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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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Monthly Archives: April 2012
John Thomas’s family portraits
One of the bonuses of working on a digitisation project such as the Europeana Libraries Project is the opportunity it provides to reacquaint yourself with some of the library’s collections. As part of my first job here at the Library, … Continue reading
TITANIC – The Welsh Connection
Most people are aware of one Welsh connection with the Titanic, that of 5th officer Harold Lowe from Barmouth, portrayed by Ioan Gruffudd in the 1997 film. Less well known are other Welsh connections with Titanic, which as we all … Continue reading
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POWs at Fron-goch – German not Irish
Photos of ‘Frongoch POWs‘ is the heading of one a collection of photos at the National Library by the Bala chemist, H. W. Lloyd. I immediately thought of the Irish Republican prisoners kept there after the Easter Rising of … Continue reading
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