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Welcome to my hometown: There’s more to Newport than Goldie Lookin’ Chain, Tayce (and even Josie d’Arby) Ross Clarke © Provided by The Independent During lockdown, many of us made the pilgrimage back to our family homes – and rediscovered them through fresh eyes. Part guide, part love letter, “ ” is a new series in which we celebrate where we’re from. After all, it could be a while before we can go anywhere else… “What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare,” seem pretty fitting words from vagabond poet WH Davies that for descri...

In the 1980s the hotel included a string of retail stores including Thorntons, Benetton and a jewellers. The Westgate Hotel in 1986 Today the the building is no longer used as a hotel but was opened in 2019 for temporary display by Our Chartist Heritage for the Chartist Rising anniversary. Statues outside the Westgate Hotel in Newport. Picture: christinsleyphotography.co.uk In Westgate Square stands three statues, 'Union, Prudence, Energy' which commemorate the bloody battle of the Chartist Rising in 1839 where 3,000 Chartists led by John Frost marched to Newport to attempt to release ...