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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of northwest Wales on a narrow strait of the Irish Sea opposite Anglesey Island. The investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales took place in the castle here in 1969.
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It's claimed that it causes problems for guide dogs used to curbs, but as far as I can see a shared surface square like the one in Caernarfon is just a big pedestrian street.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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It's claimed that it causes problems for guide dogs used to curbs, but as far as I can see a shared surface square like the one in Caernarfon is just a big pedestrian street.
Shared surfaces 2009
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Mark Chitty lives in Caernarfon, North Wales with his wife, Jane, and hyperactive cocker spaniel, Snoop.
MIND MELD: The Perfect SF/F/H Books to Give to People Who Don't Read SF/F/H 2009
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Mark Chitty lives in Caernarfon, North Wales with his wife, Jane, and hyperactive cocker spaniel, Snoop.
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Menai (Bangor, there's a Menai ward in Caernarfon as well): Another ward with two seats.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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Some are suggesting that this is a prequel to investiture, a prospect that will boost the sale of eggs in Caernarfon if nothing else.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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I woke up this morning to the first decent sprinkling of snow we've had in Caernarfon for quite a while.
A walk in the snow! Mark 2008
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Congratulations to Plaid's candidate Alun Roberts who won yesterday's town council by-election in Caernarfon's Menai ward, bringing the number of Plaid's town councillors there up to 8 out of a total of 17 seats.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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Gwynedd's scheme for restructuring primary education won't have much of an effect here, though the plan to federalise Our Lady St Helen in Caernarfon has caused the city's Catholics to worry.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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"Dafydd Iwan, Go Sing", just round the corner from my house in Caernarfon.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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