Volume 1, Number 20
Renaming Marshes Road, a snub-nosed, thick-lipped white-negro sort of girl,Lockhart's Elephants at the Empire, ruffians commence a Cherokee War and an argument over red apples.
Newport Cornucopia
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Renewal of Licenses
Taken from the Monmouthshire Merlin in 1843, a description of publicans renewing their licenses at the Newport Town Hall.
Cam Bryan Road
I've always wondered whether Cambrian Road is pronounced 'cam-bree-an' like the mountains and the geological period or 'cam-bryan' like I've always called it?
Fox Hunting in Ringland
A report from Boxing Day, 1936 where Newport Harriers were invited to take part in a fox hunt around the Ringland and Coldra areas.
Volume 1, Number 19
The dangerous state of Stow Hill pavement, Is Newport a littery town?, the furthest distance flown by a young pigeon to Newport, Bets the Cripple and the Leicester Duchess and stealing a sack of flour.
For Sale: Numbers 1 and 3, Clarence Place
Two adverts appeared in the Monmouthshire Merlin a few months apart — the first in December, 1833 for the sale of No. 1, Clarence Place, the second in March, 1834 for the sale of No. 3 Clarence Place. Like previous posts on houses for sale (e.g. Two Cottages near Chepstow...