On a warm Saturday afternoon in August 1911, in a tinplate town in Carmarthenshire, a nervous magistrate mumbled the words of the Riot Act to a crowd that could barely hear him, a major of the Worcestershire Regiment gave an order, and soldiers of the British Army fired live rounds into the back gardens of an ordinary Welsh street.

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With the arrival of the Romans comes the establishment of a new trade centre and importantly the flood of the symbols of their version of civilization changing the makeup of south eastern Britain.

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Every town in Wales had one. You knew where it was. You knew what it was for. And you spent your whole life hoping you would never have to walk through its gate. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100297Artist: http://incompetech.com/ © 2026 Evergreen Podcasts

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