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Plas Mawr, an Elizabethan town house in Conwy, Caernarfonshre, North Wales. Built between 1575 and 1586 for a merchant named Robert Wynne (died 1598). Photographed by Francis Bedford (1816-1894)


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Plas Mawr translates as The Great House or something close. Bryn means Hill.

I'd not want to lean against that in a high wind.
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spot;1383447 wrote: Plas Mawr translates as The Great House or something close. Bryn means Hill.

I'd not want to lean against that in a high wind.


Right where the three of them are standing - ouch!

All the conveniences to hand I see - not too far to stagger home after a night at the pub.
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I notice even the Victorians had fly-posters. That's Lipton's. They built a castle in Devon on the strength of those sales.
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spot;1383804 wrote: I notice even the Victorians had fly-posters. That's Lipton's. They built a castle in Devon on the strength of those sales.


Dunno how - it tastes awful
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You're meant to boil it first, not eat it dry.

I reckon that girl outside the Crown is about eight, parked by her dad.
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Beautiful Diamond Lead Light windows. I hope they didn't replace them.
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