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Borth, Ynyslas, Aberystwyth (after storm)
Borth celebrates the Silver Jubilee of King George V in May 1935 and Aberystwyth looses 200 ft from its pier in a 5-day storm in January 1938.
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Compilation containing black and white and colour footage and showing seaside delights at Borth, sledging on the dunes at Ynyslas, the Lerry Tweed Mills at Tal-y-bont, part of a wall of the ‘Nantgwyllt’ mansion in the Elan Valley revealed at low water in 1937 (it had been demolished to make way for the Caban Coch Reservoir), and footage of the extensive damage caused to Aberystwyth promenade by a 5-day storm - 15-19 January 1938 - which shortened the pier by 200 ft.
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