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Aberystwyth Online Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Image via Wikipedia I found this fascinating article today: Students in Aberystwyth stripped down to their pants and knickers in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record on Monday 16 November. at Monday, November 23, 2009, World record attempt is all pants , Archives November 2009 You should read the whole article. Related Students Links: Internet Streaming Of Graduation Ceremonies Aberystwyth University...
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Rural Studies (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Plaid Cymru AM and Heritage Minister, Alun Ffred Jones, yesterday (Thursday) joined Ceredigion’s Penri James on a visit to Arad Goch’s headquarters in Aberystwyth. Penri James – Plaid Cymru’s Westminster Candidate for Ceredigion – arranged the visit to see first-hand the theatre company’s recently renovated premises and learn about the innovative work carried out...
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Slog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
BBC reports : The trial of a husband accused of murdering his wife as they slept in a camper van has heard he killed her while he dreamt she was an intruder. Christine Thomas, 57, was killed in Aberporth, Ceredigion, in July 2008. Swansea Crown Court heard Brian Thomas, 59, of Neath, accepts he killed her but says he has a sleep disorder which had been triggered by "boy racer activity"....
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Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
ARCHAEOLOGISTS working for the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales in Aberystwyth think they have discovered Ceredigion’s first Roman villa. Unusual markings in summer crops first seen during aerial photography in the dry summer of 2006 showed a great rectangular structure, and footings of a simple rectangular building, buried below fields near Trawsgoed Roman fort....
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Rural Studies (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Plaid Cymru’s parliamentary candidate, Penri James, has launched a survey asking for people’s views on public transport, and on developing safe walking and cycling routes to the north of Aberystwyth. With increasing numbers of cars, congestion and parking problems, Penri James wants to look at creative ways of reducing traffic and improving the environment. Recently, the County Council...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Welsh police investigate information that mediums claim to have received from dead man's ghost A Welsh police force has admitted following up leads supplied by psychics after a man's death. Dyfed-Powys police investigated claims purportedly from Carlos Assaf's ghost after a neighbour found his body suspended from a weights bench at Assaf's home in Ceredigion, west Wales, in March. Assaf's family contacted...
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My Dad's a Communist (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I know most of the good cafes on the way from Tenby to Leeds. On the way back from Tenby we were sitting in the Pennau Crafts and Coffee Shop which has lots of interesting things to look at and delicious home-made food. I bought some Bara Brith (a kind of delicious Welsh fruit loaf) which enabled me to greet our Welsh actor on Monday and offer him some of it with a short burst of Welsh: "Bore...
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Nick Bourne AM (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
A 14 year-old boy from Swansea has become the latest person to fall whilst walking on Constitution Hill in Aberystwyth. Thankfully he escaped unhurt after plunging 100 feet and landing on a ledge. I first called for a review of safety on these cliffs in January 2005 after two separate incidents caused concern. I have renewed my call on a regular basis, the latest being in September this year following...
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The Half-Blood Welshman (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Today we finally get that remarkably rare beast - a Wales-only opinion poll. It was taken by YouGov and published in the Western Mail. Tomorrow they will be running a report on an auction of hen's teeth, on Thursday they will be issuing lists of competent social workers in Haringey and honest MEPs, while on Friday we get photographs of flying pigs. More seriously, it's very gratifying to finally get...
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Rural Studies (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Plaid Cymru’s Penri James has called for a comprehensive survey of scallop beds in Cardigan Bay during the current prohibition on scallop dredging in the area. The Plaid Cymru Westminster Candidate for Ceredigion believes that such a survey will assist in developing a sustainable scallop fishery in the Bay. Calling for a survey of scallop beds, Penri James said: “Now that scallop fishing...
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Rural Studies (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Two significant Open days took place in Aberystwyth yesterday, an open day for the new Assembly Building and an open day for prospective students at Aberystwyth University. I took a flying visit to the first and was involved with the second. The Assembly building to house civil servants relocated from Cardiff and other locations in mid Wales was formally opened by Rhodri Morgan on Thursday last . Inside...
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Aberystwyth Online Blog (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
I found this information today: Aberystwyth Farmers Market Sat 17 Oct North Parade, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 2AG 10am to 2pm Future dates and times: Sat 7 Nov 2009 10am to 2pm Sat 21 Nov 2009 10am to 2pm Sat 5 Dec 2009 10am to 2pm For more information contact Jan Fenner, Tel: 01970 633 066 at Thursday, October 15, 2009, Archives October 2009 You should read the whole article. Your thoughts and...
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GENEALOGE (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
EXHIBITION AT ABERYSTWYTH MUSUEM : "11 Oct 09 I will be exhibiting ruined mansion images, as well as other ruins throughout the counties of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire at Aberystwyth (my home town) Museum from the 16th October 2009 until November 21st 2009. I will also be giving a talk on the exhibition: 'A Place Deserted: Misfortune & Neglect - Ruins of Mid & West Wales'...
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Rural Studies (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Plaid Cymru’s Penri James has called on Ceredigion County Council to ensure that plans to increase the number of allotments in Penparcau are progressed without delay. Ceredigion County Council owns land next to the current allotments near Min-y-Ddôl, Penparcau, and a proposal to provide more land to increase provision for local residents was made over the summer. However, Ceredigion’s...
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News for Medievalists (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
Archaeologists have uncovered what could be the remains of the long-lost gatehouse at Cardigan Castle in Wales. A recent four-week dig at the site of the castle has found part of a substantial medieval wall. The remains of the 12th-century stone castle were recently bought by Ceredigion County Council. It plans to restore the medieval monument site so it can be opened up to the public. As part of its...
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