Venue for all meetings (unless notified otherwise):
Salvation Army Citadel - 2 Alexandra Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 1LE
Free parking in carparks by Matalan and by M&S / Tesco
Everyone welcome
Refreshments available (donation appreciated)
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 Dentistry' by Siôn Griffiths
- 'Aberystwyth University Archives' by Julie Archer
- 'Aberystwyth Buses' by Tony Moyse
- 'Heritage Crime' by Bethan Poyser
- 'Temperance Taverns - Public Coffee Houses' by Nigel Callaghan
- 'The Richardeses of Plas Penglais' by Caroline Palmer
- '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 21st 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'