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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Keeping warm this Christmas!
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 well below freezing, I shall be snuggling underneath my woollen blanket tonight – eagerly awaiting … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Ceredigion Young Farmer’s Club photographic archive
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 Club to begin the task of recording the history of the movement in the county. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Navidad, Asado & Papa Noel
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 Welshman. Argentina, like Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, consequently Christmas is in mid summer. … Continue reading
Posted in Kyffin Blog
A Day of Celebration
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 Kyffin Williams project, a major milestone was reached with the official opening of the new … Continue reading
Posted in Kyffin Blog
Christmas at Tredegar
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 her husband, dated 7 January 1688 (the day after Twelfth Day), chides him for not … Continue reading
Posted in Archives and Manuscripts
“And that’s one of the worst Christmases I remember …”
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 that left you struggling for words when you first opened it. But what about the … Continue reading
Posted in Digitisation
Julian Thomas
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 ago and his career has been spent furthering conservation throughout Wales and beyond. He is … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Christmas recipes
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 Griffith of the Garn Estate in Denbighshire. First for your delectation: Plumb Cake Take 5 … Continue reading
Posted in Archives and Manuscripts
Two Laureates
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 National Poet, gave a reading at the Drwm. On a bitterly cold day it was … Continue reading
Posted in News and Events
SPORT IN ARCHIVES
Manuscripts and archives at the Library have traditionally been associated with scholarly, academic subject areas – literature in particular, also religion, music, and more recently, politics. Times, however, have changed. The Library must now collect and interpret sources reflecting all … Continue reading
Posted in Archives and Manuscripts