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Nododd yr Archifau 70 mlynedd ers blitz 1941 yn Abertawe gydag arddangosfa yng Nghanolfan Ddinesig Abertawe. Gwelir Cyng. Stuard Rice yn y llun yn siarad â'r rhai a ddaeth i'r lansiad. Wrth i ni gychwyn ar gyfnod o lai o wario ar wasanaethau cyhoeddus, mae'n werth pwyso a mesur sut mae'r gwasanaethau archifau wedi'u trawsnewid dros y degawd diwethaf o lewyrch cymharol. Nid yn unig mae buddsoddi cyfalaf wedi cynhyrchu sawl cyfleuster newydd ledled y DU sy'n diwallu anghenion modern, ond mae consensws cenedlaethol wedi datblygu ymhlith archifwyr a gwneuthurwyr polisïau ynglŷn â’r cyfeiriad cyffredinol a sut y dylem fesur perfformiad wrth gyflawni ein nodau a rennir. Yn 2009, cyhoeddodd yr Archifau Cenedlaethol a Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru Archifau ar gyfer yr 21ain Ganrif, sef
gweledigaeth strategol ar gyfer y sector archifau a fydd yn sylfaen i waith y sector yng Nghymru dros y degawd nesaf. Bydd y gwaith datblygu hwn yn sicr yn digwydd yn erbyn cefndir cyllidebau sy'n aros yr un peth neu sy'n lleihau: sut i gael mwy o lai fydd y brif her i’r Gwasanaeth Archifau yn y blynyddoedd nesaf. Mae gan yr archifau rôl i'w chwarae, fel yr amlinellwyd yn yr adroddiad uchod, wrth lunio ein synnwyr o gymuned a hunaniaeth bersonol a dangoswyd hyn yn arddangosfa'r Gwasanaeth Archifau dros fis i nodi 70 mlynedd ers Blitz Abertawe, a agorwyd yn
ffurfiol gan yr Arglwydd Faer yn nerbynfa Canolfan Ddinesig Abertawe ym mis Chwefror 2011. Denodd yr arddangosfa sylw sylweddol gan y wasg a'r cyfryngau gyda thri recordiad ar wahân i Radio Wales, ffilmio gan S4C ac erthyglau yn y South Wales Evening Post. Roedd y diffeithwch a grëwyd gan y Blitz Tair Noson yng nghanol Abertawe yn rhan o gefndir meddyliol blynyddoedd ffurfiannol cenhedlaeth o drigolion dros y degawd nesaf, sydd nawr yn
70 ac yn 80 oed. Cafodd llawer eu hysgogi i rannu eu sylwadau yn yr arddangosfa a chofnodi eu hatgofion am ddigwyddiadau mis Chwefror 1941 tra bod eraill wedi adrodd straeon teuluol. Mae'r dystiolaeth ysgrifenedig hon wedi ychwanegu at ein casgliad o atgofion. Byddant yn cael eu cadw'n barhaol yn yr archifau ac yn cael eu rhoi ar-lein yng Nghasgliad y Werin Cymru lle gobeithio y bydd mwy o straeon yn cael eu hychwanegu.
DYFYNIADAU O LYFR SYLWADAU ARDDANGOSFA BLITZ ABERTAWE Ar drydedd noson y Blitz, roedden ni’n cysgodi yn y cwtsh dan stâr yn ein tŷ ar Heol Trefansel. Yn sydyn, mewn cyfnod tawel yn ystod y bomio, ymddangosodd cymydog o'r tŷ y tu ôl i ni yn gweiddio 'Mae eich tŷ ar dân!' Roedd bom tân wedi glanio ar y gwely i fyny'r grisiau ac wedi rhoi'r ystafell ar dân ond llwyddodd y cymydog a'm tad i ddiffodd y tân. Viv Denman Ar 19 Chwefror 1941...dechreuodd y larymau ganu a chariodd fy mam-gu fi o Stryd y Gafr i gysgod cyrch awyr Stryd y Castell. Wrth i ni droi'r gornel i Stryd y Castell, roedd sŵn bom tân yn uniongyrchol uwch ein pennau. Aeth fy mam-gu ar ei phengliniau i weddïo a daeth twrw swnllyd iawn o'r tu ôl i ni. Ddigwyddodd gwyrth ac ni ffrwydrodd y bom. Tony Pelosi Rwy'n cofio mynd i gomin Porthcawl a gweld Abertawe ar dân. Roeddem yn poeni'n ofnadwy oherwydd roedd fy mam-gu a'm tad-cu yn byw yn Abertawe ac nid oeddem yn gallu cysylltu â hwy. Roedd car gennym ac aethom i Abertawe i weld a oeddent yn iawn; trwy lwc roeddent yno, ond roedd sawl stryd ar gau ac roedd gwydr wedi torri a malurion ym mhob man yng nghanol y ddinas. Philip Rogers Ym 1941, roeddwn yn byw yn 31 Cilgant Teilo, Mayhill. Lladdwyd fy nhad yno, bomiwyd ein tŷ a'r unig bethau oedd gennym oedd y pethau roeddem yn eu gwisgo. Fi a'm mam oedd yr unig 2 allan o 3 thŷ i oroesi. Ddydd Iau 20 Chwefror 1941 oedd hwnnw. Roeddwn yn un ar ddeg oed ar 22 Chwefror. Barbara Davies Roeddwn yn 9 oed yn ystod y Blitz. Roedd fy mam yn gweithio yn y ffatri ffrwydron rhyfel ym Mhen-y-bont-ar-Ogwr. Buom yn cysgodi yn y cwtsh dan stâr yn ein tŷ yn Heol y Cwm, yr Hafod. Yn ystod cyfnod o fomio, cafodd y stryd ei chwalu a chollasom ein cymdogion. Ni fyddaf byth yn anghofio’r tair noson honno. Evelyn Farthing Ar ddechrau'r bomio, roeddwn bron yn 4 oed ac yn byw gyda'm tad-cu a'm dau frawd yn Nheras Clarence. Pan ddechreuodd y bomio, aethom i gyd i'r cysgod a oedd ar dir yr orsaf fysus. Pan ddaethom allan yn y bore, dim ond tri o'r tai oedd yn dal i sefyll. Roedd y lleill wedi'u bomio, gyda'r holl waliau'n sefyll ond dim tu mewn na thoeon. Cawsom ein hanfon i Gaerfyrddin a buom yn byw yno am bron 2 flynedd. C M Gibbins
Mae ymdrechion wedi parhau i gyrraedd y nod o sefydlu catalog llawn y gellir ei chwilio ar-lein yn seiliedig ar feddalwedd catalogio CALM a brynwyd gan y gwasanaeth ychydig flynyddoedd yn ôl. Mae oddeutu 150,000 cofnod yng nghatalog CALM erbyn hyn, sydd ar hyn o bryd ar gael yn unig i staff ei archwilio. Ar ddechrau 2011, gosodwyd meddalwedd i alluogi'r catalog i gael ei gyhoeddi fel cronfa ddata y gellir ar chwilio ar-lein. Ar hyn o bryd rydym yn mynd i'r afael â materion technegol ond mae disgwyl y bydd y catalog Calmview yn mynd yn fyw yn y dyfodol agos.
Un o geisiadau mwyaf anarferol y flwyddyn oedd helpu'r awdur Richard Bullen-Whatling gyda chywirdeb hanesyddol ei nofel ddiweddaraf i arddegwyr. Mae'n rhan gyntaf triawd sy'n seiliedig ar grŵp o fampirod yn Abertawe gyfoes sydd wedi bod yn byw yn y dref a'r ddinas ers canol y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg. Bydd An introduction to Wrappers…and Other Very Bad Things mewn siopau llyfrau tua ddiwedd 2011 neu 2012.
Mae archifau a ariennr gan arian cyhoeddus yng Nghymru yn dod o dan un ymbarél o'r enw Cyngor Archifau a Chofnodion Cymru (ARCW). Mae ARCW yn gweithredu fel canolbwynt ar gyfer prosiectau ar y cyd a fydd yn fuddiol i ddefnddwyr archifau ledled Cymru sy'n chwilio am arian allanol o amrywiaeth o ffynonellau. Mae gan Wasanaeth Archifau Gorllewin Morgannwg ran weithgar yn y sefydliad a hwythau oedd cadeirydd ARCW ar gyfer y drydedd flwyddyn yn olynol tan fis Tachwedd 2010. Mae ARCW yn cynnal ac yn gyfrifol am gatalog casgliadau archifau ar-lein mewn ystorfeydd a ariennir gan arian cyhoeddus ledled Cymru i'w weld yn www.archiveswales.org.uk Yn 2010, cynhaliwyd prosiect a ariannwyd gan CyMAL i geo-tagio casgliadau a ddisgrifir ar y wefan yr oedd ganddynt leoliad daearyddol penodol, megis ysgol, eglwys neu weithle. Enillodd y prosiect blaengar hwn wobr Archive Pace Setters y DU. Parhaodd y prosiect catalogio, sef Powering the World: looking at Welsh Industry through Archives drwy gydol y flwyddyn. Ceir mwy o fanlynion isod. Yn hydref 2010, cyflwynodd ARCW gais Cam Un i Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri o'r enw Cynefin: mapping Wales' Sense of Place, sy'n ceisio rhoi mapiau degwm Cymru ar-lein fel map di-dor gyda llawer o brosiectau lleol yn defnyddio’r mapiau fel sail i archwilio sut mae'r amgylchedd wedi newid mewn sawl ffordd wahanol rhwng 1840 a heddiw. Cynhaliwyd trafodaethau rhagarweiniol sy'n awgrymu prosiect sy'n edrych ar y ffordd y mae tirwedd ac ecoleg Gŵyr wedi newid dros y ddwy ganrif ddiwethaf a sut gallai hyn helpu wrth werthfawrogi, diogelu a rheolio'r dirwedd unigryw ac Ardal o Harddwch Naturiol Eithriadol hon. Rydym yn awyddus i glywed gan grwpiau, unigolion a chanolfannau dysg sydd â diddordeb a hoffai fod yn rhan mewn prosiect o'r fath.
Adeiladu a diogelu ein casgliadau
Derbyniodd y Gwasanaeth Archifau grant gwerth 拢15,450 gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru yn 2010/11 i lanhau a chadw un o'n casgliadau pwysicaf, sef casgliad lluniadau peirianneg Gwaith Haearn Mynachlog Nedd. Mae'r llun yn dangos y gwaith yn y stiwdio gadwraeth yn Archifau Gwynedd: roedd y cofnodion wedi hel huddygl a baw arwynebol sylweddol yn ystod y blynyddoedd y cawsant eu storio yn y gweithfeydd. Prif r么l y Gwasanaeth Archifau yw diogelu ein treftadaeth ddogfennol er budd cenedlaethau'r dyfodol gan dderbyn rhoddion ac adneuon archifau ychwanegol a chynnal a datblygu'r mynediad mwyaf i'r casgliadau yn ei ofal. Cedwir y casgliadau mewn ystafelloedd diogel a reolir yn amgylcheddol yng Nghanolfan Ddinesig Abertawe, er y cedwir lleiafrif sylweddol mewn storfa allanol yn Neuadd y Ddinas Abertawe. Yn ystod y flwyddyn, roeddem wedi gosod system fonitro amgylcheddol diwifr yn ystafelloedd diogel Canolfan Ddinesig Abertawe gyda chymorth grant Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru gan CyMAL: Llyfrgelloedd, Archifau ac Amgueddfeydd Cymru. Mae'r ystafelloedd diogel hyn wedi'u hadnewyddu'n sylweddol dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf ac erbyn hyn mae ganddynt silffoedd symudol lle y bo'n ymarferol, lifft dogfennau newydd a system larwm tresmaswyr wedi'i ddiweddaru. Mae arferion glanhau, ailbacio a chamau rhagataliol i
ddiogelu'r archifau ar waith. A hyn mewn golwg, trefnwyd bod yr Archifau Cenedlaethol yn Kew yn ymgymryd ag arolwg cyfnodol o'r cyfleusterau cyhoeddus a'r ystafelloedd diogel yng Nghanolfan Ddinesig Abertawe a storfa allanol Neuadd y Ddinas, a chynhaliwyd yr arolygiad diweddaraf yn 2006. PWYNTIAU ALLWEDDOL O ADRODDIAD AROLYGIAD ARCHIFAU CENEDLAETHOL 2010 • Mae'r [cyfleusterau cyhoeddus] wedi'u hadnewyddu ers yr arolygiad diwethaf a dylid canmol Gwasanaeth Archifau Gorllewin Morgannwg dderbyn clod am y canlyniad terfynol. Mae'r ddwy ystafell yn olau ac yn awyrog ac roedd y darllenwyr a oedd yn bresennol yn awyddus i fynegi eu bodlonrwydd yn yr amgylchedd a lefel y gwasanaeth a ddarperir. • Mae yna raglen gyfredol i newid yr holl flychau i becynnu modern di-asid. Mae'r holl ystafelloedd diogel yn lân ac yn daclus. Mae rhaglen ôl-arfarnu gyfredol ar waith sy'n rhyddhau lle posib. • Fodd bynnag, mae llawer o'r un pryderon [am storfa allanol Neuadd y Ddinas] yn parhau ers yr arolygiad diwethaf. [Rydym yn argymell] symud gweddill y deunyddiau cyn gynted â phosib a rhoi'r gorau i'r storfa. • Dylid cael ateb arall [i'r trefniadau presennol ar gyfer gwaith cadwraeth]. Mae'r Yn ystod y flwyddyn, mae Archifau Gwynedd wedi cynnal prosiect mawr a ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru ar ein rhan i lanhau a diogelu’n ddethol gasgliad lluniadau peirianneg Gweithfeydd Haearn Mynachlog Nedd. 1792-1892. Mae gan Weithfeydd Haearn Mynachlog Nedd ran yn stori cyfraniad Cymru at ddiwydiant y byd (mwy isod): cafodd eu locomotifau a’u peiriannau sefydlog a morol eu gwerthu nid yn unig yng Nghymru ond ar draws cyfandiroedd eraill mewn cyfnod pan oedd Prydain yn weithdy'r byd. Mae dros 5,000 o gynlluniau wedi'u glanhau bellach ac mae cannoedd wedi'u hatgyweirio neu eu hamgáu. Y gobaith yw y bydd y prosiect cadwraeth hwn yn ei gwneud hi'n haws i hyrwyddo a hysbysebu'r casgliad hwn a hefyd i weithredu fel sail i geisio ffynonellau arian eraill ar gyfer gwaith cadwraeth pellach. Mae Powering the World: looking at Welsh Industry through Archives yn brosiect catalogio 2009-2011 ar y cyd a ariennir gan Ymddiriedolaeth Pilgrim a Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru a'i gydlynu gan Gyngor Archifau a Chofnodion Cymru. Bu wyth ystorfa Gymreig (gan gynnwys Gorllewin Morgannwg) yn gweithio gyda’i gilydd i gael mwy o arian ar gyfer y prosiect. Y casgliad a gyflwynwyd gan Orllewin Morgannwg ar gyfer y prosiect oedd Yorkshire Imperial Metals, a oedd wedi prynu gweithfeydd copr yr Hafod a'r Morfahanesyddol bwysig yn ystod eu blynyddoedd olaf o gynhyrchu. Mae'r dewis wedi bod yn arbennig o addas yng ngoleuni dau gan mlwyddiant gweithfeydd yr Hafod yn 2010. Mae'r prosiect catalogio ar fin cychwyn ar ei ail gam o fis Mehefin 2011 a bydd yn cael ei ariannu'n gyfan gan CyMAL y tro hwn gan hyrwyddo pwysigrwydd cofnodion busnes hanesyddol yng Nghymru a chan gynnwys catalogio un arall o'n casgliadau, un a grëwyd a'i hadneuo gyda ni gan Amgueddfa Glowyr De Cymru yn Afan Argoed. Mae'r Gwasanaeth Archifau wedi parhau i dderbyn adneuon a rhoddion gan amrywiaeth o ffynonellau yn ystod y flwyddyn. Rhoddir crynodeb llawn o’r rhain yn Atodiad 2 a hoffem gofnodi ein diolch i'r holl sefydliadau a'r unigolion, a restrir yn Atodiad 1, sydd wedi rhoi cofnodion yn ein gofal dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf.
Denu cynulleidfaoedd newydd
Disgyblion Ysgol Pentrechwyth, Abertawe, yn cael gwers yn yr ysgol gan Swyddog Addysg yr Archifau, ac yn edrych ar ddeunyddiau'r archifau sy'n ymwneud â Blitz Abertawe (mis Chwefror 2011.) Dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf, mae cynnydd sylweddol wedi bod yn y gwaith allgymorth a wneir gan y Gwasanaeth Archifau. Gwnaed cam mawr ym mis Medi 2010 wrth lansio gwasanaeth addysg i ysgolion ar gyllideb ychwanegol fach iawn (o arbedion eraill) ond gyda digon o egni a brwdfrydedd gan staff yr archifau. O fis Medi 2010 i fis Mawrth 2011, roedd nifer bach o ysgolion yn defnyddio'r gwasanaeth ond unwaith iddynt ddod yn ymwybodol ohono, fe’i defnyddiwyd ganddynt yn helaeth. Ymgysylltwyd â chyfanswm o 514 o ddisgyblion ac athrawon yn ystod y saith mis gyda Blitz Abertawe y pwnc mwyaf poblogaidd. Cynhaliwyd prosiect addysg penodol a ariennir gan CyMAL yn ystod y flwyddyn i greu llwybr cerdded o amgylch datblygiad SA1 Abertawe a fyddai'n cynnwys ysgolion ac o fudd i hyrwyddo twristiaeth yn y ddinas. Lluniwyd llyfryn i dwristiaid Abertawe fel rhan o'r prosiect ond mae llwybr SA1 hefyd wedi'i ddylunio ar gyfer disgyblion Cyfnod Allweddol 2. Mae'n rhoi cyfle ar gyfer dysgu awyr agored ac i ddatblygu ac ymarfer sgiliau mewn sawl maes sy'n gysylltiedig â chwricwla daearyddiaeth a hanes. Roeddem wedi creu fersiwn o'r llwybr ar CD i ysgolion gyda
thaflen ffeithiau ac adnoddau i athrawon eu defnyddio wrth gerdded ar hyd y llwybr ac awgrymiadau ar gyfer gweithgareddau yn yr ystafell ddosbarth a thaflenni gwaith. Mae'r holl adnoddau'n gysylltiedig â meysydd a sgiliau penodol y cwricwlwm. Caiff y CD ei ddosbarthu am ddim i holl ysgolion Abertawe a Chastell-nedd Port Talbot. Rydym wedi parhau â'n rhaglen gyhoeddi ac eleni mae dau lyfr newydd wedi'u cyhoeddi. Lansiwyd A Vision Fulfilled: the Story of the Celtic Studios a Swansea’s Architectural Glass Tradition gan Maurice Broady, wedi'i olygu gan Elspeth Broady ac Alun Adams, yn Ysgol Wydr Bensaernïol Cymru ar 15 Rhagfyr. Y diwrnod canlynol, cyhoeddwyd Neath: the Town and its People gan Tony Hopkins. Mae partneriaeth yn rhan bwysig o'n gwaith allgymorth ac mae'r gwasanaeth wedi chwarae ei ran eleni mewn dau brosiect o bwys ar y cyd a gydlynwyd gan Brifysgol Abertawe. Efallai nad oes cysylltiad amlwg rhwng The Global and Local Worlds of Welsh Copper a phrosiect Dehongli Mynachlog Nedd ar yr olwg gyntaf, ond mae'r ddau'n canolbwyntio ar agweddau a esgeuluswyd ar ein hamgylchedd adeiledig hanesyddol, ac i raddau, mae’r ddau, fel y gellid disgwyl gan rôl flaenllaw’r Brifysgol, wedi eu seilio’n gadarn ar ysgolheictod ac ymchwil archifol.
Yr Actores Ruth Madoc yn ystod ffilmio yn ystafell archwilio Abertawe ar gyfer rhifyn o'r gyfres BBC Wales ar hanes y teulu, sef Coming Home, ym mis Mehefin 2010..
Pwy sy'n defnyddio'r gwasanaeth? Mae'r graff ar y chwith yn dangos dosbarthiad côd post ein darllenwyr cofrestredig fel ar 31 Mawrth 2011. Mae'n bwysig nodi bod llawer o'n hymchwilwyr yn defnyddio'n ffynonellau hanes teuluol yn achlysurol, heb gofrestru am docyn darllenwyr Archifau Cymru. Mae hyn yn arbennig o wir yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot. Mae gwybodaeth bellach am ddefnyddio’n gwasanaeth yn dod o'r ffurflenni monitro amrywiaeth gwirfoddol a roddir bob tro mae ymchwilydd yn gwneud cais am docyn darllenwyr. Am y tro cyntaf eleni, mae'r canlyniadau wedi'u meincnodi yn erbyn cyfartaledd yr holl swyddfeydd archifau yn y cynllun tocynnau darllenwyr. Dangosir y canlyniad ar gyfartaledd mewn cromfachau ar ôl pob ffigur er mwyn eu cymharu.
58% o'n darllenwyr cofrestredig yn wrywod ac mae 42% yn fenywod. Y grŵp oedran mwyaf sydd â thocyn darllenwyr yw 55-64 oed, gyda'r nesaf mewn trefn: 6574 (22%), 45-54 (19%), 35-44 (9%), 22-34 (8%), 14-21 (7%), a 75+ (4%). Mewn cwestiwn am hunaniaeth genedlaethol a oedd yn caniatáu ticio mwy nag un blwch, nododd % eu bod yn Gymry, 22% eu bod yn Brydeinwyr, 18% eu bod yn Saeson, 1% yn Albanwyr a 3% fel arall, a oedd yn cynnwys Gwyddelod a dinasyddion tramor. Ar wahân i Saesneg, nododd 4% Cymraeg yn iaith gyntaf. Dywedodd 55% nad oeddent yn gallu deall unrhyw Gymraeg, roedd 29% yn gallu deall peth a 16% yn gallu deall yr iaith. Mae 98% o'n darllenwyr o gefndir gwyn. Mae 10% o'n darllenwyr cofrestredig yn ystyried bod ganddynt anabledd.
Ein perfformiad yn 2010/11 Nifer yr ymweliadau ag Archifau Gorllewin Morgannwg yn ystod 2010/11 oedd 11,890. Mae'r ffigur i fyny oddeutu 6% o'r llynedd, sy'n cynrychioli record newydd a thrydedd flwyddyn yn olynol o dorri record o ran defnyddwyr y gwasanaeth. Mae'n debygol iawn bod y ffigur hwn yn cynrychioli uchafbwynt na fydd rhagori arno y flwyddyn nesaf oherwydd bydd y toriadau mewn cyllid yn effeithio ar ein horiau agor yn 2011/12 sy’n golygu bod agor ar ddydd Sadwrn yn dod i ben a lleihau ein gwasanaeth ym Mhort Talbot i un diwrnod yr wythnos. Fodd bynnag, mae'r ffigurau rhagorol yn glod i waith adnewyddu Canolfan Ddinesig Abertawe, ansawdd y gwasanaeth rydym yn ei ddarparu i gwsmeriaid a'n gwaith allgymorth brwdfrydig. Ddydd Mawrth 17 Awst 2010, cafwyd record newydd i ddefnyddwyr y gwasanaeth gyda chyfanswm o 103 ymweliad ar y diwrnod hwnnw, 77 yn Abertawe, deuddeg yng Nghastell-nedd a phedwar ar ddeg ym Mhort Talbot. Mae'r ystadegau'n atgyfnerthu tystiolaeth storïol bod hafau gwael diweddar wedi annog mwy o bobl sydd ar wyliau i ymweld â ni ar ddiwrnodau gwlyb i olrhain hanes eu teulu allan o'r glaw!
Cyfanswm nifer o aelodau'r cyhoedd sy'n ymweld â'r Gwasanaeth Archifau yn ystod 201011: 11,890 Gan gynnwys: Abertawe 8,261 Castell-nedd 2,266 Port Talbot 867 Ymweliadau grŵp 496
Bob blwyddyn, cyflwynir ffigurau ar gyfer defnyddio'r gwasanaeth i CIPFA, Sefydliad Siartredig Cyllid Cyhoeddus a Chyfrifeg. Mae'r ffigurau a gyhoeddir yn flynyddol gan CIPFA yn ymwneud â defnydd lleol archifau'r awdurdod yn y flwyddyn flaenorol, a 2009/10 yn yr achos hwn. Mae dadansoddiad ystadegau diweddaraf CIPFA yn dangos mai Gwasanaeth Archifau Gorllewin Morgannwg oedd y 24ain gwasanaeth awdurdod prysuraf yn y DU y flwyddyn honno (i fyny o 27ain yn 2009/09), rhwng swyddfeydd cofnodion Swydd Hertford a Swydd Gaerhirfryn yn y tabl. Yng Nghymru, roedd Gorllewin Morgannwg oedd ymhell ar y blaen o ran nifer yr ymwelwyr yn 2009/10, gyda ffigurau 65% yn uwch nag Archifau Gwynedd, y gwasanaeth prysuraf nesaf. Gydag 11,248 ymweliad yn 2009/10, roedd Gorllewin Morgannwg yn cyfrif am 26% o'r 43,416 o ymweliadau ag archifau awdurdodau lleol yng Nghymru yn y flwyddyn honno.
Yn ystod haf 2010, cymerodd y Gwasanaeth Archifau ran unwaith eto yn y broses hunanasesu a drefnwyd gan yr Archifau Cenedlaethol lle'r oedd 102 gwasanaeth archifau awdurdod lleol wedi cymryd rhan y tro hwn. Mae'r hunanasesiad hwn yn edrych yn ehangach ar berfformiad gwasanaeth o dan y categorïau llywodraethu ac adnoddau; dogfennu casgliadau; mynediad; diogelu a chadwraeth; adeiladau, diogelwch ac amgylchedd. Am fod yr hunanasesu'n mesur y gwasanaeth yn erbyn holl agweddau tasg gyhoeddus cadwfeydd archifau, mae'n farn fwy ystyriol ar ba mor dda rydym yn cyflawni'r dasg honno. Symudodd y Gwasanaeth Archifau i safle 23 o 40 yn nhabl y gynghrair ac am y tro cyntaf, derbyniodd yr uchafswm o bedair seren,
sy'n gyflawniad mae'n ei rannu â dau wasanaeth archifau arall lleol yng Nghymru, sef Morgannwg a Gwynedd, a oedd yn 5ed ac yn 15fed yn y tabl yn ôl eu trefn. Dyma ganlyniadau manwl 2010 ar gyfer Gwasanaeth Archifau Gorllewin Morgannwg, gyda sgorau 2008 mewn cromfachau er mwyn eu cymharu: Sgôr sgôr
Sgôr gyfartalog yng Nghymru
Sgôr gyfartalog o wasanaethau tebyg
Adran 1: llywodraethu
92.5% (71.5%)
62.0% (57.0%)
76.0% (73.5%)
66.0% (62.0%)
Adran 2: dogfennu casgliadau
66.0% (63.0%)
61.0% (59.5%)
69.5% (66.5%)
64.0% (59.0%)
Adran 3: mynediad a gwasanaethau allgymorth
68.5% (57.0%)
56.5% (48.5%)
68.5% (64.5%)
62.5% (57.0%)
Adran 4: diogelu a chadwraeth
72.0% (66.0%)
67.5% (63.5%)
78.5% (76.0%)
69.0% (65.0%)
Adran 5: adeiladau, diogelwch ac amgylchedd
80.5% (72.5%)
65.0% (57.5%)
73.5% (71.0%)
68.5% (64.5%)
Sgôr gyffredinol
75.5% (65.0%)
61.0% (55.5%)
72.5% (69.0%)
65.5% (61.0%)
WGAS
Sgôr gyfartalog yn y DU
Gellir gweld canlyniadau llawn archifau awdurdodau lleol Cymru a Lloegr ar-lein yn http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/our-services/self-assessmentresults.htm RHAI SYLWADAU CWSMERIAID YN 2010/11 Nodyn bach i ddweud diolch i'r holl archifwyr roeddwn yn gysylltiedig â hwy yn ystod ymweliad diweddar â'r Archifau wrth weithio ar bapurau Tennant. Roedd pawb mor groesawgar a pharod eu cymwynas ac yn creu awyrgylch mor hyfryd yn yr archifau. (Niamh O’Sullivan, drwy'r post mis Mai 2010) Rwy'n bwriadu ymweld ag Abertawe ym mis Tachwedd, ond nid wyf yn sicr ble i ddechrau chwilio (nid yw cofnodion plwyf wedi helpu - credaf eu bod yn anghydffurfwyr). Rwyf wedi gweld ffilm You Tube [Archifau Gorllewin Morgannwg], ac wedi bod ar eich gwefan. Maent wedi creu argraff dda iawn. (Sarah Turner o Warrnambool, Awstralia, mewn e-bost mis Mehefin 2010) Ac am y gwasanaeth addysg newydd... Diolch yn fawr iawn unwaith eto am eich ymweliad - roedd y plant wedi mwynhau eu hunain yn fawr ac wedi dysgu llawer oherwydd eich mewnbwn. (Ysgol Pentrechwyth, mewn e-bost mis Mawrth 2011)
Ym mis Gorffennaf 2010, cafodd Gwasanaeth Archifau Gorllewin Morgannwg ei gydnabod drwy ennill safon Buddsoddwyr mewn Pobl. Roedd cryfderau allweddol y gwasanaeth a nodwyd gan yr aseswr yn cynnwys gweithlu ymrwymedig a phroffesiynol; mecanweithiau cynllunio, monitro ac adolygu effeithiol; defnyddio gwerthuso perfformiad ac ymrwymiad cryf i ddysgu a hyfforddiant er gwaethaf cyfyngiadau ar y gyllideb hyfforddiant. Roedd yr aseswr hefyd wedi cyfeirio at strwythurau tîm da, cylch cyfarfodydd tîm a'r defnydd o dimau gwella gwasanaethau i ganolbwyntio ar welliant parhaus. Mae wedi cefnogi'r fframwaith ar gyfer defnyddio gwirfoddolwyr ynghyd â staff cyflogedig ac mae hefyd wedi canmol cynllun hyfforddeion yr archifau, sy'n darparu cyfleoedd a phrofiadau dysgu cyn-cymwysterau ar gyfer graddedigion sydd am gael gyrfa ym maes archifau. Awgrymwyd yn y dyfodol y dylai'r Gwasanaeth ganolbwyntio ar osod nodau mwy mesuradwy ar gyfer dysgu a pherfformiad, gan ddatblygu ein hymagwedd at werthuso dysgu. Dylid gwneud gwaith pellach ar fireinio set gyffredin o gymwyseddau ar gyfer yr holl staff a'r cymwyseddau angenrheidiol i reolwyr yn benodol.
Newidiadau staffio Gadawodd Rhian Phillips, ein Uwch Archifydd, ym mis Chwefror er mwyn dechrau swydd yn Archifau Morgannwg yng Nghaerdydd. Mae cyfraniad brwdfrydig Rhian dros y pum mlynedd diwethaf wedi bod yn help mawr wrth wella rheoli'r Gwasanaeth Archifau. Yn benodol, roedd hi wedi creu cysylltiadau â sawl grŵp gwirfoddol a gweithgor ar draws Abertawe a Chastell-nedd Port Talbot. Roedd llawer o'r gwaith hwn yn rhagarweiniad hanfodol i sefydlu gwasanaeth addysg yn 2010 ac roedd ei chyfraniad i'n gwaith o baratoi ar gyfer yr asesiad Buddsoddwyr mewn Pobl yn hanfodol i'w lwyddiant. Hyfforddai'r Archifau ar gyfer 2010/11 yw Rhiannon Phillips o Abertawe ac mae ganddi radd mewn Hanes a Drama o Brifysgol Morgannwg. Mae Rhiannon wedi cael lle ym Mhrifysgol Aberystwyth ar gyfer 2011/12 ar y cwrs rheoli archifau ôl-radd. Dyma'r gwirfoddolwyr yn ystod y flwyddyn James Angel, John Curtis, Steffan Dennis, Sarah Ellis, Christine Febbrero, Kirstin Hawkes, Emily Hewitt, Sadie Jarrett, Paulina Lawniczak, Paula Ryan a Lucy Soper.
Diolchiadau Diolch i Mr Andrew Vollans am gyfrannu at erthygl ar brosiect Sandfields Past and Present yn yr adroddiad hwn. Un o'n partneriaethau mwyaf hirdymor yw gyda Chymdeithas Hynafiaethau Castell-nedd. Yn ôl yr arfer, hoffwn hefyd dalu teyrnged i amserlen bresennol gwirfoddolwyr y gymdeithas. Hebddynt hwy ni fyddem yn gallu darparu gwasanaeth yng Nghastell-nedd: Christine Davies, Robert Davies, Clive Evans, Martin Griffiths, Philip Havard, Josie Henrywood, Annette Jones, Peter Loaring, John Marston, Hywel Rogers, Gloria Rowles a Janet Watkins. Roeddem i gyd yn drist iawn i glywed am farwolaeth Mrs Joyce Havard ym mis Ionawr a oedd yn ysgrifenyddes Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Castell-nedd am amser hir, aelod o Bwyllgor Archifau Gorllewin Morgannwg ac yn wirfoddolwr ym man gwasanaeth Castell-nedd. Roedd ei brwdfrydedd dros hanes Castell-nedd wedi'i gyfuno â sgiliau trefniadol a chyfathrebu rhagorol. Mae'r clod ar gyfer sefydlu man gwasanaeth ar y cyd yn sefydliad Mecanyddion Castell-nedd yn ddyledus i Susan Beckley, fy rhagflaenydd ac i Mrs Harvard yr oedd ei phenderfyniad i gynnwys gweithwyr proffesiynol yng ngofal casgliadau archifau Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Castell-nedd wedi arwain at y bartneriaeth lwyddiannus sydd gennym heddiw. Eleni, ac yn y blynyddoedd blaenorol, mae Ymddiriedolaeth Ethel a Gwynne Morgan wedi cyfrannu’n hael at waith y Gwasanaeth Archifau. Hoffwn hefyd achub ar y cyfle i ddiolch i'r cadeirydd ac aelodau Pwyllgor Archifau Gorllewin Morgannwg am eu diddordeb a'u cefnogaeth o ran gwaith y gwasanaeth yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. ……………………………………………... Kim Collis Archifydd Sir Gorllewin Morgannwg Ebrill 2011 ……………………………………………... Mae'r adroddiad hwn wedi'i argraffu ar bapur a ailgylchwyd 100% ac fe'i dosberthir i restr bostio ddethol. Caiff ei gyhoeddi ar-lein yn Gymraeg a Saesneg yn www.abertawe.gov.uk/westglamorganarchives
Pwyllgor Archifau Gorllewin Morgannwg Yn gywir ar 31 Mawrth 2011 Cadeirydd HM Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan D. Byron Lewis Esq. CStJ, FCA Is-gadeirydd Dinas a Sir Abertawe Councillor K. E. Marsh Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot Councillor D. W. Davies Yn cynrychioli Dinas a Sir Abertawe Councillor M. E. Gibbs Councillor J. T. Miles JP Councillor H. M. Morris BA, BSc Councillor R. Ll. Smith Yn cynrychioli Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot Councillor D. K. Davies JP Councillor M. L. James Councillor W. E. Morgan BSc Councillor J. Rogers BEM, JP Yn cynrychioli Esgobaeth Abertawe ac Aberhonddu The Venerable R. J. Williams MA, BEd, BD, Archdeacon of Gower Yn cynrychioli Esgobaeth Llandaf The Reverend Canon S. J. Ryan SBStJ, MA, FRGS, Rector of Neath Yn cynrychioli Prifysgol Abertawe Dr L. Miskell FRHistS Yn cynrychioli Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Castell-nedd Mrs J. L. Watkins Dinas a Sir Abertawe Pennaeth Diwylliant a Thwristiaeth I. Davies MSc Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot Cyfarwyddwr Cyllid a Gwasanaethau Corfforaethol D. W. Davies BSc, IPFA
Gwasanaeth Archifau Gorllewin Morgannwg STAFF Yn gywir ar 31 Mawrth 2011 Archifau Gorllewin Morgannwg Canolfan Ddinesig, Heol Ystumllwynarth, Abertawe Ff么n (01792) 636589 Ffacs (01792) 637130 E-bost: westglam.archives@swansea.gov.uk Gwefan: www.abertawe.gov.uk/westglamorganarchives
Archifydd Sirol................................... Kim Collis MA, DAS Archifydd Sirol Cynorthwyol ............ Andrew Dulley MA, MSc (Econ) Uwch Archifydd ................................. Vacant Archifydd ........................................... David Morris PhD, MSc (Econ) Archifydd a Rheolwr Addysg ........... Katie Millien BA, MSc (Econ) Archifydd Dan Hyfforddiant.............. Rhiannon Phillips BA Cynorthwy-ydd Cynhyrchu .............. Anne-Marie Gay MA Goruchwyliwr Canolfan Hanes TeuluElizabeth Belcham MA Cynorthwy-ydd Derbynfa Archifau .. Rebecca Shields BA Rheolwr Swyddfa .............................. Don Rodgers MA Rheolwr Cofnodion ........................... Rosemary Davies BA, DPAA Cynorthwy-ydd Cofnodion ............... Andrew Brown Cynorthwy-ydd Cofnodion ............... Linda Jones
Archifau Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Castell-nedd Sefydliad Mecaneg Castell-nedd, 4 Maes yr Eglwys, Castell-nedd Ff么n (01639) 620139 Archifydd ........................................... Michael Phelps BA, DAA Goruchwyliwr..................................... Liza Osborne
Canolfan Hanes Teulu a Lleol Port Talbot Canolfan Aberafan, Port Talbot Ff么n (01639) 763430 Cynorthwy-ydd Cofnodion ............... Lynwen Davies MA
Y Ganolfan Ddinesig, Port Talbot Rheolwr Cofnodion ........................... Rosemary Davies BA, DPAA Records Assistant............................. Lynwen Davies MA
Oral history: preserving voices from the past
Archives have something of an image problem: in the popular mind, an archive is ancient, leather-bound, and dusty, recording business transactions and official decisions. True enough, records of official business provide the most reliable historical evidence, but the official record is only half the story. For example, a little over seventy years ago, Swansea suffered three devastating nights of bombing. The official reports clinically record which buildings were damaged and how many people lost their lives. While we can easily imagine the effects of the devastation, we inevitably bring our modern preoccupations and preconceptions to bear upon it. Nothing can bring history to life like the memories of people who lived through it. Oral history became popular as people took stock of the massive changes that had taken place during a person’s lifetime during the 20th century. At the same time, tape recorders were becoming more portable and affordable. 1975 was European Architectural Heritage Year, and during the discussions that took place in Swansea as to how best to mark the year, the idea of recording oral history was mooted. This resulted in the creation of the Swansea Tape Recording Local History Project under the auspices of the City Archivist John Alban and Dr Hywel Francis. A number of elderly local people were interviewed, most of whom were born around the turn of the century. Their memories of life in Swansea, Gower and the Swansea Valley cover a variety of topics. Inevitably most mention the two World Wars and the bombing of Swansea, and the interviewees, with poignancy and humour, give a unique insight into the social structure, landmarks and daily routines of a Swansea that few of us recognise today. Schoolboys, steel-workers, railwaymen, soldiers, housewives and maids all tell their tales; churches and chapels contrast with pubs and music halls, all against the background of smoke from the works and a forest of masts in the docks. Ideally interviewers, like good Victorian children, should be seen and not heard. Sometimes, though, the interviewer becomes an important part of the interview, and it is the banter and discussion between the interviewer and his subject that gives life to the interview and carries it along. Mansel Thomas was a founder-member of the Gower Society and long-time resident of Gower. He loved its people and the distinctive nature of the area, and began making a series of recordings of conversations with various elderly people he knew. This was not the result of a corporate decision, but one man's interest: he knew the people and understood their world, and was thus ideally placed to get the best out of the conversations he had with them. The
recordings are clear and crisp, and the occasional background noises simply help to set the scene that is set: two people chatting amicably about the old days. The world that is revealed is fascinating: shades of old Gower remain today if you know where to look, but for most people Gower is a place to camp, ramble or surf. Its vistas and chocolatebox villages belie the tough lives of the people who used to live there. The recordings depict hard-working, self-sufficient communities. “For about forty years,” recounts Jack Bevan of Rhossili, “Betty Ace acted as an unqualified GP. She collected herbs and boiled them and steamed them and crushed them, and the villagers thought that what she didn’t know about humans and beasts was not worth knowing.” Will Harry of Cilibion was talking about life on the farm: “There was more fun to the job then,” he said, “We used to chat around the fire in the evening, or sometimes, if there’d been plenty of beer flying, we’d have a bit of a concert. Men would come from other farms, and start up a dance. That used to happen even more in the days when we used to cut and tie the corn by hand.” In many ways the voices themselves are just as interesting as the content of the discussions. The distinctive Gower accent can still be heard today, but true Gower dialect is rare indeed, and these recordings have captured some outstanding examples. “I happen to be one of those chaps,” says George Tucker of Horton, “That have kept the habit on, of talking in the Gower way. When I was a boy, you’d hear all the old people talking like that. Since that time I suppose we’ve been ‘educated’ out of it … I still like to turn to the old talk when I get half a chance. Very little left though.” And he acts out an imaginary conversation with a friend in the Gower dialect. Mansel Thomas died in 1979, leaving his project unfinished. He had interviewed thirty-four people, born between 1886 and 1920. It was his wife Gwendolen who finished the task by publishing edited transcripts from the tapes in her book Yesterday’s Gower (Llandyssul, 1982). Copies of the tapes were deposited with Swansea City Archives. Both these series of recordings are in excellent condition: they were recorded on good quality reel-to-reel tapes, and there seems to have been minimal degradation over three or more decades. Over the last few years, they have been transferred to CD and MP3 formats, using modern methods to make them available to researchers in our searchroom. The two series highlighted in this article form only a part of our oral history holdings. We aim to continue the work of collecting oral histories, indexing and making them available. They have been used to good effect in the delivery of our education service during the year, and are an invaluable resource. ……………………………………………... Andrew Dulley Assistant County Archivist West Glamorgan Archive Service ……………………………………………...
Archives Records held at West Glamorgan Archives, Swansea TH1-75 (Swansea Tape Recording Local History Project); T3/1-36 (Mansel Thomas recordings) (Note: advance booking of equipment is necessary to listen to the recordings).
The annual reports of Glamorganshire Reformatory School
The Glamorganshire Reformatory School was established at Hawdref Ganol in Baglan in March 1858. During 2010, the West Glamorgan Archive Service purchased a volume containing the annual reports of the School for the period 1859-1898. The annual reports contain the rules and regulations; details of diet; list of General and Management Committee members, donors and subscribers; details of income and expenditure as well as the names, educational state, term of imprisonment, date and details of discharge of boys admitted. It is interesting to note that in the early annual reports the boys’ names are published in full, whereas in later years only their initials are shown. The purpose of the annual report was to prove how money had been spent. The reports can be compared with the Poor Law Union annual reports which record similar information, including the names of paupers. Before Victorian times no distinction was made between criminals of any age. As a result young children could be sent to an adult prison. In 1856, nearly 14,000 boys and girls under 16 years of age were committed to prison in England and Wales. Victorian reformers began asking questions about how children who had broken the law ought to be treated, since locking them up with adult criminals could lead them into a life of crime. A step towards the different treatment of children was the Juvenile Offences Act of 1847, which stated that young people under the age of 14 (the age limit was later raised to 16) should be tried in a separate court from adults. From 1854, reformatory schools were set up for offenders under 16 years old. They were residential, where clothing, food and lodging were supplied
whilst they were trained and taught. These were tough places, with stiff discipline often enforced by beatings. The rule of sentencing was as follows: children were admitted to reformatory schools when a conviction at the Assizes or Quarter Sessions of an offence punishable with penal servitude or imprisonment was issued. The child was sentenced to 10 days imprisonment (dropped by 1893), after which he could be further sentenced to be detained in a reformatory school for not less than two and not more than five years. The long sentences were designed to break the child away from the bad influences of home and his surrounding environment. Industrial schools were also set up during this time, for lesser crimes and younger children. Glamorganshire Reformatory School was designed to take an average of 40 boys at any one time. Initially the school was intended solely for offenders from Glamorgan, but the Management Committee soon realised that from a financial point of view they would have to take in boys from other counties too. As a result boys were soon admitted from Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Attached to the Institution was a farm, covering an area of 250 acres, which was to be cultivated by the boys and act as part of their training. During the first year the Management Committee realised that in getting the boys to work the whole 250 acres, “the boys would necessarily be so scattered as to render it impossible to exercise the necessary supervision and control”. By 1863, the school had succeeded in letting to the Cwmavon Company all the land which they did not want to occupy. Under this agreement the school retained just 35 acres of land immediately surrounding the house, of which 6 acres were used as a market garden and the rest for pasture and the growth of hay. The Rules and Regulations stated that the “boys shall be accustomed to the routine of farm life” and when the weather was bad “they shall be occupied in the School; or in tailoring; shoemaking; or in other employment”. Schooling was considered as a secondary matter in comparison with regular hard labour out of doors. The Committee were satisfied “if every boy who leaves the school can, read, write and work the first four rules of arithmetic”. By 1864, a total of 103 boys had been admitted since the opening of the school. The Committee were only aware of seven re-convictions. Fifteen of the discharged boys became sailors or boatmen; four entered the army; fourteen were engaged in the iron, tin or coal industries; six went back to work with their parents; a few were engaged as private servants; four were never heard of again; one was removed to another school and one died. In 1873, the decision was made to move the school from Hawdref Ganol. A number of reasons were given for the move: it was an old farmhouse; it was located over four miles from Neath with poor access by narrow lanes, across a mineral railway and a deep valley. The relative inaccessibility deprived the school of ‘interested persons’ such as magistrates and clergy.
The annual report for 1873 refers to two ‘evils’ following on from these circumstances: the lack of friendly visitors to take an interest. “The visits of kind and sensible ladies are of the greatest use. Boys will not uncommonly open their hearts to such visitors, while they are sealed to everyone else”. The other ‘evil’ was that the inaccessibility limited the choice of masters. In 1875, the school was moved to Ty Segur, Neath, where it was continued according to rules and regulations approved by the Secretary of State. The formal opening of the new school building took place on 31 March 1875. In his address, the Inspector of Reformatories referred to the “wretched state of the former buildings at Hawdref Ganol” adding that the school “had now been removed from a pigsty to a palace”. The new site consisted of nearly 40 acres of land and was situated only ¾ mile away from Neath on the Eaglebush Estate. The old buildings on the land were seen as unsuitable, so a new building was erected at a cost of £4,398, subsidised partly by grants from the Quarter Sessions. The building was a well-built structure of stone, with blue brick dressings, pleasantly seated on the slope of a hill overlooking the town and valley of Neath. Over the next few years new accommodation was added for the tailoring workroom, farm buildings and two rooms for the Superintendent and his wife. In 1886, the Managing Committee decided that the institution would henceforth continue without the aid of voluntary subscriptions, due to a surplus fund gradually accumulated from the profits of the working establishment. The final annual report in the volume for the year 1898 reports that the average number of boys in detention was 55. There were 17 admissions, nine of which were from Glamorgan, and 17 boys were discharged. Of those discharged, seven were employed at collieries; two joined the army; four went to sea; one absconded and the other three variously became a tailor, milk seller and farm servant. ……………………………………………... Katie Millien Archivist West Glamorgan Archive Service ……………………………………………...
Archives Records held at West Glamorgan Archives, Swansea Glamorgan Reformatory School records, 1859-1984: annual reports, 1859-1898 (GCC/E GFS 14/1) (Note: Data Protection Act restrictions apply to other records in this collection which are less than 100 years old)
Atodiad 1: Adneuwyr a Rhoddwyr, 2010-2011 Mae'r Gwasanaeth Archifau'n ddiolchgar i'r unigolion a'r sefydliadau canlynol sydd wedi rhoi cofnodion lleol a hanesyddol yn ei ofal yn ystod 1 Ebrill 2010 i 31 Mawrth 2011.
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Atodiad 2: Derbyn Archifau, 2010-2011 Mae'r archifau a restrir isod wedi'u derbyn fel rhodd, adnau, trosglwyddiad neu bryniant yn ystod 1Ebrill 2010 i 31 Mawrth 2011. Nid yw'r holl eitemau ar gael i'w defnyddio ar unwaith ac mae rhai eitemau'n cael eu cadw ar fynediad cyfyngedig.
PUBLIC RECORDS SHRIEVALTY Declaration of Rowland William Parry Jones as High Sheriff of West Glamorgan, 30 Mar. 2010 (H/S W/37/1) POLICE AND FIRE AUTHORITY Swansea Constabulary records: Chief Constable's reports, 1937-1967; abstract of accounts, 1929; interim report, 1960; local Acts, bye-laws and general orders, 1938; Borough bye-laws. 1958; photographs, 1960s; police notebook, 1960s; newspaper cutting relating to Mr Richard Jones, Inspector of Neath Borough Police, 1906; Special Constabulary certificate of service, 1919; indexed record of Special Constabulary, 1930s-1940s; record of General Annual Licensing Meeting, 1942, 1929-1967 (D/D Con/S and D/D Con/N) Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority: Annual Action Plan, 2011-2012, 2011-2012 (D/D FA 12/3) HOSPITALS AND HEALTH Swansea Bay Port Health Authority: annual report, 2010 (PH 1) Plans of Cefn Coed Hospital and Hill House Isolation Hospital, 1913-1931 (D/D H/CC 43/1-21 and D/D H/CC 44) Photograph of surgeons performing an appendectomy in the main operating theatre at Swansea General Hospital, 1960, and photographs of army medical personnel, 1961, 1960-1961 (D/D Z 780/5/1-2) PETTY SESSIONS A History of Aberavon and Port Talbot Petty Sessions Division by A.D. Stewart; Borough of Afan justices year book, 1983; lists of justices 1948, 1962-1964; Neath magistrates handbook, 1994, 1996, records of Crime Prevention Panel (Afan/Neath) 1990s, 1948-2010 (D/D Z 653)
WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee/Welsh Assembly Government, Fisheries Unit: Records relating to the activities of the South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee, including minutes, reports, species files and correspondence files, 1970s-2010 (D/D SWSF)
RECORDS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND PREDECESSOR BODIES UNITARY AUTHORITIES Neath Port Talbot County Borough Electoral register, 2010 (CB/NPT RE) City and County of Swansea Chief Executive's Department, Resilience Section: Historical notes made by an Emergency Planning Officer on the West Cross Anti-Aircraft Operations Room and the South Wales Mines Gas Grid, 2008 (CC/S X 27) Electoral register, 2011 (CC/S RE 30-31) Prospectus for the new 'Ferrara Quay' apartments at Swansea Marina, 1985 (D/D Z 811/1) COUNTY COUNCILS West Glamorgan County Council Records relating to events attended during the period the donor was Chief Executive of West Glamorgan County Council, 1970s-1980s, including a box of records relating to the links between the Council and HMS Glamorgan, 1970s-1980s DISTRICT AND COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCILS Gower Rural District Council Resin cast of coat of arms of Gower RDC, and menu for commemorative dinner including explanation of the arms, 1974 (TC 69/6/2-3) Neath Borough Council Neath Borough Council: Papers relating to payment of Council employees serving in the armed forces, 1940 (D/D Z 687) Swansea County Borough/City Council Records of the former Mayor of Swansea, Alderman W. J. Davies including: 5 photograph albums; Swansea Council Year book; Mayors and Aldermen of Great Britain; Mansion House visitors book; 2 press cutting books; Sketch of Guildhall; Volume entitled ‘A visit to the Council Chamber’ by Delabeche School, 1934-1935 (D/D Z 823) Photograph of Swansea Mayor, members and chief officers at Brangwyn Hall; Photograph of the Prince of Wales at the Freedom of the City ceremony for the Welsh Regiment, 1989 Swansea County Borough Council: volume containing plans of schools in Swansea 1915-mid 20th century; plan showing district boundaries in Glamorgan post 1974 Assize of Ale in Swansea, 1791; an 18th century copy of Oliver Cromwell's charter to Swansea, 1665 (D/D Z 797/1-2)
Specifications and schedules of work for the following: Maesteg Estate, Swansea; Old Guildhall, Somerset Place, Swansea; School on Gors Road, Cockett, Swansea, 1923-1937 (D/D Z 812/14) Swansea Rural District Council Report on the conversion of Swansea Rural District Council to an Urban District Council, 1928 POOR LAW UNIONS Swansea Union Yearbook, 1910-1911 (D/D Z 828/1) CIVIL PARISH/COMMUNITY COUNCILS Dyffryn Clydach Community Council: 'Ymlaen', the newsletter of Dyffryn Clydach Community Council, 2010 (P/242/12/9-10) Rhossili Community Council: General correspondence, April 2001-June 2006 (P/121/6)
EDUCATION RECORDS Arfryn Primary School: log books, 1959-2010; admission registers, 1959-1973; school photographs, 1971-2010; Memories of Arfryn School, 2009, (E/S 38) Clydach Primary School: Infants Department log book; newspaper cuttings; reports by HM Inspectors; Clydach War Memorial Hospital order of service; Clydach School Centenary, 18621962, 1966-1992 (E/W 5) Crynant Primary School admission registers, c. 1910-1955; Creunant Primary School, 1983 onwards, 1910-c. 1980s Cwm Primary School: log books, admission registers, punishment book, stock and inventory book and school photographs, 1863-2010 (E/S 37) Cwmavon School: admission registers, boys, 1874-1949, girls, 1879-1889, 1892-1949, mixed, 1945-1965 (E/PT 7) Danygraig School: class photographs, c. 1919-1932 (E/S 6/2/1-2) Glamorganshire Reformatory School: Reports, 1859-1898 (GCC/E/GFS 14/1) Llanmorlais Primary School: Log books, Admission registers, Stock books, Detention book, CD Roms and school photographs, 1893-2010 (E/W 18) Pentrepoeth Infant School: Log books, admission registers, school governors' minutes, photographs and other records 1880-2010 Pontardawe Grammar School: Y Bont, magazine of Pontardawe Grammar School final edition with articles relating to school war memorials and Mary Hopkin; correspondence relating to Pontardawe Grammar School war memorials at Cwmtawe Comprehensive School, 1969-2002
Tirdeunaw School, admission register 1953-1959 (E/S 27/2/1) Townhill Elementary School: bills and quantities for construction, 1923 Townhill County Primary School: HM Inspectors' report, 1951 (E/S 28/8) Waunwen Primary School: admission register, punishment book, school returns and extracts from log book, late 19th-20th century (E/S 31) Swansea Grammar School magazine, 1924-1926 (E/BG Sec 13/4a-d) Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr: photographs, Llyfrau Cyswllt, development plan, commemorative book, ephemera, c. 2008-2010
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH RECORDS Loughor PCC minutes and annual reports, 2008-2009 (P/112/CW/149-150) Margam and Port Talbot St Theodore Parish magazines, 2005-2008 Sketty Bell ringers minute book, 1904-1988 (P/316/CW 250) Swansea St Mark Marriage register, 1995-2005 (P/332/CW/) Swansea St James Cash book, church account books, church magazines, material relating to scouting and miscellaneous receipts, 1929-2011 (P/335/CW/53-58) Facsimile copy of Oystermouth parish magazine, Feb. 1922 (D/D Z 95/103)
NONCONFORMIST RECORDS Baptist Mumbles Baptist Church, centenary pamphlet, 2010 (D/D Z 827/1) Calvinistic Methodist Annual reports for Gorffwysfa CM church, Skewen, 1961-2008 (D/D CM) Capel y Tabernacle (CM), Cwmavon: baptism register, 1923-2001 (D/D CM 27/1) Independent and Congregational Brynteg Independent Chapel, Gorseinon: minutes and Sunday School register, 1907-2005 (D/D Ind 35/71-75)
Canaan Congregational Church, Foxhole: Building Fund ledger, 1863-1945 (D/D E/Cong 12/1) Ebenezer Independent Chapel, Gorseinon: annual reports, chapel history and commemorative orders of service, 2008-2009 (D/D Ind 25) Mynyddbach Chapel, Swansea: Rolls of honour of chapel members who served during the First World War, 1916; chapel photograph, 1865 (D/D Ind 24/51-53) Eglwys Annibynnol Soar, Blaendulais: annual report (D/D Ind 26) Tabernacl Newydd Independent Chapel, Port Talbot (also covers English Congregational Church, Victoria Institute, Port Talbot): church magazines, 1905-1912 (D/D Ind 44) Methodist Neath Port Talbot Methodist Circuit: records of Cwmavon Methodist Church, including registers, minute books and other administrative papers, 1847-2010 (D/D Wes/A 61-77) Cwmavon Methodist Church: marriage register, 1975-1998 (D/D Wes/A 78) General Chapel annual reports and Cymanfa Ganu programmes for the Cwmafan area, 20th century.
OTHER RELIGIOUS RECORDS Swansea Hebrew Congregation collection: Twelve photographs of the former Ffynone synagogue stained glass windows (now installed at Cockfosters and N. Southgate synagogue), 2009 (D/D SHC)
WOMEN’S ARCHIVE OF WALES Deborah Checkland papers: information leaflets and other material regarding services for vulnerable women in Wales, late 20th-21st cent. Joanna Greenlaw Papers: files relating to planned publications; lecture slides, late 20th century (WAW 31) Paulette Pelosi Papers: papers relating to her nursing career, 20th century (WAW 7) Ursula Masson Papers: photographs, postcards, 20th century (WAW 4) Wales Women's European Network: minutes and other records, 1991-2006 (WAW 12/33-34)
SOCIETIES, ASSOCIATIONS AND THE ARTS Longfields Association: Photographs, minutes, year books, deeds, correspondence, annual accounts, diary, 1952-2009 (D/D LA)
2nd Pennard Guides: scrap book, 1986-1991 (P/109/20) Amman Valley Railway Society: The case for a new light guided transit system for Swansea, c. 2010 (D/D AVRS 1) Communication Workers Union: minutes, 1970-2005 (D/D CWU 1/7-16) Gorseinon Appeal Committee for the National Eisteddfod held in Swansea 1982: minutes 19781980 (D/D Z 817/1) Llety Ivor Lodge Friendly Society: papers, 1920s (D/D Z 815/1-5) Ostreme Community Association: minutes of committee meetings; magazines; the original score and composer’s notes for 'The Bells of Santiago'; recordings on tape and DVD of 'The Bells of Santiago', 1973-2010 Penllergare Trust: Penllergare Valley Woods: Project News, 2009 (D/D PT 34); Conservation Management Plan, Oct. 2008 (D/D PT 35) Resolven and District Operatic Society: minutes, programmes, accounts and other papers relating to the activities of the society, 1939-2007 (D/D RAOS 3-6) Skewen and Tonmawr Ladies Choir: posters advertising concerts given by the choir in Belgium, 2002 (D/D Z 709/13-15) South Wales Mountaineering Club: signed poster of 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner, Cardiff City Hall, 2010 Swansea Astronomical Society: visitors' book, 2003; photographs, 1980s-2000s; papers relating to the Swansea Astronomical Society, 1980s-1990s (D/D AS 13/1-7) Swansea Canal Society: additional records relating to the Swansea Canal restoration at Pontardawe , 1980s-2000s; photographs, c.1900; copies of material relating to Gilbertson Steelworks, 20th century; article on 'Maintenance on the Swansea Canal' by Clive Reed, 4 Sep. 2009 (D/D SCS) Swansea CND: newspaper cuttings, posters, newsletters, c. 1980s-2005 Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts: programme for the 2010 Swansea Festival, 2010 (D59) Swansea Valley History Society: newsletters, 1978-2009 (D/D HSV 90-91) Treboeth Bowling Club: photographs, 1930s (D/D Z 819) Ynysforgan Bowling Club: minute book, 1937-1951 Ynystawe Horticultural Association: minute book, 1942-1949
ESTATE AND LEGAL PAPERS Baglan Estate: account book (including rental payments), 1896 (D/D Xl 3. Lonlas and Brithdir Estates: sale particulars, 1905 (D/D Z 834/1) Tennant Estate: estate records and papers relating to the Tennant Canal collected by Winifred Coombe Tennant in 1929, 1790s-1940s (D/D T 5364-5457) Ynyspenllwch Estate abstract of title of the trustees of H.N. Miers to freehold property situated at Clydach, 1959 (D/D Z 825/1) Pre registration title deeds relating to 10 Mysydd Road, Landore, 1875-1942 (D/D Z 804) Pre-registration title deeds of 4 Gower Place, Mumbles, 1871-1999 (D/D Z 813)
INDUSTRIAL, MARITIME AND RAILWAY RECORDS Flour bag from Weaver and Co. Ltd Swansea Flour Mills, c. 1950s; newspaper cuttings regarding the Weaver's Building, 1981-1984 (D/D Z 794) Plans of the Mumbles Railway produced at the time of electrification, showing sub-stations and electricity poles etc, c.1929 (D/D Z 809/1) Plans of Swansea Docks, 1865-1894 (D/D Z 810) Richard Thomas & Company Limited: detailed balance sheets and statement of combined assets and liabilities, 1933-1934 (D/D An 1/1-2) Plans of underground colliery workings in South Wales, 19th-20th century (SWMM Pl) Great Western Railway (Swansea North Dock Abandonment) Act, 1923-1928 (D/D An 6/1) Dredging plans and time sheets, Port Talbot Docks, c. 1946-1956 Planning records relating to the proposed Margam Drift Mine, 1980s (D/D Z 830/1-5) Colliery papers of Herbert Griffiths, 1867-1947 (D/D Z) Minutes, personnel records, circulars etc. connected with railway goods yards in Swansea and the people who worked there, 1960s-1980s (D/D Z)
PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED WORKS ON LOCAL HISTORY ‘BP Memories’ by T. E. Stradling: a history of BP Llandarcy, 2008 (D/D Z 338/45) Essay entitled ‘Adelina Patti and Craig-y-nos Castle’, 1982 (D/D Z)
Clive Reed Papers: ‘Yr Egwlys yng Nghymru: Nerth yr Eglwys', produced for the National Eisteddfod, Swansea, 1964; 'Yr Onnen', magazine of the County Secondary School, Clydach, 1963-1967; 'When I'm 64', a booklet produced on the 64th anniversary of Cwmtawe Lower School, Clydach, formerly Clydach Secondary Modern, Clydach Senior School and Clydach Boys' School, 1989, 1963-1989 (D/D Z 80) Copy of ‘Country Quest’ magazine, including article about Glyncollen House, Morriston, Swansea, 1973, and copy photographs of Castle Square, Swansea, during the post-war redevelopment of the town centre, 1950s (D/D Z 803) On a summer morning (Mametz Wood 10 July 1916) by W. V Thomas & A. J Thomas 2007 and Racing the threat (Crynant 1939-1945) by W. V Thomas, 2009 The Mond Nickel Company Limited promotional volume, including details and photographs of the Clydach Refining Works and the company's village at Clydach, 1918 (D/D An 5/1) History of Christ Church, Swansea, 1872-1997 Clydach casualties of World War Two, 2010; Clydach War Memorial Hospital, c. 1950s (D/D Z 628)
REMINISCENCE AND ORAL HISTORY ‘Memories of a Swansea Jack’: memoirs of Peter Dover Wade, 2010 (D/D Z 349/10) Reminiscences of Flight Sergeant Johnny Jones, Royal Canadian Air Force, stationed at RAF Fairwood Common during World War 2, 2010 (D/D Z 717/17) Memories of life in Swansea during the Second World War, including the Blitz, by William Meredith of Llansamlet, 2011 (D/D Z 826/1) 'Kerry's Children' by Ellen Davis, telling her story of her departure from Germany on the Kindertransport during the Second World War and her life following her arrival in Swansea, 2010 (D/D Z 717/21) Biography of Mervyn Matthews of Cwmtwrch, 1989 (D/D Z 835/1) Elaine Kidwell's recollections of the Three Nights Blitz; Grafton Maggs, 'A Schoolboy's Days in Mumbles Home Guard', a first hand account of his experiences and life at home, 2010 (D/D Z 717/19-20) DVD of the last Royal Mail Train to leave High Street Station in 2003, including interviews with staff, supporters and users, 2003 (D/D Z 717/5)
PERSONAL PAPERS Items relating to 'Y Bwthyn Bach', 1930s; programme for a reunion of members of the Nicol Quarter Century Club, 1964; Programmes for performances at Plasmarl 1905; Sunday School leaflet and Ystalyfera School programme, 1899, 1920, 1899-1964 (D/D Z 819) Commemorative certificate issued to Mrs Dulcie Vivian in gratitude for giving accommodation to wounded soldiers, 1915 Photograph of Margaret Eliza Slaughter with biographical information, c. 1918 (D/D Z 801 1-2) Personal papers relating to Mr Iorwerth Clee of Ystalyfera, singer, 1940s-1984 (D/D X 125/89) Slides of flower shows and locations in Swansea and Gower, 1976-2003 (D/D An 4/1-17) Letters between correspondents in Swansea, Austria and Italy, 1941-45 and miscellaneous notes, c. 1940s (D/D Z 316) Papers relating to John Oliver Watkins’ service in the Friend’s Ambulance Unit including 3 medals, c. 1914-1919 (D/D Z 429) Picture of John Jones Jenkins (killed in action, 1918) and biographical information about him and his brothers, 1918, 2010 (D/D Z 815) Order of service and order of proceedings for the grant of honorary freedom of the City and County of Swansea to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, 2010 (D/D Z) Photographs and other ephemera relating to Pam Taylor née Trollope, 1940s (D/D Z 524/73-78) Letter from Bryn Morgan, ARP warden, to his brother relating how a high explosive bomb fell near to their home in Gendros, 1941 (D/D Z 818) Fishing permit for the lakes on Oxwich Marsh, 1922 (D/D Z 727/14) Papers relating to the rebuilding of Penyrheol School, Gorseinon, after its destruction by fire in 2006, and to a campaign against an Asda superstore in Gorseinon, 2000s (D/D Z 756/4-5) Letters in Welsh and English relating to the ministry of the Rev. John Lewis, Baptist minister in Porthmadog and Craigcefnparc, 1940s (D/D Z) Letter of commendation issued to a fireman Samuel Williams, with copy of newspaper account of the incident, 1941 (D/D Z 829) Wartime diary of Mauro Rapado of Abercrave, 1940 Report book of T. Maldwyn Davies at Swansea Grammar School and sporting photographs, 1928-1930s (D/D Z 763/1-3)
Clive Reed Papers: additional papers relating to local history, 1960s-2010; photographs of Pontardawe, c.1925-2000; papers relating to W. J. Davies, Ironmongers, Pontardawe, 19421944, c.1925-2000 (D/D Z 80) Newspaper cuttings relating to a proposed development at Mumbles, 1986 (D/D Z 836/1) W. C. Rogers collection: miscellaneous plans of the town, suburbs and buildings in Swansea and surrounding area; also a drawer of index cards, 18th-20th century (D/D WCR/Pl)
PICTORIAL AND FILM DVD recordings of civic events held in Swansea during 2009-2010 (D/D Z 717) VHS copies of cine films of Langland Bay and Swansea, 1950s (D/D Z 814/1-4) DVD recording the mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St David, Cardiff and unveiling ceremony of the Welsh National Memorial commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the sinking of the Arandora Star, 2 July 2010 (D/D Z 717/18) Photographs of the following: Underhill, Mumbles; Caswell Bay; Mumbles Head; Princess Way; Fisher Street, 1930s-1960s (P/PR) Postcards showing unidentified First World War servicemen, taken by Port Talbot and Neath photographers, c. 1914-1918 (D/D Z 821) Photograph of Earlsmoor Residential Home for the Aged, Bryn Road, Brynmill, c. 1973 (P/PR L) Copy of postcard of first Aberavon to Mumbles Swim, 1928 (D/D Z 824/1) Photographs of the post-war rebuilding of Swansea including Princess Way, Castle Street, Dilwyn Street, Kingsway and College Street, 1940s (P/PR) Swansea Blitz photographs, 1940-1941 Swansea Valley History Society: photographs of the construction of the Swansea Valley Link Road from Pontardawe to Ynysmeudwy, and of St Peter's Church, Pontardawe, 1991-1993, c. 2009 (D/D HSV 95/1-19) Photograph of William Stubbs, gamekeeper at Margam Estate, c. 1860s (D/D Z 25/174) Photograph album of Swansea and Gower, 19th century (D/D Z 805/1) Photographs of visit by Welsh miners to Russia in 1935, including the donor's uncle, John L. Rees of the Pheasant Bush, Trebanos, 1935 (D/D Z 789/1) Photographs of Woodfield Street, Morriston, 1989 (D/D Z 788/1) Photograph of the Swansea Board of Guardians, 1922-1925, 1925 (U/S 88)
Photograph of Swansea and District Male Choir outside Exchange Buildings Swansea before a concert in Fabians Bay Congregational Church, c. 1932 (D/D Z) Photographs of the Kilvey area of Swansea, 20th century (D/D Z 820)