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Gwirfoddoli digidol / Digital volunteering @archpbu.bsky.social @CarmsLibraries @CUSpecialColls @DiwylliantConwy @uwtsd.bsky.social @glamarchives.bsky.social @gwentarchives.bsky.social @NLWales @SwanseaUniLi
DARLITH ZŴM MIS MAWRTH
Darlith nesaf yr Archif fydd ‘The Diary of Amy Dillwyn: editing a Victorian life’ gan yr Athro Kirsti Bohata i'w chynnal ar Ddydd Mercher 18fed Mawrth am 4 o’r gloch trwy Zwm. Manylion llawn ac archebu lle ar ein gwefan www.womensarchivewales.org/cy/
MARCH ZOOM LECTURE
The next Zoom lecture will be ‘The Diary of Amy Dillwyn: editing a Victorian life’ by Professor Kirsti Bohata to be held on Wednesday 18th March at 4pm on Zoom. Full details and booking are on our website www.womensarchivewales.org/en/
Dyma fap hynod o ddiddorol ar femrwm o ardal Amlwch o gasgliad Llwydiarth Esgob.
“Plan of Bodednyfed demesne and Glan y Llynn in the parish of Amlwch, the property of Jno. Jones, Esq., surveyed by R. Owen”
Dyddiad/Date: 1780 LLE/638
Here we have a beautifully illustrated map on parchment from the Llwydiarth Esgob collection
“Plan of Bodednyfed demesne and Glan y Llynn in the parish of Amlwch, the property of Jno. Jones, Esq., surveyed by R. Owen”
Dyddiad/Date: 1780 LLE/638
Arddangosfa Flynyddol yr Archifdy a Chasgliadau Arbennig
Pont Grog y Borth 1826-2026 - Dathlu’r Daucanmlwyddiant
Gallwch weld yr arddangosfa ar Goridor Siambr y Cyngor, ym Mhrif Adeilad y Brifysgol
Mae’r arddangosfa hefyd ar gael i’w gweld ar-lein yma: sway.cloud.microsoft/6hB3hDQndJAf...
The Archives & Special Collections Annual Exhibition
The Menai Suspension Bridge 1826-2026 – Celebrating the Bicentenary
You can view the exhibition on the Council Chamber Corridor, Main Arts Building
The exhibition is also available to view online here: sway.cloud.microsoft/OEWxRznJOcdb...
Black and white photo of Whitchurch hospital showing the man entrance and water tower to the left. AI has been used to add Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus, flags and daffodils
Window sill dials if daffodils with the red brick hospital buildings in the background
Photo showing a display of daffodils in front of a stone wall and a drain pipe to the right
Concert programme from March 1st 1911
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus i bawb / Happy St David’s Day to all
1st photo, original photo with additions from AI.
Daffodils at the hospital in years gone by…
Concert programme from 1911, held on St David’s Day
#DyddGŵylDewi
#StDavidsDay
“Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Tywyll"
Yn oriau mân 01 Mawrth 1927, lladdodd tanchwa nwy dan ddaear yng Nglofa’r Marine, Cwm, 52 o ddynion. Daeth timau achub o Abertyleri, Abercarn, Crymlyn, Six Bells ac eraill i gynorthwyo. Ni chanfuwyd achos y danchwa.
Ref: D6108
“A Dark Saint David’s Day"
In the early hours of 01 March 1927, an underground gas explosion at Marine Colliery, Cwm, killed 52 men. Rescue teams from Abertillery, Abercarn, Crumlin, Six Bells and more came to assist. The cause of the explosion was never found.
Ref: D6108
Image shows detail of page from the St David's College, Lampeter, Minutes, Sept 1875-1886, comprising a handwritten account of day-to-day college life. Entry for 7 February 1876, reports “It was agreed to hold the celebration of St David’s Day on Shrove Tuesday, Feb 29, in consequence of March 1 falling this year on Ash Wednesday, and to hold a Service in the College Chapel with a Sermon to be followed by a luncheon in the College Hall”. This volume belongs to The Roderic Bowen Library & Archives, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and has been digitised by Cardiff University as part of the digital volunteering project, Crowd Cymru. This page has been enhanced with a daffodil motif.
#StDavidsDay arrangements in the @uwtsd.bsky.social Logbook for 1876 [St David's College, Lampeter] 💛 Our volunteers are currently transcribing these 1875-1886 Minutes 💛 #HappyStDavidsDay
Llun yn dangos tudalen o Gofnodion Medi 1875-1876 Coleg Dewi Sant, Llanbedr Pont Steffan, yn cynnwys hanes dydd i ddydd bywyd yn y coleg. Mae cofnod ar gyfer 7 Chwefror 1876, yn nodi “Cytunwyd i ddathlu Dydd Gŵyl Dewi ar Ddydd Mawrth Ynyd, Chw. 29, gan fod Mawrth 1 ar ddydd Mercher y Lludw eleni, a chynnal Gwasanaeth yng Nghapel y Coleg gyda Phregeth ac yna cinio yn Neuadd y Coleg”. Mae’r gyfrol hon yn eiddo i Lyfrgell ac Archifau Roderic Bowen, Prifysgol Cymry Y Drindod Dewi Sant, ac mae wedi ei digideiddio gan Brifysgol Caerdydd fel rhan o’r prosiect gwirfoddoli digidol, Crowd Cymru. Mae’r dudalen hon wedi ei haddurno â chenhinen Pedr.
Trefniadau #DyddGŵylDewi yn llyfr cofnodion @uwtsd.bsky.social ar gyfer 1876 [Coleg Dewi Sant, Llanbedr Pont Steffan] 💛Mae ein gwirfoddolwyr wrthi ar hyn o bryd yn trawsgrifio’r Cofnodion yma o 1875-1886 #DyddGŵylDewiHapus 💛
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Map showing where bombs fell in Cardiff on 18 May 1943.
It’s been great to welcome two classes from Willowbrook Primary in St Mellons to the Archives this week.
They visited to find out more about life in Cardiff during the Second World War. And they also got to take a peek behind the scenes into the strongrooms. We hope you enjoyed!
Last year I surveyed an archive which included these beautiful bound books of letters from a Victorian teenager to her parents & family. After her death aged 14, her mother gathered them together as a memorial. She would do the same when her son died aged 18, seeking to keep their voices alive.
A small notebook laid open showing lined pages. On both pages is a recipe handwritten in pencil. On the left hand page is a recipe for ‘Wakes Cakes’. The recipe is written in list form down the page including amounts of flour, butter, sugar, eggs and currents and the direction to have the “Oven not to Hot”. On the right hand page is a recipe for ‘Pork pies’. It reads “1/2lb crust paste, 6oz meat, to 1lb pie & so on.”
Our latest #NewAccession is the recipe book of Fred Croft, apprentice baker at Wrigley and Son, confectioners, Matlock. Fred took it to France whilst serving during the First World War. It was returned to his family after Fred was killed at the Battle of the Somme.
#WWI #HistoricRecipes
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Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.
Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:
"The Facemaker" by Lindsey Fitzharris on a wooden shelf. The cover features a collage of WWI soldiers' faces forming a single silhouette. Notecard below reads: "A gripping read - vivid, fascinating, harrowing yet utterly redemptive and inspiring. Highly recommended."
I spotted the wonderful @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social in the 'staff recommended' section at Richard Booth's Bookshop (Hay on Wye) 📚
THE FACEMAKER 🧠
"A gripping read - vivid, fascinating, harrowing yet utterly redemptive and inspiring.
Highly recommended."
#History
Thank goodness!😎
This year our Annual Exhibition focusses on the bicentenary of the Menai Suspension Bridge, tracing the history of crossing the Menai Strait using a variety of printed material and manuscripts from our collections.
Yn ein harddangosfa flynyddol eleni, rydym yn olrhain hanes croesi Afon Menai gan ddefnyddio amrywiaeth o ddeunydd printiedig a llawysgrifau o'n casgliadau
Thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for highlighting the Change Minds project on its website. Read all about the project and the impact it has had on the participants, thanks to the funding received over the past decade. www.heritagefund.org.uk/stories/onli...
Ymhlith y gwesteion oedd Dr John James, Prif Swyddog Addysg Sir Forgannwg, a’r Aldramon Rose Davies YH, aelod o gorff llywodraethu’r ysgol, a hefyd y fenyw gyntaf i’r ethol yn aelod ac aldramon o Gyngor Sir Forgannwg ac yn o’r tair menyw gyntaf i fod yn Ynad Heddwch yng Nghymru.
On this day 100 years ago, on 25 February 1926, Aberdare Girls County School held its annual distribution of prizes and certificates. There was a full programme, including signing and addresses by invited guests.
Oil portrait of Elizabeth Catherine “Ella” Carmichael seated in a wooden chair beside a writing desk. She wears a long, flowing dress with a sheer, patterned overdress and a beaded necklace, her dark hair pinned up. One arm rests on the chair, the other holds a rolled paper over scattered books and papers, suggesting a literary or scholarly setting.
It's #WorldGaelicWeek! We're sharing a blog by @poncarova.bsky.social about the women who shaped Ruaraidh Erskine's early 20th-century Gaelic magazines and how their writing influenced both modern Gaelic literature and the Scottish national movement
🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/2025/04/21/w...
Lieutenant Colonel S.C. Taylor and officers of Leeds Pals Battalion stand in front of the decorated recruitment tramcar in June 1915. Over 800 recruits passed through the tram and the Leeds Pals recruited approximately 2,000 troops, the average age of recruits was 20-21. © Leeds Libraries & Information Services CC BY-NC-SA
🧵(5 posts). When war was declared on 4 August 1914, Britain’s small professional army just 120,000 men, was nowhere near large enough. Lord Kitchener called for volunteers, and thousands answered, but still more were needed. The solution was the “Pals” battalions: units 1/5
💜🩺 Love in adversity & Changing the world
This Saturday 28th, 10-11am, Protests and Suffragettes are hosting their February Patreon Gathering, exploring Dr Flora Murray & Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson— their relationship— & how their work as doctors and as Suffragettes, changed the world.
