Hafod-Morfa walking tours start again on Wednesday 4 May, 2pm. Meet at Swansea Museum Collections Centre in the Landore Park and Ride. Booking advisable – 01792 467282. Hafod-Morfa Tours
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Heritage Placement Opportunities …
Research Institute for the Arts and Humanities, Key Skills Programme
HERITAGE PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
PLACEMENTS WITH DISTINGUISHED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS – APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
Skills Training – Career Development – Employability Enhancement
This programme will be of interest to students from within and outside of heritage and heritage-related disciplines, including IT, management, tourism and literature.
National placements including:
- Royal Commission for Ancient Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW)
- Big Pit, National Coal Museum
- National Waterfront Museum
- Gwent Glamorgan Archaeological Trust (GGAT)
- The Dylan Thomas BirthHouse, 5 CwmdonkinDrive
- The Egypt Centre, Swansea University
- Richard Burton Archives, Swansea University
- South Wales Miners Library
Open to all postgraduate students and ECRs at Swansea University, including MA, MPhil and PhD students .
Placements include travel allowances, bursaries and funding for accommodation where applicable.
Please visit the website to download the application form and to access information on all available placements, funding for travel and accommodation and details on how to apply.
http://www.swansea.ac.uk/riah/graduate-centre/heritageskillsprogramme/
Deadline for applications: April 25th at 5pm. Please direct enquiries and completed application forms to Kate Spiller, Project Coordinator: k.spiller@swansea.ac.uk.
Tangle Jack on the Copper Jack, 24 April …
Sunday 24th April 2016 – 16:00
On Sunday 24th April at 4pm a guitar duo Tangle Jack will provide an afternoon concert on Copper Jack. The programme will contain a mix of genres, mainly of a relaxing nature.
Reservation of places is advisable as numbers are limited. Our usual Cruise prices of £8 for adults apply. Please call Copper Jack on 07785347549 for tickets.
https://scbt.org.uk/2016/04/16/tangle-jack/
Classical Music on the Copper Jack, 22 April …
Friday 22nd April 2016 – 14:00
To celebrate 100 years since the birth of Yehudi Menuhin, Live Music Now, an organisation set up by Menuhin is arranging classical musical concerts in unusual places.
Copper Jack will be hosting a concert by Icaris, a guitarist and flautist, on Friday 22nd commencing at 2pm. The event will last around 90 minutes and weather permitting will include a cruise up The River Tawe.
Tickets for the event are rather limited but are available by calling SCBT on 07785347549.
https://scbt.org.uk/2016/04/16/icaris-duo-guitar-and-flute/
Wales on Wheels 2016, 14 May …
The fourth Wales on Wheels is confirmed for Saturday 14 May 2016. As before it will be held in and around the National Waterfront Museum and Dylan Thomas Square in Swansea Marina. There will be a dinner at the Marriott on the evening of Friday 13 May.
Click WoW 2016 Flier for full details.
Click Wales on Wheels 2016 dinner menu for dinner details. Bookings and menu choices are required by 4 May. The speaker is Philip Kirk, former Managing Director of the Oxford Bus Company and now Archivist of the Kithead Trust.
See previous WoW at Wales on Wheels
The event is a joint effort by the Roads & Road Transport History Association, National Waterfront Museum, Swansea Museum, and Swansea Bus Museum. Participation and entry is free.
Swansea Bus Museum – ride a double-decker from the Museum to Mumbles!
Ryland Classics
Swansea Museum truck and bus
Barry Bus Museum
Classic Vehicle Enthusiasts Group
Yeoman Living History – http://www.yeomangreatwar.com
Swansea Motorcycle Club
Skewen and Pontarddulais Classic Car Clubs
Swansea Historic Vehicle Register
Welsh Area Fire Engine Restoration Society
Swansea Fire Service
Pink Cadillac
University of Wales Trinity St David’s School of Applied Design (modern racing cars)
Wheelrights
Bikeability
Tools for Self Reliance
Wallace and Gromit van and motorcycle with sidecar
Mametz Woods Classic Car Run 2016
Sinclair C5 with pedals for kids
Penydarren Steam Locomotive accompanied by Mr Trevithick himself – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZCfXIZGFhc
Gilbern Club
Swansea Railway Modellers Group
Bryngold Books
Oxfam transport book sale
Oxford Diecast
Swansea Eastside Connections report …
This report by Ben Reynolds of Trilein, written for Natural Resources Wales, is well worth reading. http://www.trilein.com/links-resources/. White Rock is prominent in the sections on the Lower Swansea Valley and Kilvey Hill.
Hafod-Morfa walk, Saturday 9 April …
If you’d like to know more about Swansea’s copper heritage and Swansea University’s involvement in the site’s development, why not join us on a walk around the Hafod Morfa Copperworks site on Saturday 9th April at 11:00 a.m. The walk will start from the Museum Collection Centre.
To book your place please phone the Museum Collection Centre on 01792- 467282
Copper Folk on the Copper Jack, Sunday 10 April …
Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton invite you to come and join us on our next song and music trip aboard Copper Jack on Sunday 10th April 2016. All aboard by 3.45pm for 4pm sailing. Bring your voices and instruments to make music as we cruise on the River Tawe for an hour and a half and then have more music until 6.30 while moored in Swansea Marina outside the National Waterfront Museum.
Cost is £5 per person. Places are limited so please book early.
To find out more details and make a booking please visit our website:
Bird’s Eye view of Hafod-Morfa …
A birdseye view of the development of the Morfa Distributor Road along the banks of the River Tawe in Swansea. The fly-over also provides great shots of the Hafod Morfa Copperworks.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=8MH1lDm7i5o
Art @ the Hafod (and White Rock) on Flickr …
A fantastic series of photo albums and galleries have been made available online that showcase highlights from the ‘Being Human Festival’ that took place in the summer of 2015.
The series of events that led by Swansea University had a theme of ‘Heritage, Health and Wellbeing’ and involved an exploration of wellbeing and heritage through public-facing activities (debate, poetry, dramatic performance, art and enterprise) supported by the Connected Communities project at a variety of venues including the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks, Clyne Farm Centre, the National Waterfront Museum and the University’s Singleton campus.
The photo albums include the ‘Art @ the Hafod’ event at the Hafod-Morfa and White Rock Copperworks here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/beinghumanfest/albums/72157660542398647
and Windsongs of the Blessed Bay that took place at Clyne Farm here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/beinghumanfest/albums/72157661799747732
For more information on the festival click here:
and for a follow-up interview on the Swansea University events please click here:
http://beinghumanfestival.org/heritage-health-and-wellbeing/