Dealer at Carmarthen fair sees sampler go back home

What’s in name? Everything as far as John Miles of Swansea is concerned. For years now, he has been researching his family tree and, in that time, learnt of a unique heirloom that has been lost for about 80 years.

Made by 15-year-old Rachel Miles in 1896, a large colourful needlework sampler detailed the names an…

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