Slate Heart;
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Ed Pigot’s from Portsmouth & so am I
…although my parents moved us to Gloucestershire when I was one. However when I was of an age to take note of trips to Pompey, it was like visiting a giant pop-up book, I was so familiar with the place names and many, many family stories. I’ve just returned from a flying visit now, and… Continue reading
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Slate Heart: what’s it all about?
1863 Victorian north Wales, an evolving port town sits in the lap of the magnificent Eryri mountains, the mighty Yr Wyddfa king of all. In its shadow the Blaenau Ffestiniog mines are at the centre of the burgeoning international demand for slate. It fuels the development of the Ffestiniog Railway from a gravity-run trackway to… Continue reading
Jacqueline Day 