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106 relations: Admiralty, Alfred Lewis Jones, Allan Bateman, Arriva Trains Wales, Asda, Association football, Beddoe Rees, Brackla, Bridge FM (Wales), Bridgend, Bridgend County Borough, British and Irish Lions, British Rail, Caerau, Bridgend, Cardiff Central railway station, Catholic Church, Cheltenham, China, Christopher Williams (Welsh artist), Coal mining, Community (Wales), Comprehensive school, Cowbridge, Cymmer, Neath Port Talbot, Dave Bowen, David Thomas (British politician), Eco-Schools, English language, Felix Booth, First Cymru, Florin (British coin), Football Association of Wales, Funeral for a Friend, Garth railway station (Bridgend), George Jeffreys (pastor), Glamorgan, Gloucester, Governor of Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Gwyn Evans, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, Henry Bracy, Historic counties of Wales, Holyhead railway station, Howell Evans, Iron Age, Ironworks, J. J. Williams, James Morgan (actor), Jehovah's Witnesses, ..., John Bowring, Journey to work, Lance Todd Trophy, League 1 (rugby league), Llangynwyd, Maesteg, Maesteg Celtic RFC, Maesteg Harlequins RFC, Maesteg Line, Maesteg Park A.F.C., Maesteg railway station, Maesteg RFC, Mari Lwyd, Men's chorus, Menna Richards, Mid Glamorgan, Middle Ages, Music, Nantyffyllon RFC, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Wales, Nonconformist, Norah Isaac, Normans, Ogmore (Assembly constituency), Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency), Port Talbot, Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company, Primary school, Rail linc, Ray Hopkins, Rees Thomas (rugby league), Rhys Hopkin Morris, River Llynfi, Rugby league, Seat of local government, Siân Lloyd, South Wales, Southern Italy, Swansea, Swinton Lions, The Midlands, Theatre, Thomas L. Thomas, Train station, Turkey, Wales, Welsh language, Welsh Rugby Union, West London (sub-region), West Wales Raiders, Wigan Warriors, World War II, Wrexham General railway station, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd, Ysgol Maesteg School. Expand index (56 more) »
Admiralty
The Admiralty, originally known as the Office of the Admiralty and Marine Affairs, was the government department responsible for the command of the Royal Navy firstly in the Kingdom of England, secondly in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and from 1801 to 1964, the United Kingdom and former British Empire.
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Alfred Lewis Jones
Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, KCMG (184513 December 1909), was a British ship-owner.
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Allan Bateman
Allan Glen 'Batman'/'The Clamp' Bateman (born 6 March 1965) is a Welsh former rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
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Arriva Trains Wales
Arriva Trains Wales (Trenau Arriva Cymru) (ATW) is a British train operating company owned by Arriva UK Trains that operates the Wales & Borders franchise.
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Asda
Asda Stores Ltd. trading as Asda, is a British supermarket retailer, headquartered in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.
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Beddoe Rees
Sir William Beddoe Rees (1877 – 12 May 1931), usually known simply as Beddoe Rees, was a Welsh architect, industrialist and Liberal politician.
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Brackla
Brackla (Bracla) is a community and a large housing estate in the east of Bridgend in Bridgend County Borough, Wales.
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Bridge FM (Wales)
Bridge FM is an Independent Local Radio station serving the Bridgend County Borough and surrounding areas of South Wales.
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Bridgend
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr (Pen-y-bont), meaning "the end (or head) of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of the capital Cardiff and east of Swansea.
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Bridgend County Borough
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county borough in southern Wales, UK.
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British and Irish Lions
The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for any of the Home Nations – the national teams of England, Scotland, and Wales – and Ireland.
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British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.
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Caerau, Bridgend
Caerau (Forts) is a former mining village in south Wales, located around 2 miles to the north of Maesteg in the Llynfi Valley, and is part of Bridgend County Borough.
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Cardiff Central railway station
Cardiff Central railway station (Caerdydd Canolog) is a major railway station on the South Wales Main Line in Cardiff, United Kingdom and one of two hubs of the city's urban rail network.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Cheltenham
Cheltenham, also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a regency spa town and borough which is located on the edge of the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.
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Christopher Williams (Welsh artist)
Christopher David Williams (7 January 1873–1934) was a Welsh artist.
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Coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.
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Community (Wales)
A community (cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales.
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Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a secondary school that is a state school and does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of selection criteria.
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Cowbridge
Cowbridge (Y Bont-faen) is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, approximately west of Cardiff (12 miles west of Cardiff Bridge).
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Cymmer, Neath Port Talbot
Cymmer (Cymer) is a small village in Neath Port Talbot in Wales, set on a hillside in the Afan Valley near the confluence of the River Afan and the River Corrwg.
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Dave Bowen
David Lloyd Bowen (7 June 1928 – 25 September 1995) was a Welsh football player and manager, who captained his country to their only ever World Cup finals, in 1958.
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David Thomas (British politician)
David Emlyn Thomas (16 September 1892 – 20 June 1954) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
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Eco-Schools
Eco-Schools is an international programme of the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) that aims to empower students to be the change our sustainable world needs by engaging them in fun, action-orientated and socially responsible learning.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.
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Felix Booth
Sir Felix Booth, 1st Baronet, FRS (1775 Roydon, Essex – 24 January 1850 Brighton, Sussex) was a wealthy UK gin distiller, and promoter of Arctic exploration, with various places in Nunavut, Canada being named after him.
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First Cymru
First Cymru is an operator of bus services in South West Wales.
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Florin (British coin)
The British florin, or two shilling coin, was issued from 1849 until 1967, with a final issue for collectors dated 1970.
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Football Association of Wales
The Football Association of Wales (Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru) (FAW) is the governing body of association football in Wales, and controls the Wales national football team and its corresponding women's team.
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Funeral for a Friend
Funeral for a Friend were a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, formed in 2001.
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Garth railway station (Bridgend)
Garth (Mid Glamorgan) railway station is a railway station serving the village of Garth, Bridgend, Wales.
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George Jeffreys (pastor)
George Jeffreys (28 February 1889–26 January 1962) was a Welsh minister who founded the Elim Pentecostal Church, a Pentecostal organisation.
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Glamorgan
Glamorgan, or sometimes Glamorganshire, (Morgannwg or Sir Forgannwg) is one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales and a former administrative county of Wales.
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Gloucester
Gloucester is a city and district in Gloucestershire, England, of which it is the county town.
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Governor of Hong Kong
The Governor of Hong Kong was the representative in Hong Kong of the British Crown from 1843 to 1997.
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Guangzhou
Guangzhou, also known as Canton, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong.
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Gwyn Evans
Gwyn Evans (born 6 September 1957 in Maesteg) is a former international rugby union player.
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Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" is the national anthem of Wales.
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Henry Bracy
Henry Bracy (8 January 1846 – 31 January 1917) was a Welsh opera tenor, stage director and opera producer who is best remembered as the creator of the role of Prince Hilarion in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera Princess Ida.
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Historic counties of Wales
The historic counties of Wales are sub-divisions of Wales.
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Holyhead railway station
Holyhead railway station (Gorsaf reilffordd Caergybi) serves the Welsh town of Holyhead (Caergybi) on Holy Island, Anglesey.
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Howell Evans
Howell Evans (3 March 1928 – 9 September 2014) was a Welsh actor, comedian, and singer who worked extensively in television and theatre roles in a career spanning over 60 years.
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Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age.
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Ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made.
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J. J. Williams
John James Williams MBE (born 1 April 1948), known universally as J. J. Williams, is a former Welsh rugby union player who gained thirty caps for Wales as a winger.
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James Morgan (actor)
James Morgan (born 8 August 1985) is a Welsh actor.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity.
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John Bowring
Sir John Bowring, KCB (Chinese translated name: 寶寧, 寶靈 (for Putonghua speakers) or 包令 (for Cantonese)) (Thai: พระยาสยามมานุกูลกิจ สยามมิตรมหายศ) (17 October 1792 – 23 November 1872) was an English political economist, traveller, writer, literary translator, polyglot, and the fourth Governor of Hong Kong.
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Journey to work
Journey to work is data collected as part of a census that describes aspects of commuting behaviour.
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Lance Todd Trophy
The Lance Todd Trophy is a trophy in rugby league, awarded to the annual Challenge Cup Final's man of the match.
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League 1 (rugby league)
League 1 (for sponsorship reasons currently known as the Betfred League 1), is a professional rugby league competition based in England.
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Llangynwyd
Llangynwyd is a village 2 miles to the south of Maesteg, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales.
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Maesteg
Maesteg is a town and community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales.
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Maesteg Celtic RFC
Maesteg Celtic Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Maesteg, South Wales.
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Maesteg Harlequins RFC
Maesteg Harlequins RFC is a rugby union team from the town of Maesteg, Wales.
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Maesteg Line
The Maesteg Line is a commuter rail line in South Wales from Bridgend to Maesteg.
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Maesteg Park A.F.C.
Maesteg Park A.F.C. was a Welsh football club based in Maesteg, Wales.
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Maesteg railway station
Maesteg railway station is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Maesteg in Wales.
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Maesteg RFC
Maesteg Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Maesteg, South Wales.
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Mari Lwyd
The Mari Lwyd is a wassailing folk custom found in South Wales.
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Men's chorus
A men's chorus or male voice choir (MVC) (German: Männerchor), is a choir consisting of men who sing with either a tenor or bass voice, and whose music is typically arranged into high and low tenors (1st and 2nd tenor), and high and low basses (1st and 2nd bass; or baritone and bass)—and shortened to the letters TTBB.
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Menna Richards
Menna Richards OBE was the Controller of BBC Cymru Wales from February 2000 to February 2011.
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Mid Glamorgan
Mid Glamorgan (Morgannwg Ganol) is a preserved county of Wales.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
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Music
Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.
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Nantyffyllon RFC
Nantyffyllon Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Nantyffyllon, Maesteg in Wales.
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Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales.
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Newport, Wales
Newport (Casnewydd) is a cathedral and university city and unitary authority area in south east Wales.
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Nonconformist
In English church history, a nonconformist was a Protestant who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the established Church of England.
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Norah Isaac
Norah Isaac (1914 – 3 August 2003) was a Welsh author, drama producer and campaigner for Welsh-language education.
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Normans
The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.
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Ogmore (Assembly constituency)
Ogmore (Ogwr) is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales.
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Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency)
Ogmore (Ogwr) is a constituency created in 1918 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Chris Elmore of the Labour Party.
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Port Talbot
Port Talbot is a town in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales.
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Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company
The Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company (PTR&D) was formed in 1894 to secure the means of bringing minerals, chiefly coal, to the harbour in South Wales.
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Primary school
A primary school (or elementary school in American English and often in Canadian English) is a school in which children receive primary or elementary education from the age of about seven to twelve, coming after preschool, infant school and before secondary school.
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Rail linc
rail linc (linc trên) is a brand name applied to various dedicated rail-feeder buses operating under the South East Wales Transport Alliance.
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Ray Hopkins
Ray "Chico" Hopkins (born 8 July 1946 in Maesteg, Wales) is a Welsh international rugby player who was also a member of the British Lions.
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Rees Thomas (rugby league)
Rees Thomas was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s.
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Rhys Hopkin Morris
Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris (5 September 1888 – 22 November 1956) was a Welsh Liberal politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1923–1932 and from 1945–1956.
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River Llynfi
The River Llynfi, otherwise referred to as the Llynfi River or Afon Llynfi in Welsh, is one of three main tributaries of the River Ogmore or Afon Ogwr.
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Rugby league
Rugby league football is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field.
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Seat of local government
In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre, (in the UK or Australia) a guildhall, a Rathaus (German), or (more rarely) a municipal building, is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality.
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Siân Lloyd
Siân Mary Lloyd (born 3 July 1958) is a British television presenter and meteorologist from Maesteg, Wales.
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South Wales
South Wales (De Cymru) is the region of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west.
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Southern Italy
Southern Italy or Mezzogiorno (literally "midday") is a macroregion of Italy traditionally encompassing the territories of the former Kingdom of the two Sicilies (all the southern section of the Italian Peninsula and Sicily), with the frequent addition of the island of Sardinia.
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Swansea
Swansea (Abertawe), is a coastal city and county, officially known as the City and County of Swansea (Dinas a Sir Abertawe) in Wales, UK.
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Swinton Lions
The Swinton Lions are an English professional rugby league club from Swinton, Greater Manchester, who compete in the Championship, the second tier of European rugby league.
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The Midlands
The Midlands is a cultural and geographic area roughly spanning central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia.
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Theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.
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Thomas L. Thomas
Thomas Llyfnwy Thomas (23 February 1911 - 17 April 1983) was a Welsh American baritone concert singer who achieved fame for his performances both in concert halls and on television and radio, most notably on The Voice of Firestone, where he was the most frequently featured singer.
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Train station
A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot (see below) is a railway facility or area where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight.
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Turkey
Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.
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Welsh language
Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages.
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Welsh Rugby Union
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) (Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby.
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West London (sub-region)
West London is an official sub-region of Greater London; consisting of the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames West London had a gross value added of £34.4bn in 2007, around 20% of the gross value added of Greater London.
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West Wales Raiders
West Wales Raiders (Dynion Haearn De Cymru) are a professional rugby league club based in Llanelli, Wales, following a move from Merthyr Tydfil.
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Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors is a professional Rugby League club based in Wigan, England.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Wrexham General railway station
Wrexham General railway station (Wrecsam Cyffredinol) is a main line railway station and the main railway station serving Wrexham, north-east Wales.
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Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd
Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd is the borough of Bridgend's only Welsh medium secondary school.
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Ysgol Maesteg School
Ysgol Maesteg School is an English language comprehensive school situated in the town of Maesteg in the South Wales Valleys of south-eastern Wales.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maesteg
