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A blog about the work and collections of the National Library of Wales.
Due to the more personal nature of blogs it is the Library's policy to publish postings in the original language only. An equal number of blog posts are published in both Welsh and English, but they are not the same postings. For a translation of the blog readers may wish to try facilities such as Google Translate.
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Tracking the Boston Manuscript
I have just completed the work of tracking the Boston Manuscript of the Laws of Hywel Dda (NLW MS 24029A) as part of the digitisation of the manuscript. The first stage of the tracking process is to create a detailed … Continue reading
The Titanic
While watching a news story build up I tend to use Twitter, the BBC News website and so on. Back in 1912 when the Titanic struck an iceberg it was the newspapers which gave the news. The Daily newspapers were especially … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambria Daily Leader, Digitisation, Maritime Disaster, Newspapers, Titanic
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Chaired Bard Dead? – Cambria Daily Leader scoop, 1917
Chaired Bard Dead? “National” Sensation – “Y Gadair Ddu” That was the caption for an article published in the Cambria Daily Leader on the 6th of September 1917. “Awstin” the reporter had heard whispers in the bardic secret circles at … Continue reading