Monthly Archives: January 2023

Five miles north of Newport, in Monmouthshire, Caerleon seems to have escaped our attention, up until now. The local volunteer in the town’s museum confessed that this was something we shared with half of his town’s own population. It was, … Continue reading →

A great thing to do on a cold Winter’s day, specially if one is of a certain age and have a nostalgia for the ephemera of days-gone-by. The museum is up the road from us at Portbury. And it’s huge!

It looks the same, despite there being a different Prince of Wales.

I remember when 1984 seemed like an impossible time in the future. 2023! Where will it all end? We are now through the looking glass that is Christmas and New Year, and, although we had a nice time with family, … Continue reading →