03: Carmarthen | History On Your Doorstep

Duration: 24'14''

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.

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