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ANTIQUES QUIZ EVENING
Wednesday 21 December at the Heritage Centre 7pm. ANTIQUES QUIZ EVENING Hosted by Helen Hallesy Come and join us for a fun evening Prizes, raffles, tea and coffee, mulled wine and mince pies. (Please bring a pen)
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Event: Swansea Bad Girls: Crime and Punishment
Wednesday 27 July 2022. ‘Swansea Bad Girls: Crime and Punishment Meet at 7pm at the Heritage and Visitor Centre, Pontardawe An illustrated talk on the lives and crimes of women prisoners in Swansea Jail 1870s – 1914 The speaker will be Elizabeth Belcham, Local historian. Contact Helen on 01792 865451 or email helen@hallesy.com
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SAY GOODBYE TO THE CUCKOO
Ask most people what they know about the Cuckoo, and the response probably would be that it is a bird that lays its eggs in other bird’s nests. Absolutely true, but there is much more to this bird. The bird’s scientific name is Cuculus Canorus. What a great name. Imagine that this Cuckoo lays an egg…
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SWANSEA VALLEY HISTORY SOCIETY SUMMER NEWSLETTER – JULY 2020 Hello to all our members! I am pleased to send you each our Summer Newsletter, keeping you in touch with our latest news. It has been a difficult year in many ways with all our meetings and talks cancelled from last March. Due to continuing Coronavirus…
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2020/21 Lecture Series. Just a note to bring you up to date regarding the Society’s lecture series normally held at The Cross Community Centre, Pontardawe. The current health emergency means that it is not possible to arrange for speakers to present the lectures or for the actual venue to be booked in advance as it…
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A decision has been taken to cancel all further meetings, lectures and also the A.G.M for 2020. The Society wish to thank all members, speakers and non members for their constant loyalty and support. Our thoughts are with you all at this perilous time. We will post another announcement when it is appropriate to resume…
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WINTER NEWSLETTER 2019 /20
Seasonal Greetings from your new Newsletter Editor! Keri (Thomas) has decided to relinquish his many duties associated with the Society; he is not retiring but has decided to devote more of his time to other family commitments. Keri’s all- round contribution included that of Chairman (2017-18) Vice Chairman of the Society for ten years ,…
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2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,800 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 30 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…
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