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What's on during the Easter Holidays at St Fagans?

Large Basket Sale - 29 March until 1 April
CoedLan - trees course
South Wales Craftsmen Market - 23rd March to 4th April
Easter Sunday Dinner - 31st March
fairFairy fair - 23 March only 7 April
to book :
https://t.co/j8aP7uS6NS

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The Big Museum Easter Trail
Hop along to St Fagans and become an Easter Bunny Detective from 29 March–1 April.
Pre-book your trail today, collect it when you arrive, and pick up a chocolatey treat at the end.

https://t.co/r0J2LXrN1D

£4 per trail and suitable for +4 yrs

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St Fagan’s Easter Trail - March 29th -April 1st. https://t.co/cRhXWsOjxB

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The Lambcam is providing hours of interesting activity again at St Fagans, find the link on the Amgueddfa Cymru website.

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Today we had a wonderful talk from Geraint Lewis on Benjamin Britten's War Requiem.The War Requiem was composed in 1961 for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral.This talk was special as he played sections of the music for us to appreciate.

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Remember our visit to St Fagan’s Archives on Feb. 20th. where Deputy Archivist Lowry Jenkins will give a talk. The Photographic Archive has over 200,000 images in its collection.
If you attend you will need to bring your own car as the service to St Fagans has been withdrawn.

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Remember - Feb. 20th, our visit to St Fagans archives and a talk by deputy archivist Lowry Jenkins.

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Our events for the first part of the year:

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Wish people wd stop saying gloomily that it took Tv to get the subpostmasters to the top of the agenda. This is (as Libby Purves has said I think) the real power of arts and drama (expertise that is being starved of funding) Message is: we need to fund the arts.

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@Joannechocolat So sorry to hear this. Hope recovers soon. Xx

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Digging for Britain Episode 3- new series.

1In the first three digs Alice Roberts visits Tintern and the Cadw project there.

2The Goldcliff Living Levels project,

3Excavations at Fonmon Castle with Cardiff Uni. (Seen on BBC news recently.
Also available on IPlayer.

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At the Friends AGM on Sat. Nov 4th. the Chair thanked retiring Board members Roger Gagg, Richard Carter, Peter Morgan and Dorn Swaffield and Events Committee retiring members, Janet Morgan and Trixie Pryce. Heather Graves, Sarah Watkins and Nigel Morgans are co-opted to the Board

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The Wicker Men were burned at Halloween in a triumphant blaze.

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Don’t forget the Friends’ AGM today (4/11/23) at 10.30 followed by a talk from Dr Dafydd Williams who is responsible for curating the development of the Vulcan Pub at St Fagans.

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The Friends had a fascinating g talk today from Professor M Wynn Thomas on A History of Wales in Twelve Poems. He took us through Welsh poetry from the 8th century to the present, accompanied by beautiful linocut illustrations. The large audience thoroughly enjoyed his enthusiasm

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Alarm clock found in Moy Rd. a few days after the disaster. Stopped at the time it was engulfed in slurry and slime

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Around 9.15am on the 21 October 1966, Merthyr Vale Colliery tip collapsed and slid onto the village of Aberfan.

Thousands of tonnes of black coal waste engulfed Pantglas Junior School, and parts of the village, killing 116 children and 28 adults.

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On 21 October 1966, disaster struck the small south Wales mining village of Aberfan

A colliery tip slid down the mountain, engulfing Pantglas Junior School and a row of terraced houses

A total of 116 children and 28 adults were killed.

https://t.co/vcIJqI4CPe

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Saturday October 21st 2023 at 10.30am At National Museum Wales Cardiff in the Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre
The History of Wales in Twelve Poems A talk by Professor M. Wynn Thomas.

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Sat 4th Nov. 10.30am AGM of
Friends Museum Wales
which is taking place in the Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre at
10.30am. followed by a talk by Dr.
Dafydd William, Principal Curator, who has been responsible for curating the rebuilding of the Vulcan Hotel at St. Fagans.