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The Welsh National Memorial Association: An NHS Forerunner

Join Keith Moger MBE and discover more about the Welsh National Memorial Association, a voluntary organisation with the aim of eradicating tuberculosis in Wales.

Wednesday 21 January 2pm

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January 7, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The Welsh National Memorial Association: An NHS Forerunner

Ymunwch a Keith Moger MBE i ddarganfod mwy am Gymdeithas Goffa Genedlaethol Cymru, sefydliad gwirfoddol a ymgorfforwyd ym 1912 i gael gwared ar dwbercwlosis yng Nghymru.

Dydd Mercher 21 Ionawr 2yp

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January 7, 2026 at 9:24 AM
The photo has been signed but the signatures are a little difficult to make out. If you contact us by email we'll send you the details we have - glamro@cardiff.gov.uk.
January 7, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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.
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Roedd hi’n hyfryd croesawi aelodau Cangen Caerdydd @glamorganfhs.bsky.social i’r Archifau heddiw. Buom yn edrych ar ddeunydd newydd derbyniwyd yn 2025.

Byddwn yn dangos rhai o’r rhain i chi'r wythnos nesaf, ond yn y cyfamser dyma lun o Warchodlu Cartref Llandaf a dderbyniwyd yn Ebrill.
January 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The Welsh National Memorial Association: An NHS Forerunner

Join Keith Moger MBE and discover more about the Welsh National Memorial Association, a voluntary organisation incorporated in 1912 to eradicate tuberculosis in Wales.

Wednesday 21 January 2pm

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January 5, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The Welsh National Memorial Association: An NHS Forerunner

Ymunwch a Keith Moger MBE i ddarganfod mwy am Gymdeithas Goffa Genedlaethol Cymru, sefydliad gwirfoddol a ymgorfforwyd ym 1912 i gael gwared ar dwbercwlosis yng Nghymru.

Dydd Mercher 21 Ionawr 2yp

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January 5, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Happy New Year!

Glamorgan Archives is open again this week. Our enquiries service resumes today, and the searchroom will be open as usual from 9.30am tomorrow.
January 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!

Mae Archifau Morgannwg ar agor eto yr wythnos yma. Mae ein gwasanaeth ymholiadau yn ail-ddechrau heddiw, a bydd yr ystafell ymchwil ar agor fel arfer o 9.30yb yfory.
January 5, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Glamorgan Archives will be closed over the Christmas period from Wednesday 24 December 2025 – Friday 2 January 2026.

Our enquiries service will restart on Monday 5 January and the searchroom will be open again from Tuesday 6 January.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
December 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Bydd Archifau Morgannwg yn cau dros y Nadolig o Ddydd Mercher 24 Rhagfyr 2025 – Dydd Gwener 2 Ionawr 2026.

Bydd ein gwasanaeth ymholiadau yn ail-ddechrau ar Ddydd Llun 5 Ionawr, a’r ystafell ymchwil ar agor eto o Ddydd Mawrth 6 Ionawr.

Dymunwn i chi oll Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!
December 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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#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.

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Celebrating disabled railway workers
For Disability History Month, Dr Mike Esbester, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Portsmouth and co-lead of the Railway Work, Life & Death project, explores how people with disabilities…
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December 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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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
December 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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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
December 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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.

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Christmas at Pontyclun, 1916
Our Christmas photograph 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. Pontyclun was one of…
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December 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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.

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Nadolig ym Mhont-y-clun, 1916
Tynnwyd ein llun Nadolig 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. Roedd yr ysbyty ym Mhont-y-clun y…
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December 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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✨️ NEW BLOGPOST ✨️

In this blogpost, I explore the life of Elizabeth Martin an 18th-century woman with "meticulous" handwriting ✍️🏻

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The Careful Housewife | Elizabeth Martin
In this blogpost I explore the life of Elizabeth Martin an 18th-century woman with "meticulous" handwriting.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
And of course, last Saturday one of the stars of the original film, Dick Van Dyke, celebrated his 100th birthday.
December 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This year’s Christmas performance at the Wales Millennium Centre is Mary Poppins.

In December 1966, the children of Rudry School were given a special Christmas treat with a trip to see Mary Poppins at the Castle Cinema in Caerphilly - and money in the Christmas pudding!
December 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Ac wrth gwrs, Dydd Sadwrn diwethaf dathlodd un o sêr y ffilm weriddiol, Dick Van Dyke, ei ben-blwydd yn 100 oed.
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Y perfformiad Nadolig eleni yng Nghanolfan Mileniwm Cymru yw Mary Poppins.

Yn Rhagfyr 1966, cafodd plant Ysgol Rhydri trît Nadolig arbennig gyda thrip i weld Mary Poppins yn Sinema’r Castell, Caerffili - ac arian yn y pwdin Dolig!
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The photo comes from an album of photographs of illuminated sites across Cardiff. It dates from 1937, the year of the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and was produced by Cardiff Electrical Department.
December 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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.
December 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Daw’r llun o albwm o luniau o safleoedd wedi eu goleuo yng Nghaerdydd. Mae’n dyddio o 1937, blwyddyn coroni Brenin Siôr IV a Brenhines Elizabeth, ac fe’i crëwyd gan Adran Trydan Caerdydd.
December 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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.
December 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM