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History blog

Explore the celebrated and lesser-known incidents in Welsh history, watch rare clips from BBC Wales' own archive, find out about history events in Wales.

Phil Carradice

July 1942: enemy action over Pwllheli

Britain might have been totally unprepared for war in 1939 but within ...

By: Phil Carradice

The Story of Wales

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Your story. Our story.

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Family history

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Migration

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The Welsh in Patagonia

In 1865, the Mimosa, a tea-clipper set sail for South America.

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