@capelicymru.bsky.social is the Royal Commission’s exciting new project to understand, document, and respond to the growing loss of Wales’ Nonconformist heritage. Follow their Bluesky page for project updates.

It was great to welcome members of the Cardiff Branch of @glamorganfhs.bsky.social back to the Archives today. We looked at new material received in 2025. We’ll be highlighting some of these collections next week; in the meantime here’s a photo of Llandaff Home Guard received in April.

Tonight at 9 on BBC Two, dear friends, it's VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#textiles #industrialrevolution

The first Monday after today Epiphany - 6 January) was Plough Monday, the traditional start of the agricultural year. It was celebrated with young men called "Plough Stotts" parading a decorated plough, performing sword dances, and collecting money for church plough

For #NationalShortbreadDay we have this entry from the recipe book of Mrs Kingaby, who worked in service in various kitchens in Norfolk, ending in Houghton Hall

Drifted snow in the village of Diggle, Saddleworth, 1947 (@manchestereveningnews.co.uk)

Start learning this spring. Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University provides an amazing range of part-time, 10-week courses. You could be eligible to study for free. The eligibility criteria are available on our website: www.cardiff.ac.uk/part-time-co...

Heddiw yw ein diwrnod cyntaf ar agor ar ôl gwyliau'r Nadolig, gyda'n horiau agor newydd. Mae croeso i bawb yn Archifau Gwent ac rydym yn ymdrechu i sicrhau bod ein gwasanaeth yn hygyrch i bawb. I dynnu sylw at hyn, beth am fwrw golwg ar ein Canllaw Mynediad Niwrowahanol newydd.

Today is our first day open after the Christmas holidays and with our new opening hours. Everyone is welcome at Gwent Archives and we strive to make our service accessible for all. To highlight this, why not check out our new Neurodivergent Access Guide to visiting us here. buff.ly/03Lmnv4

Our next Exploring the Past public lecture is taking place soon. This fascinating and free talk will be online. Title: The Trickster: From Oral History to Literature to Screen Date: Wednesday 28 January 2026 Time: 19:00 events.cardiff.ac.uk/view/the-tri... @webstermedieval.bsky.social

🎄✨ Happy Nollaig na mBan! Each January 6, Women’s Christmas traditionally recognised the work of women during the festive period. On this day, men took on the household work, giving women the space to rest and spend time together. #nollaignamban #womenschristmas

Crystal Palace and the fire, 1936 www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/londo...

The Georgian Lords welcomes in the new year with a post by Robin Eagles on the likely identification of new Black voters in 18th-century London and Hertfordshire: historyofparliament.com/2026/01/05/s... #HistParl #skystorians

None of us had to skate to work this morning, but otherwise this is an accurate description of York today! The picture is taken from the scrapbook of young Laura Hannam, begun in 1819 and now part of the university's Rare Books collection.

Our January issue is on sale now! Discover what to look forward to in family history with our 50 Websites to Watch for 2026, and much more! www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

Here's a festive edition of 'Reading from the Archives' where we explore Christmas traditions and use sound archives to uncover memories of Christmas celebrations at the turn of the 20th century. #readingfromthearchives #norfolkrecordoffice youtu.be/7QnTp0x0-j0?...

What did Christmas look like in the 1800s? Explore Thomas Sopwith’s diaries for intimate, candlelit scenes of family, church services, presents, and Victorian festive traditions. A warm read this season! Find out more: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/speccoll/202... #Christmas

"Marley's Ghost Appearing to Scrooge". Charles Green illustration for Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Pears' Christmas Annual 1892 (Day 3 of 7).

23 December 1834: Joseph Hansom patented the horse-drawn 'Hansom Cab'. #History

Did medieval people buy each other Christmas gifts? New Year's Day was the main gifting day, but little is known about everyday people's present giving. Our project on London's customs records has uncovered a wealth of affordable items imported around this time: gloves and hats to toys and rattles🧵

Snow way we'd leave this one out! This snowy picture of a lane in the UK was digitised from a lantern slide, one of many found as part of the Cyclists' Touring Club collection. More can be viewed here: mrc-describe.epexio.com/admin/#/cata... #WinterWonderland #ArchiveAdventCalendar #MRC

This is #CrowdCymru HQ signing off for the holidays and wishing you all a very #MerryChristmas and #HappyNewYear! Image from the Ysgol Rdhydfelen Scrapbook Collection - Christmas card design by form 3 pupil, Sion, in 1973 💞🎄🎅❄️🎁 @glamarchives.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

Dyma Bencadlys #CrowdCymru yn ffarwelio â chi dros y gwyliau, gan ddymuno #NadoligLlawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i bawb! Llun sy’n rhan o Gasgliad Llyfrau Lloffion Ysgol Rhydfelen - Cerdyn Nadolig wedi ei ddylunio gan Siôn, disgybl yn Nosbarth 3, ym 1973 🎄☃️🎁❄️🎅@glamarchives.bsky.social

#ICYMI the latest #Railway200 blog comes from the Railway Work, Life & Death project! Co-lead Mike looks at #Disability on the railways in the past, particularly amongst the workforce, as seen through the lens of the project. railway200.co.uk/celebrating-...

Highams Park in the snow, 1924. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #WinterWonderland @arascot.bsky.social

The latest Really Useful Bulletin is out now, full of the latest #FamilyHistory news and information! www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/files/1066-1...

Christmas at Pontyclun, 1916 Our Christmas photograph on our blog this year was taken over a hundred and nine years ago, in December 1916, and features staff and patients at the Pontyclun Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital. You can read more here: glamarchives.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/c...

New in the Cambridge Elements series, and free to read and download until 15 January: The London Foundling Hospital and Eighteenth-Century Objects of Charity Recovering the Digital Archive by Hilary E. Wyss. www.cambridge.org/core/element... #History #DigitalHistory

Nadolig ym Mhont-y-clun, 1916 Tynnwyd y llun Nadolig ar ein blog eleni dros gant a naw o flynyddoedd yn ôl, yn Rhagfyr 1916, ac mae’n cynnwys staff a chleifion Ysbyty Ategol y Groes Goch ym Mhont-y-clun. Gallwch ddarllen mwy yma: bit.ly/3NdaFIP

✨️ NEW BLOGPOST ✨️ In this blogpost, I explore the life of Elizabeth Martin an 18th-century woman with "meticulous" handwriting ✍️🏻 hellohistoria.substack.com/p/the-carefu... #Wales #History

‘Tis the season so pulled out a 1909 Christmas card and did a bit of research. Card was sent to brother and sister Gladys and George Boswell. #househistory, #familyhistory, beautiful memorial, teenage bravery and more loughboroughroadsw9histories.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/1...

The Glamorganshire Canal at Tongwynlais. I created this basic video just to practice video editing. It generated far more views than simply sharing the link...So I guess I have to do this for every post now. tongwynlais.com/2025/10/24/t...

Snow fight mischief! Boys at Maynard Road School, Walthamstow, 1958. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #NaughtyOrNice @arascot.bsky.social

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #leeds

Delightful 🌟

The latest issue of the #FamilyHistory Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social Really Useful Bulletin is now available to download. Christmas giveaways, a discount on Alan Godfrey Maps, #genealogy news and updates, and a great article on Christmas food traditions. Why not subscribe?

Oops, meant to add a pic of the books owned by Jane and Cassandra...

Looking forward to the 3rd - and final - day of our Jane Austen celebration at @uwtsdlib.bsky.social in Lampeter. It's been a frantically busy couple of days but so rewarding to share some wonderful items relating to Jane, including 3 books actually owned by her and her sister!😍

🎁 Sneak a peek into the past this December! Our online Advent Calendar reveals a daily dose of festive charm from UWTSD’s Special Collections. 🎅 Scan the QR code or follow this link to unwrap the magic! tuerchen.app/iVpnFm6YLBkk... #UWTSDlib #SpecialCollections #ArchiveMagic

Mae’r goleuadau Nadolig yn disgleirio ar draws ein trefi a phentrefi ar hyn o bryd. Mae’r llun yma yn dangos y goleuadau o amgylch y goleudy a’r rhodfa ym Mharc y Rhath.

The Christmas lights are twinkling across our towns and villages at the moment. This photograph shows the lights around the lighthouse and the promenade at Roath Park.

❄️ #WinterWonderland or Snow Queen chic this #FashionFriday? Anna Neagle brings the glitz & glamour with #festiveclothes for @arascot.bsky.social's #archiveadventcalendar. From Film Pictorial Annual 1937.#filmhistory #filmarchives #EYASparkle @librarydmu.bsky.social

Check out our Manuscript of the Day! Majālis al-muʼminīn ( MS 46421), is written in a modern, Persian, Shikastah script. It's opening chapter is embellished with gold illuminations, a decorative art form known as Tahzib. #EYASparkle

Nice little end of year project round-up courtesy of @archiveswales.bsky.social 🌟🌟🌟 archives.wales/2025/12/07/c... 🌟 #digitalarchives #volunteerproject #Wales #crowdsourcing #volunteering

Casgliad prosiect bach neis ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn, gyda diolch i @archiveswales.bsky.social 🌟🌟🌟 archifau.cymru/2025/12/07/c... 🌟 #archifaudigidol #prosiectgwirfoddol #cyfranogiadtorfol #Cymru

The delightful #MollyBrett 💞

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #museums

157 years ago, on the 9th of December 1868, the world's first traffic lights were installed outside the Palace of Westminster in London. It used semaphore arms during the day and green/red gas lamps at night. It had to be operated by a constable. It exploded on January 2nd 1869. #otd #history 🗃️