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Thursday, 11 October 2012

The Story of Wales: Wales and Britain





Aerial photograph showing wartime damage in central Swansea.
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The sixth and final episode of the BBC Wales series ‘The Story of Wales’ will be shown tonight on BBC2 at 7pm. Following the events and changes in Wales from World War II to the present day, it covers a host of topics including the World War II bombing of Swansea, the start of the NHS under Aneurin Bevan, the steel industries at Port Talbot, Ebbw Vale and Shotton, the Welsh language movement and the steps towards independent Welsh government. This popular series has been valuable in increasing understanding of the history of Wales and has sparked debate what it means to be Welsh in the twenty-first century. The episodes are viewable on BBC iPlayer for the next few days and a DVD is now available through the Open University.

Links to sites featured in episode 6:
With final chapters on Post-war Wales by Richard Suggett and Into the Future by Peter Wakelin, and covering every period of Welsh history, the Royal Commission’s centenary publication, Hidden Histories:Tysorau Cudd, is the perfect informative companion for anyone interested in the life and heritage of Wales. Authoritive information on all aspects of the historical environment of Wales are available from our many publications which are always lavishly illustrated from the superb visual resources held in the National Monuments Record of Wales. All books are reasonably priced with a special 10% discount to Friends. For further information, please visit the Royal Commission’s website or telephone 01970 621200.

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Wednesday, 10 October 2012

The Story of Wales: A New Beginning





Big Pit Coal Mine, Monmouthshire
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The fifth episode in the BBC Wales series ‘The Story of Wales: A New Beginning’ will explore how the discovery of steam coal in the Rhondda led to massive immigration to the valleys of South Wales and the development of the docks at Cardiff and Barry during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It will show the opulent castles at Cardiff and Penrhyn, built from the fabulous wealth created by the coal and slate industries in north and south Wales. This episode will also cover sport, entertainment, male voice choirs, and the darker side of industrialisation – poverty, mining accidents, strikes and lockouts.


Links to sites featured in episode 5:


One again, for those who are interested, many of these topics are superbly covered in the Royal Commission’s centenary publication, Hidden Histories: Tyrsorau Cudd, which has two excellent sections on both Victorian Society and Early Twentieth Century. In addition, our latest publications, which include Fields of Play: The Sporting Heritage of Wales and Cymru Hanesyddol o'r Awyr / Historic Wales From the Air, offer much to increase our understanding of this rapidly changing age. Copies of all our publications are available through our bookshop with a special 10% discount to Friends. For further information, please visit the Royal Commission’s website or telephone 01970 621200.


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The Story of Wales: The Furnace of Change





RCAHMW 3D model of the engine house at Hafod Copperworks, HMC805, nprn:- 33710
Following last week’s showing of the first three episodes of “The Story of Wales”, the remainder of the series will be shown this week on BBC2 at 7pm. Tonight Episode 4, “The Furnace of Change”, will look at how the Industrial Revolution and the copper and iron trades turned Wales into a global player, from the mining of copper on Parys Mountain, Anglesey, and its smelting and export at ‘Copperopolis’, Swansea, to the transformation of the iron industry under the Crawshays at Merthyr Tydfil. This episode will also explore the subsequent social turmoil, riots and uprisings at Merthyr Tydfil and Newport, and in the countryside with the Rebecca Rioters.

Links to sites featured in episode 4:

Finally, the Royal Commission's superbly illustrated book, Hidden Histories: Tysorau Cudd, has an interesting section “On the First Industrial Nation” by Stephen Hughes and Dr Peter Wakelin with ten essays covering this fascinating topic. In addition, enthusiasts who are interested in the industrialization of Wales will also like the Royal Commission’s definitive book on: Copperopolis: Landscapes of the Early Industrial Period in Swansea. Copies of all our publications are available through our bookshop with a special 10% discount to Friends. For further information, please visit the Royal Commission’s website or telephone 01970 621200.

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Monday, 8 October 2012

Blaenau Gwent Heritage Forum Day School: Inside Welsh Homes, 13 October, 11am







Our homes are often considered a reflection of our values, beliefs and attitudes. Isaac Haley lived at Glan-brân in Carmarthenshire around 1900, and like many other wealthy home owners at that time he used new photographic technology to record the rooms of his home. Mr. Haley used a mirrored wardrobe to reflect his own image, allowing him to take this self-portrait. DI2012_0180, NPRN 96046.


Next Saturday, 13 October, Royal Commission staff member, Rachael Barnwell will be giving a lecture on Inside Welsh Homes at the Blaenau Gwent Heritage Forum Day School to be held at Bedwellty House, Tredegar. Other speakers for the day include Ritchie Rudd, who will be speaking on The Charge of the Light Brigade; Andrew Taylor, Barrister at Law, on Two Important Welsh Miscarriages of Justice; and Bryan Davies on  Dr William Price.

Following on from this, the Royal Commission’s Inside Welsh Homes touring exhibition will be on display at Bedwellty House from the 1 November until 5 January 2013. This will feature images drawn from the National Monuments Record of Wales, displayed alongside objects from the collections of the venue hosting the exhibition. The exhibition will be supported by the Royal Commission’s forthcoming book, Inside Welsh Homes, which will showcase about 200 key images from its vast archive.


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Friday, 5 October 2012

Ble’r Oeddynt yn Byw, yn Gweithio, yn Addoli? Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluol Morgannwg Ffair Hanes Teuluol, 13 Hydref





Y Comisiwn Brenhinol yn Ffair Hanes Teuluol Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluol Morgannwg 2011.
Ar Ddydd Sadwrn, 13 Hydref, bydd staff y Comisiwn Brenhinol yn mynychu Ffair Hanes Teuluol Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluol Morgannwg, y ffair hanes teuluol fwyaf yng Nghymru. Cynhelir y digwyddiad yng Nghanolfan Hamdden Merthyr Tudful, o 10 y bore tan 4 y prynhawn a bydd amrywiaeth eang o stondinau yno, gan gynnwys stondinau cymdeithasau hanes teuluol Cymru a Lloegr, hen gardiau post a siartiau achau. Bydd staff y Comisiwn Brenhinol, Nicola Roberts a Helen Rowe, swyddog Casgliad y Werin, wrth law drwy’r dydd i ateb cwestiynau ac arddangos Coflein, ein cronfa ddata a chatalog ar-lein, ac i roi cyngor ar sut i ymchwilio a dod o hyd i ddelweddau o ble’r oedd ein hynafiaid yn byw, gweithio ac addoli. Dewch i stondin y Comisiwn Brenhinol i gael cymorth gyda’ch ymholiadau a gostyngiad o 10% ar bris ein holl gyhoeddiadau. I gael manylion pellach, ewch i wefan Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluol Morgannwg.

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Where Did They Live, Work and Worship? Glamorgan Family History Society's Family History Fair, 13 October





The Royal Commission at last year's Glamorgan Family Show.
On Saturday 13 October, Royal Commission staff will be attending the Glamorgan Family History Society's Family History Fair, which is the largest family history fair in Wales. The event will be held at Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre, from 10am – 4pm and will display a wide variety of stalls including the Welsh and English family history societies, old postcards and family tree charts. Royal Commission staff Nicola Roberts and Helen Rowe, the People's Collection officer, will be on hand all day to answer questions and to demonstrate Coflein our on-line database and catalogue and to advise how best to research and find images of where our ancestors lived, worked and worshipped. Please visit the Royal Commission display to receive help with your enquiries and 10% off the cost of all our publications. For further details, please visit the Glamorgan Family History Society website.

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Thursday, 4 October 2012

The Story of Wales: England and Wales





Castell Gwydir, Sir Gaernarfon
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Bydd trydedd raglen “The Story of Wales” yn cael ei dangos heno ar BBC2 am 7pm.  Yn dwyn y teitl “England and Wales”, mae’r rhaglen hon yn trafod Cymru yn yr Oesoedd Canol ac yn canolbwyntio ar sut y bu i Harri VII gipio coron Lloegr a sefydlu’r llinach Duduraidd. Mae sawl adeilad pwysig yn cael sylw yn y rhaglen hon, gan gynnwys cartref teuluol y Tuduriaid, Plas Penmynydd ar Ynys Môn, Castell Gwydir, a ailgodwyd gan Meredith ap Ieuan ap Robert ar ôl Rhyfeloedd y Rhosynnod, ac, yn olaf, Mathafarn yn Sir Drefaldwyn, eiddo Dafydd Llwyd ym 1485, lle yr arhosodd Iarll Richmond (y Brenin Harri VII yn ddiweddarach) y noson cyn brwydr Maes Bosworth.

Cysylltau i’r safleoedd sy’n cael sylw yn y 3edd raglen:
I’r rheiny sydd â diddordeb, mae’r Athro Ralph Griffiths yn gosod y cefndir yng nghyhoeddiad canmlwyddiant y Comisiwn Brenhinol, Trysorau Cudd : Hidden Histories, yn ei drafodaeth awdurdodol ar yr Oesoedd Canol, a pharheir â’r stori yn y bennod ar “Cymru Fodern Gynnar” gan Richard Suggett. Efallai yr hoffai gwylwyr sydd â diddordeb mewn dysgu mwy am adeiladau Cymru yn yr Oesoedd Canol a’r cyfnod modern cynnar, gan gynnwys Gwydir, ddarllen Cartrefi Cefn Gwlad Cymru : Introducing Houses of the Welsh Countryside gan Richard Suggett a Greg Stephenson, pris £14.95, neu £13.50 gyda’r disgownt o 10% sydd ar gael i Gyfeillion. I gael mwy o wybodaeth, ewch i siop lyfrau ar-lein y Comisiwn Brenhinol neu ffoniwch 01970 621200.

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The Story of Wales: England and Wales





Gwydir Castle, Caernarfonshire
DS2007_340_012  NPRN 26555

Episode 3 of “The Story of Wales” will be shown tonight on BBC2 at 7pm.  Entitled “England and Wales”, this episode discusses Wales in the middle ages and focuses on how Henry VII captured the English crown and established the Tudor dynasty. Several important buildings are featured in this episode and include the Tudor family home, Plas Penmynydd in Anglesey, Gwydir Castle, rebuilt by Meredith ap Ieuan ap Robert following the Wars of the Roses, and finally Mathafarn in Mongomeryshire, owned by Dafydd Llwyd in 1485, when the Earl of Richmond (later to become King Henry VII) stayed there the night before the battle of Bosworth Field.

Links to sites featured in episode 3:
For those who are interested, Professor Ralph Griffiths sets the scene in the Royal Commission’s centenary publication, Hidden Histories : Trysorau Cudd with an authoritive discussion on the Middle Ages and the narrative is then continued by Richard Suggett in his chapters on “Early Modern Wales”. Viewers of tonight’s programme who are interested in learning more about the buildings of medieval and early modern Wales, including Gwydir, may like to read Cartrefi Cefn Gwlad Cymru : Introducing Houses of the Welsh Countryside written by Richard Suggett and Greg Stephenson, price £14.95 or £13.50 including the 10% discount available to Friends. For further information, please visit the Royal Commission’s online bookshop or telephone 01970 621200.
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Wednesday, 3 October 2012

The Story of Wales: Power Struggles





Crannog Llyn Syfaddan, Brecknockshire
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Ar ôl darlledu rhaglen gyntaf y gyfres “The Story of Wales” neithiwr, bydd yr ail raglen yn cael ei dangos heno ar BBC2 am 7pm. Mae’r rhaglen hon, “Power Struggles”, yn trafod Cymru’r Oesoedd Canol Cynnar ac yn ymdrin â phynciau diddorol megis adeiladu Clawdd Offa yng nghanol yr wythfed ganrif gan Frenin Mercia, a Theyrnas Gymreig Brycheiniog yn y ddegfed ganrif. Mae hefyd yn edrych ar gyfreithiau Hywel Dda a phriodas yn yr Oesoedd Canol, yn ogystal â Rhys ap Gruffydd, Ustus De Cymru, a’r Eisteddfod gyntaf erioed a gynhaliwyd yn ei gastell yn Aberteifi.

Cysylltau i’r safleoedd sy’n cael sylw yn yr 2il raglen:

Mae cyhoeddiad canmlwyddiant y Comisiwn Brenhinol, Trysorau Cudd, sydd hefyd ar gael yn y Saesneg o dan y teitl Hidden Histories, yn cynnwys adran ddiddorol ar “Cymru’r Oesoedd Canol Cynnar”, yn ogystal â thrafodaeth awdurdodol ar “Yr Oesoedd Canol” gan yr Athro Ralph Griffiths, cyn-Gadeirydd y Comisiwn Brenhinol. Os oes gan wylwyr ddiddordeb yn yr Oesoedd Canol, efallai y bydd ganddynt ddiddordeb hefyd yng nghyfres Uwchdiroedd y Comisiwn Brenhinol sy’n cynnwys The Western Brecon Beacons: The Archaeology of Mynydd Du and Fforest Fawr, a Mynydd Hiraethog: The Denbigh Moors. Gellir cael copïau o’n holl gyhoeddiadau drwy ein siop lyfrau, ac mae disgownt arbennig o 10% ar gael i Gyfeillion. I gael mwy o wybodaeth, ewch i wefan y Comisiwn Brenhinol neu ffoniwch 01970 621200.

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The Story of Wales: Power Struggles





Llangorse Crannog, Brecknockshire
AP_2005_1162  NPRN 32997

Following last night’s showing of the first episode of “The Story of Wales”, the second episode will be shown tonight on BBC2 at 7 pm. Episode 2, “Power Struggles”, discusses early medieval Wales and covers such interesting subjects as the building of Offa's Dyke in the middle of the eighth century by the King of Mercia, and the Welsh Kingdom of Brycheiniog in the tenth century. It also looks at the laws of Hywel Dda and medieval marriage, as well as Rhys ap Gruffydd, Justiciar of South Wales and the first ever Eisteddfod at his castle in Cardigan.

Links to sites featured in episode 2:

The Royal Commission’s centenary publication, Hidden Histories, which is also available in Welsh as Trysorau Cudd includes an interesting section on “Early Medieval Wales”, as well as an authoritive discussion on “The Middle Ages” by the Royal Commission’s former Chairman, Professor Ralph Griffiths. Viewers interested in the medieval landscape may also be interested in the Royal Commission’s Uplands publications series which includes The Western Brecon Beacons: The Archaeology of Mynydd Du and Fforest Fawr, and Mynydd Hiraethog: The Denbigh Moors. Copies of all our publications are available through our bookshop with a special 10% discount to Friends. For further information, please visit the Royal Commission’s website or telephone 01970 621200.
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