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ROBERT OWEN, NEWTOWN, POWYS.
Robert Owen the Welsh social reformer that inspired the Co-Operative Movement. Robert Owen was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales, having succeeded in business by running mills in Manchester, he then became a partner and manager in the New Lanark Mill on the River Clyde in Scotland. Owen apalled by the conditions in the mills of Manchester, created a model industrial community at the New Lanark Mill. The curriculum of the community's school influenced educational thinking. The village also had a shop selling goods that met quality standards which were sold at a fair price. The New Lanark Mill community was visited by people interested in the Owen's social reform project from all over the world, with even Russia's Tsar visiting it. It also inspired followers in Rochdale to establish the first Co-operative shop. Owen returned to Newtown late in life and is buried in the town. See on the Map-olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Robert_Owen
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LLANGORSE LAKE - AFANC
15th Century poet Lewys Glyn Cothi wrote that the Afanc lived in what is now Llangorse Lake. Resembling a crocodile or a giant beaver the Afanc is said to prey upon those that swim in its lake, and its thrashings can kill those around it, and flood kingdoms. In Arthurian legend either Arthur or Peredur are said to have slain the Afanc. For Peredur the lake creature was invisible and able to fire poison darts, and only became visible when the Queen of Constantinople, dressed as a maiden, gave him an adder stone to carry into its cave. See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Welsh_Lake_Monster_-_Afanc |
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