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Richard Burton Archives, Home of Swansea University's Archive Collections
Swansea
Joined April 2015
Wonderful morning @AberafanCentre for the official opening of the Richard Burton Centenary Exhibition with Charlotte Burton (Richard Burton’s granddaughter) & distinguished guest speakers. Great to see @AmgueddfaCymru panels featuring material from our collections. @NPTCouncil
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Legless in London – new board game bringing disability history to life wins international award
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We're now closed for Easter, re-opening at 9.15am on Wednesday 23rd April. Enjoy the Easter break!
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Book Talk: An Evening with Angela John.6pm on 25/05/2025 @ New Plaza, Port Talbot.
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A wonderful event yesterday with Prof Angela V. John providing fascinating insights into her new book 'Behind the Scenes'. We can't wait to delve into the life of Philip Burton. .
Images from yesterday's event with author Angela v. John and Prof. Dai Smith - a very moving, at times funny and authoritative insight into Philip Burton’s own work and his significant influence on the late great Richard Burton.
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RT @CopperworksHM: If you would like to find out about Swansea’s once vast & thriving copper industry, join us for a free, 2 hour guided to….
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Behind the Scenes': Professor Dai Smith in conversation with the author Angela V. John on her new book 'The Dramatic Lives of Philip Burton.' .Wednesday 9th April 3pm-4pm.Tabernacle URC Church, Newton Road, Mumbles SA3 4AR . Book free tickets via
📚 'Behind the Scenes': Professor Dai Smith in conversation with the author Angela V. John on the dramatic lives of Philip Burton. 🏴. 📅 Wednesday 9th April 🕒 15:00-16:00 .📍 Tabernacle URC Church, Newton Road, Mumbles SA3 4AR . 🎟️
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Celebrating #WelshLanguageMusicDay by looking back at @SwanseaUni's very own record 'Swansea Calling from Wales in Song & Word', 1961. With the aim to encourage donations to the Uni's development appeal, it featured a performance of Cymru'n Un by @welshorpheus choir
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Delighted to welcome pupils from St Joseph's Catholic School today to #explorearchives and give them a taster of #history @SwanseaUni . Huge thanks to the organisers @louisemiskell and the #ReachingWider (South West Wales) team 😀. #HEFCW #HigherEducation
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RT @Culture_SwanUni: Last November's Richard Burton Annual Lecture 'The Soul of Iron': The Past and Futures of Merthyr and Port Talbot' del….
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Bydd yr Archifau yn cau ar dydd Gwener 20 Rhagfyr 2024 ac yn ailagor ar dydd Iau 2 Ionawr 2025. The Archives will close on Friday 20 December 2024 and will reopen on Thursday 2 January 2025 . 🎄Gan ddymuno Nadolig Hapus i bawb!📷 📷 🎄
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RT @ArchivesWales: During WW2 Christmas shopping was much harder, with a lack of luxuries & gifts on the market. The British public were en….
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We're exploring #ChristmasCards in the South Wales Coalfield Collection. Find out more via #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ExploreYourArchive
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This week we have been looking at different items but now we are looking at the archive itself. The RBA has two strongrooms holding 1.8km of material, a digitisation suite and a modern reading room and lobby. You can find more information here.#YourArchive.@explorearchives
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Before widespread motorization horses were used to provide the literal ‘horsepower’ needed for all sorts of tasks. Here you can see a pit pony at the head of Brynwyth colliery. #Animals @explorearchives
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With Christmas less than a month away many of us will be thinking about spending time with #family. This photograph from the South Wales Coalfield Collection shows a mining family of 13 from Cwmtwrch! c.1880
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Who needs the #EYADisco when you've got a date to the Hackney tea dance!. Part of the Raissa Page Collection @ExploreArchives
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Today's theme is #EYAMythology! We're exploring the research papers of historian Gwyn Alf Williams on the myth of Madoc, son of Prince Owain Gwynedd, who sailed to North America and settled there 300 years before Columbus! . . #ExploreYourArchive
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Get your grad rags on! 'The Bon' D.L.Davies was the official outfitter to @SwanseaUni students and staff in the 1920s and 30s. #EYAFashion #ExploreYourArchive
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Exploring the world of the #Tiny is a major part of studying the sciences. Here’s a 1960s photograph from @swanseauni showing an electron microscope being using to examine grains of an aluminium alloy #EYA @explorearchives
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