Programme

2024 Programme

January 11^th

History of the Buildings along Llanbadarn Road

by Michael Freeman

The talk will follow the Annual General Meeting

1. Minutes of the AGM held on 12^th January 2023
2. Matters Arising
3. Chairman’s Report
4. Financial Report
5. Election of Committee
6. Election of Officers
7. Any Other Business

Membership fees of £10 per person or £12 for two people at the same address will be collected at the meeting. Alternatively, Standing Order forms will be available.

March 14^th

Famous Aberystwyth Women

by Llinos Dafis

May 9^th

Welsh Historic Place Names

by James January-McCann

July 11^th

The Old College Project

by Jim O’Rourke

September 12^st

History of the Aberystwyth Salvation Army

by Ray Hobbin and Mark Mainwaring

November 14^th

Penglais Nature Park

by Len Kersley

Talks from previous years have included:

• 'John Nash, Architect of Genius - and a Welshman. His Life and Work in West Wales' by Richard Suggett
• 'Aberystwyth Lifeboats' by David Jenkins
• 'Masterplan for Aberystwyth' by Efa Lois of Hughes Architects
• '‘Baffling!’: Béla Bartók in Aberystwyth' by Rhian Davies
• 'Poison, Prison and Protest: Some Local Legal Discoveries' by Richard Ireland
• 'Plans of Aberystwyth Buildings' by Helen Palmer
• 'The most unforgettable character I ever knew' by Peter Henley
• 'Aberystwyth Cemetery and Town' by Michael Freeman
• 'Heritage Angels Wales - 2018' by Christopher Catling of the RCAHMW
• 'The Old College Project' by Jim O’Rouke
• 'By air, land and sea: surveying the coastline of Wales' by Daniel Hunt of the CHERISH Project
• 'Llawrycwmbach' by Anna Evans of Ceredigion Museum
• 'Cwm Rheidol and its Mines' by Ioan Lord, Aberystwyth
• 'The European Visitors to Wales Project' by Rita Singer of Canolfan Celtaidd
• 'Collecting Welsh Place Names' by James January-McCann of RCAHMW
• 'Unlocking a Victorian Photo Album' by Barbara Walker, Derwenlas
• 'Special View of Lampeter Museum' by Selwyn Waters of Lampeter Museum
• 'Ceredigion Off-limits?: the Youth Heritage Project' by Anna Evans of Ceredigion Museum
• '2018 Wales Year of the Sea' by Deanna Groom of the RCAHMW
• 'Five Archaeological Sites' by Christopher Catling (Secretary) of RCAHMW
• 'Ceredigion Museum for the 21^st Century' by Carrie Canham (Curator of Ceredigion Museum)
• 'Wales on the Map' by Mike Parker
• 'Finding Welsh Battles' by Scott Lloyd of the RCAHMW
• 'The Great War and Aberystwyth' by William Troughton of NLW
• 'Walford: Sir Henry Walford Davies, musician' by Frank Bott, Aberystwyth
• 'Cynefin: the Welsh tithe map project' Cynefin Project, NLW
• 'The Old College Project' by Dr Eva De Visscher of Aberystwyth University
• 'Caring for Chapels and Churches' by Judith Alfrey of Cadw, & Susan Fielding of RCAHMW
• 'Welsh Costume: Myth and Reality' by Michael Freeman (President)
• 'Looking at Machynlleth: Naws y Lle - a sense of place' by Barbara Walker, Derwenlas
• 'Welsh Slate and World Heritage' by Louise Barker of RCAHMW
• 'Appreciating our Stained Glass Heritage' by Martin Crampin of CAWCS
• 'Aberystwyth Castle' by David Browne of RCAHMW
• 'Urban Tree Cover' by Dafydd Fryer, Natural Resources Wales
• 'War Memorials: creating a photographic record' by Iain Wright of RCAHMW
• '"What's in a Name?": the Great Welsh Place-name Hunt' by Tom Pert of RCAHMW
• 'Derwenlas' by Barbara Walker of Derwenlas
• 'Ceredigion Museum - Past, Present, and Future' by Carrie Canham of Ceredigion Museum
• 'Borth Delights' by RCAHMW Community Archaeologists
• 'The Coastal Lime-kilns of Ceredigion' by Richard Lewis
• 'Aberystwyth and World War I' by Gwyn Jenkins of Talybont
• 'The Future of the Past: LiDAR (Light Detecting & Ranging), Archaeology and Landscape History' by Oliver Davis of RCAHMW
• 'The Duke of Newcastle and Hafod 1832-46' by Emeritus Professor Colin Eldridge of Lampeter
• 'Aberystwyth Regeneration Area' by Steffan Roberts of the Welsh Government
• 'The Welsh Patagonia' by Aled Rhys of Llanbadarn Fawr
• 'Architectural Photography in Wales from film to digital record' by Iain Wright of RCAHMW
• 'Tomorrow's Houses: Sustainability, Regulation and Regeneration' by Janet Sanders, Reegen Ltd, Aberystwyth
• 'Joseph Parry' by Frank Bott, Aberystwyth
• 'Old College: Architecture and Geology'
• 'Forging Links with the Past: the Metal Links Project & Community Archeaology' by Sam Williams & Abby Hunt, Metal Links
• 'Recording Worktown: the Art of Falcon Hildred' by Peter Wakelin of RCAHMW
• 'King Arthur in Wales' by Scott Loyd of RCAHMW
• 'Water Power in Ceredigion' by John Cromptonn of Ystrad Meurig
• 'Industrial Archaeology' by Spencer Smith of RCAHMW
• 'Derwenlas: Its history and images' by Barbara Walker of Derwenlas
• 'Aberystwyth. History and Restoration' Lynda Williams
• 'Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Ceredigion' by Toby Driver of RCAHMW
• 'Townscape Heritage + Alan Cookson's photos of Aberystwyth now and then' by Judith Alfrey, Cadw, Gary Cooper, Ceredigion C.C.
• 'Criminal Photography in Wales' by Richard Ireland, Law Department, UWA
• 'Cardiganshire Geology and Buildings' by Br John Davies, Llandysul
• 'Not above suspicion - the reform of Aberystwyth Corporation 1835' by Micheal Freeman, Ceredigion Museum
• 'Policing in Ceredigion' by Chief Inspector Robyn Mason
• 'A Photographer in Victorian Wales'
• 'Conservation matters: Aberystwyth Town Improvement Grant (TIG) scheme'
• 'Aberystwyth municipal cemetery'
• 'History in your hand: Using mobile devices in Historical interpretation'
• 'Aberystwyth Chapels yesterday and today'
• 'Aberystwyth and World War One'
• 'Lecture: Unknown Aberystwyth'
• 'History in your hand: Using mobile devices in historical interpretation'
• 'Treasures beneath the waves: Marine archaeology in Wales'
• 'History of events and entertainment on Aberystwyth promenade'
• 'Archaeology and the landscape: The Strata Florida project'
• 'Spirit of the Miners: Mining heritage in Ceredigion'
• 'Maritime Heritage: Cardiganshire Shipwrecks' an illustrated talk
• 'Aberystwyth' an illustrated talk
• 'The Physicians of Myddfai'
• 'Architecture of Ceredigion the Pevsner view'
• 'Blaenavon; the World Heritage Site'
• 'Listing Buildings in Ceredigion'
• 'Houses of the Welsh Countryside'
• 'Caring for the Canal Heritage'
• 'Spirit of the Miners'
• 'Wales and Italy from the Air'