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CARMARTHENSHIRE: Tributes to Granny Dot – the 102-year-old whose £6k gamble built a £70m Welsh food giant
Dorothy Edwards, known as Granny Dot, loaned her daughter and son-in-law 6,000 pounds in 1972 to buy a frozen food business -- a gamble that grew into Harlech Foodservice, a 70 million pound company with a depot in Carmarthen that now employs 300 people. The post CARMARTHENSHIRE: Tributes to Granny ...
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Pretty Grade II listed cottage comes with something even more stunning in its five acre garden
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Tributes paid to Granny Dot whose £6k gamble helped build a £70m empire
Dorothy Edwards, affectionately known as Granny Dot, loaned £6,000 to her daughter and son-in-law in 1972 — a bold investment that helped build Welsh food wholesale giant
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Four arrested in police operation in Llanelli
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CARMARTHEN: Raptor attraction that drew 4,000 visitors in its first winter launches new all-weather facilities for spring
The British Bird of Prey Centre near Carmarthen has launched new all-weather facilities for spring after attracting more than 4,000 visitors in its first winter at its new Carmarthenshire home. The post CARMARTHEN: Raptor attraction that drew 4,000 visitors in its first winter launches new all-weath...
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