LECTURE PROGRAMME 2024–2025
Autumn 2024 | |||
Date | Lecture Title | Speaker | Venue |
Thursday 19 September | A.G.M. followed by a film: Aberdare, Queen of the Hills | Robert Jones | St. Elvan’s Church, Mezzanine Floor |
Thursday 17 October | The South Wales Tornado of 1913 | Keith Jones | Cynon Valley Museum |
Thursday 21 November | ***CHANGE*** Bruce of the Hymalaya (youngest son of 1st Baron Aberdare) |
Alan Vernon Jones | Cynon Valley Museum |
Thursday 19 December | The Albion Colliery Disaster | Alun Caffery | Cynon Valley Museum |
2025 | |||
Thursday 16 January | Voices of 1842. Stories Behind Child Labour in Wales |
Ben Price | Cynon Valley Museum |
Thursday 20 February | Important Graves in Penderyn Churchyard | Siscelia Morgan | Cynon Valley Museum |
Thursday 20 March | Clothing in the American Revolution and Welsh Links | Irene Bool | Cynon Valley Museum |
Thursday 17 April | Mother Shepherd and the Salvation Army in Aberdare | Lisa Powell | Cynon Valley Museum |
Thursday 15 May | Hirwaun Station and the Railway | Lyn James | Cynon Valley Museum |
Thursday 19 June | Llanwynno Church | Edwyn Parry | Cynon Valley Museum |