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Digwyddiadau
Sirhowy Ironworks
MARCH NOTICEBOARD
Thursday 12th March
Heritage Talk
ABERTILLERY
Speaker: DAVID LLEWELLYN
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Thursday 2nd July
TALK – MARIE STOPES
Speaker: David Llewellyn
Venue: Moose Hall, Tredegar
TIME: 7.00pm
This talk has been arranged for BGCBC Bevan Week.
Friday 20th March
Monthly Meeting – Tredegar Library
10.00am – 11.ooam
Everyone is welcome to attend these meetings and we always look forward to seeing new faces.
2020 MEETINGS DATES
3rd Friday each month at 10.00am
Tredegar Library
March – Friday 20th
April – Friday 17th
May – Friday 15th AGM
June – Friday 19th
July – Friday 17th
August – Friday 21st
September – Friday 18th
October – Friday 16th
November – Friday 20th
December – Friday 18th
Heritage Day 2020
THEME – TRANSPORT
VENUE: Ty Ebbw Fach
DATE: Either 17th or 24th October (tbc)
Tuesday 2nd June
COACH TRIP
Senghenydd Mining Memorial and Garden and Llancaiach Fawr Manor
Download trip details: click here… Trip Schedule
Your ticket includes: bus fare – morning tea/coffee and welsh-cakes – entry into Llancaiach Fawr Manor
Your ticket does not include: lunch or afternoon tea and cakes
© David Bowen
Click on the image to go to the Aber Valley Heritage Group website.
Llancaiach Fawr Manor
Click on the image to go to Llancaiach Fawr Manor website.
Senghenydd Colliery Disaster 1913 – Memorial Museum and Garden
At 8.00am on Tuesday 14 October 1913 a huge explosion rocked the small town of Senghenydd, to the north of Caerphilly. It came from the coal mine belonging to the Universal Colliery.
This explosion, and subsequent release of poisonous gas, killed 439 miners, (both men and boys) making the Senghenydd pit disaster the most lethal and tragic mining disaster in British history.
Llancaiach Fawr Manor
Built in 1550 for Dafydd ap Richard, Llancaiach Fawr was designed to be easily defended during the turbulent reigns of Tudor kings and queens. It is one of the finest examples of a semi-fortified manor house in Wales today.
It has been restored and furnished as it would have been in 1645 and all of the furnishings in the rooms are accurate reproductions of items from the time of the Prichard’s in the 16th and 17th centuries.
© Sourced from the Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales online catalogue
Click on the image to go to the Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales online catalogue
© Image used with the kind permission of Gwyn Jenkins
2020 HERITAGE TALKS PROGRAMME
The Rich History of Blaenau Gwent
Bedwellty House
2nd Thursday each month at 2.00pm
Morgan Street, Tredegar, NP22 3XN
Bedwellty House, Tredegar
In our Talks Programme this year we will be exploring the rich and varied history of Blaenau Gwent. The dates for our talks are listed below so come along and join us. As well as here on our website, all of our talks are advertised on our facebook page and in Bedwellty House.
Download the complete TALK list
Click on the link below to download the complete list. Please be aware that the dates won’t change but the order of speakers could do so, and this download list might not be updated as quickly as the website. If there is a discrepancy the website dates will be correct.
Click here to download – Blaenau Gwent Heritage Forum Talks 2020
Aerial Photos of Blaenau Gwent
To link in with our talks this year, and to help give an overview of the landscape of BLAENAU GWENT, I am adding some aerial images … see below.
We are very grateful to Richard Whitcombe, Bill Hillier, Gwyn Jenkins and Mike Williams for their generosity in allowing us to use their photos on this page. We would definitely recommend searching out more of their work, as between them, they have produced a wealth of fascinating and informative ‘bird’s eye’ images of the locality.
Follow the links below to look at their websites
Bill Hillier –Website: WALES FROM ABOVE
Gwyn Jenkins – Facebook page: GWYN’S NOW AND THEN AERIAL PHOTOS
Richard Whitcombe – Facebook group (private): Ebbw Vale PAST and PRESENT
Mike Williams – Facebook Page: BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF TREDEGAR
Please click on the individual images below to enlarge them
Blaenau Gwent
© Bill Hillier
Thursday 9th January
An Overview of the Rich History of Blaenau Gwent
Speaker: Frank Olding
Brynmawr
© Bill Hillier
Thursday 13th February
Unexpected Buildings in Brynmawr
Speaker: Eifion Lloyd Davies
Abertillery
©Bill Hillier
Thursday 12th March
Abertillery
Speaker: David Llewellyn
Blaina, Cwmcelyn and Nantyglo
©Bill Hillier
Thursday 9th April
Nantyglo and Blaina
Speaker: Steve Jones
Beaufort
© Richard Whitcombe
Thursday 14th May
Beaufort and Rassau
Speaker: Rodger Burchell
Tredegar
© Mike Williams
Thursday 11th June
Tredegar and Sirhowy
Speaker: tbc
Thursday 9th July
Trefil
Speaker: Alyson Tippings
Parc Bryn Bach
© Richard Whitcombe
August
No Talk
Ebbw Vale
© Richard Whitcombe
Thursday 10th September
Ebbw Vale and Surrounding Farms
Speaker: Rodger Burchell
Cwm
© Richard Whitcombe
Thursday 8th October
Cwm
Speaker: Martyn Morgan Jones
Bedwellty House
© Gwyn Jenkins
Thursday 12th November
The History of Bedwellty House
Speaker: Idris Powers
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Guardian and Six Bells
© Bill Hillier
December
No Talk
Nye Bevan and his Legacy
