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7 September 2019 On a fine day at the beginning of September, an excellent audience gathered at Beudy Llwyd at yr Ysgwrn, Trawsfynydd to hear Dr Marian Gwyn lecturing, in English, authoritatively and interestingly on Welsh Wool and the Atlantic Slave Trade. This is an extremely difficult subject in general, but she suggested that it is even more difficult for …

1 June 2019 A good number of the Society’s members visited the National Library at Aberystwyth to hear a talk on the Porkington Collection by Hilary Peters, Assistant Archivist at the Library. Porkington developed from a Welsh motte and bailey castle, established probably by Owain Brogyntyn ap Madog in the 12th century, with only traces of it remaining in Porkington …

27 April 2019 This meeting was very well attended to hear about the life of Edward Wynne Williams, one of the pioneers of the Colorado gold fields. Through the medium of a PowerPoint we followed the story of the man from Tyddyn Gwladys, Ganllwyd who emigrated to the United States in 1869 before making his fortune by owning a number …

  Talk Saturday, 3 June, 2017, Dyffryn Ardudwy Village Hall. Speaker Andrew Wolfe.

Our Programme for 2017 has now been distributed and is available on the website. Please remember, if you wish to visit the National Library of Wales for the talk on Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt, on 22 April, that you need to book beforehand by contacting Gwerfyl, our new Meetings Organiser on gwerfyl.price@btinternet.com. Names have been flooding in – so please contact …

We wish our members all the best for the new  year. The programme will be printed soon and should be delivered in Februray.

Seven members attended and Hanna Huws, North Wales Communities officer, Cymru dros Heddwch. It was interesting to exchange information and discuss the possibility of co-operating. These are some of the subjects that emerged: Hanna: Looking at ways to find peace Children ‘without history’ and how to close the gap The Rememberance Book Project, Rhian James Jones, digitising everyone recorded on …

19 September 2.30 at Glyndŵr Memorial Hall, Glyndyfrdwy: Lecture ‘Glyndŵr yn ei gynefin’ by Professor Gruffydd Aled Williams. An unique opportunity to learn about Owain Glyndŵr in the area that gave him his name! (Translation facilities will be available) 10 October 2.00 at Llanelltud Village Hall following the Annual General Meeting: Lecture ‘Old, rare and interesting: 400 years of Merioneth books’ by Brian …