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A470 road
The A470, also referred to as the Cardiff to Glan Conwy Trunk Road, is a long road in Wales that connects Cardiff on the south coast to Llandudno on the north coast.
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A5 road (Great Britain)
The A5 London Holyhead Trunk Road is a major road in England and Wales.
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Afon Lledr
The Afon Lledr (italic) is a river in north-west Wales and the second major tributary of the River Conwy.
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Allt-fawr
Allt-fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion group.
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Anweledig
Anweledig are a band from Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales; their style is a mixture of funk, reggae, ska and rock.
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Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler, (Kösztler Artúr; 5 September 1905 – 1 March 1983) was a Hungarian-British author and journalist.
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Bala and Festiniog Railway
The Bala and Festiniog Railway was a, standard gauge, railway backed by the Great Western Railway (GWR)Awdry (1990); p15 railway in North Wales.
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Bangor, Gwynedd
Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, northwest Wales.
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Barmouth
Barmouth (Abermaw (formal); Y Bermo (colloquial)) is a town in the county of Gwynedd, north-western Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Mawddach and Cardigan Bay.
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Betws-y-Coed
Betws-y-Coed ("Prayer house in the wood") is a village and community in the Conwy valley in Conwy County Borough, Wales.
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Big Brother 7 (UK)
Big Brother 2006, also known as Big Brother 7, was the seventh series of the British reality television series Big Brother.
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Blaen y Cwm Quarry
The Blaen y Cwm Quarry was a slate quarry located east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales.
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Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station
Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station serves the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, and is the passenger terminus of the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction.
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Brass band
A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section.
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Caernarfon
Caernarfon is a royal town, community, and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,615.
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Chester
Chester (Caer) is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.
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Cilgwyn quarry
Cilgwyn quarry is a slate quarry located on the north edge of the Nantlle Vale, in North Wales.
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Clough Williams-Ellis
Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, CBE, MC (28 May 1883 – 9 April 1978) was a British architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales.
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Conwy Valley line
The Conwy Valley line (Welsh: Rheilffordd Dyffryn Conwy) is a railway line in north-west Wales.
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Crimea Pass
The Crimea Pass (Bwlch y Gorddinan) is a mountain pass in north Wales, on the A470 road between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Dolwyddelan connecting the counties of Gwynedd and Conwy.
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Cwm Penmachno
Cwm Penmachno is a former quarry settlement at the head of the Penmachno valley in North Wales.
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Cwmorthin Quarry
Cwmorthin Quarry is a slate quarry west of the village of Tanygrisiau, north Wales.
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Cwt y Bugail Quarry
The Cwt y Bugail Quarry is a former slate quarry located east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales.
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David Felgate (footballer)
David Felgate (born 4 March 1960) is a Welsh retired football goalkeeper.
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David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party and the final Liberal to serve as Prime Minister.
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David Nash (artist)
David John Nash, OBE RA (born 14 November 1945) is a British sculptor based in Blaenau Ffestiniog.
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Deiniolen
Deiniolen is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, at the foot of Elidir Fawr, in Llanddeiniolen Community.
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Diphwys Casson Quarry
Diphwys Casson Quarry (sometimes known as Diphwys Quarry or Diffwys Quarry) was a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales.
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Dolgellau
Dolgellau (formerly Dolgell(e)y; see below) is a market town and Community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach.
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Dolwyddelan
Dolwyddelan is a village and community in Conwy county borough, north Wales, on the main A470 road between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Betws-y-Coed.
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Draisine
A draisine is a light auxiliary rail vehicle, driven by service personnel, equipped to transport crew and material necessary for the maintenance of railway infrastructure.
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Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Assembly constituency)
Dwyfor Meirionnydd is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales, created for the 2007 Assembly election.
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Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)
Dwyfor Meirionnydd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster).
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Express Motors
Express Motors was a bus and coach hire company based in Penygroes, Gwynedd.
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Festiniog and Blaenau Railway
The Festiniog & Blaenau Railway (F&BR) was a narrow gauge railway built in 1868 to connect the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog with the slate quarries around Tanymanod and the village of Llan Ffestiniog, to the south.
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Ffestiniog
Ffestiniog is a community in Gwynedd in Wales, containing several villages, in particular the settlements of Llan Ffestiniog and Blaenau Ffestiniog.
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Ffestiniog Railway
The Ffestiniog Railway (Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a narrow-gauge heritage railway, located in Gwynedd, Wales.
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Frisbee
A frisbee (also called a flying disc or simply a disc) is a gliding toy or sporting item that is generally plastic and roughly in diameter with a lip, used recreationally and competitively for throwing and catching, for example, in flying disc games.
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Gai Toms
Gareth 'Gai' J Thomas 'Toms' (born 14 September 1976 in Bangor, Wales) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, music artist and producer.
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George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic whose work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
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Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.
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Gwyn Thomas (poet)
Gwyn Thomas (2 September 1936 – 13 April 2016) was a Welsh poet and academic.
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Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in Wales, sharing borders with Powys, Conwy, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and Ceredigion over the River Dyfi.
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Harlech
Harlech is a seaside resort in Gwynedd within the historic boundaries of Merionethshire in north-west Wales.
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Holyhead
Holyhead (Caergybi, "Cybi's fort") is a town in Wales and a major Irish Sea port serving Ireland.
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Hydropower
Hydropower or water power (from ύδωρ, "water") is power derived from the energy of falling water or fast running water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes.
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John Cowper Powys
John Cowper Powys (8 October 187217 June 1963) was a British philosopher, lecturer, novelist, literary critic, and poet.
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Kyffin Williams
Sir John "Kyffin" Williams, KBE, RA (9 May 1918 – 1 September 2006) was a Welsh landscape painter who lived at Pwllfanogl, Llanfairpwll, on the Island of Anglesey.
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Lake District
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England.
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Llan Ffestiniog
Llan Ffestiniog, also known as Ffestiniog or simply Llan, is a village in Gwynedd (formerly county of Merionethshire), north Wales, lying south of Blaenau Ffestiniog.
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Llandudno
Llandudno is a seaside resort, town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea.
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Llandudno Junction
Llandudno Junction (Cyffordd Llandudno), once known as Tremarl, is a large village in the county borough of Conwy, Wales.
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Llangollen
Llangollen is a small town and community in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, situated on the River Dee and on the edge of the Berwyn mountains.
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Llanrwst
Llanrwst (meaning "church or parish of Saint Grwst") is a small market town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy, in Conwy County Borough, Wales.
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Llŷn Peninsula
The Llŷn Peninsula (Penrhyn Llŷn or italic) extends into the Irish Sea from north west Wales, south west of the Isle of Anglesey.
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Llechwedd quarry
Llechwedd quarry is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales.
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Llechwedd Slate Caverns
Llechwedd Slate Caverns is a visitor attraction near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales.
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Llwybr Llaethog
Llwybr Llaethog (Welsh for Milky Way, although the Milky Way has several names in Welsh folklore) are an experimental Welsh language band that effectively mix such varied musical genres as rap, dub, reggae, hip hop, and punk in their music.
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London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.
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Maenofferen Quarry
Maenofferen Quarry (also known as Maen Offeren Quarry) is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales and one of the major users of the Ffestiniog Railway.
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Maentwrog
Maentwrog is a village and community in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, lying in the Vale of Ffestiniog just below Blaenau Ffestiniog, within the Snowdonia National Park.
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Manod Mawr
Manod Mawr is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion.
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Meirionnydd
Meirionnydd is a coastal and mountainous region of 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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Merionethshire
Merionethshire or Merioneth (Meirionnydd or Sir Feirionnydd) is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, a vice county and a former administrative county.
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Moelwyn Bach
Moelwyn Bach is a mountain in Snowdonia, northern Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion.
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Moelwyn Mawr
Moelwyn Mawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion.
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Nantlle
Nantlle is a small village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales.
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National Eisteddfod of Wales
The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.
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National Gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London.
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National Poet of Wales
The post of National Poet of Wales (Bardd Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in May 2005 by Academi – the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society for Writers.
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North Wales
North Wales (Gogledd Cymru) is an unofficial region of Wales.
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Oakeley Quarry
Oakeley Quarry is a slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales.
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Patagonia
Patagonia is a sparsely populated region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile.
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Porthmadog
Porthmadog, known locally as "Port", is a small coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd, in Wales.
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Rawson, Chubut
Rawson (originally "Trerawson" from Welsh) is the capital of the Argentine province of Chubut, in Patagonia.
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Rhiwbach Quarry
Rhiwbach Quarry was a slate quarry located to the east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales, at the far end of the Rhiwbach Tramway, which connected it to the Ffestiniog Railway.
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Rhiwbach Tramway
The Rhiwbach Tramway was a Welsh industrial, narrow gauge railway connecting the remote slate quarries east of Blaenau Ffestiniog with the Ffestiniog Railway.
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Ribbon development
Ribbon development is building houses along the routes of communications radiating from a human settlement.
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River Conwy
The River Conwy (Afon Conwy) is a river in north Wales.
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River Dwyryd
The River Dwyryd (Afon Dwyryd, meaning a river of two fords) is a river in Gwynedd, Wales which flows principally westwards; draining to the sea into Tremadog Bay, south of Porthmadog.
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Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England.
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Slate industry in Spain
90% of Europes's natural slate used for roofing originates from the slate industry in Spain, with the region of Galicia being the primary source of production.
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Slate industry in Wales
The existence of a slate industry in Wales is attested since the Roman period, when slate was used to roof the fort at Segontium, now Caernarfon.
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Snowdonia
Snowdonia (Eryri) is a mountainous region in northwestern Wales and a national park of in area.
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Tan-y-Bwlch, Maentwrog
Tan-y-Bwlch (Welsh for Under the pass/gap) lies in the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales and is primarily known as the location of Tan-y-Bwlch railway station, on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway.
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Tanygrisiau
Tanygrisiau is a village and area within Blaenau Ffestiniog in the upper end of the Vale of Ffestiniog in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales.
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Tourist attraction
A tourist attraction is a place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its inherent or exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.
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Votty & Bowydd Quarry
Votty & Bowydd Quarry (sometimes historically known as Lord Quarry) is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales.
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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 Government
The Welsh Government (Llywodraeth Cymru) is the devolved government for Wales.
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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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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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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
Wrexham (Wrecsam) is the largest town in the north of Wales and an administrative, commercial, retail and educational centre.
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Wrysgan Quarry
Wrysgan Quarry was a slate quarry near the village of Tanygrisiau, north Wales.
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Ysgol y Gader
Ysgol y Gader was a bilingual comprehensive school for pupils aged 11–16 and served the town of Dolgellau and the surrounding area in South Meirionnydd.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaenau_Ffestiniog
