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History boys celebrate village locations as trilogy completed

Carmarthen Journal

May 07, 2025

EIGHT years after publishing a history book detailing village life in Johnstown on the edge of Carmarthen, an intrepid group of friends have done it all again and are about to unveil a third volume - following the success of a second book in 2023.

- IAN LEWIS Reporter

After the resounding success of their first book, Johnstown Boys 1940-1960, the friends were at a loose end in 2019 and thinking about what to do next, which sparked the second volume.

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