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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

 

All meetings start at 7 p.m.

** Please Note: Our first meeting on 19th September takes place at St. Elvan’s Church **
Please use the Contact Us button on our home page if you require further details.
The address of the Cynon Valley Museum is Depot Rd, Gadlys, Aberdare, CF44 8DL