Tag Archives: Historical Association

White Rock Ferries talk, 21 October …

John Ashley will talk about the White Rock Ferries Families at Growing up in Victorian Swansea.

A history day presented in partnership with Swansea U3A and the  Historical Association, Swansea Branch, at the Waterfront Museum, Swansea Marina, on Friday 21 October, 11 am – 4.30 pm.

Entry is free. No need to register in advance but please don’t arrive halfway through a talk.

11.00    Welcome

11.05    Setting the scene: a snapshot of Swansea in 1849 (Sarah Goodall)

11.15    Child Paupers in the Swansea Workhouse (Bernard Lewis)

11.45    A Victorian Education in Mumbles (John Powell)

12.15    Victorian Street Food (Sarah Lever)

12.45    morning plenary

1.00    lunch break

2.00    Work opportunities

Monologue, The Victorian Parlourmaid (Debra John)

2.45    Life, leisure, labour – jobs for young people in Victorian Swansea (Sarah Gregory)

3.15    Copper and ferry families (John Ashley)

3.45    Leisure – Swansea Bay and the development of parks (Sarah Goodall)

4.00    Plenary session

4.30   Close

Brunel in Wales talk, 21 May …

The Historical Association talk on Brunel in Wales is at the Waterfront Museum on Saturday 21 May, 11.00. Admission free.

The speaker is Stephen Jones, engineering heritage consultant to Cadw. He is convenor of the Llangollen Chainbridge sub-panel at the Institution of Civil Engineers. Stephen is the  author of the three volume Brunel in South Wales.

The museum is closed to visitors because of industrial action, but the front door will be open from 10.30.

www.haswansea.org.uk

Save Swansea Museum petition …

Swansea Museum is under threat, it’s budget to be cut by at least 50% next year. It is a wonderfully rich treasury of our heritage, as well as being a very active force in education, culture and tourism.

Swansea is Wales’s second city. Its fine 175 year old museum cannot be allowed to perish.

A petition has been set up on the 38 Degrees site:  https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-swansea-museum….

White Rock talk, 21 November at the National Waterfront Museum …

John Ashley will present the fascinating White Rock: 200 Years of the Copper Community. This is the monthly Historical Association Swansea Branch talk.

11.00 Saturday 21 November, Dockside Room at the National Waterfront Museum. Admission free.

“Recent developments in terms of conserving and interpreting the works sites at Hafod and White Rock have been more encouraging than anything that has happened there for a generation or more. Some feel that White Rock, with its 18th-century canal tunnel (with unloading bays) and riverside dock is the pièce de résistance, the highlight of the whole fascinating area.” Royal Institution of South Wales.

www.haswansea.org.uk

Local and Family History Fair, Waterfront Museum, Saturday 10 October …

The Local & Family History Fair 2015 will be held for the fifth year at the National Waterfront Museum on Saturday 10 October. Formerly Local History . . . Live!, the event has been expanded to reflect the varied interests of participants and visitors.

The 60 Second Show and Tell starts at 2pm. Root through your sheds and attics and bring an object to baffle the Museum’s curators – watch them squirm as they try to explain an object without hesitation or deviation in just one minute!

Organisations participating include:

  • Amman Valley Railway Society
  • Bryngold Books
  • Caswell Photo Restoration
  • Mynyddbach Chapel Society
  • Neath and Tennant Canals Trust
  • National Waterfront Museum
  • Penllergare Valley Woods
  • Royal Institute of South Wales
  • Swansea Community Boat Trust
  • Skewen Historical Society
  • Swansea Canal Society
  • Swansea Railway Modellers Society
  • Swansea Your Story
  • Treboeth History Society
  • Historical Association
  • Llansamlet Historical Society
  • Connected Communities
  • Hafod-Morfa (Copperopolis)
  • Friends of White Rock
  • People’s Collection Wales
  • National Library of Wales
  • Cynefin Tithe Maps Project
  • Dylan Thomas Bus

The ever-popular Oxfam Book Swap will be in full flow.

We will be serenaded by the Aberdulais Water Wheelers choir, and children will be able to try their hand at the printing press.

The Fair is open all day, admission free. Organised by the Swansea Branch of the Historical Association.

John Ashley
www.haswansea.org.uk

http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/swansea/whatson/8367/Local–Family-History-Fair/


http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/swansea/whatson/8368/60-Second-Show–Tell/

Local and Family History Fair, 10 October …

Root through your sheds and attics and bring an object to baffle the National Waterfront Museum’s curators – watch them squirm as they try to explain an object without hesitation or deviation in just one minute!

60 Second Show and Tell, 2pm Saturday 10 October. The Fair is open all day, admission free. Organised by the Swansea Branch of the Historical Association.

www.museumwales.ac.uk/swansea/whatson/8367/Local–Family-History-Fair

The Heritage Apprentice – Calling All Budding Historians! …

RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ARTS AND HUMANITIES

‘The Heritage Apprentice’

Calling all budding historians!

Do you have fresh ideas and a love of history?

Come and take on our ‘Lord Sugar’!

Open to young adults in the 14-18 age categories from all schools, colleges and youth groups from Swansea and its hinterlands, this unique programme offers an opportunity to compete in a team event modeled on the BBC TV series ‘The Apprentice’. Selected school teams will be given a brief to develop a project associated with the Hafod-Morfa copperworks, an ambitious heritage-led regeneration initiative focusing on the 12.5 acre former site of the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks.

Heritage Apprentice

Applicants will have a lunch at Swansea University with the Hafod project team followed by a tour of the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks site, led by Professor Huw Bowen, professor of Public History at Swansea University. Teams will have a week to prepare their ideas before presenting them before a panel of judges, including our very own ‘Lord Sugar’. An Award Ceremony will take place at the National Waterfront Museum on November 19th.

This is a unique opportunity to engage with an important local and global historical site and contribute to its development. Applicants will also gain knowledge, transferable skills and experience in the history, business, IT, design and tourism and leisure sectors.

The deadline for applications is 3:30pm, October 14th 2015.

To apply: please send a 150-word summary telling us why your school / youth group is the right team for the programme to Kate Spiller, Project Co-ordinator: k.spiller@swansea.ac.uk. Please include email contact address, telephone number, teacher / youth group leader name.

Further information:

  • Team info – 3 teams of 4 or 4 teams of 3.
  • Schools will be informed by telephone on Friday 16th October if they have been successful.
  • Event day (lunch and Hafod site tour) November 12th 12 – 2.30 pm.
  • Award Ceremony at the National Waterfront Museum 19th November 12 – 2 pm.

**Part of ‘Heritage, Health and Wellbeing’, Swansea University’s programme of events for ‘Being Human’, the UK’s second festival of the humanities led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, 12-22 November 2015.

http://beinghumanfestival.org/event/the-young-heritage-apprentice/

History Day and Minerva Launch, 26th September, Swansea Museum …

History Day and Minerva Launch, 26th September, 10:00am – 4:30pm, Swansea Museum.

Jointly organised by the Royal Institution of South Wales and the Swansea Branch of the Historical Association.

Volume 23 of the Swansea History Journal/Minerva will be launched at 10.00, followed by five talks and a lunchtime discussion led by Peter Stead. The HA’s John Ashley (White Rock) and Colin James (Swansea Castle) will give two of the talks.

You can attend the whole day or whichever part appeals to you, but please note that if at any time the room reaches capacity, it’s first come, first served – and be warned, it was popular last year!

Free entry and bara brith!

COME – just to get your Swansea History Journal/ Minerva – available all day
OR stay for a talk or two
THEN MAYBEhave some food & contribute to the midday debate
AND THEN YOU MAY AS WELL – hear the rest of the talks as well!

http://www.risw.org/news.htm?id=6

 

RISW History Day, 26 September …

John Ashley will give a talk on White Rock at the History Day to be held on Saturday 26 September in Swansea Museum. The event is held in conjunction with the Historical Association’s Swansea Branch. Details of a very full day, including the launch of the latest Minerva, at the RISW web site.

 

Local & Family History Fair 2015 …

The Local & Family History Fair 2015 will be held for the fifth year at the National Waterfront Museum on Saturday 10 October. Formerly Local History . . . Live!, the event has been expanded to reflect the varied interests of participants and visitors.

All organisations with an interest in local or family history (indeed any kind of history!) are welcome to exhibit at this free event. Watch out over the next couple of months for news of additional attractions.

Participation and entry is free. Enquiries and bookings to info@friendsofwhiterock.org.uk, 0770 9900 788.

The Local & Family History Fair 2015 is organised by the Swansea Branch of the Historical Association.

John Ashley, Chair

www.haswansea.org.uk

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