Online Talks and Podcasts
Toby Driver U-Tube talk – Archaeology of the Gwent Levels
Blog
This month sees the release of our new publication - Wendy Boston and the Bears. This is a re-issued, updated version of the original 1998 book about the Abergavenny toy industry in the 1950s and 60s, written by two of our current ALHS members. Many people are unaware that there was a local toy industry but its products contributed significantly to UK toy exports as well as to very many British children’s toy boxes. (Has your old soft toy got a Wendy Boston label?) Download your copy here.
You can see a display of Wendy Boston toys and enjoy some happy memories of a wide range of toys in the just-opened Toys Collected exhibition at Abergavenny Museum.
Unusually for March, there are some places remaining to be filled on our Summer Visits. Go to the Visits Page to see the latest availability.
Our collection of YoungALHS pages to the end of 2025 has been put together and you can download your copy here.
Other Organisations' Events in March
More events can always be found on our Facebook page
Merthyr Tydfil and District Historical Society
History Day
7 March 10am – 3pm. All Saints Church, Dowlais. All welcome. £10 including buffet lunch
Talks by Professor Ken Waddington, Debra John and Dr Leon Gooberman.
Booking essential: stevebrewer@hotmail.co.uk https://mtdhs.org.uk/events.html
Brecknock Society and Museum Friends
Sir John Lloyd Lecture: "Soil and Surface": Looking at Landscape through Agricultural Tours of Wales
13 March, 7-8pm. Free, Theatr Brycheiniog
Professor Mary-Ann Constantine takes a new look at the 'Welsh Tour' and considers how the picturesque and the practical collided in agricultural reports commissioned by the government in the 1790s. These 'Statistical Surveys' were designed to improve economic productivity during a period of war and scarcity. Accounts of the journeys undertaken to collect information are fascinating historical documents - not least for what they tell us about moral and aesthetic responses to landscapes and the people who work them. Focused on Breconshire, this talk explores some of the stories behind the statistics. https://www.brecknocksociety.wales/events/sir-john-lloyd-lecture-1
