ABERYSTWYTH and District Civic Society
Cymdeithas Ddinesig ABERYSTWYTH a'r Cylch

Programme

2025 Programme

January 9^th: History of Dentistry; by Siôn Griffiths
March 13^th Cancelled: Aberystwyth Buses --- Talk Cancelled; by Tony Moyse
May 8^th: Aberystwyth University Archives; by Julie Archer
July 10^th: Heritage Crime; by Bethan Poyser
September 11^st: Temperance Taverns - Public Coffee Houses; by Nigel Callaghan
November 13^th: The Richardeses of Plas Penglais; by Caroline Palmer

Venue for all meetings:
The Octagon (upstairs) of the St Paul Methodist Centre Corner of Queens Road and Bath Street
At 7:30pm.

Everyone welcome
Non-members are asked to contribute £3 for each talk attended
Membership fee for the year £10 (£12 for a couple)

Talks from previous years have included:

'History of the Buildings along Llanbadarn' Road by Michael Freeman
'Famous Aberystwyth Women' by Llinos Dafis
'Welsh Historic Place Names' by James January-McCann
'The Old College Project' by Jim O’Rourk
'History of the Aberystwyth Salvation Army' by Ray Hobbin and Mark Mainwaring
'Penglais Nature Park' by Len Kersley
'John Nash, Architect of Genius - and a Welshman. His Life and Work in West Wales' by Richard Suggett
'Aberystwyth Lifeboats' by David Jenkins
'Masterplan for Aberystwyth' by Efa Lois of Hughes Architects
'‘Baffling!’: Béla Bartók in Aberystwyth' by Rhian Davies
'Poison, Prison and Protest: Some Local Legal Discoveries' by Richard Ireland
'Plans of Aberystwyth Buildings' by Helen Palmer
'The most unforgettable character I ever knew' by Peter Henley
'Aberystwyth Cemetery and Town' by Michael Freeman
'Heritage Angels Wales - 2018' by Christopher Catling of the RCAHMW
'The Old College Project' by Jim O’Rouke
'By air, land and sea: surveying the coastline of Wales' by Daniel Hunt of the CHERISH Project
'Llawrycwmbach' by Anna Evans of Ceredigion Museum
'Cwm Rheidol and its Mines' by Ioan Lord, Aberystwyth
'The European Visitors to Wales Project' by Rita Singer of Canolfan Celtaidd
'Collecting Welsh Place Names' by James January-McCann of RCAHMW
'Unlocking a Victorian Photo Album' by Barbara Walker, Derwenlas
'Special View of Lampeter Museum' by Selwyn Waters of Lampeter Museum
'Ceredigion Off-limits?: the Youth Heritage Project' by Anna Evans of Ceredigion Museum
'2018 Wales Year of the Sea' by Deanna Groom of the RCAHMW
'Five Archaeological Sites' by Christopher Catling (Secretary) of RCAHMW
'Ceredigion Museum for the 21^st Century' by Carrie Canham (Curator of Ceredigion Museum)
'Wales on the Map' by Mike Parker
'Finding Welsh Battles' by Scott Lloyd of the RCAHMW
'The Great War and Aberystwyth' by William Troughton of NLW
'Walford: Sir Henry Walford Davies, musician' by Frank Bott, Aberystwyth
'Cynefin: the Welsh tithe map project' Cynefin Project, NLW
'The Old College Project' by Dr Eva De Visscher of Aberystwyth University
'Caring for Chapels and Churches' by Judith Alfrey of Cadw, & Susan Fielding of RCAHMW
'Welsh Costume: Myth and Reality' by Michael Freeman (President)
'Looking at Machynlleth: Naws y Lle - a sense of place' by Barbara Walker, Derwenlas
'Welsh Slate and World Heritage' by Louise Barker of RCAHMW
'Appreciating our Stained Glass Heritage' by Martin Crampin of CAWCS
'Aberystwyth Castle' by David Browne of RCAHMW
'Urban Tree Cover' by Dafydd Fryer, Natural Resources Wales
'War Memorials: creating a photographic record' by Iain Wright of RCAHMW
'"What's in a Name?": the Great Welsh Place-name Hunt' by Tom Pert of RCAHMW
'Derwenlas' by Barbara Walker of Derwenlas
'Ceredigion Museum - Past, Present, and Future' by Carrie Canham of Ceredigion Museum
'Borth Delights' by RCAHMW Community Archaeologists
'The Coastal Lime-kilns of Ceredigion' by Richard Lewis
'Aberystwyth and World War I' by Gwyn Jenkins of Talybont
'The Future of the Past: LiDAR (Light Detecting & Ranging), Archaeology and Landscape History' by Oliver Davis of RCAHMW
'The Duke of Newcastle and Hafod 1832-46' by Emeritus Professor Colin Eldridge of Lampeter
'Aberystwyth Regeneration Area' by Steffan Roberts of the Welsh Government
'The Welsh Patagonia' by Aled Rhys of Llanbadarn Fawr
'Architectural Photography in Wales from film to digital record' by Iain Wright of RCAHMW
'Tomorrow's Houses: Sustainability, Regulation and Regeneration' by Janet Sanders, Reegen Ltd, Aberystwyth
'Joseph Parry' by Frank Bott, Aberystwyth
'Old College: Architecture and Geology'
'Forging Links with the Past: the Metal Links Project & Community Archeaology' by Sam Williams & Abby Hunt, Metal Links
'Recording Worktown: the Art of Falcon Hildred' by Peter Wakelin of RCAHMW
'King Arthur in Wales' by Scott Loyd of RCAHMW
'Water Power in Ceredigion' by John Cromptonn of Ystrad Meurig
'Industrial Archaeology' by Spencer Smith of RCAHMW
'Derwenlas: Its history and images' by Barbara Walker of Derwenlas
'Aberystwyth. History and Restoration' Lynda Williams
'Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Ceredigion' by Toby Driver of RCAHMW
'Townscape Heritage + Alan Cookson's photos of Aberystwyth now and then' by Judith Alfrey, Cadw, Gary Cooper, Ceredigion C.C.
'Criminal Photography in Wales' by Richard Ireland, Law Department, UWA
'Cardiganshire Geology and Buildings' by Br John Davies, Llandysul
'Not above suspicion - the reform of Aberystwyth Corporation 1835' by Micheal Freeman, Ceredigion Museum
'Policing in Ceredigion' by Chief Inspector Robyn Mason
'A Photographer in Victorian Wales'
'Conservation matters: Aberystwyth Town Improvement Grant (TIG) scheme'
'Aberystwyth municipal cemetery'
'History in your hand: Using mobile devices in Historical interpretation'
'Aberystwyth Chapels yesterday and today'
'Aberystwyth and World War One'
'Lecture: Unknown Aberystwyth'
'History in your hand: Using mobile devices in historical interpretation'
'Treasures beneath the waves: Marine archaeology in Wales'
'History of events and entertainment on Aberystwyth promenade'
'Archaeology and the landscape: The Strata Florida project'
'Spirit of the Miners: Mining heritage in Ceredigion'
'Maritime Heritage: Cardiganshire Shipwrecks' an illustrated talk
'Aberystwyth' an illustrated talk
'The Physicians of Myddfai'
'Architecture of Ceredigion the Pevsner view'
'Blaenavon; the World Heritage Site'
'Listing Buildings in Ceredigion'
'Houses of the Welsh Countryside'
'Caring for the Canal Heritage'
'Spirit of the Miners'
'Wales and Italy from the Air'