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Trade in Swansea

As the ‘Swansea Market’ series starts this week on BBC One Wales, this collection of images shows the trading life of the city over the years.

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Swansea Bay

This collection of images celebrates the varied life of Swansea Bay from the mid 19th century to the present, from the busy docks of Port Talbot to The Mumbles.

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Cockle Industry in South West Wales

This collection of images observes the cockle industry in the South West Wales area in the 20th century.

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The 'Three-Night Blitz'

Images from the South Wales Evening Post of the aftermath of the sustained bombing of Swansea in February 1941.

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To celebrate the ‘This is Swansea’ series of programming on BBC One Wales this month take a look at how Swansea has been captured on film across the years. This collection of photographs spans many lo...

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Public and Commercial Buildings, Falcon Hildred
By RCAHMW
Added 10/10/2012
Many Welsh public and commercial buildings are vulnerable to redevelopment. The artist Falcon Hildred has captured many that have been under threat. His documen...
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Henry Morton Stanley
By prestatynhistory
Added 16/07/2012
Sources about H M Stanley
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Items 4

Diwylliant Cymru
By Lora
Added 21/01/2013
Diwyllaint Cymru
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Items 6

History and Mystery
By Head4Arts
Added 29/04/2013
History and Mystery was an arts and heritage project that explored Merthyr's early medival history. It involved a series of field trips, backstage museum visit...
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Protest to save Capel Celyn
By GatheringTheJewels
Added 19/04/2010
Photographs taken by the photo-journalist Geoff Charles of the protest held in Liverpool against the drowning of the Tryweryn Valley, 21 November, 1956.
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Llandow Airfield - Past and Present
By RCAHMW
Added 03/08/2012
Llandow airfield was first built in 1937, but its wartime use began in 1940 as an Aircraft Storage Unit. After the war it was a dispersal site for aircraft that...
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