Great hearing Dr Sam Willis talk about the 1859 Royal Charter tragedy off the coast of Moelfre in Ynys Mon. The other part of the story was that the London media blamed local people for robbing the bodies of the deceased....and the wreck inspired the creation of the Shipping Forecast.
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Cerys Matthews
Last week we leapt off #Everest and kept on going up through the stratosphere with @drbeckysmethurst.This Sunday 10am we go down to the centre of the #earth with #cave diver Jill heinerth, #marine historian dr sam willis,geologist professor Zoe shipton+composer/musician rick wakeman 10am @bbc6music
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