Welcome to our ‘What’s On’ page. This is the place to discover all you need to know about the Forum’s, as well as other locally organised, upcoming events relating to the rich heritage of this area.
NEXT FREE TALK
THURSDAY 13th MARCH 2025
EARLY IRONMAKING IN THE UPPER SIRHOWY VALLEY
SPEAKER: DR. ROBERT RICHARDS
VENUE: Bedwellty House
2.00pm – 3.00 pm
Refreshments are available either before, or afterwards, in the welcoming Orchid House Tearoom
NEXT TRIP
THURSDAY 20th FEBRUARY 2025
EBBW VALE WORKS MUSEUM
AND
GWENT ARCHIVES
WE HAVE HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN THIS TRIP AND HAVE REACHED OUR MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS. THIS TRIP IS NOW FULL.
Programme for 2025
2nd Thursday every month 2.00 – 3.00 pm
Venue: Bedwellty House, Tredegar
Thursday 9th January: FREE TALK – By Train into the Heart of the Black Mountains – Bob Burson
Thursday 13th February: FREE TALK – The Baileys of Glanusk – from ironmasters to landed gentry
Thursday 20th February – TRIP – Ebbw Vale Works Museum and Gwent Archives
Thursday 13th March: FREE TALK – Ironmaking in the Upper Sirhowy Valley – Dr. Rob Richards
Thursday 10th April: FREE TALK – The Development of Pithead Baths – Ben Richardson, tbc
Thursday 8th May: FREE TALK
Thursday 12th June: FREE TALK Tintown – Simon Wragg
Thursday 10th July: FREE TALK
August – No talk: FREE TALK
Thursday 11th September: FREE TALK
Thursday 9th October: FREE TALK
Saturday 18th October: HERITAGE DAY : Theme of Transport
Thursday 13th November: FREE TALK
Monday 15th December – CHRISTMAS MEAL
Committee Meetings for 2025
3rd Monday every month 10.00 – 11.00am
Venue: Tredegar Library
- March – Monday 17th
- April – Monday 14th
- May – Monday 19th
- June – Monday 16th
- July – Monday 21st
- August – Monday 18th
- September – Monday 15th
- October – Monday 20th
- November – Monday 17th
- December – Monday 15th
BLAENAU GWENT AMBASSADOR COURSES
BECOME A BLAENAU GWENT TOURISM AMBASSADOR
Free Online Courses – AVAILABLE NOW
Blaenau Gwent has recently launched an exciting new initiative. I am currently working on this course and find it to be interesting and informative. Would you like to become an Blaenau Gwent Tourism Ambassador too?
Complete 3 modules to become a BRONZE Blaenau Gwent Ambassador
Complete 6 modules to become a SILVER Blaenau Gwent Ambassador
Complete 9+ modules to become a GOLD Blaenau Gwent Ambassador
The Wales Ambassador Scheme is a set of FREE ONLINE COURSES that will introduce you to different areas and attractions in Wales. You can increase your knowledge of Wales and help others to get the most out of their visit.
ART HISTORY COURSES
STARTING IN JANUARY 2025
- 10 week course with popular Monmouthshire Lecturer Eleanor Bird
- For MonLife Heritage Museums
- Online via Zoom
- Monday evenings 7-8pm, beginning 20 January 2025 (break on 24 February)
- (recordings available so that any lectures missed can be caught within 4 weeks, on Zoom)
- Course Fee: £55
To Book: Art History Online – Introduction to Art : Modernism
Diving into the work of artists who stood on the shoulders of Cubism – or reacted against it – and those who began to paint in pure abstraction, this ten-week online evening class explores the period from 1910 to 1950.
It introduces the many ‘isms’ of the early 20th century in straightforward language, from Expressionism to Abstract Expressionism, from Franz Marc’s blue horses to Jackson Pollock’s astounding creations. This series of one-hour lectures is an opportunity to gain an overview of the period and understand what the Modernists were hoping to achieve.
REMEMBER THE COAL
WEDNESDAY 26th MARCH
Llanhilleth Miners Institute
Come and listen to the story of the mining industry, told in original songs, all written and performed in folk style by Alan Wood, one of Yorkshire’s finest singer/songwriters, supported with a spoken narrative by (Blaenavon born) John Snook
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