Mel Taylor
@melaniethirty.bsky.social
Mum, dog owner, longstanding member BBCNCW. Loves reading & singing
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Casgliad prosiect bach neis ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn, gyda diolch i @araukie.bsky.social 🌟🌟🌟 #archifaudigidol #prosiectgwirfoddol #cyfranogiadtorfol #Cymru
Just published a follow up blog from @crowdcymru.bsky.social looking at some of the stories uncovered by this digital volunteering project and touching on how to keep those volunteers engaged: www.archives.org.uk/news/crowdcymru-digital-volunteering-with-the-archives-of-wales
#CrowdCymru - digital volunteering with the archives of Wales — Archives & Records Association
Jennifer Evans , Digital Volunteering Project Officer for #CrowdCymru contributes this guest blog for the ARA Website: #CrowdCymru - digital volunteering with the archives of Wales Phew, what a dif...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Casgliad prosiect bach neis ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn, gyda diolch i @araukie.bsky.social 🌟🌟🌟 #archifaudigidol #prosiectgwirfoddol #cyfranogiadtorfol #Cymru
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Join us at Gwent Archives on Monday 15 December for a morning exploring the history of Ebbw Vale Steelworks. There will then be the opportunity to view archive footage of Ebbw Vale and the Steelworks from our partners at the Wales Broadcast Archives (National Library of Wales).
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Join us at Gwent Archives on Monday 15 December for a morning exploring the history of Ebbw Vale Steelworks. There will then be the opportunity to view archive footage of Ebbw Vale and the Steelworks from our partners at the Wales Broadcast Archives (National Library of Wales).
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Are you looking for a Christmas gift with a local history theme? If so, take a look and the maps, posters and books available in the Glamorgan Archives shop. Including this one!
You can see the full range on our website glamarchives.gov.uk/the-shop/
You can see the full range on our website glamarchives.gov.uk/the-shop/
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Are you looking for a Christmas gift with a local history theme? If so, take a look and the maps, posters and books available in the Glamorgan Archives shop. Including this one!
You can see the full range on our website glamarchives.gov.uk/the-shop/
You can see the full range on our website glamarchives.gov.uk/the-shop/
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Here’s a question for you: why would a medieval manuscript be reprinted almost 400 years after its conception?
As part of #EYAMedieval, we have uncovered the oldest item in our collections, a present from a mysterious Mr. R. Hill.
#Presents #ArchiveAdventCalendar #RareBooks #EarlyModern
As part of #EYAMedieval, we have uncovered the oldest item in our collections, a present from a mysterious Mr. R. Hill.
#Presents #ArchiveAdventCalendar #RareBooks #EarlyModern
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Here’s a question for you: why would a medieval manuscript be reprinted almost 400 years after its conception?
As part of #EYAMedieval, we have uncovered the oldest item in our collections, a present from a mysterious Mr. R. Hill.
#Presents #ArchiveAdventCalendar #RareBooks #EarlyModern
As part of #EYAMedieval, we have uncovered the oldest item in our collections, a present from a mysterious Mr. R. Hill.
#Presents #ArchiveAdventCalendar #RareBooks #EarlyModern
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Today is the Day of the Seafarer
You can read about some of the seafarers who sailed from Cardiff on our blog. Including those aboard the Talca carrying coal to Australia 1869-1870. And the Afonwen, docked in Messina, Sicily, in December 1908 whilst also carrying coal bit.ly/4njd6XW
You can read about some of the seafarers who sailed from Cardiff on our blog. Including those aboard the Talca carrying coal to Australia 1869-1870. And the Afonwen, docked in Messina, Sicily, in December 1908 whilst also carrying coal bit.ly/4njd6XW
Subordination and Devastation: Two Sea Voyages from the Port of Cardiff
Glamorgan Archives holds crew agreements and log books for ships registered at the Port of Cardiff for the years 1863-1913 (ref.: DCA). The following incidents illustrate two extraordinary occurre…
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June 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today is the Day of the Seafarer
You can read about some of the seafarers who sailed from Cardiff on our blog. Including those aboard the Talca carrying coal to Australia 1869-1870. And the Afonwen, docked in Messina, Sicily, in December 1908 whilst also carrying coal bit.ly/4njd6XW
You can read about some of the seafarers who sailed from Cardiff on our blog. Including those aboard the Talca carrying coal to Australia 1869-1870. And the Afonwen, docked in Messina, Sicily, in December 1908 whilst also carrying coal bit.ly/4njd6XW
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We need your help with an archive mystery!
This photograph arrived at the Archives recently. It shows a church, but we haven’t been able to identify it.
This photograph arrived at the Archives recently. It shows a church, but we haven’t been able to identify it.
June 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We need your help with an archive mystery!
This photograph arrived at the Archives recently. It shows a church, but we haven’t been able to identify it.
This photograph arrived at the Archives recently. It shows a church, but we haven’t been able to identify it.
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#Metadata #Event Klaxon! 📢
UK Committee on RDA & @cilipmdg.bsky.social in conjunction with @whelfed.bsky.social invite you to join us for an #Uncataloguing Workshop in on 25th July 2025 in Cardiff @cardiffuni.bsky.social
Full details & booking at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
UK Committee on RDA & @cilipmdg.bsky.social in conjunction with @whelfed.bsky.social invite you to join us for an #Uncataloguing Workshop in on 25th July 2025 in Cardiff @cardiffuni.bsky.social
Full details & booking at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
May 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#Metadata #Event Klaxon! 📢
UK Committee on RDA & @cilipmdg.bsky.social in conjunction with @whelfed.bsky.social invite you to join us for an #Uncataloguing Workshop in on 25th July 2025 in Cardiff @cardiffuni.bsky.social
Full details & booking at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
UK Committee on RDA & @cilipmdg.bsky.social in conjunction with @whelfed.bsky.social invite you to join us for an #Uncataloguing Workshop in on 25th July 2025 in Cardiff @cardiffuni.bsky.social
Full details & booking at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
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NEW DATASET - OUT NOW!
A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929.
Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word!
#Railway200
A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929.
Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word!
#Railway200
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June 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
NEW DATASET - OUT NOW!
A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929.
Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word!
#Railway200
A massive 69,000 records added to the Railway Work, Life & Death project, covering English & Welsh railways, 1855-1929.
Download our free database from our website - & please spread the word!
#Railway200
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This is why we don't use metal fastenings with any of our records! Metal rusts, leaving stains that eventually destroy the paper. These documents have now been loosely sewn (through the existing holes) with unbleached linen thread.
#ArchiveConservation
#ArchiveConservation
June 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This is why we don't use metal fastenings with any of our records! Metal rusts, leaving stains that eventually destroy the paper. These documents have now been loosely sewn (through the existing holes) with unbleached linen thread.
#ArchiveConservation
#ArchiveConservation
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⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed.
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
Storyville Books Bookshop UK
Nestled in the rolling hills of the South Wales valleys, we are the only independent bookshop in Pontypridd, selling new books and more.
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November 24, 2024 at 6:41 PM
⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed.
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
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Transport for Wales is urging passengers to check before they travel on Monday with a number of routes across Wales and Borders closed due to the impact of Storm Burt across Wales
Rail passengers warned of disruption in aftermath of Storm Bert
Transport for Wales (TfW) is urging passengers to check before they travel on Monday due to the impact of Storm Burt across Wales. A number of routes across Wales and Borders will be closed on 25…
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November 24, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Transport for Wales is urging passengers to check before they travel on Monday with a number of routes across Wales and Borders closed due to the impact of Storm Burt across Wales