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Colwyn Bay Heritage @colwynbayheritage.bsky.social · 9m

Thank you!

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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 3h

Of course Kathleen Carpenter, #freshwater ecologist, signed The Welsh Womens #Peace Appeal, clearly & confidently with her best fountain pen, as a testament to her loyalty & humanity.
New permanent exhibition at Llfrygell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales
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Background of handwritten names, with inset photograph of young woman in Edwardian clothing; white blouse; patterned neck scarf; coils of hair on her head

Large wooden chest with background image of 4 well dressed women in early 1900s coats and hats; one woman holding open a document.

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Jilly @jillysnaps.bsky.social · 1d

Take Me to Church

Canterbury Cathedral

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOforOpulent

#WindowsOnWednesday
#EastCoastKin

Interior of Canterbury Cathedral, showcasing its grand Gothic architecture with soaring vaulted ceilings, pointed arches, and intricately carved stone columns. The view looks towards the altar, draped in green cloth, and flanked by ornate wooden choir stalls with red cushions. Stained glass windows fill the space with warm, colourful light.

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Gwent Archives @gwentarchives.bsky.social · 3h

Yn dilyn dyrchafiad mewnol yn ddiweddar, mae Archifau Gwent yn dymuno penodi Archifydd Ymgysylltu â'r Gymuned i swydd barhaol. Am ragor o wybodaeth am y rôl, ac i ymgeisio am y swydd, gweler Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen Chwilio swydd: buff.ly/Ic1PU5w Y dyddiad cau yw 24 Hydref 2025.

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Gwent Archives @gwentarchives.bsky.social · 3h

Following a recent internal promotion, Gwent Archives is looking to appoint a Community Engagement Archivist on a permanent basis. For more information about the role, and apply to the post, please see the Torfaen County Borough Job Search: buff.ly/hYuRuN0. The closing date is 24 October 2025.

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 2h

Primary School Prehistory going well this morning :D

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Glamorgan Archives Archifau Morgannwg @glamarchives.bsky.social · 2h

Heddiw yw Dydd Post y Byd

Mae gan Archifau Morgannwg nifer gasgliad o lythyrau, gan gynnwys rhai a ysgrifennwyd gan Gilbert Taylor o Gaerdydd o Ryfel Cartref Sbaen.

Gallwch ddarllen mwy yma:

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Taith i Dunkirk: Llythyrau o Ryfel Cartref Sbaen

Gadawodd Gilbert Taylor Gaerdydd am Sbaen ym mis Tachwedd 1937 er mwyn ymladd dros Fyddin y Weriniaeth yn y Rhyfel Cartref a ddechreuodd wedi ymgais grymoedd y cenedlaetholwyr ym 1936 i ddisodli’r…

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Glamorgan Archives Archifau Morgannwg @glamarchives.bsky.social · 2h

Today is World Post Day

Glamorgan Archives holds several collections of letters, including those written by Gilbert Taylor from Cardiff from the Spanish Civil War.

You can read more here:

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A day trip to Dunkirk: Letters from the Spanish Civil War

Gilbert Taylor left Cardiff for Spain in November 1937 to fight for the Republican Army in the Civil War that had erupted following the attempt by the Nationalist forces in 1936 to depose the gover…

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Colwyn Bay Heritage @colwynbayheritage.bsky.social · 3h

No 7 Abergele Road is a Grade II Listed building and is now a contemporary art gallery, cafe, and social space. It's known for featuring local artists and hosting various community and art-related events like live music and open mic nights.
#colwynbay #baecolwyn #northwales #gogleddcymru #art #music

7 Abergele Road (former Longmans Bookstore) - Colwyn Bay Heritage Group

The work of local architect Sidney Colwyn Foulkes.

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Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology @henebtwa.bsky.social · 1d

A day all about archaeology, come and talk with experts, have a close up look at new and exciting treasure finds, you can also bring along finds of your own - if you would like to book a slot with Heneb at the PAS finds surgery, follow this link:

heneb.org.uk/event/archae...

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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 4h

“Plan of the new allotments on Malldraeth and Corsddaugau Marsh”

BMSS/118 Dyddiad/Date: 1790

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 6h

A Saxon doorway from the south side of the tower of All Saints’ Church at Brixworth in Northamptonshire. Using recycled Roman tiles, the doorway was originally internal and led to a now demolished cell. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Brixworth #Northamptonshire

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EDC 🇺🇦🇮🇱 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 10h

The train track to nowhere. Covered Bridge #Photography

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Glamorgan Archives Archifau Morgannwg @glamarchives.bsky.social · 1d

From May to Etta with Love

October is Black History Month

Don’t forget you can still call in to visit our From May to Etta talking portrait gallery. There are 10 portraits telling the stories of Cardiff families past and present.

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A family photograph taken in a studio during the early 20th century. The father stands proudly at the back. His wife is seated in front of them. And their young son stands in front of them both.

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Colwyn Bay Heritage @colwynbayheritage.bsky.social · 1d

Built in 1914, this was one of the many cinemas in the town. A balcony was added in 1932. And just look at that crowd! Some picture houses had very plush interiors and were so grand that people nicknamed them “picture palaces”.
#colwynbay #northwales #cinemas #localhistory

'Wetherspoons' - Former Princess Picture House, Princes Drive - Colwyn Bay Heritage Group

Built in 1914, this was one of the many cinemas in the town. A balcony was added in 1932, as well as neo-Egyptian features.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 3d

Jarrow ladies fire brigade, 1916 (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museum).

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Jack Davies @tongwynlais.bsky.social · 3d

Castell Coch was featured in Country Life magazine in 1962. Architectural writer Mark Girouard took readers on a tour of the famous Welsh landmark over two issues.

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#WorldArchitectureDay #Cadw #Tongwynlais

Castell Coch in Country Life – Part 1

Castell Coch was featured in Country Life magazine 60 years ago this month. Architectural writer Mark Girouard took readers on a tour of the famous Welsh landmark over two issues beginning on 10th …

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 3d

Spectacular googly-eyed octopus does battle with a lobster in this 2,000 year-old Roman mosaic from Pompeii! 🐙 🦞

Fantastic fishy onlookers too! 👀

From the House of the Geometric Mosaics. Now at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
📷 by me

#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology

My photo shows a polychrome mosaic depicting Mediterranean marine life using earthy-coloured tesserae (mosaic tiles) against a black tessarae background. At the centre of the mosaic is a pale-coloured octopus composed of off-white and light brown tesserae with some of its writhing tentacles wrapped around the body of a lobster composed of light red, and pinky-brown tesserae. The octopus has an egg shaped body/head and it stares at the viewer with large eyes made of brown and pink circles with black centres.

The octopus and lobster are surrounded by various species of large and small Mediterranean fish and a mollusc, including an eel and a flat fish. On the left hand side of the scene there is a small kingfisher bird on top of a rock. Some of the fish appear to be watching the fight between the octopus and the lobster

This mosaic comes from the House of the Geometric Mosaics in Pompeii. Now on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.

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Colwyn Bay Heritage @colwynbayheritage.bsky.social · 3d

To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day in May 2025 Colwyn Bay Heritage Group, with funding from the Town Council released a new booklet about the work of the Ministry of Food in Colwyn Bay during World War II. Download it here: shorturl.at/77HjR #colwynbay #northwales #wales #localhistory #WW2

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Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social · 3d

Noson hyfryd ym Mhortmeirion nos Iau ddiwethaf ar gyfer lansiad y gogledd o gofiant Aled Eirug i Dafydd Elis-Thomas.

Diolch yn fawr i bawb a fynychodd, i Aled, Elliw Gwawr, Mabon ap Gwynfor, Gwyneth Glyn a Twm Morys am eu cyfraniadau arbennig, ac i bentref Portmeirion am noson i'w chofio.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 3d

I’m back on tour with my new book DOMINATION this week - travelling to Bradford, Sheffield, Newcastle, Hull & Northampton. Expect plenty of monasteries, basilicas, hypocausts as I explore the end of the western Roman Empire and why it’s still relevant today!

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Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social · 3d

📣Applications for our Youth Engagement Volunteer role closes on Wednesday! You'll support our new, two-year Learning and Engagement project funded by @SNForg, engaging with young people, supporting workshop set up and take down, and carrying out research. Training provided. Link in our bio!

4 photos shown: 1st - school children sat on the grass at Gladstone's Library, 2nd - a table with books laid open on cushions, 3rd - the Theology Room with tables holding books laid open on cushions, 4th - school children sat in a semi-circle looking at a board. Text over-top reads 'New Youth Engagement Volunteer Role Open for Applications!'

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 4d

A 3,500 year-old Egyptian glass cosmetic jar with two little duck heads!

Glass was a relatively new material at that time, so this jar would have been a precious possession.

From Merit’s beauty case, found inside Theban tomb (TT8) of Merit and her husband Kha in 1906. 📷 Museo Egizio

#Archaeology

Museo Egizio Turin photo showing a small, dark-blue, core-formed, round glass jar which tapers in at the shoulders below the neck. It has yellow, white, and light blue festoon decoration trailed around the main body. There is a single yellow trail just below the neck of the jar. There is a dark-blue circular glass lid, the top of which is adorned with two dark-blue duck heads with yellow bills, a yellow trailed stripe on the top of each duck’s head, and indents for their eyes. The jar is displayed on a perspex (?) stand against a grey background. Glass jar dimensions: 7.6 cm x 9.6 cm.

Core-forming is one of the earliest glassmaking techniques. Glassmakers shaped the body of the vessel around a core, wound colored trails around it. They then let the vessel cool and removed the core.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 5d

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SempaiScuba @sempaiscuba.bsky.social · Jan 20

20 January 1886: The Prince of Wales officially opened the #Mersey Railway Tunnel linking #Liverpool in #Lancashire to #Birkenhead in #Cheshire. #History #MerseyRailway

"The Prince of Wales at the Mersey Tunnel" from the Illustrated London News dated 30 January 1886

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