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  • A ticket issued to participants in the 'Perambulation of the Boundaries of the Borough of Welshpool', which was held over four successive days from 30 September to 3 October 1874. The ticket bears the name of the then Mayor, D. P. Owen. The frequency of this unusual event is not known, though there are photographs of the Perambulation of 1906.
Perambulation of the Boundaries ticket, Welshpool, 1874
  • A day ticket for 'taking the waters' issued at the Old Pump Room in Llandrindod Wells on 6 September 1899. It bears the name of Ffynnonllwynygog, or 'the well in the cuckoo's grove'. This, the ticket claims, was 'discovered and recorded as famous as early as 1696'.
Pump Room ticket, Llandrindod Wells, 1899
  • A day ticket for 'taking the waters' issued at the Old Pump Room in Llandrindod Wells on 28 September 1910. It bears the name of Ffynnonllwynygog or 'the well in the cuckoo's grove'. This, the ticket claims, was 'discovered and recorded as famous as early as 1696'. The charge in 1910 was six pence.
Pump Room ticket, Llandrindod Wells, 1910
Ticket machine used by the operators of the ferry across the River Severn, 19th century