Ystradgynlais History
@ystradgynlaishisty.bsky.social
The history of Ystradgynlais and the surrounding area, in the Swansea Valley. Ex part of Breconshire, now Powys. South Wales. This includes the neighbouring town of Ystalyfera, and we also cover the war dead of both areas, as well as the Gough squires
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My book on Richard Douglas Gough, 1797-1886 is now available. I've included his parents, and uncle, as that sets the scene for his life, in case people don't have the prior book of articles.
www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Doug...
www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Doug...
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Doing some research today and the family come from a part of the world that I know very well. It makes such a difference when you have a clear picture of what the place looks like today - particularly when, as in this case, it hasn't changed that much in the past 200 years...
May 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Doing some research today and the family come from a part of the world that I know very well. It makes such a difference when you have a clear picture of what the place looks like today - particularly when, as in this case, it hasn't changed that much in the past 200 years...
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And the Vicar of the Day award goes to Rev. Bryant Burgess, Vicar of Flaunden, Hertfordshire, who in 1861, made a copy of an older parish register which was "much injured and obliterated by age". 1/2
May 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
And the Vicar of the Day award goes to Rev. Bryant Burgess, Vicar of Flaunden, Hertfordshire, who in 1861, made a copy of an older parish register which was "much injured and obliterated by age". 1/2
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So pleased to announce that Valleys poetry legend Patrick Jones will be adding some of his brilliant words to my book!
I think this is a great reason to get a copy if you haven't already!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/valleys-ph...
I think this is a great reason to get a copy if you haven't already!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/valleys-ph...
May 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
So pleased to announce that Valleys poetry legend Patrick Jones will be adding some of his brilliant words to my book!
I think this is a great reason to get a copy if you haven't already!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/valleys-ph...
I think this is a great reason to get a copy if you haven't already!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/valleys-ph...
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The Valleys book crowdfund launches on Thursday! Featuring my work, and designed by the inestimable @seanrees.bsky.social
The book itself is B5 size, and 72 pages of full colour. It’s £15, with the other £4 to cover postage and packaging etc. It’s comprised of 15 years work covering the Valleys.
The book itself is B5 size, and 72 pages of full colour. It’s £15, with the other £4 to cover postage and packaging etc. It’s comprised of 15 years work covering the Valleys.
May 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The Valleys book crowdfund launches on Thursday! Featuring my work, and designed by the inestimable @seanrees.bsky.social
The book itself is B5 size, and 72 pages of full colour. It’s £15, with the other £4 to cover postage and packaging etc. It’s comprised of 15 years work covering the Valleys.
The book itself is B5 size, and 72 pages of full colour. It’s £15, with the other £4 to cover postage and packaging etc. It’s comprised of 15 years work covering the Valleys.
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Tomorrow morning for those in Blighty.
Before the Hindenburg disaster was the Hindenburg presidency www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Paul von Hindenburg
How the cult of personality around this German WWI figurehead helped usher in Hitler.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Tomorrow morning for those in Blighty.
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Here’s a truly exciting thought I think this book was given to Millicent Fawcett by her daughter Philippa, English mathematician & lecturer at Newham College, on her 52nd birthday. According to my colleague Millicent hated this book. Thanks for all your help. A minor history quest has been solved.
Does anyone with more knowhow able to confirm this Millicent Fawcett’s signature? I think it is but I’ve been asked by a colleague. We would both be FREAKED if it was esp coz they’ve found it in a 1st ed of a book they’re writing about for an article AND was brought randomly secondhand from Amazon!
May 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Here’s a truly exciting thought I think this book was given to Millicent Fawcett by her daughter Philippa, English mathematician & lecturer at Newham College, on her 52nd birthday. According to my colleague Millicent hated this book. Thanks for all your help. A minor history quest has been solved.
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Here's another #buyaastrangerabook offer.
I read about Danielle Brown recently, and she seems like the coolest!
So I bought a couple of these to give away.
"Run Like A Girl"
If you'd like one, get in touch!
UK only
I read about Danielle Brown recently, and she seems like the coolest!
So I bought a couple of these to give away.
"Run Like A Girl"
If you'd like one, get in touch!
UK only
May 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Here's another #buyaastrangerabook offer.
I read about Danielle Brown recently, and she seems like the coolest!
So I bought a couple of these to give away.
"Run Like A Girl"
If you'd like one, get in touch!
UK only
I read about Danielle Brown recently, and she seems like the coolest!
So I bought a couple of these to give away.
"Run Like A Girl"
If you'd like one, get in touch!
UK only
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More #buyastrangerabook day loveliness!
@lisatans.bsky.social is offering to buy someone whatever book they like, up to £15!
So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch!
UK only.
@lisatans.bsky.social is offering to buy someone whatever book they like, up to £15!
So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch!
UK only.
@biggreenbooks.bsky.social I am paying forward my book gift from last week.
Would anyone like a book of their choice for up to £15? #buyastrangerabookday
Would anyone like a book of their choice for up to £15? #buyastrangerabookday
May 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
More #buyastrangerabook day loveliness!
@lisatans.bsky.social is offering to buy someone whatever book they like, up to £15!
So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch!
UK only.
@lisatans.bsky.social is offering to buy someone whatever book they like, up to £15!
So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch!
UK only.
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Very sad to hear of the untimely death of Mario Biagioli, a great scholar of intellectual property and #histsci
ishtip.org/mario-biagio...
ishtip.org/mario-biagio...
Mario Biagioli (1955-2025) – ISHTIP.org
ishtip.org
May 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Very sad to hear of the untimely death of Mario Biagioli, a great scholar of intellectual property and #histsci
ishtip.org/mario-biagio...
ishtip.org/mario-biagio...
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The Brora WWII listening or ‘Y’ station which supplied information to Bletchley Park on intercepted German communications. It continued in use during the Cold War up to 1986. Now a caravan/motorhome parking area.
May 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Brora WWII listening or ‘Y’ station which supplied information to Bletchley Park on intercepted German communications. It continued in use during the Cold War up to 1986. Now a caravan/motorhome parking area.
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On 20 May @kingshistory.bsky.social host a memorial event for the historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024) bit.ly/42IX6Xa
Jinty was also a distinguished President @royalhistsoc.org (2000-04). The event includes reflections on Jinty and the RHS by @petermandler.bsky.social and @pstafford.bsky.social 1/2
Jinty was also a distinguished President @royalhistsoc.org (2000-04). The event includes reflections on Jinty and the RHS by @petermandler.bsky.social and @pstafford.bsky.social 1/2
Jinty Nelson Memorial
A memorial for Dame Professor Jinty Nelson DBE FRHistS FBA (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)
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May 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
On 20 May @kingshistory.bsky.social host a memorial event for the historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024) bit.ly/42IX6Xa
Jinty was also a distinguished President @royalhistsoc.org (2000-04). The event includes reflections on Jinty and the RHS by @petermandler.bsky.social and @pstafford.bsky.social 1/2
Jinty was also a distinguished President @royalhistsoc.org (2000-04). The event includes reflections on Jinty and the RHS by @petermandler.bsky.social and @pstafford.bsky.social 1/2
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Hello & welcome to this historian's dream
A newspaper that gives the times of sunrise & sunset, as well as temperature, weather, etc for any given day
Please excuse me while I rewrite everything based on what the moon was doing, thanks #18c
A newspaper that gives the times of sunrise & sunset, as well as temperature, weather, etc for any given day
Please excuse me while I rewrite everything based on what the moon was doing, thanks #18c
May 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hello & welcome to this historian's dream
A newspaper that gives the times of sunrise & sunset, as well as temperature, weather, etc for any given day
Please excuse me while I rewrite everything based on what the moon was doing, thanks #18c
A newspaper that gives the times of sunrise & sunset, as well as temperature, weather, etc for any given day
Please excuse me while I rewrite everything based on what the moon was doing, thanks #18c
NEW PAGE for the obituaries of Rev W. Ilar Edwards (1871-1930), Rector of Ystradgynlais, and his widow Mrs Mary Ann Edwards (1872-1962)
ystradgynlais-history.co.uk/rev-w-ilar-e...
ystradgynlais-history.co.uk/rev-w-ilar-e...
May 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
NEW PAGE for the obituaries of Rev W. Ilar Edwards (1871-1930), Rector of Ystradgynlais, and his widow Mrs Mary Ann Edwards (1872-1962)
ystradgynlais-history.co.uk/rev-w-ilar-e...
ystradgynlais-history.co.uk/rev-w-ilar-e...
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It’s been a while but here is one of the first ships to form the Royal Canadian Navy
HMCS Niobe formally HMS was transferred in 1911 along with a family member of mine
Here she is in 1917 alongside in Halifax
HMCS Niobe formally HMS was transferred in 1911 along with a family member of mine
Here she is in 1917 alongside in Halifax
April 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It’s been a while but here is one of the first ships to form the Royal Canadian Navy
HMCS Niobe formally HMS was transferred in 1911 along with a family member of mine
Here she is in 1917 alongside in Halifax
HMCS Niobe formally HMS was transferred in 1911 along with a family member of mine
Here she is in 1917 alongside in Halifax
The wedding of my dad's cousin John to Louvain. We visited them in Aberavon in the early 1980s but John died a few years later. When Dad died in 2022 I tried to inform Louvain but nobody knew where she lived or if she was still alive
April 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The wedding of my dad's cousin John to Louvain. We visited them in Aberavon in the early 1980s but John died a few years later. When Dad died in 2022 I tried to inform Louvain but nobody knew where she lived or if she was still alive
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My Grandma from Briton Ferry and my Grandpa from Neath married in London in 1933
April 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
My Grandma from Briton Ferry and my Grandpa from Neath married in London in 1933
My Grandma came from Briton Ferry, my Grandpa came from Neath, they married in London, lived in South London, then Spain, then Oundle, but are buried in Shirley, Croydon
April 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
My Grandma came from Briton Ferry, my Grandpa came from Neath, they married in London, lived in South London, then Spain, then Oundle, but are buried in Shirley, Croydon
My great grandmother Mabel Phillips, postmistress at Giants Grave, Briton Ferry
April 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My great grandmother Mabel Phillips, postmistress at Giants Grave, Briton Ferry
The iron crosses for graves at Castlemartin for the Phillips side of my family/ The charity tells me they are safe within the church, but they must be locked away as I could not find them on visiting in 2024
April 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The iron crosses for graves at Castlemartin for the Phillips side of my family/ The charity tells me they are safe within the church, but they must be locked away as I could not find them on visiting in 2024
I don't off hand know the exact date of this, the death of my great Uncle Will, leaving his wife, my Aunty Dinah, a widow
April 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I don't off hand know the exact date of this, the death of my great Uncle Will, leaving his wife, my Aunty Dinah, a widow
My Grandma from Briton Ferry and my Grandpa from Neath married in London in 1933
April 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
My Grandma from Briton Ferry and my Grandpa from Neath married in London in 1933
The death of Eddie Phillips
April 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The death of Eddie Phillips
Llanguicke Church, c 2020 and my Dad sat by the well in front of the tower
April 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Llanguicke Church, c 2020 and my Dad sat by the well in front of the tower
Swansea Castle, c 2010
April 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Swansea Castle, c 2010