Joel Uckelman on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:29:30 -0500 (CDT) |
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Re: [eia] Worried of Cardiff |
Thus spake MALabbett@xxxxxxx: > As someone who lives 10 miles from Cardiff (and indeed lived there until > 1999) I keep looking out of the windows to see if the French hordes are > pillaging in South Wales... > > As a historical note, Cardiff was barely bigger than a fishing village in > 1805, however it grew massively when the railroads started bringing coal from > > the valleys down to the port and it became a city in 1905, the capital of Wal > es > in 1955, and now has about 300,000 people. > > Mark BTW, since your turn is tecnically after mine, you still have an order to give for the remaining Egyptian corps. -- J. _______________________________________________ eia mailing list eia@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia