People's Collection Wales
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A website, full of fascinating photographs, sound recordings, documents, videos and stories about the history of Wales. Welsh account: @casgliadywerin
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Joined July 2010
A well attended intergenerational forum brought together powerful conversations on the stories of South Asian diaspora, community cohesion & South Asia Cymru Heritage project rounded off with delicious delicacies locally sourced thank you @cardiffcouncil @TNLComFund @WCVACymru
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Ynys Mรดn's Aberffraw in 1951, looking over the Afon Ffraw from the 1731 Pont Aberffraw, to the 1887 ex-Capel Seion. @pplscollection
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We will remember them... Here's a story by Great War researcher & friend, the late Colin Herbert. Recounted in a village hall in Hawarden in 2014, it's a moving story of letters from his uncle Ernest. Now available to future generations @pplscollection
https://t.co/qLpNHnAnRS
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Delighted to be able to pass-on the music! This lovely donated instrument on the way to be re-homed at Royal Buckley Town Band. May the joy continue when an enthusiastic silver-band youngster breathes new into this fine tenor horn https://t.co/A4zaKUnmB8
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Our journey continues as we empower children through free Maths sessions.Inspiring young minds to explore STEM, climate action & sustainability, huge thanks to our amazing volunteers for their continued support @huw4ogmore @HeritageFundUK @WCVACymru @TNLComFund @rhi4islwyn @C3SC
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This 1890s rooftop view of the beautiful Dyfi Estuary, from Eryri's southernmost seaside resort town of Aberdyfi (Aberdovey). @Ruth_ITV @pplscollection @NWalesSocial @northwaleslive @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #Eryri #Aberdyfi #Aberdovey #1890sRooftopsView #DyfiEstuary #Wales
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St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church on Colwyn Bay's Conwy Road, a community landmark since it opened in 1900. @Ruth_ITV @WalesCoastPath @pplscollection @northwaleslive @OurWelshLife @northwalescom @AllThingsCymru #ColwynBay #ConwyRoad #StJosephsRomanCatholicChurch #October #Wales
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Our intergenerational team led awareness sessions on sustainability, equality & Welsh language, alongside our free Maths sessions. Huge thanks to our amazing volunteers for their continued support @huw4ogmore @WG_Communities @TNLComFund @WCVACymru @pplscollection @HeritageFundUK
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Our journey continues with free STEM support, open discussions on community cohesion, sustainability & environment with our intergenerational team @WG_Communities @TNLComFund @WCVACymru @pplscollection @GlamArchives @HeritageFundUK @cardiffcouncil @SouthWalesPoli2 @rhi4islwyn
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A 2025 Llandudno Mostyn St view from The Carlton Roundabout of the ex-Paynes Cafe and Cornerhouse Apartments, compared to 1951. @pplscollection
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@SwanseaMAD is a People's Collection Wales Digital Heritage Station! We can support you to upload stories to the @pplscollection website ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Pop into Swansea MAD! Swansea MAD, 216 High Street, Swansea, SA1 1PE contact@madswansea.com 07961499012 @HeritageFundCYM
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Here's a blazer patch from the club my dad played for - Aberavon RFC ('the Wizards') made in the 90s, now in the Peoples Collection Wales โค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ Rugby Union is the national sport of Wales. The history, the passion, the experience, beyond the foreign notion of 'class' imposed on
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Late September is the start of โAmser Gwyladโ or โVigil Timeโ, an old Welsh farming tradition. ๐ Vigil Time is when the days get too short to finish all your work by sunset and you have to light a candle to complete your chores in the dark... ๐ฏ๏ธ People would meet at each
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THE LIFE OF CHARLES PEACE (1903) Here is one of the few surviving films made by Arthur William Haggar. Running 14.32 minutes in its originality. Source: People's Collection Wales at Casgliad y Werin Cymru @pplscollection
No other Welsh-based filmmaker has matched the impact on the British film industry than William Haggar. A larger-than-life fairground showman who made most of his short movies in the 1st decade of the arrival of cinema. Below, Haggarโs travelling #BioscopeTheatre from 1902. In
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A heart-warming photograph of a grandmother with her grandchild. We wonder if she knitted the toy herself. https://t.co/5cAcYxmIeV ๐ท Sioned V Hughes / @CPeniarth
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A quiet afternoon at the Yachting Pool, Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay in the 1930s. Did you ever sail model boats as a child? โต ๐ https://t.co/YQXDdsCnxD ๐ท Conwy Archives / @DiwylliantConwy
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Newly digitised from the Noel Jones Collection a WW2 Womens Land Army member hard at work in 1940s Cymru Gogledd -but where exactly? @pplscollection @NEWalesheritage
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Did you have a favourite cuddly toy as a child? ๐งธ Hereโs a collection of cuddly toys from the early 1900s. ๐ https://t.co/YQXDdsCnxD ๐ท Conwy Archives / @DiwylliantConwy
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The simple joy of skipping ropes. Did you enjoy skipping as a child? ๐ https://t.co/YQXDdsCnxD Playground of Ysgol Bodlondeb, 1950s. ๐ท Conwy Archives / @DiwylliantConwy
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That's a fancy toy pedal car! ๐ Photo taken in the Rectory garden at Flemingston, Glamorgan, 1955-1956. https://t.co/mkOYc83cav ๐ท Rev J.V.Davies / @CPeniarth
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