Synopsis
Fred Housego visits Carmarthen in South Wales where Terry James, printer and local historian, has recently written a study of the town which reveals a pattern of development which stretches right back to the Romans.
- Programme: History On Your Doorstep
- Episode: 03: Carmarthen
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1982
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