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Browse the database Advanced searchVagabond Book of Mid-Wales (2) by Don Gardner
Source: Date: 1970Copyright: Type: Book extract
Description: Exploring South Cardiganshire and glorious Teifiside –
Book describing 16 car trips.
Transcript:
Page 25
From Llandysul, head for the heather, taking the Carmarthen road at the Wilkes Head; (Memories of John Wilkes, profligate libeller but the common man loved him. In his day the Wilkes Head was the working man’s pub while the Tory tradesmen chose the King’s Head.)
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Kings Head Hotel , Kings Street, Llandysul, Llandysul
Wilkes Head Hotel , Pontwelly, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire, Pontwelly
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