West Glam Archives

@WestGlamArchive

Official feed of the West Glamorgan Archive Service; local and family history in the Swansea & Neath Port Talbot areas. We also tweet in Welsh

Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot
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Joined April 2012
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  1. 2 hours ago

    Stuart is listing planning records for Neath town and district. These ones show a skating rink where the civic centre is now on Gnoll Park Road and HSBC Bank near the station.

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Our Annual Report for 2017-18 is now available to read on our website. Find out about what we’ve been up to over the past year and some of the new items in our collection

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  3. 7 hours ago

    Jane is transcribing the names from First World War rolls of honour, ready for an online exhibition this autumn

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    Jun 7

    It’s International Archives Day this Saturday 9th June! Click on the tags to follow the Welsh Local Archive Services and see what they have in store to celebrate 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😀 ...another list of tags on the way!

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  5. Jun 7

    A big shout out to our volunteers, who do some sterling work here at the Archive Service making parts of the collection easier to access for researchers. Here are some projects that they are working on

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  6. Jun 6

    Good to welcome Ystradgynlais Family History Society yesterday for a short session on some of the less common family history sources available at your local archive. Good luck as you continue your research!

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  7. Jun 1

    To finish off, here is Neath in 1801. It’s grown a bit since then, but you can clearly see the medieval street layout.

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  8. Jun 1

    Hard to believe that in 1803 this is practically all there was of Swansea. Most of the shopping centre was open fields back then.

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  9. Jun 1

    Here is the hillside above Pontardawe where the village of Alltwen is now. In 1815, there were only farms and fields there.

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    May 31

    Jazz Heritage Wales has donated 9 boxes of papers to the Women's Archive of Wales, in the care of West Glamorgan Archive Service for safekeeping.

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  11. May 31

    Wow: nowadays this is all covered with houses, but even as late as 1856 most of Clydach was fields and farms.

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  12. May 30

    A bird’s eye view of a tranquil hillside in 1815: the church is still there, but this is where Cwmafan was built.

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    May 29

    Discover the history of the British Empire Panels and their artist, Sir Frank Brangwyn, this Saturday. Tickets from just £3.50

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  14. May 29

    Waunarlwydd in 1803, when there were only two houses! Old Road is quite clear down at the bottom of the map.

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  15. May 25

    Like a view from a balloon: in 1815, long before the motorway, the works or the houses, Briton Ferry was a church, a stately home and a tranquil river crossing.

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  16. May 24

    Here is Mumbles seafront in 1803. We especially liked the boat with the little men rowing. In those days the church was surrounded with fields

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    May 22

    Have you got a memory or story about the NHS you want to share in its 70th year? We’re delighted to be working in partnership with to collect memories of the NHS in Wales. Join us to be filmed on 7 & 8 June at 🎥

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  18. Retweeted
    May 21

    Absolutely bowled over by messages you have been leaving exhibition! Thank you so much x

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  19. Retweeted
    May 21

    A few more of those fab messages exhibition! Thank you so much x

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    May 21

    Dont forget - Wednesday 30 May at 2:00 p.m. - a guided walk around the Hafod Morfa Copperworks site starting from the waiting area of the Landore Park and Ride Ticket Office - SA1 2JT. The...

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