Category Archives: History

Greatness threat level

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Not So Great Dictator

Due to the recent Brexit vote it is strongly anticipated that Britain will definitely be great again in the very near future.  As a result of this momentous event First Minister The Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM has decided to … Continue reading →

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Britain Decides (a report from 2021)

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Not So Great Dictator

Immediately upon entering his second term as prime minster the Rt Hon David Cameron MP decided to unveil his great plan for the next 5 years. For some time he had been alarmed by the close proximity of foreign lands … Continue reading →

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Wales covers area twice the size of Wales

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Not So Great Dictator

The by now standard television use of Wales as a unit of measurement has evolved over a number of years. The first country to get this treatment was Burkina Faso. This small African nation was initially used as the unit of measurement for … Continue reading →

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United Nations of Frolic

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Not So Great Dictator

Dewi Evans lived a comfortable life by any standards. He worked in local government and lived in a quiet part of town. On the weekends he would stand on the platform of Newtown station, and patiently note down engine numbers … Continue reading →

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The Fall of the House of Frolic

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Not So Great Dictator

The 19th century saw a massive upheaval in the status quo throughout Europe. The victory of the thirteen  Federated Colonies of the Americas over the mighty British empire in 1781, the French revolution in 1789 and the publication of “The … Continue reading →

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A load of Frolics

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Not So Great Dictator

In the mid 1990s, when political correctness was revealing to the world how reckless we had been with regard to language, a rash of street names were changed to fit in with a more progressive and tolerant world view.  One of these now sits in … Continue reading →

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Frolic ye not

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Not So Great Dictator

In the late 13th century Newtown in Powys was established by an act of the then fledgeling parliament in a bid to stem the rising tide of tax havens “erupting like a plague that dwelleth not in harmony with the Kyngdome” as the high sheriff of Llanfair-yng-Nghedewain … Continue reading →

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Pimp My Monument

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Not So Great Dictator

In 1974, a hundred and ten years after its initial construction, Tenby’s statue of Prince Albert was to experience a remarkable renovation.  Long before make-over shows became the popular fare that now clogs up TV channels. like cultural Imodium, Welsh language television … Continue reading →

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Fracking unbelievable

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Not So Great Dictator

The history of fracking has been checkered to say the least. Tales of contaminated water supplies and earthquakes abound but none can be as strange as the Tenby connection.  In 1860 Josiah Reginald Steppewad Coldstrap, Mr Coldstap to his friends, … Continue reading →

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The birth of Lego

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Not So Great Dictator

In 1864 the people of Tenby looked out to sea, over the ruins of the 13th century castle and wondered what the view would be like if they had a monument which didn’t look like a building site. There and … Continue reading →

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