Strong regional links in Ripon showroom's picture sale
A LARGE sale of works from some of the regions greatest artists will take place next week at a Ripon saleroom.
Source: thenorthernecho.co.uk
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Uniontown man held without bail after Easter standoff
A Uniontown man is being held without bail for allegedly threatening to shoot three people on Easter Sunday, prompting a 90-minute standoff with police.
Source: heraldstandard.com
The tragic tale of the Bleddfa Tunnel disaster of 1896
THE explosion was heard for miles around and the residents of Knighton had feared the worst. It was midday on July 4, 1896 and deep underground five men, employees of the Birmingham Waterworks at Bleddfa, had been seriously wounded and lay deep inside a tunnel. The men had entered the tunnel at 6am, venturing deep underground into a tunnel which had spanned three quarters of a mile. The Montgomery County Times reported: ‘About noon a loud and unexpected explosion was heard, and at the...
Source: countytimes.co.uk