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image captionThe yacht blew up in Conwy harbour seconds after the family were rescued from the vessel
A blind army veteran, 82, helped rescue a family from their burning yacht just before it exploded, it has emerged.
John Nicol, from Llandudno, and a friend pulled a mother and her son onto their vessel and hoped the skipper would be able to put the blaze out.
But the flames were already too fierce and they were forced to also help the skipper, who escaped just before the yacht blew up.
The drama happened in Conwy harbour on Saturday 3 April.
In the concluding part of our compelling series from Andy McNab s Gulf War memoir Bravo Two Zero, the remains of his SAS unit are cruelly taunted by their guards and learn the fate of their missing comrades.
Handcuffed and blindfolded, I was driven out of Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. It was gorgeous weather. I could hear the birds singing. But as so often during my captivity in Iraq, I was full of dread. Do you know where you re going now, Andy? the driver asked as we set off. We re taking you to the British Embassy. You will now be going home to your family.
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The doll s house dates from c1840 and gives an insight into how Victorian people lived
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This Victorian doll’s house has been in the collection since the museum opened in 1946.
It was donated by Mrs Esme Nicoll who was the honorary curator and co-founder of Allhallows museum. Esme was not her real name. She was born Edith Sophie Mary Elliot and she used the initials of those names to form Esme.
She lived at Egland, Awliscombe which was built by her Great Aunt Thomasine in 1803. Esme led an interesting life. She married her first husband in Cairo in 1897 and after he was killed in action in Mesopotamia, she set up a comfort fund and sent parcels to members of his regiment who had become prisoners of war. She corresponded with Agatha Christie. She married her second husband John Nicoll in 1922.
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