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Rob Phillips
@balwen76.bsky.social
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Archifydd, hanesydd, Cymro a Cristion gyda Morris 1000. Caws, cathod a threnau yn dda/Archivist, historian, Welshman and Christian with a Morris 1000. Cheese, cats and trains are good.
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 6h
Wedi cael diwrnod gwych yn cynhadledd @plaidcymru.bsky.social heddiw. Diddordeb mawr yn yr archifau a lot o sgyrsiau diddorol.

Had a good day at the @plaidcymru.bsky.social conference today. Lots of interest in the archives and lots of interesting conversations.
Rhys and Rob by the stand Table with archives Court speech by Saunders Lewis
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 11h
@willhaycardiff.bsky.social If you have 2 minutes why not pop over to see our pop up exhibition outside the main hall with archives telling the story of Plaid Cymru from the Welsh Political Archive? We've loads of fascinating stuff.
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 3d
I've only got to him winning in February 1974 so far but it's an engaging read. Highly recommended!
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 3d
If you're at the @plaidcymru.bsky.social conference on Friday please come to see our pop-up exhibition to mark 100 years since founding #Plaid Cymru
Cover of Plaid Cymru policy document
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 3d
Os ydych chi yn Nghynhadledd @plaidcymru.bsky.social ddydd Gwener dewch i'n gweld gyda arddangosfa dros dro ar gyfer Canmlwyddiant y Blaid #PlaidCymru #HanesPlaidCymru
Cover of Plaid Cymru policy document
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Llafur: The Welsh People’s History Society @llafur.bsky.social · 8d
Join Llafur and our guest speakers to explore the 1925 anthracite strike and its legacy a hundred years on!

📆 25/10/2025
⏱️10:30-16:00
📍Ammanford Welfare Hall

🎟️Free tickets: tinyurl.com/anthracitest...
The Anthracite Strike of 1925 Event Location: Ammanford Welfare Hall, 11 Wind St, Ammanford SA18 3DN Event Date: 25/10/2025 Event Starts: 25/10/25 10:30 am Event Ends: 25/10/25 04:00 pm Join Llafur and our guest speakers to explore the 1925 anthracite strike and its legacy a hundred years on. Speakers – Aled Eirug, Robert Smith, Ioan Matthews, Bill Jones and Sian Williams.
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 4d
Just arrived for the @sslh.bsky.social Archives and Resources Committee meeting. Nice to be back in Manchester.
Banner outside the People's History Museum, Manchester.
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 5d
Reading for today's train journey #ArchivistonaTrain
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 6d
It's worth marking the effort to see the Welsh Women's Peace Petition exhibition - it's an amazing story www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... and you can search the petition on-line www.library.wales/peacepetition #Peace #WomensHistory
Catalyst for peace? Welsh women’s 100-year-old petition gets new home
Exhibition at National Library of Wales marks historic event that has also inspired a wave of activism
www.theguardian.com
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 6d
Dewch i weld yr arddangosfa - mae'r stori am Ddeiseb Heddwch Menywod Cymru yn un anhygoel BBC Cymru Fyw - Arddangosfa barhaol i ddathlu Deiseb Heddwch Menywod Cymru
www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/ert... a gallwch chwilio'r deiseb ar-lein ar www.llyfrgell.cymru/deisebheddwch #heddwch #hanesmenywod
Arddangosfa barhaol i ddathlu Deiseb Heddwch Menywod Cymru
Deiseb a gafodd ei harwyddo gan 400,000 o fenywod o Gymru, yn yr ymdrech i greu byd heb ryfel, yn cael cartref parhaol yn y Llyfrgell Genedlaethol.
www.bbc.com
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 22d
Tocynnau nawr ar gael am ddarlith yr Archif Wleidyddol Gymreig

Tickets are now available for the Welsh Political Archive lecture

Yn y Llyfrgell/In the Library: www.ticketsource.co.uk/llgcnlw/t-ya...
Ar/On Zoom: www.ticketsource.co.uk/llgcnlw/t-mo...
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 23d
Fy mlog diweddaraf ar raglen @s4c.cymru Cyfrinacahu'r Llyfgell @librarywales.bsky.social

www.llyfrgell.cymru/newyddion/ar...
Cyfrinachau’r Llyfrgell: Cyfrinachau Gwleidyddol
Mae un lle yn y Llyfrgell lle mae tipyn o gyfrinachau – cynllwynio, briffio a sgandalau – sef ein casgliadau gwleidyddol. Ond mae llawer mwy na hynny; straeo...
www.llyfrgell.cymru
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 23d
My latest blog on the @s4c.cymru programme Cyfeinachau'r Llyfrgell @librarywales.bsky.social
www.library.wales/news/article...
‘Secrets of the Library’: Political Secrets
There’s one place in the Library where there are many secrets - conspiracies, briefings and scandals – our political collections. But they contain much more ...
www.library.wales
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · Sep 9
Just got better...
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · Sep 9
Reading material for the train #PlaidCymru
Cover of a book on the forming of Plaid Cymru
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · Sep 5
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Ar S4C ar 16 Medi gyda fi mewn supporting role!
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On S4C on 16 September with me in a supporting role!
Redirecting...
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · Aug 31
Visit this morning to the Supreme Court of Canada. Two copies of the Constitution Act 1982 were on display - one of which was damaged by a protestor in 1983 using red ink that they had smuggled into the archive. The damaged copy is now shown as part of the story of Canada.
Two copies of the Constitution Act - one damaged with red ink Copy of the Constitution Act damaged by red ink Lobby of the Canadian Supreme Court
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · Aug 31
Lord Davies of Llandinam talk at the North American Festival of Wales, Ottawa yesterday. The room wasn't full but plenty of questions!
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · Aug 29
About to start my talk on the Gareth Jones archive at the North American Festival of Wales' in Ottawa
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · Aug 8
Sgwrs hynod ddiddorol gyda'r Llywydd Elin Jones a Nest Jenkins yn @eisteddfod.cymru heddiw
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · Aug 7
Darlith arbennig Cymdeithas Hanes Plaid Cymru gan @ieuanwyn.bsky.social yn yr #Eisteddfod heddiw #PlaidCymru100 www.llyfrgell.cymru/plaidcymru100
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · Aug 6
Mae fy erthygl diweddaraf am gofnodion Grwp Ymgyrchu Rheilffordd Y Cambrian ar gael ar flog @librarywales.bsky.social nawr www.llyfrgell.cymru/newyddion/ar...
Achub y trên i Afon-wen
Cofnodion Grŵp Gweithredu Rheilffordd Arfordir y Cambrian
www.llyfrgell.cymru
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · Aug 6
My latest item on the @librarywales.bsky.social blog about the records of the Cambrian Coast Line Action Group is up www.library.wales/news/article...
Mission: Impossible!
The records of the Cambrian Coast Line Action Group
www.library.wales
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · Aug 2
Sgwrs Merched Sefydlu Plaid Cymru yn yr Eisteddfod heddiw / Panel discussion on the women involved on starting Plaid Cymru at the Eisteddfod today
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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · Aug 2
I've been working on a small digitisation project and a timeline to mark the centenary of Plaid Cymru and it's just gone live - www.library.wales/news/article...
Marking the Centenary of Plaid Cymru
The launch of the Plaid Cymru History Timeline, 1925-2025
www.library.wales
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