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Articles: A History of Doll-Making: A Welsh Perspective
10 August 2012[image: Anti-suffragette voodoo doll]
Amgueddfa Cymru houses a fine collection of dolls dating from around 1800 to 2000. Made from a range of different materials, they all possess some link to Wales. From early wooden examples to contemporary plastic figures, the development of doll-making can be traced from simple, home-made items to mass-produced factory goods.
Articles: A new discovery within an old instrument: was the Welsh crwth unique in possessing two soundboxes?
2 April 2012[image: crwth]
Amgueddfa Cymru is fortunate enough to house one of only three surviving authentic Welsh crwths in Britain. Does the discovery of a hidden aperture make the crwth unique amongst bowed instruments by having two soundboxes?
Articles: 'This beast of a pitch': Keeping the Green, Green Grass of Wales at the Millenium Stadium, Cardiff
16 March 2012[image: Millenium Stadium turf]
Lee Evans, the Head Groundsman at the Millennium Stadium, talks about his job.
Articles: Drinking punch in the eighteenth century
28 January 2011Articles: 'Plygain' Singing - A Christmas Custom
9 December 2010
Articles
Articles: A History of Doll-Making: A Welsh Perspective
10 August 2012[image: Anti-suffragette voodoo doll]
Amgueddfa Cymru houses a fine collection of dolls dating from around 1800 to 2000. Made from a range of different materials, they all possess some link to Wales. From early wooden examples to contemporary plastic figures, the development of doll-making can be traced from simple, home-made items to mass-produced factory goods.
Articles: A new discovery within an old instrument: was the Welsh crwth unique in possessing two soundboxes?
2 April 2012[image: crwth]
Amgueddfa Cymru is fortunate enough to house one of only three surviving authentic Welsh crwths in Britain. Does the discovery of a hidden aperture make the crwth unique amongst bowed instruments by having two soundboxes?
Articles: 'This beast of a pitch': Keeping the Green, Green Grass of Wales at the Millenium Stadium, Cardiff
16 March 2012[image: Millenium Stadium turf]
Lee Evans, the Head Groundsman at the Millennium Stadium, talks about his job.
Articles: Drinking punch in the eighteenth century
28 January 2011Articles: 'Plygain' Singing - A Christmas Custom
9 December 2010
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Galleries: Cwm Carn Community Dresser 2008/9
6 November 2008[image: Cwm Carn Boxing Club thumbnail]
The third group we worked with for the Community Dresser was from Cwm Carn Boxing Club, near Newbridge