The Great Eastern At Milford Haven
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 to 1859) was one of the 19th century engineering giants who played a major role in the Industrial Revolution. He built dockyards, the Great Western Railway,...
The Emergency Hot Shower Room At The Anchorage
There are times in West Wales when it just rains and rains and the wind blows in gales. These predominantly south west winds are not particularly cold because of the...
Upstairs And Downstairs – A Short History Of Sandy Haven
The first humans arrived in Britain around 900,000 BC at a time of the Great Ice Age when sea levels were low and Britain was joined by land to Europe....
A Great Event At Mullock Bridge
Many people know about the escape of the Little Emperor Napoleon Bonapart (he was five feet 7 inches tall) from exile on the Isle of Elba (schoolchildren used to be...
The First Oil Tanker To Come To Milford Haven
From the beach at Sandy Haven one can look out into the Milford Haven Waterway and see Thorne Island with its fort and the end of what used to known...
Wartime Convoys In The Milford Haven Waterway
The flooded Cleddau River valley in Pembrokeshire was described by Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson on his famous visit with the Hamiltons. He said that it was the next best natural...
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