@C20Cymru
@c20cymru.bsky.social
Campaigning to save modern architecture and design heritage in Wales / Ymgyrchu i achub pensaernïaeth a ddylunio fodern yng Nghymru
http://c20society.org.uk
http://c20society.org.uk
EVENT / DIGWYDDIAD
🏛️ Buildings for Sport & Leisure 6: The Social Role of Sports Buildings in Wales / Rôl Gymdeithasol Adeiladau Chwaraeon yng Nghymru
📅 27 November, 6.30pm
📍 The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London or online via Zoom
🔗 buff.ly/g0bh9Lt
🏛️ Buildings for Sport & Leisure 6: The Social Role of Sports Buildings in Wales / Rôl Gymdeithasol Adeiladau Chwaraeon yng Nghymru
📅 27 November, 6.30pm
📍 The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London or online via Zoom
🔗 buff.ly/g0bh9Lt
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
EVENT / DIGWYDDIAD
🏛️ Buildings for Sport & Leisure 6: The Social Role of Sports Buildings in Wales / Rôl Gymdeithasol Adeiladau Chwaraeon yng Nghymru
📅 27 November, 6.30pm
📍 The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London or online via Zoom
🔗 buff.ly/g0bh9Lt
🏛️ Buildings for Sport & Leisure 6: The Social Role of Sports Buildings in Wales / Rôl Gymdeithasol Adeiladau Chwaraeon yng Nghymru
📅 27 November, 6.30pm
📍 The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London or online via Zoom
🔗 buff.ly/g0bh9Lt
Newyddion gwych! / Great news! Newport’s former Inmos Microprocessor Factory, by Richard Rogers & Partners with Anthony Hunt, has now been listed as Grade II*. Built 1980–82, it’s Wales’ High-Tech landmark, with structure and services on show and a flexible interior built for innovation.
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Newyddion gwych! / Great news! Newport’s former Inmos Microprocessor Factory, by Richard Rogers & Partners with Anthony Hunt, has now been listed as Grade II*. Built 1980–82, it’s Wales’ High-Tech landmark, with structure and services on show and a flexible interior built for innovation.
We’re sorry, but tonight’s Zoom meeting: “C20th Schools in Wales” couldn’t go ahead due to tech issues. We’re working on rearranging it and will share the new date as soon as possible.
Mae’n ddrwg gennym, ond rhaid i ni ohirio cyfarfod Zoom y noson yma oherwydd problemau tech.Diolch am eich amynedd!
Mae’n ddrwg gennym, ond rhaid i ni ohirio cyfarfod Zoom y noson yma oherwydd problemau tech.Diolch am eich amynedd!
September 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We’re sorry, but tonight’s Zoom meeting: “C20th Schools in Wales” couldn’t go ahead due to tech issues. We’re working on rearranging it and will share the new date as soon as possible.
Mae’n ddrwg gennym, ond rhaid i ni ohirio cyfarfod Zoom y noson yma oherwydd problemau tech.Diolch am eich amynedd!
Mae’n ddrwg gennym, ond rhaid i ni ohirio cyfarfod Zoom y noson yma oherwydd problemau tech.Diolch am eich amynedd!
💻 ONLINE EVENT C20 Cymru
Cymru Calling: Telephone Exchange Buildings in Wales
Wednesday 12 November 2025 | 6.30pm
A talk from Lisa Kinch about the architectural history and evolution of telephone exchange buildings in the United Kingdom, with a focus on Welsh case studies.
Tickets: buff.ly/6ZoLIWD
Cymru Calling: Telephone Exchange Buildings in Wales
Wednesday 12 November 2025 | 6.30pm
A talk from Lisa Kinch about the architectural history and evolution of telephone exchange buildings in the United Kingdom, with a focus on Welsh case studies.
Tickets: buff.ly/6ZoLIWD
September 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
💻 ONLINE EVENT C20 Cymru
Cymru Calling: Telephone Exchange Buildings in Wales
Wednesday 12 November 2025 | 6.30pm
A talk from Lisa Kinch about the architectural history and evolution of telephone exchange buildings in the United Kingdom, with a focus on Welsh case studies.
Tickets: buff.ly/6ZoLIWD
Cymru Calling: Telephone Exchange Buildings in Wales
Wednesday 12 November 2025 | 6.30pm
A talk from Lisa Kinch about the architectural history and evolution of telephone exchange buildings in the United Kingdom, with a focus on Welsh case studies.
Tickets: buff.ly/6ZoLIWD
💻 ONLINE EVENT
🏫 Twentieth Century Schools in Wales
🗓 Monday 22 September 2025 | 6.30pm The talk will provide a visual overview of Welsh schools in the twentieth century. Speaker: Dr Meilyr Powel, Investigator of Historic Buildings, RCAHMW
Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🏫 Twentieth Century Schools in Wales
🗓 Monday 22 September 2025 | 6.30pm The talk will provide a visual overview of Welsh schools in the twentieth century. Speaker: Dr Meilyr Powel, Investigator of Historic Buildings, RCAHMW
Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
September 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
💻 ONLINE EVENT
🏫 Twentieth Century Schools in Wales
🗓 Monday 22 September 2025 | 6.30pm The talk will provide a visual overview of Welsh schools in the twentieth century. Speaker: Dr Meilyr Powel, Investigator of Historic Buildings, RCAHMW
Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🏫 Twentieth Century Schools in Wales
🗓 Monday 22 September 2025 | 6.30pm The talk will provide a visual overview of Welsh schools in the twentieth century. Speaker: Dr Meilyr Powel, Investigator of Historic Buildings, RCAHMW
Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
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Six years since I started to photograph old garages across Britain, I’m delighted to announce publication of a book collecting together the best examples.
226 Garages and Service Stations is out in FUEL in September. Available from wherever you buy your books.
fuel-design.com/publishing/2...
226 Garages and Service Stations is out in FUEL in September. Available from wherever you buy your books.
fuel-design.com/publishing/2...
August 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Six years since I started to photograph old garages across Britain, I’m delighted to announce publication of a book collecting together the best examples.
226 Garages and Service Stations is out in FUEL in September. Available from wherever you buy your books.
fuel-design.com/publishing/2...
226 Garages and Service Stations is out in FUEL in September. Available from wherever you buy your books.
fuel-design.com/publishing/2...
Reposted by @C20Cymru
NEWS: C20 is disappointed to learn our listing application for the former National Wildflower Centre (Hodder + Partners, 2000) in Merseyside will not be taken forward for assessment by Historic England.
Highlighted in our 2025 Risk List, Knowsley Council have now intend to demolish the building.
Highlighted in our 2025 Risk List, Knowsley Council have now intend to demolish the building.
September 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEWS: C20 is disappointed to learn our listing application for the former National Wildflower Centre (Hodder + Partners, 2000) in Merseyside will not be taken forward for assessment by Historic England.
Highlighted in our 2025 Risk List, Knowsley Council have now intend to demolish the building.
Highlighted in our 2025 Risk List, Knowsley Council have now intend to demolish the building.
Reposted by @C20Cymru
Reposted by @C20Cymru
EVENT: Join C20 for a walking tour of Postwar Clerkenwell tracing the legacy of Lubetkin and Tecton, including Finsbury Health Centre (1935-8), Spa Green Estate (1946-50) and Bevin Court (1952-5).
🗓️ Sat 30 Aug, 10:30-12:30
📍Starting Angel tube
🎫 Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Sat 30 Aug, 10:30-12:30
📍Starting Angel tube
🎫 Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
July 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
EVENT: Join C20 for a walking tour of Postwar Clerkenwell tracing the legacy of Lubetkin and Tecton, including Finsbury Health Centre (1935-8), Spa Green Estate (1946-50) and Bevin Court (1952-5).
🗓️ Sat 30 Aug, 10:30-12:30
📍Starting Angel tube
🎫 Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Sat 30 Aug, 10:30-12:30
📍Starting Angel tube
🎫 Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Dewi-Prys Thomas (1916-85) First University of Wales professor of architecture, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture, and instigator of a Town Planning Department, he had a profound influence on Welsh architecture and town planning
📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog & Pencadlys, Caernarfon
📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog & Pencadlys, Caernarfon
April 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Dewi-Prys Thomas (1916-85) First University of Wales professor of architecture, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture, and instigator of a Town Planning Department, he had a profound influence on Welsh architecture and town planning
📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog & Pencadlys, Caernarfon
📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog & Pencadlys, Caernarfon
'D' yw amdano Dewi-Prys Thomas (1916-85) Gŵr a gafodd ddylanwad enfawr ar bensaernïaeth a chynllunio trefol yng Nghymru.
Englyn: 'Fe erys yng ngwaed ei bencadlys, y dewin-prin, Dewi-Prys' (Arfon Hughes)
📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog © Monica Cherry, Pencadlys, Caernarfon © @librarywales.bsky.social
Englyn: 'Fe erys yng ngwaed ei bencadlys, y dewin-prin, Dewi-Prys' (Arfon Hughes)
📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog © Monica Cherry, Pencadlys, Caernarfon © @librarywales.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
'D' yw amdano Dewi-Prys Thomas (1916-85) Gŵr a gafodd ddylanwad enfawr ar bensaernïaeth a chynllunio trefol yng Nghymru.
Englyn: 'Fe erys yng ngwaed ei bencadlys, y dewin-prin, Dewi-Prys' (Arfon Hughes)
📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog © Monica Cherry, Pencadlys, Caernarfon © @librarywales.bsky.social
Englyn: 'Fe erys yng ngwaed ei bencadlys, y dewin-prin, Dewi-Prys' (Arfon Hughes)
📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog © Monica Cherry, Pencadlys, Caernarfon © @librarywales.bsky.social
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Seaside towns tell Britain’s coastal story—but how do we ensure they thrive? 🏛️🌊 Join us and @seasidenetwork.bsky.social on 6 June for expert insights on conservation, regeneration & community-led solutions.
Register now: hbap.org.uk/recognising-...
#HistoricCoasts #SeasideHeritage
Register now: hbap.org.uk/recognising-...
#HistoricCoasts #SeasideHeritage
April 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Seaside towns tell Britain’s coastal story—but how do we ensure they thrive? 🏛️🌊 Join us and @seasidenetwork.bsky.social on 6 June for expert insights on conservation, regeneration & community-led solutions.
Register now: hbap.org.uk/recognising-...
#HistoricCoasts #SeasideHeritage
Register now: hbap.org.uk/recognising-...
#HistoricCoasts #SeasideHeritage
Telephone Exchange, Brackla Street, Bridgend which operated 1960-1987. Mrs Margaret Curnock from Pontycymer, who took the first call in the centre, was photographed also taking the last ever call ☎️
April 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Telephone Exchange, Brackla Street, Bridgend which operated 1960-1987. Mrs Margaret Curnock from Pontycymer, who took the first call in the centre, was photographed also taking the last ever call ☎️
Cyfnewidfa Ffôn, Stryd Bracla, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr a oedd yn gweithredu 1960-1987. Tynnwyd llun Mrs Margaret Curnock o Bontycymer, a gymerodd yr alwad gyntaf yn y ganolfan, hefyd yn cymryd yr alwad olaf erioed ☎️
April 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Cyfnewidfa Ffôn, Stryd Bracla, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr a oedd yn gweithredu 1960-1987. Tynnwyd llun Mrs Margaret Curnock o Bontycymer, a gymerodd yr alwad gyntaf yn y ganolfan, hefyd yn cymryd yr alwad olaf erioed ☎️
📢 Join C20 Cymru in Monmouthshire!
Saturday 26 April
We'll visit The Savoy Theatre for a talk on C20 theatres by Rob Firman, then go to High Glanau Manor, built for Henry Avray Tipping, editor of Country Life. We’ll have a tour of the Arts and Crafts gardens, followed by cream tea 🫖
bitly.cx/YmUA4
Saturday 26 April
We'll visit The Savoy Theatre for a talk on C20 theatres by Rob Firman, then go to High Glanau Manor, built for Henry Avray Tipping, editor of Country Life. We’ll have a tour of the Arts and Crafts gardens, followed by cream tea 🫖
bitly.cx/YmUA4
March 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📢 Join C20 Cymru in Monmouthshire!
Saturday 26 April
We'll visit The Savoy Theatre for a talk on C20 theatres by Rob Firman, then go to High Glanau Manor, built for Henry Avray Tipping, editor of Country Life. We’ll have a tour of the Arts and Crafts gardens, followed by cream tea 🫖
bitly.cx/YmUA4
Saturday 26 April
We'll visit The Savoy Theatre for a talk on C20 theatres by Rob Firman, then go to High Glanau Manor, built for Henry Avray Tipping, editor of Country Life. We’ll have a tour of the Arts and Crafts gardens, followed by cream tea 🫖
bitly.cx/YmUA4
📢 Ymunwch â C20 Cymru yn Sir Fynwy!
Dydd Sadwrn 26 Ebrill
Byddwn yn ymweld â Theatr y Savoy ar gyfer sgwrs am theatrau’r ugeinfed ganrif gan Rob Firman, cyn ymweld â High Glanau, cartref Henry Avray Tipping, golygydd Country Life. Cawn daith o amgylch y gerddi Celf a Chreff ac te.
bitly.cx/YmUA4
Dydd Sadwrn 26 Ebrill
Byddwn yn ymweld â Theatr y Savoy ar gyfer sgwrs am theatrau’r ugeinfed ganrif gan Rob Firman, cyn ymweld â High Glanau, cartref Henry Avray Tipping, golygydd Country Life. Cawn daith o amgylch y gerddi Celf a Chreff ac te.
bitly.cx/YmUA4
March 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📢 Ymunwch â C20 Cymru yn Sir Fynwy!
Dydd Sadwrn 26 Ebrill
Byddwn yn ymweld â Theatr y Savoy ar gyfer sgwrs am theatrau’r ugeinfed ganrif gan Rob Firman, cyn ymweld â High Glanau, cartref Henry Avray Tipping, golygydd Country Life. Cawn daith o amgylch y gerddi Celf a Chreff ac te.
bitly.cx/YmUA4
Dydd Sadwrn 26 Ebrill
Byddwn yn ymweld â Theatr y Savoy ar gyfer sgwrs am theatrau’r ugeinfed ganrif gan Rob Firman, cyn ymweld â High Glanau, cartref Henry Avray Tipping, golygydd Country Life. Cawn daith o amgylch y gerddi Celf a Chreff ac te.
bitly.cx/YmUA4
So pleased to have a successful outcome for Wrexham Waterworld, especially as this was the second attempt for designation! 🏊
NEWS: C20 and @c20cymru.bsky.social are celebrating the 5th Leisure Centre to be listed as a result of our ongoing campaign, and the first example in Wales.
Wrexham Waterworld (1967-70) is known for its hyperbolic paraboloid roof, one of the largest ever built.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/wrexham...
Wrexham Waterworld (1967-70) is known for its hyperbolic paraboloid roof, one of the largest ever built.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/wrexham...
February 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
So pleased to have a successful outcome for Wrexham Waterworld, especially as this was the second attempt for designation! 🏊
Reposted by @C20Cymru
📖 Architects' Lives: British Library PhD Placement Scheme.
An amazing opportunity to document an oral history collection of national importance, charting the built history of Britain from the 1930s to present day in the words of those who shaped it.
✍🏼 Deadline 21 Feb 2025
➡️ bl.uk/more/researc...
An amazing opportunity to document an oral history collection of national importance, charting the built history of Britain from the 1930s to present day in the words of those who shaped it.
✍🏼 Deadline 21 Feb 2025
➡️ bl.uk/more/researc...
February 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
📖 Architects' Lives: British Library PhD Placement Scheme.
An amazing opportunity to document an oral history collection of national importance, charting the built history of Britain from the 1930s to present day in the words of those who shaped it.
✍🏼 Deadline 21 Feb 2025
➡️ bl.uk/more/researc...
An amazing opportunity to document an oral history collection of national importance, charting the built history of Britain from the 1930s to present day in the words of those who shaped it.
✍🏼 Deadline 21 Feb 2025
➡️ bl.uk/more/researc...
C is: Theatr Clwyd
Opened 1976, Theatr Clwyd was designed by Flintshire County Architect RW Harvey. Grade II as an important post war civic arts and theatre complex, extensive work is now underway, radically altering the original form
@c20society.bsky.social
c20society.org.uk/news/plans-t...
Opened 1976, Theatr Clwyd was designed by Flintshire County Architect RW Harvey. Grade II as an important post war civic arts and theatre complex, extensive work is now underway, radically altering the original form
@c20society.bsky.social
c20society.org.uk/news/plans-t...
February 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
C is: Theatr Clwyd
Opened 1976, Theatr Clwyd was designed by Flintshire County Architect RW Harvey. Grade II as an important post war civic arts and theatre complex, extensive work is now underway, radically altering the original form
@c20society.bsky.social
c20society.org.uk/news/plans-t...
Opened 1976, Theatr Clwyd was designed by Flintshire County Architect RW Harvey. Grade II as an important post war civic arts and theatre complex, extensive work is now underway, radically altering the original form
@c20society.bsky.social
c20society.org.uk/news/plans-t...
Reposted by @C20Cymru
🌳 'A slice of 1970s Babylon restored'
@rowanmoore.bsky.social in The Observer on the green renovation of the Grade II listed Mountbatten / Gateway House (Arup Associates and James Russell, 1974-76) - more popularly known as the 'Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke'.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
@rowanmoore.bsky.social in The Observer on the green renovation of the Grade II listed Mountbatten / Gateway House (Arup Associates and James Russell, 1974-76) - more popularly known as the 'Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke'.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘A slice of 1970s Babylon restored’: living the office dream at the Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke
This trailblazing office building by Arup Architects has been treated to a subtle £32m renovation that still has wellness at its heart
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🌳 'A slice of 1970s Babylon restored'
@rowanmoore.bsky.social in The Observer on the green renovation of the Grade II listed Mountbatten / Gateway House (Arup Associates and James Russell, 1974-76) - more popularly known as the 'Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke'.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
@rowanmoore.bsky.social in The Observer on the green renovation of the Grade II listed Mountbatten / Gateway House (Arup Associates and James Russell, 1974-76) - more popularly known as the 'Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke'.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Visited as part of our Swansea weekend in 2023, this is such an important survival of our seaside heritage. Very much hope to see plans for its repair being supported by Cadw and others.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Sad news that the Big Apple, Mumbles has been damaged by a car. A rare survival of a 1930s Cidatone kiosk of reinforced concrete, converted to an ice-cream kiosk. It's not the first time - the 2019 listing specified it was Ford Fiesta last time 😉 Hopefully support will be available to fully restore!
January 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Visited as part of our Swansea weekend in 2023, this is such an important survival of our seaside heritage. Very much hope to see plans for its repair being supported by Cadw and others.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
New year, new job? C20 is looking for an Events Manager to join our small team, supporting and developing our burgeoning programme of tours, walks, and lectures - both in the UK and Internationally.
The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 26 January.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/work-with-us
The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 26 January.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/work-with-us
January 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reposted by @C20Cymru
🎈 Now That's What I Call Architecture! 1994
C20's new #ComingofAge campaign celebrates 10 of the best British buildings as they turn 30 years old, and so become eligible for national listing.
Why wait until the bulldozers are poised, when we could run an annual 'birthday honours' list?
C20's new #ComingofAge campaign celebrates 10 of the best British buildings as they turn 30 years old, and so become eligible for national listing.
Why wait until the bulldozers are poised, when we could run an annual 'birthday honours' list?
November 14, 2024 at 10:43 AM
🎈 Now That's What I Call Architecture! 1994
C20's new #ComingofAge campaign celebrates 10 of the best British buildings as they turn 30 years old, and so become eligible for national listing.
Why wait until the bulldozers are poised, when we could run an annual 'birthday honours' list?
C20's new #ComingofAge campaign celebrates 10 of the best British buildings as they turn 30 years old, and so become eligible for national listing.
Why wait until the bulldozers are poised, when we could run an annual 'birthday honours' list?
B is for: Brooks, Graham (1928–2020), Architect and “Danish-inspired pioneer of Welsh modernism” (Prof Richard Weston)
1: “The Mount” Dinas Powys 📷 B Dalton
2: 1-18 The Mount Scandinavian-influenced housing development 1975
3: “Caban Corgi”, Penlan Holiday Park, Cenarth 📷 @cabancorgi
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1: “The Mount” Dinas Powys 📷 B Dalton
2: 1-18 The Mount Scandinavian-influenced housing development 1975
3: “Caban Corgi”, Penlan Holiday Park, Cenarth 📷 @cabancorgi
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January 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
B is for: Brooks, Graham (1928–2020), Architect and “Danish-inspired pioneer of Welsh modernism” (Prof Richard Weston)
1: “The Mount” Dinas Powys 📷 B Dalton
2: 1-18 The Mount Scandinavian-influenced housing development 1975
3: “Caban Corgi”, Penlan Holiday Park, Cenarth 📷 @cabancorgi
⤵️
1: “The Mount” Dinas Powys 📷 B Dalton
2: 1-18 The Mount Scandinavian-influenced housing development 1975
3: “Caban Corgi”, Penlan Holiday Park, Cenarth 📷 @cabancorgi
⤵️
A is for: Llyfrgell Aberhonddu (Brecon Library)
Constructed 1969 & designed by County Architect JA McRobbie as Breconshire County Library. The reinforced concrete frame boasts repeating slim floor-to-ceiling windows that bring in natural light & makes the most of its location
📷 @RCAHMWales
Constructed 1969 & designed by County Architect JA McRobbie as Breconshire County Library. The reinforced concrete frame boasts repeating slim floor-to-ceiling windows that bring in natural light & makes the most of its location
📷 @RCAHMWales
December 6, 2024 at 10:01 AM
A is for: Llyfrgell Aberhonddu (Brecon Library)
Constructed 1969 & designed by County Architect JA McRobbie as Breconshire County Library. The reinforced concrete frame boasts repeating slim floor-to-ceiling windows that bring in natural light & makes the most of its location
📷 @RCAHMWales
Constructed 1969 & designed by County Architect JA McRobbie as Breconshire County Library. The reinforced concrete frame boasts repeating slim floor-to-ceiling windows that bring in natural light & makes the most of its location
📷 @RCAHMWales