Category: News

It has been a busy and in some ways an unexpected start to the New Year. Visitor totals have remained at a high level, with particular interest being shown in Robert Everett and Hedd Wyn, as always. The piece in the Welsh Country Magazine this month was about Charles Rolls, of Rolls Royce fame, who…

I am still coming to terms with the new website and its special tricks. That is why I am so far behind! Of course work on the Bloody Welsh History volume took some time too but it is time that I gave the websites more attention. Anyway, visitors are still pleasing with double figures every…

Cwm School Records – an Introduction The closure of Cwm schoo lwas the end of a  little piece of history. A place which had been a focal point for  a small community and holding so many  important memories for so many people. My wife’s family all  went there and so did my own children for…

Times change. Issues don’t One of the great fascinations of reading  the log books is the way that you can suddenly be surprised at how contemporary  some of the issues appear to be.  The  same issues appear to have been facing schools for over a century.  Look at some of the examples I have unearthed …