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The Worst of Times at Tredegar House, Newport

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  Tredegar House, Newport, South Wales The Seat of the Morgan Family Tredegar House "The Worst of Times" Failure To Attract Visitors Targeted COVID 19 -Hit Tredegar House closed but the National Trust were staring at failure before the pandemic  Ne wport has one of the highest number of COVID 19 infections in the whole of  Wales. This ghastly virus has taken many lives, it remains in free fall and a vaccine is still a far off  dream. The deadly spread and aftermath of the infection’s invisible power makes this a frightening era for all.     Tredegar House, the old Morgan mansion, was closed for many months under the first Welsh government virus lockdown of March 2020,  and although there was a brief reopening in September-  early October 2020,  albeit with restrictions on the numbers of visitors, the house has closed again.  This closure  was  to  avoid  virus transmission to  National Trust staff and those membe...