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John Williams Hughes and the Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War saw drew support and sympathy from around the world. The affinity between the miners of South Wales and the Republican cause is well known, but the story of one volunteer from Anglesey - John Williams Hughes - is perhaps less so.

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  • Autographs from Captain Scott's 1910 Antarctic Expedition.

  • Autographs from Captain Scott's 1910 Antarctic Expedition.

  • Date added 08/09/2011
  • Scott's 1910-13 British Antarctic Expedition captured the imagination of the British public, most especially when the expedition ship, the Terra Nova, returned to Cardiff from the South without Scott and four of his companions. The autographs of the expedition members were much sought after.
  • Captain Scott sails from Cardiff

  • Captain Scott sails from Cardiff

  • Date added 21/09/2011
  • On 15 June 1910 a large, excited and noisy crowd cheered a heavily laden ship as she left the Roath Basin in Cardiff's docklands. SS Terra Nova was headed south - to Antarctica.
  • Durga

  • Durga

  • Date added 21/09/2011
  • Durga is the invincible Mother Goddess, riding a lion into battle. Created by the Gods when evil threatened the Universe, she is 'Shakti' the divine power to stand against, absorb and fight dark forces. Throughout worship, known as Puja, Hindu people celebrate the defeat of evil by Durga.
  • Foreign workers in the Welsh coalfields

  • Foreign workers in the Welsh coalfields

  • Date added 05/09/2011
  • Following the Second World War, the demand for coal was high and generally rising. Post-war recovery and growth demanded cheap and abundant energy that could only come from coal. There was an urgent need to recruit more miners. One source for these was among the thousands of Europeans who had to flee their home countries during the War.
  • John Williams Hughes and the Spanish Civil War

  • John Williams Hughes and the Spanish Civil War

  • Date added 21/09/2011
  • The Spanish Civil War saw drew support and sympathy from around the world. The affinity between the miners of South Wales and the Republican cause is well known, but the story of one volunteer from Anglesey - John Williams Hughes - is perhaps less so.

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