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Colwyn Bay Heritage @colwynbayheritage.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The next FREE Then & Now meeting will be at St. Paul’s Church, Colwyn Bay on Wednesday 9th September at 10.00am. We will be considering its fascinating history, its architecture, and its beautiful memorial windows. Find out more here: shorturl.at/Afo4t #colwynbay #northwales #wales #localhistory

Poster for the next Then & Now meeting will be at St. Paul’s Church, Colwyn Bay on Wednesday 9th September. St Paul’s is one of the most significant buildings in the town and our meeting provides a unique opportunity for us to explore in detail its contribution to the development of Colwyn Bay over the years.

We will be considering its fascinating history, its architecture, and its beautiful memorial windows with Buzz Squires, who was secretary of the church for many years. The heritage group’s Secretary, Gemma Campbell, will also introduce us to the links between the church and the Erskine family.

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Dioni Holiday Cottages @dionicottages.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

From The Great Pottery Throw Down to the shores of Gwynedd! 🏺 Read our chat with local ceramicist Jane Williams on how the Welsh landscape inspires her pottery - plus her favourite hidden-gem walk in Dyffryn Ardudwy. 👇 Read the spotlight: www.dioni.co.uk/local-artist...

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Cloud Head @cloudhead.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Beautifully grey in Colwyn Bay

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Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

📚️Catalog Newydd! 📚️ Rydym wrth ein boddau yn rhannu ein catalog Hydref Gaeaf 2026! Ewch ati i bori drwy'r llyfrau y byddwn yn eu cyhoeddi cyn hir, gan gynnwys llyfrau gan Samuel Parry, T. Robin Chapman, @jerryhunter.bsky.social, @bethanscorey.bsky.social a llawer mwy! www.uwp.co.uk/app/uploads/...

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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

📚️ New Catalogue! 📚️ We are so excited to share our Autumn Winter 2026 catalogue! Follow the link below to browse our fascinating upcoming titles 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/app/uploads/... Including titles by @rachelcordasco.bsky.social, @knick666.bsky.social, @bodhisattvac.bsky.social ... (1/2)

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Glamorgan Archives Archifau Morgannwg @glamarchives.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This photograph was taken 100 years ago, in 1926. It shows members of the Treharris and District Central Relief Committee. The Committee worked to raised funds to provide food and other necessities to miners and their families during the long coal strike of that year.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

#MosaicMonday this fishy theme was popular in homes all over the #Roman world. Central panel (emblema) from a mosaic showing #marine life. Populonia. Tuscany, #Italy Collection: British Museum. #Art #Artwork #History

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Colwyn Bay Heritage @colwynbayheritage.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In August 1953 Colwyn Bay celebrated the Coronation and also the Golden Jubilee of the Colwyn Bay Horticultural Society with a huge two-day show. It was supported by many organisations. Thousands attended and it didn’t rain! #colwynbay #northwales #wales #localhistory #gardening

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Colwyn Bay Horticultural Society - Colwyn Bay Heritage Group

Colwyn Bay Horticultural Society prides itself on an unbroken existence since 1903.

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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

“Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future." But also, we see THEIR future, don’t we? My mum And my dad #FamilyHistory

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Colwyn Bay Heritage @colwynbayheritage.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Such a striking building. "The Town Hall was originally the magistrates courts. The courts closed in the 1990s and became the Council Chamber and offices of the then newly established Bay of Colwyn Town Council."

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Police Station And Town Hall, Rhiw Road - Colwyn Bay Heritage Group

The Police Station and Town Hall were built in 1905-7 by Walter Wiles, the county architect of Denbighshire.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Mesopotamian Elephant, 3400-3000 BCE

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Wishing everyone in Penmaenmawr & Conwy area well tonight - stay safe 🤞. Such challenging drought conditions with this added wind www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Villagers urged to evacuate due to wildfire on Conwy Mountain

Firefighters were working in "challenging conditions" in order to contain the blaze.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

#FindsFriday The figurehead & sections of wood from the schooner Alice Williams still grace the barn/dining room on beautiful Skokholm Island in Pembrokeshire, after the ship was wrecked on the island's treacherous rocks in 1928. Recorded during our new fieldwork: coflein.gov.uk/en/sites/273...

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Wrecked Fish Shop, 1941, following the Swansea blitz, painting by Will Evans, Welsh artist.

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Gwent Archives @gwentarchives.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This is a new accession to Gwent Archives which shows the sale of Nevill Hall and all the estates of the Marquiss of Abergavenny in September 1916.

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Adam & Eve 🍎 This gorgeous gravestone depicts a very grumpy-looking Adam & Eve, the serpent and the fall of man 🐍 It commemorates the lives of Anne Thomas (d.1796) and her husband John (d.1808) 🪦 📍St Jerome's Church • Llangwm Uchaf ⛪️ #Wales #History

A weathered gravestone covered in green moss.

The top features a relief carving of Adam and Eve standing beside the Tree of Knowledge, with a serpent coiled around the trunk.

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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

From the Rijksmuseum collection, how about this neat 17th century travel case for your miniature skull. Just the thing I need, a shame they don't sell them in the gift shop ..

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Coastal fog or sea-fret moving back to the coast this morning on Bae Ceredigion/Cardigan Bay, seen from home Have a great Thursday folks 🌞🔥

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Ancient Egyptian hedgehog shaped pottery vessel 🦔❤️ Dated c. 1539-1292 BC. Ashmolean Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small, rounded, red polished pottery vessel shaped like a hedgehog. It has a globular body, resting on four short, stubby feet. The clay is a warm reddish-brown with a smooth surface with dark painted details. The hedgehog’s face projects from the front of the vessel with a pointed snout. The almond shaped eyes, and large round ears are painted dark brown/black. Around the face there are short, dark, painted lines suggesting spines. The face is framed on either side of the vessel by curving moulded lines painted dark brown perhaps suggesting the animal’s spines or foliage habitat. A short, cylindrical spout rises from the top of the vessel above the head, serving as an opening for pouring. There is a small handle at the back of the spout not seen in my photo. Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.1 x 7.4 cm (length x width x depth). The vessel is on a glass display shelf at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It was excavated at a cemetery at Abydos and was allocated to the Ashmolean Museum by the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1900.

Hedgehogs had protective associations in ancient Egypt. Because they curl into a spiny ball and prey on snakes and scorpions, they were regarded as apotropaic (protective) animals. Hedgehog-shaped vessels are thought to have held liquids such as oils, perfumes, milk, or water and are frequently found in funerary contexts, suggesting they also had a symbolic role in burials.

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Gabrielle Patterson, UK's 1st woman flying instructor & 1 of "first eight" #WWII Air Transport Auxiliary female #pilots in 1940. She instigated the #AmyJohnson Memorial Fund, in memory of her late #ATA pilot colleague in 1941. b. #OTD 6 Jul 1905 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel...

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

‘Buddo’ - a rare representation of a human figure from the British Neolithic, dating to around 2900-2400 BC. Discovered at Skara Brae in the mid-C19th, it was re-discovered amongst the archaeological collections at Stromness Museum in 2016. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Orkney #Prehistory

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

An amazing morning of aerial reconnaissance with the incredible @profaliceroberts.bsky.social filming for her new series #Grounded 🔥 We looked at the course of the Roman campaigns in Eryri/Snowdonia & their impacts on the local tribes.. Great piloting by Dan at Caernarfon Airport 🚁👌 #RCAHMW

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Celebrity Charity Cinema @celebcharitycinema.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

MICHAEL PALIN ⭐️ & TERRY GILLIAM ⭐️ sign A FISH 🐟 for charity National Brain Appeal 🧠 + Signed by CAROL CLEVELAND ⭐️ + SUZY IZZARD ⭐️ + Big thanks to sculptor #NickElphick ⭐️ @ Colwyn Bay Terry Jones ⭐ statue unveiling event 25/4/26 Video🎥here👉> youtu.be/5aA2j-W4nAk @colwynbayheritage.bsky.social

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It's the only #BlueSky day that counts 🧐 #HillfortsWednesday 🍻 Walk with me into the giant (13.6m diameter 😮) excavated roundhouse inside Dinas Dinlle coastal fort, Gwynedd - which is currently being lost to the waves An incredible Roman-period home by the sea 🌊 🎥 My own, yesterday

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This seems appropriate for ta summer's day and also for the Somme anniversary. Poppies at Raskelf near Easingwold. Image Chris Combe CC BY 2.0

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Washing line painted by Beatrice Williams, Welsh artist.

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Seaside Heritage Network @seasidenetwork.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Happy #nationalseasideday! Today we launch our 4th annual #bucketandspade list awards. You can vote for your favourite seaside attraction from our list of top ten nominations - #tinsidelido #shellgrotto #harbourbar #scarborough and more! See the full list at seasideheritage.org.uk/bucket-spade...

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Crisp @crisp91.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Archaeological artifacts are precious pieces of humanity’s story. Every coin, tool, inscription, and fragment helps us understand the people who came before us. Protecting and preserving these discoveries ensures future generations can continue uncovering our shared past. 🏺🌍

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Archaeology Site: Mummified Crocodiles Discovery

ALT: Archaeology Site: Mummified Crocodiles Discovery

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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

In Remembrance of all nurses in #ww1 Dorothy Field nursed the soldiers as they started to come into the hospital from the 1st July. #Somme #NursingHistory Dorothy, we will remember you tomorrow and all the other women who played their part. livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/49...

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Aedh MacTire @tine119.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

To continue on the literary theme of last night …. #TombTuesday Maen Ceti ( english name : Arthur’s Stone) Nr Reynoldston , Y Gŵr, Morgannwg ( The Gower, West Glamorgan) www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

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Maen Ceti

Chambered Tomb in West Glamorgan, Wales

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Colwyn Bay Heritage @colwynbayheritage.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The Rhos Fynach is now a charming and much-loved traditional and dog-friendly pub, and is beautifully restored. Six Roman coins were found in an old stone drain in the garden here, so this ancient site must have links back to Roman times. #rhosonsea #northwales #wales #localhistory

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Rhos Fynach (Rhos-on-Sea Heritage Walk) - Colwyn Bay Heritage Group

Six Roman coins in excellent condition dating from the time of Constantine the Great were found in an old stone drain in the garden here, so this ancient site

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Summer storm Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

Farmworkers hurry to cover a hay wagon as a storm breaks, splitting a grey sky with lightning. Set against the dark grey in the foreground are some cheerful fox gloves and other summer plants.

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Dyn Hysbys @dynhysbys.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Beautiful modern stained glass in an ancient church. St. Peter's church, Caerfyrddin. The oldest continually used building in Carmarthenshire and the site of an earlier Celtic church (the churchyard is circular, indicating an ancient site) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #stainedglasssunday

A stained glass window of a branching tree, with a radiating sun towards the top. It's framed by gothic masonry forming three long 'lancet' panes.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle, c.1765, painting by Richard Wilson, 1713/14-82, Welsh artist and leading landscape painter of his generation (Nottingham Castle).

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Happy #StandingStoneSunday to all who celebrate 🍻🥰 The enigmatic circle of Meini Hirion ('long stones', or the 'Druid's Circle' 🤔 in English) high on an ancient mountain trackway overlooking the north Wales coast, Gwynedd 📷 My own, May 2026

Two standing stones on moorland looking out over the sea

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Lisa | Regency Relatives @regencyrelatives.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I've realised over the past few years that I spend far less time looking for new records than I do trying to understand the ones I've already found. That shift has completely changed the way I approach family history, so I've written about it in my latest article 👇 #familyhistory #genealogy

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What Family Historians Can Learn from Professional Historians

One of the biggest misconceptions about history is that historians spend their lives memorising dates and collecting facts. In reality, facts are only the starting point. Historians are interested …

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Colwyn Bay Heritage @colwynbayheritage.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

“The park by the sea”, as Eirias Park was once described, covers 50 acres. The first 27 acres were bought by the council on April 12th, 1921 and the remainder in 1929. The playing fields were officially opened on September 27th, 1923. #colwynbay #northwales #wales #localhistory

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History Of Eirias Park - Colwyn Bay Heritage Group

“The park by the sea” covers 50 acres. The first 27 acres were bought on April 12th, 1921 and the remainder in 1929.

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Society of Genealogists @sogorg.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

📜 Wills & Probate Records Summer School @elsesoggenealogist.bsky.social Discover how wills and probate records can unlock family stories, reconstruct pedigrees + reveal social history. 5-day online course on pre-1858 probate records in Eng & Wales. 13–17 July 2026

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Eelaware @eelaware.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Terry Jones statue in Colwyn Bay, Wales Michael Palin has instructed us all to rub his bum for luck

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Merin 🐾🐕 ⛰️ 🇬🇧🐰 🐐🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🍂🍄🍁🍄‍🟫 @merin31.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Late afternoon walkies 🐾 to Colwyn Bay beach to see the statue of Terry Jones. ☀️ 🥵

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

An interesting read about the 1976 heatwave 🌞 The suggestion that “we all had a wonderful summer and survived” is misleading. It was reported that “200 people a day were apparently dying who would not have died if the weather had been normal”. theconversation.com/the-dangers-... #heatwave

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The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 heatwave

By sentimentalising the summer of 1976, we strip away its lessons.

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Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

#CityOf1000Trades today is this 1903 trade catalogue for James Parkes & Son’s microscopes, telescopes and mathematical equipment works on Vesey Street. Ref – LS 10/P/8 #LibraryofBham

Title at the top of the page is catalogue of microscopes. Below this, an illustration of a microscope. Columns on either side with an Art Nouveau design. Below the illustration are the details of where the factory was located.

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Colwyn Bay Heritage @colwynbayheritage.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Colwyn Bay Football Club is one of Welsh football's most distinguished clubs. The history of the football club is closely connected to the development of Colwyn Bay as it expanded from a small village into the second largest town in North Wales. #colwynbay #northwales #wales #localhistory #football

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Grounds For Hope: Colwyn Bay Football Club Town And People 1881 To 2025 - Colwyn Bay Heritage Group

Extensively researched and published by Arthur Holden with additional material by Aled Williams.

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