Cardiff Queen Street! Advertisement This railway station was originally opened by the Taff Vale Railway all the way back in October 1840. Back then, the station was known as “Cardiff Taff Vale”…
Bryn Cader Faner
I have always been aware of them but have only more recently become interested in some of the Welsh stone circles/cairns dotted across the country. This one is Bryn Cader Faner, which…
Liverpool: The Capital of North Wales
Being from Rhyl, I love the city of Liverpool. The close distance between the two meant I grew up as a Liverpool fan; spoke with some sort of weird hybrid scouse/Welsh accent…
Hedd Wyn & Y Gadair Ddu
It was on this day (6 September) in 1917 when the National Eisteddfod was held at Birkenhead Park, on the Wirral. Advertisement Hedd Wyn & His Involvement This one is infamously remembered…
The Opening of the Severn Tunnel
It was on 1 September in 1886 when Twnnel Hafren (the Severn Tunnel) was opened to trains by the Great Western Railway (GWR) for the first time. It was designed by GWR…