Monthly Archives: December 2010

Keeping warm this Christmas!

Posted on December 24, 2010

Today is the last working day of the year for many and with the weather still bitterly cold with temperatures in most places across Wales …

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Ceredigion Young Farmer’s Club photographic archive

Posted on December 22, 2010

On the 5th of December, on a cold and frosty Sunday morning Culturenet Cymru staff travelled to Felin-fach Memorial Hall to support Ceredigion Young Farmer’s …

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Navidad, Asado & Papa Noel

Posted on December 22, 2010

The idea of having a barbecue for Christmas may be fine for Bondi Beach or corny TV adverts but isn’t usually the lot of a …

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A Day of Celebration

Posted on December 15, 2010

Monday (13/12/10) was a day of celebration and thanksgiving at the Library. After over  two years of hard work by many individuals involved with the …

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Christmas at Tredegar

Posted on December 14, 2010

Christmas seems to have been well celebrated at Tredegar House, Monmouthshire for much of its history. A letter from Lady Mary Kemeys in London to …

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“And that’s one of the worst Christmases I remember …”

Posted on December 8, 2010

We’ve all had our fair share of dodgy Christmas presents over the years, haven’t we?  I’m sure you can think of at least one gift …

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Julian Thomas

Posted on December 7, 2010

Julian Thomas, the Head of the Conservation Treatment Unit, will be retiring at the end of the year.  Julian joined the Library over forty years …

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Christmas recipes

Posted on December 6, 2010

As Christmas approaches, our thoughts will be much concerned with food and drink.  Here are two eighteenth century recipes taken from a book of Jane …

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Two Laureates

Posted on December 6, 2010

It was a great pleasure to welcome two laureates to the National Library recently. Both Carol Ann Duffy, the Poet Laureate, and Gillian Clarke, our …

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SPORT IN ARCHIVES

Posted on December 2, 2010

 Manuscripts and archives at the Library have traditionally been associated with scholarly, academic subject areas – literature in particular, also religion, music, and more recently, …

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