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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The photograph "Conti brothers outside first café in Ystradgynlais" from our website is featured in the @britishlibrary.bsky.social Discovering Historical Sources KS3/GCSE resource on migration to Britain, 1750–1900.

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Some impressive gymnastic moves! Alan Player helping youth club members to tumble over a pommel horse. Taibach Youth Centre, Port Talbot (now Taibach Community Education Centre), likely 1970s. Photo: Hannah Player / Taibach Community Education: Past to Present bit.ly/GymnasticsTa...

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Our Summer newsletter is here! Stories, photos, and updates celebrating our users and contributors. bit.ly/NLSummer25 Not subscribed? Sign up: www.peoplescollection.wales/newsletter

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Throwback to when window displays looked like this. Photo: Pioneer Stores, Cemaes Via: Elgan bit.ly/PioneersStores #History #Archives

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Now retired and living in Ffostrasol, Ceredigion, Dennis shared his memories as part of the West Wales Veterans Archive. His collection includes personal photos, objects and a filmed interview about his military service. bit.ly/DennisPikes

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Dennis Pikes was born in 1932 in Herefordshire and served with the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. He completed a long and arduous tour in Korea from 1951 to 1952, patrolling the front line and facing intense conditions.

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

The beautiful windows of Pantperthog Chapel Photo taken in 2011. Via Julia Gunn / ceinwsarchive bit.ly/Pantperthog2... #WindowsWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Pentre Ifan is the largest and best-preserved Neolithic dolmen in Wales. Its massive capstone, weighing around 16 tons, rests on three upright stones. Photo: Carys Morgan bit.ly/PentreIfanPe... #TombTuesday

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

This isn’t just any old pelican, this is Pete the Pelican! Photographer Douglas Davies won a certificate of merit in the Wallace Heaton photographic competition with this shot, awarded on 6 February 1954. Photo via Nichola Rees bit.ly/PetePelican #Photography #History #Wales

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

This photograph shows Blaenffos Chapel, Pembrokeshire, being reopened by its oldest member following renovation works in 2005. But we don’t have the names of the people in the photograph. Can you help us put names to faces? Photo: Lon Vaughan bit.ly/BlaenffosChap #AdoorableThursday

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Royal House is a medieval building situated on Penrallt Street, Machynlleth. It is said that Dafydd Gam was imprisoned here from 1404 to 1412 for attempting to assassinate Owain Glyndŵr. Photo: W.H.S. & S.LTD London 16763-38 / Ray Gunn / ceinwsarchive bit.ly/RHMachynlleth #history #archives

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A view 'over the top' for the soldiers of the 2nd Monmouthshire Regiment in the trenches at Le Bizet, April 1915. bit.ly/LeBizet2nd 📷 The Royal Welsh Museum / Byrde Evelyn

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

How’s this for #WindowWednesday? St Paul’s WWI Memorial Stained Glass Window. Photo: Richard Watkins bit.ly/StPaulsWW1

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Chambered tomb at Tŷ Illtud, near Llanfrynach It's named after Illtud, an early medieval saint, and features incised graffiti, possibly dating back to that time. Photo: @rcahmwales.bsky.social bit.ly/TombTyIlltud #TombTuesday

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

The Albion Colliery at Cilfynydd, near Pontypridd, was the scene of one of the worst mining disasters in Britain. On 23 June 1894 a massive explosion killed 281 men and boys. A further explosion on 10 November 1906 killed six men.

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

John later served on HMS Khedive (D62), an assault carrier. He saw action in the Aegean (1944), South France (1944), East Indies (1945), and Burma (1945) campaigns. #WW2 #NavalHistory #Veteran Photos: Photograph Collection of W.E. Bowen. / Roy bit.ly/JohnGWilliams

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

John joined HMS Prince of Wales at the start of WW2. In August 1941, he witnessed the secret Atlantic Charter meeting between Churchill and Roosevelt, which set out the Allied aims for the war and peace. #WW2

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

John Glanville Williams, Able Seaman, Royal Navy. Served on HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Khedive during WW2. His story includes secret wartime meetings, survival, and service. A thread 👇 #WW2 #Wales #NavalHistory

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Who remembers the Odeon cinema in Llandudno? It was sold in 1969 and renamed the Astra. Here’s a photo of the café from the 1950s. bit.ly/CafesConwy Photo: Conwy Archives #Archives #Wales #History

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Someone has long legs! 🏖️ Ellen on the beach at Tenby c. 1959 bit.ly/EllenTenby Photo: Barry Clark / The Maritime Archive #wales #history #seaside

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

We wouldn’t say no to an ice cream in this weather! Best friends enjoying an ice cream in Holyhead, c.1965. bit.ly/BFFIceCream Photo: Anglesey Archives #Archives #Wales #History

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Who remembers Cole's Corner Cafe in Saundersfoot? ☕ bit.ly/Pembrokeshir... Photo: Pembrokeshire Archives #archives #history #wales

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Bertha and Charles (Carlo) Deschoolmeester and their children, originally from Ostend in Belgium. They arrived in West Wales as refugees in December 1914. Initially, they were hosted in Llanegwad, but later they relocated to Abergwili in Carmarthenshire. #history #ww1

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Throwback to when Amlwch on Anglesey had a train station! bit.ly/AmlwchStation Photo: Elgan #train #history #wales

Black and white photograph of Amlwch railway station. The platform runs alongside a single railway track. The station building has a pitched roof and decorative supports. A wooden bench and flower beds can be seen on the platform. Houses and cars are visible in the background.

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Opened in 1960, Alfredo’s Restaurant in Conwy was one of the first Italian restaurants in North Wales! bit.ly/CafesConwy Photo: Conwy Archives #Archives #History #Conwy

A black-and-white photo of a street scene featuring the Alfredo Restaurant and other traditional buildings in Conwy.

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

No paper plates at this picnic! Can you help us identify where this photograph may have been taken? The location may be around the Barry area. Photo: Barry Library / Jim Davies bit.ly/picnicbarrylib #InternationalPicnicDay

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Edwardian hospitality on Llandudno pier! 📷Conwy Archives 🔗 bit.ly/CafesConwy

Four individuals in historical attire, including aprons, standing on a wooden porch beside a bench, with a background featuring parts of a vintage building.

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

If you'd visited Menai Bridge in the early 1900s, you might have popped into the Menai Café for a panad. We wonder if the passenger in the horse and cart did the same? 🍵 For more photographs and postcards like this, visit Anglesey Archives gallery. 👇 bit.ly/AngleseyArch...

Vintage postcard depicting a street scene with the Menai Café visible, a horse-drawn carriage, and several pedestrians, set in a quaint town with lush trees and a distant church spire.

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Spot the smiley face! 🙂 Holyhead Road, Upper Bangor, 1908 📷Wickens Professional Photographer (via Welshgen) 🔗 bit.ly/HolyheadRoad...

Vintage black-and-white postcard of Holyhead Road in Upper Bangor, showing a quiet street lined with brick buildings and a person walking on the sidewalk.

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

An ice cream by the beach at The Mermaid Café, Saundersfoot, in 1965! What’s your favourite flavour of ice cream?🍦 bit.ly/Pembrokeshir... For more photographs, visit Pembrokeshire Archives gallery. 👆

Black and white photo of people seated at an outdoor cafe named The Mermaid Cafe, with tables under umbrellas. Several individuals are visible; some sitting, others standing.

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Join us and CILIP Cymru Wales for a free webinar exploring the Decolonisation Toolkit. 📅02/07/25 🕥10:30 - 12:00 The toolkit supports inclusive ways of collecting and sharing history. It helps users recognise bias, add context, and include missing voices. 👇 www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Afternoon tea at Dorothy Café in Cardiff must have felt like quite the treat back in the day. 🍰 See more photos like this in @glamarchives.bsky.social gallery. 👇 bit.ly/GlamorganArc...

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

How have cafés and restaurants changed over the years? We’re exploring photographs from Wales’ past, starting with The Argosy Café in Saundersfoot from the 1960s. Do you remember it looking like this? You can find more photographs like this in Pembrokeshire Archives gallery.👇 bit.ly/Pembrokeshir...

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Since 1922, young people in Wales have conveyed a powerful Message of Peace and Goodwill to the world through the Urdd. The first message was sent by Reverend Gwilym Davies, a pacifist from Cwm Rhymni who played a key role in establishing the Welsh Union of the League of Nations and UNESCO.

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People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Shwmae Bluesky! We’ll be sharing stories, photos and memories of Wales and its people. Follow us for stories and glimpses of Welsh life through the years. Here’s a lovely photo of Megan Morris and Phena Jones at Ceinws. 👉 bit.ly/MeganandPhena 📷 Louie Morris / Julia Gunn / ceinwsarchive

Megan Morris and Phena Jones are sat smiling on a low wall outside a house. They’re dressed in traditional Welsh costume, including tall black hats, shawls, aprons, and long skirts. One wears a red shawl and the other a checked one. Flowers and a white garden wall are visible behind them.

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