 32
Extending the Greyhound pub, neglecting to trim hedges, damaging a magazine at the Free Library, a proposed park on the Marshes, Cinquevalli, the King of Jugglers, visits Newport and hunting on the east side of Newport.
Ye Olde Newport Bazaar, 1922
The Tabernacle Centenary Bazaar was a grand event which took place at the Drill Hall, Stow Hill in 1922 and featured a recreation of the Newport High Street in 1822 complete with the names of all the shops and offices.
Volume 1, Number 31
The need for a sign at the hand post, North Street trams, house numbering, "the worst girl in town", stealing shrimps and keeping pigs in Maindee.
Volume 1, Number 30
The price of houses on Victoria Place in 1874, leaving a wagon unattended at the Handpost Inn, stealing seven coats. Florodora at the Lyceum Theatre and a man dies during a funeral procession on Stow Hill.
The Great Van Amburgh Menagerie
In September 1842, an American animal trainer arrived in Newport as part of his Welsh tour. He displayed an elephant, Bengal tiger, lion and several leopards in a field off Caerleon Road near Clarence Place.