This image from Glamorgan Archives taken at Tirpentwys Colliery in 1955 shows an affectionate colliery horse named Aber (DNCB/14/4/149/19). To learn more about pit ponies and other items from the Glamorgan’s Blood exhibition, click here: glamarchives.gov.uk/blood/ponies/ 📷@glamarchives.bsky.social

This postcard depicts a 'sand beast Father made many years ago' on Borth beach. It was sent by ‘Alan’ who was staying in Borth to Miss Joyce Murray of The Eyrie, Radlett, Hertfordshire, c.1910s Does the Beast of Borth still prowl the beach? Item from Ceredigion Archives.

This month, Carmarthenshire Archives proudly welcomed the deposit of a stunning collection of portraits captured during Carmarthen Pride 2024 — a fantastic celebration of inclusivity, unity, and joy. Read more here: archives.wales/2025/06/23/p...

To celebrate #InternationalArchivesDay this year we held our annual Archives and Records Council Wales Forum; an opportunity for those in the profession to meet up, hear from our wonderful speakers, and of course enjoy lots of cake🥳 #ArchivesWales #IAD2025

📷Philip Burton and Richard Burton, c.1943 The archive collection of the actor Richard Burton is held at The Richard Burton Archives, @swanseauni.bsky.social More information here: libguides.swansea.ac.uk/richardburt..... #MrBurton

As part of d/Deaf Awareness Week Conwy Archive Service is launching its project on Conwy's d/Deaf Community in the Early 1900s. It focuses on some of the individuals found in the Census records who were noted as being d/Deaf. bit.ly/3RUk33s #dDeaf #DeafAwarenessWeek #dDeafHistory

Today marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Share your photos and memories. These helmet and uniform badges used by the National and Auxiliary Fire Service during WW2, are from West Glamorgan Archive Service. #VE80 #Victory80

🧩A unique and engaging way to explore local history has arrived at local libraries in Denbighshire! Who will be the first to take on and complete the 1000-piece challenge? For more details, read our blog: archives.wales/.../piecing-... @newalesarchives.bsky.social

Dr Kilmer’s Swamp-Root was a patent medicine famous for its strong advertising. Despite being from an American brand, this pamphlet has a real Welsh look. Featuring a woodland scene, daffodils, and a figure who bears a striking resemblance to Blodeuwedd. Item from Archifdy Ceredigion Archives.

In the archives of Wales, you’ll find stunning maps that offer more than just directions. They reveal centuries of history and artistry. Find out more in this video: youtu.be/a3qsco_7VwI

“What makes these adverts so fascinating is their ordinariness. They weren’t meant to be preserved as historical artifacts, they were designed to sell products, announce events, or direct people to services.” Read more on our blog: archives.wales/2025/04/16/t...

This image of tiny hoverflies on a umbellifer flower is just one of a huge selection of images from the slide collection related to the career and interests of academic David B. James, author of ‘Ceredigion: Its Natural History’ and other works. From Ceredigion archives #SomethingSmall #Archive30

“This is the room we keep items that need to be isolated from the rest of the collections, because of damp, mould, insect activity etc. ... By the end of the project the number of items requiring treatment had reduced by 65%.” Read more: archives.wales/2025/04/08/t... @gwentarchives.bsky.social

'Football or Life in Cardiff' This playbill is from the Theatre Royal, Cardiff advertising a rugby themed performance in June 1886. You can read more about it on the Cardiff Rugby Museum website: bit.ly/3HyUnUN Item from Glamorgan Archives / Archifau Morgannwg

Archie Totty smiling with his milk float at Garreg Lydan (Bagillt). Photo from North East Wales Archives - Denbighshire & Flintshire : PH/02/178 #InternationalDayOfHappiness #DiwrnodRhyngwladolHapusrwydd

"They say the past is a different country — so let's plan a weekend road trip to the past! Armed with old advertisements as our guide, let’s explore some historic shops, lively dance halls, and grand hotels." Read more on our latest blog: archives.wales/2025/03/07/a...

This wonderful photograph of a dog show in Newport is from September 1909. It is probably from the second annual dog show of The Newport and District Canine Society. We hope all the dogs enjoyed themselves (and the humans too). Item from Gwent Archives #Crufts2025 🐶

These pictures contain pioneering freshwater ecologist Kathleen Carpenter, nee Zimmerman. She is known for her studies of the effects of metal pollution on Welsh rivers and her book Life in Inland Waters. Items from Aberystwyth Uni Archives. #InternationalDayofWomenAndGirlsInScience

Transforming Collections Care at Gwent Archives: An update: archives.wales/2025/02/05/t...

Uned Myrddin’s Adventure in the Archives: archives.wales/2025/01/20/a... Carmarthenshire Archive Service

Are you are already thinking about booking travel to somewhere a little warmer?☀️For Christmas 1888, Rachel M Allen swapped the Welsh wintry weather for the hot, sandy, and exotic environs of Egypt. You can read about her adventures in this blog. Her journals can be viewed at Pembrokeshire Archives.

❄️📷☃️It's been a wintry few days across Wales this week. These snowy scenes of Haverfordwest taken by Joffre Swales in the late-1960s are from a collection at Archifdy Sir Benfro / Pembrokeshire Archives

Four months after the start of the Second World War, food rationing began in Britain. The first items to be rationed were bacon, butter and sugar. This ledger from Llangaffo Post Office covers WW2 and includes a list of those registered for Jam, Treacle and Syrup. Item from Anglesey Archives

These are the 1979 Junior Common Room committee minutes for a Swansea University halls of residence. It was agreed “The Warden will remind people that there is to be no throwing of food at the Xmas Dinners”. It was also stated that the ‘Xmas Brawl...is to be continued’. From Swansea Uni Archives

During WW2 Christmas shopping was much harder, with a lack of luxuries & gifts on the market. The British public were encouraged to save & make '... a contribution to the greatest gift of all- Victory' via Christmas saving stamps. From Swansea Uni Archives. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasGifts

During WW2 Christmas shopping was much harder, with a lack of luxuries & gifts on the market. The British public were encouraged to save & make 'a contribution to the greatest gift of all- Victory' via Christmas saving stamps. From Swansea Uni Archives. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasGifts

This handwritten letter was sent in the early 1900’s reads “Dear Father C’mas I should like very much to have a horse and a sword if you have got one left with much love and many kisses from George Carbery Pryse Rice XXXXXXXXX. Item from Carmarthenshire Archives, ref: Aberglasney, box 31

Receipts of Hearth Tax paid by John Colby on houses at Llanycefn and Bletherston, dated 2nd May 1673. Pembrokeshire Archives, ref: HDX/207/9 #ArchiveAdventCalendar #Chimney #Simnai 🔥

We might think of Christmas cards as a very modern invention, but they're not. This postcard, addressed to Lillian Jenkins of Merlin’s Bridge, Pembrokeshire, has a postmark of 25th December 1903! Pembrokeshire Archives reference: D/JEN/160 #ArchiveAdventCalendar #ChristmasCards

Records of a local Pantomime Company are ‘Now Showing’ at North East Wales Archives! Read all about it in our latest blog: archives.wales/2024/12/09/c... 🎭🎪

Many archives have online catalogues, some even have digitised collections, that you can view online, for free! Check out your local archive’s website and see what you can discover!

Archives hold the keys to history. You can find information on so much, from your local area, your own house or street, to large political movements and social history. There's so much to discover in your local archive!

One of the coastline’s most familiar ##Animals, especially to anyone carrying a pastry, are seagulls. The gulls have been here as long as we have, as seen in this photo from 1931, taken in Llandudno. Item from Conwy Archives.

A page from the Christmas Book of Janet Gnosspelius. The book features what look like lists of Christmas presents to give out, and drafts of her annual home-made cards, this one from 1964 being a little cat looking at a coat of arms. Item from Cardiff Uni Archives.

It’s always lovely to find documents with animals in archives, like this photo from Conwy Archives. It shows a couple out on a picnic with a dog for company, taken around 100 years ago.

A postman makes his rounds with the help of a horse and cart near the Swan Inn (Llanfair Talhaiarn), c.1900. Item from North East Wales Archive, item reference: PPD/56/19

This is a banknote issued by the short-lived Aberystwyth and Tregaron Bank. It was occasionally known as Banc y Ddafad Ddu, due to the black sheep on the notes, with the number of sheep featured on the bank note corresponding to its value in pounds. Item from Bangor University ASC: BMSS/61

A postcard from Pembrokeshire archives featuring points of interest around Tenby, and of course, a little cat in the middle!

This photo from c.1900 shows a mother and baby taking a nice photo, though the children in the back look a little bored with the whole thing! Item from Conwy Archives.

Gladstone’s Library holds the Glynne-Gladstone Archive, containing items from the Glynne and Gladstone ##families. The thousands of items in this archive give us an incredible view into not just William Ewart Gladstone, 4 times Prime Minister, but his entire ##family.

Gwent Lesbian & Gay Group was established in April 1986. GLAGG organised a monthly ##disco, newsletters, meetings, trips & writers' groups. They also worked to spread information on HIV and AIDS. Item from Gwent Archives (Ref: D6466) ##LGBTHistory #LGBT

This illustration is from "May-day: A Fairy Tale" by A. S. Gulston, 1882.  Alan Stepney Gulston of Derwydd was an amateur artist, traveler, author, and even the High Sheriff of Carmarthen for a time! Doesn’t it look a little like a ##disco? Item from Carmarthenshire Archives

This image from a manuscript in the National Library of Wales shows two constellations. A man grasping a snake, Serpentarius (now called Ophiuchus), and a giant scorpion, Scorpius. The combining of the signs into one image might be because Ophiuchus is right above Scorpius in the sky.

The @librarywales.bsky.social BBC Scripts collection includes around 250,000 television and radio scripts. They are perfect for taking a trip down memory lane. What were your favourite radio and television shows when you were younger? archives.wales/2024/11/24/t...

Ancient Egypt, with its history and ##mythology has long attracted tourists. This travel journal from 1888 charts a journey to Egypt, including a cruise on the S.S. Rameses where the author visited many ancient Egyptian sites. Item from Pembrokeshire Archives.

It’s good to see that people haven’t changed, even back in 1565 people doodled on their work.  This “Deed to lead the uses of a recovery and fine" features an intricately drawn dragon!  From the (Bangor) Mostyn Manuscripts collection at Bangor University Archives and Special Collections (MOST/386)

Pontardawe Lawn Tennis Club members looked very stylish in 1898. Item held by West Glamorgan Archives.

This photo of a little girl in Welsh National Dress is part of an album linked to Hendrefadog School, Ferndale, Rhondda, held by Glamorgan Archives.

Did you know the The National Library of Wales building is over 100 years old? The huge building was designed by architect Sidney Greenslade, who won the competition to design the building in 1909. Construction began in 1911, and by 1915 the building was ready to be occupied.

Several elephants from Bertram Mills’ circus parade through Notts Square in Carmarthen, 1882. One of them even seems to be carrying a cannon on its back! You can see they drew quite a crowd. Item from Carmarthenshire Archives (Ref no. CDX/640)