Mrs Hagon was born in Ferndale, Rhondda, but left to train and work as a nurse in England.

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Entrepreneurs Jack and Annette Aronson of Garden Fresh Salsa, located in Ferndale, Mich.

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Family photographs from the time show the boy from Ferndale, Washington, swollen-faced and lying in a tangle of tubes in a hospital bed.

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Private John Murray, from Ferndale, Rhondda, died at Mametz Wood on 7 July 1916 but he was not included when the town's cenotaph was built.

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Three years ago, Mr de Arth, from London, visited the cenotaph in Ferndale for the first time and saw his uncle's name was not on it.

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The event is held every Memorial Day weekend in Ferndale, California, as artists race their bizarre wares across a 42-mile course over three days, including sections on land, sand, mud and water.

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