Volunteer project complete Enid has finished listing letters written in Welsh and English to family in the Rhondda by relatives who had moved to live in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and London, 1850s-1920s.

Prosiect gwirfoddolwyr wedi ei gwblhau Mae Enid wedi gorffen y gwaith o restri llythyrau a ysgrifennwyd yn y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg at deulu yn y Rhondda gan berthnasau oedd wedi symud i fyw yn Awstralia, Seland Newydd, Canada a Llundain, 1850au-1920au.

📢 Cyfrifiad Newydd o Gapeli Anghydffurfiol Cymru wedi'i Lansio! Mae Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru wedi lansio cyfrifiad newydd i gofnodi stori gyfredol capeli Anghydffurfiol Cymru a llywio eu dyfodol. Cymerwch ran yma: 🔗zurl.co/dy0Tj

📢 New Census of Welsh Nonconformist Chapels Launched! The @rcahmwales.bsky.social has launched a new census to record the current story of Welsh Nonconformist chapels and inform their future. Take part here: 🔗 zurl.co/cNO1n

The Barry Island Funfair It’s Easter weekend! Here’s hoping the sun will shine and we can take a trip to Barry Island. But first, have a look at today’s blog article, which looks back to the early 20th century and tells us more about Barry Island’s famous switchback railway. bit.ly/4m63C1W

Ffair Bleser Ynys y Barri Mae’n penwythnos y Pasg! Dyma obeithio bydd yr haul yn gwenu a gallwn fynd ar drip i Ynys y Barri. Ond yn gyntaf, cymerwch gip ar ein herthygl blog, sy’n edrych nôl at ddechrau’r 20fed ganrif ac yn adrodd hanes rheilffordd igam-ogam enwog Ynys y Barri. bit.ly/4tnARjM

This early 1900s image of the Calvinistic Methodist Church in Cowbridge, South Wales, taken by Edwin Miles has a special meaning for one of our volunteers, Tony - “I have Great Grand Parents who were married in this Chapel in the 1880’s" ❤️ #DigitalArchives #VolunteeringProject #CrowdCymru

Running late with #Archive30 but for day 1 #YourArchive here's my father's letter to my mother describing the battle of El Alamein. The letter is now safely in @glamarchives.bsky.social - if you have significant bits of correspondence like this you need to think how they can best be looked after.

Patchwork and Protest Join Ophelia Dos Santos for a patchwork & embroidery workshop inspired by archival materials connected to protest and activism in Glamorgan. No previous sewing experience needed! Thursday 16 April 6-8pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patchwork-...

Pwytho a Phrotest Ymunwch ag Ophelia Dos Santos am weithdy clytwaith a phwytho wedi ei ysbrydoli gan ddeunydd archifol sy’n gysylltiedig â phrotest ym Morgannwg. Nid oes angen unrhyw brofiad o wnïo! Dydd Iau 16 Ebrill 6-8yh www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patchwork-...

The Barry Railway: A Visual Presentation Join Tony Moon for a presentation of photos of Barry Railway today combined with a video simulation of a coal train travelling from Trehafod to Barry Docks, and of Barry Docks in their heyday. www.ticketsource.com/glamorgan-ar...

Rheilffordd y Barri: Cyflwyniad Gweledol Ymunwch a Tony Moon am gyflwyniad yn cyfuno lluniau o Reilffordd y Barri fel y mae heddiw gyda ffilm sy’n ail-greu siwrne gan drên glo o Drehafod i Dociau’r Barri, ac o Ddociau’r Barri ar eu hanterth. www.ticketsource.com/glamorgan-ar...

It was great to welcome a group of young people from @llamau.bsky.social to the Archives this morning, as part of the Discover Creative Careers programme. We hope you enjoyed the visit, and trying out some preservation work, digitisation and research. Thanks for visiting!

Roedd hi’n grêt croesawi grŵp o bobl ifanc o @llamau.bsky.social i’r Archifau bore ma, fel rhan o raglen Darganfod Gyrfaoedd Creadigol. Gobeithio i chi fwynhau’r ymweliad, a thrio’ch llaw ar waith cadwedigaeth, digido ac ymchwil. Diolch am ymweld!

Some of the archives we'll be using for this strand of the project include... 📜Norfolk Record Office @norfolkro.bsky.social 📜Glamorgan Archives @glamarchives.bsky.social 📜Kent Archives @kentarchives.bsky.social

Volunteer project complete John has finished listing letters written by Mervyn Crawshay from France during the First World War to his wife Violet. The entries can be found on our catalogue here glamorgan.epexio.com/en/records/D... Thank you John!

Prosiect gwirfoddolwyr wedi ei gwblhau Mae John wedi gorffen y gwaith o restri llythyrau a ysgrifennwyd gan Mervyn Crawshay o Ffrainc yn ystod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf at ei wraig Violet. Gallwch ddod o hyd i’r rhestr ar ein catalog glamorgan.epexio.com/cy/records/D... Diolch John!

We’ve had a fantastic couple of days with Year 5 from Grangetown Primary. Together we explored coal and the docks, and the communities created by these industries in South Wales. Thanks so much for visiting, we hope you enjoyed.

Rydym wedi cael deuddydd ardderchog gyda Blwyddyn 5 o Ysgol Gynradd Grangetown. Buom yn edrych gyda’n gilydd ar glo a’r dociau, a’r cymunedau a ffurfiwyd gan y diwydiannau yma yn ne Cymru, Diolch am ymweld, a gobeithio i chi fwynhau.

We’re at Canolfan Soar in Merthyr Tydfil this afternoon for the Capeli Cymru event. Call in to discover more about the history, heritage and chapels of Merthyr and the surrounding area.

Da ni yng Nghanolfan Soar ym Merthyr Tudful prynhawn ma ar gyfer digwyddiad Capeli Cymru. Galwch draw i ddarganfod mwy am hanes, Treftadaeth a chapel Merthyr a’r ardal.

A big thank you to Dr James January-McCann from @rcahmwales.bsky.social for an excellent talk this afternoon on Welsh placenames and maintaining the list of historic placenames. And thanks to everyone who joined us. We hope you enjoyed.

Diolch yn fawr i Dr James January-McCann o Gomisiwn Henebion Cymru am gyflwyno sgwrs ardderchog prynhawn ma ar enwau lleoedd Cymraeg a’r gwaith o gynnal a chadw’r rhestr enwau hanesyddol. Diolch hefyd i bawb ymunodd a ni. Gobeithio i chi fwynhau.

The Black Diamond and Beyond: Hidden Hands and Healing Lands Today we launched our new education resource. It is designed to inspire learners to explore the industrial past, present, and future of Wales. It’s available to download from our website: bit.ly/47jcStC

Y Diemwnt Du a Thu Hwnt: Dwylo Cudd ac Iachau’r Tir Heddiw lansiwyd ein adnodd addysg newydd. Cynlluniwyd yr adnodd i ysbrydoli dysgwyr i archwilio gorffennol, presennol a dyfodol diwydiannol Cymru. Mae ar gael i’w lawrlwytho o’n gwefan bit.ly/4sv2tnj

A couple of places have become available for this talk. If you’d like to attend contact us by email [email protected]

Mae ambell le nawr ar gael ar gyfer y sgwrs yma. Os hoffwch ddod, cysylltwch â ni dros e-bost [email protected]

Hughesovka: An Industrial City with Welsh Roots Our new exhibition on Hughesovka, the town established by John Hughes of Merthyr Tydfil on the Ukrainian steppe, is now available on our website. Take a look! glamarchives.gov.uk/hughesovka-a...

Hughesovka: Dinas Ddiwydiannol gyda Gwreiddiau Cymreig Mae ein harddangosfa Newydd ar Hughesovka, y dref sefydlwyd gan John Hughes o Ferthyr Tudful ar baith Wcráin, nawr ar gael ar ein gwefan. Cymerwch gip! glamarchives.gov.uk/hughesovka-a...

We’ve had a wonderful week with the Year 6 classes from Ysgol Treganna. Thank you for visiting, and we hope you enjoyed the experience of using the Archives to discover more about the impact of the Second World War on Cardiff, and in particular on Canton.

Am wythnos hyfryd gyda dosbarthiadau Blwyddyn 6 Ysgol Treganna. Diolch i chi am ymweld, a gobeithio i chi fwynhau’r profiad o ddefnyddio’r Archifau i ddarganfod mwy am effaith yr Ail Ryfel Byd ar Gaerdydd, ac yn enwedig ar Dreganna.

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating today This photo shows Eid celebrations in Tiger Bay in the 1940s It comes from the Butetown History & Arts Centre Collection, preserved by Tiger Bay & the World www.tigerbay.org.uk We’re pleased to hold the collection at the Archives on their behalf

Eid Mubarak i bawb sy’n dathlu heddiw Yma gwelwn dathliadau Eid yn Tiger Bay yn y 1940au Daw’r llun o gasgliad Canolfan Hanes a Chelf Butetown sydd wedi ei ddiogelu gan Tiger Bay & the World www.tigerbay.org.uk Rydym yn falch iawn gallu cadw’r casgliad yn yr Archifau ar eu rhan.

Featured in this photograph are the Deacons of Calfaria Baptist Chapel, Aberdare. The photo was taken 100 years ago, in 1926. The cause was established in 1804, and a chapel was later built on Monk Street. The chapel closed in 2012.

Yn y llun yma gwelwn Ddiaconiaid Eglwys Bedyddwyr Calfaria, Aberdâr. Tynnwyd y llun can mlynedd yn ôl, ym 1926. Sefydlwyd yr achos ym 1804, ac yn ddiweddarach adeiladwyd capel ar Monk Street. Caewyd y capel yn 2012.

Did you know that March is National Bed Month? This image comes from the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation collection. We don’t know when it was taken, but probably during the early-1990s. It shows the interior of a bedroom in what was then one of the newly constructed homes in Cardiff Bay.

Oeddech chi’n gwybod taw Mis y Gwely yw mis Mawrth? Daw’r ddelwedd yma o gasgliad Corfforaeth Datblygu Bae Caerdydd. Nid ydym yn siŵr pryd ei tynnwyd, ond mwy na thebyg yn y 1990au cynnar. Gwelwn tu fewn i ystafell wely yn un o’r fflatiau newydd cafodd eu hadeiladu ym Mae Caerdydd yn y cyfnod yna.

Dwy ferch fach wedi'u dal mewn amser, yng nghysgod ysblander coedwig Ystâd Margam. Oedden nhw'n byw yn y tŷ gothig mawr hwnnw neu a oeddent yn perthyn i'n ffotograffydd? Daw’r llun a dynnwyd ar ddechrau’r 1900au, o Gasgliad #EdwinMiles a gedwir yn @glamarchives.bsky.social #Mishanesmenywod

Two little girls in their best dresses, dwarfed by the arboreous splendour of the #MargamEstate. Were they living in that big Gothic house or relatives of our photographer? Photograph taken in the early 1900s, from the #EdwinMiles Collection held at @glamarchives.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth

Happy St Patrick’s Day This is a photograph of the Cardiff Irish Club Billiard and Bagatelle Team, winners of the Challenge Bowl 1922-23, with their Captain (and Club Steward) William Coopey proudly holding the cup.

Diwrnod Sant Padrig Hapus Dyma lun o Dîm Biliards a Bagatél Clwb Gwyddelig Caerdydd, enillwyr Tlws Her 1922-23, gyda’u Capten (a Stiward y Clwb) William Coopey yn gafael yn falch ar y cwpan.

Capeli Cymru are holding an event at Canolfan Soar, Merthyr Tydfil, on Thursday 26 March 1-7pm. The event will celebrate the history, heritage and chapels of Merthyr. They would like to talk to people about the chapels of the area; those that are open and those that have since closed.

Bydd Capeli Cymru yn cynnal digwyddiad yng Nghanolfan Soar, Merthyr Tudful, ar Ddydd Iau 16 Mawrth 1-7yh, yn dathlu hanes, treftadaeth a chapeli Merthyr a’r ardal. Hoffent siarad gyda phobol am gapeli’r ardal; y rhai sydd ar agor a’r rhai sydd bellach ar gau.

Glamorgan Archives Newsletter March 2026 The latest edition of our newsletter is now available to read. glamarchives.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/g...

Cylchlythyr Archifau Morgannwg Mawrth 2026 Mae rhifyn diweddaraf ein cylchlythyr nawr ar gael i’w ddarllen. archifaumorgannwg.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/c...

This image from the National Coal Board collection was taken on this day 75 years ago, on 12 March 1951. It shows a patient being examined by a physiotherapist at Talygarn Miners’ Rehabilitation Centre.

Tynnwyd y llun yma o gasgliad y Bwrdd Glo ar y dydd hwn 75 mlynedd yn ôl, ar 12 Mawrth 1951. Mae’n dangos claf yn derbyn triniaeth gan ffisiotherapydd yng Nghanolfan Adfer y Glowyr Talygarn.

Today is School Archives Day This week we’ve welcomed classes from Ysgol Coed-y-Gof and Hywel Dda Primary to the Archives. They visited to discover more about the development of the housing and community at Ely and Caerau. Thank you for visiting.

Heddiw yw Dydd Archifau Ysgol Yr wythnos yma rydym wedi croesawi ddosbarthiadau o Ysgol Coed-y-Gof ac Ysgol Gynradd Hywel Dda i’r Archifau, yma i ddarganfod mwy am ddatblygiad y tai a’r gymuned yn Nhrelái a Chaerau. Diolch am ymweld.

This drawing from the Mid Glamorgan Chapel Survey features the Wesleyan Methodist Church at John Street, Treharris, which was built in 1900.