One of the Garw Valley Heritage Society’s involvements of the last year or so has been with the People’s Collection of Wales (PCW), with whom we are pleased to be working in partnership. They have welcomed our participation and help in building their extensive collections of photographs, stories and articles on the history of Wales.
The PCW was established and funded in 2010 by the Welsh Government, and is partnered with the National Library of Wales (NLW), the National Museum of Wales (NMW), and the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments. Its aim is to bring together as much as possible of the story of Wales, from articles, memories, stories, photographs and other records, and these can come from individuals as well as organised groups and heritage societies.
All our material and donations will eventually be accessible on their website as well as on our own website, and if you wish to see more of what the PCW does, please look up their collection on the PCW website.
If you have any individual queries then their telephone number is 01970 632811.
Needless to say there is a lot of work involved in cataloguing and categorising our material, and Colin has been very busy organising spreadsheets and labels. We are fully supporting the PCW’s aims as we already are aware of much history of the Garw Valley that is being lost, and anything that can be done to keep our heritage alive for future generations must be worth some effort!!
We are keen to borrow historical material that can be indexed and copied with the consent of the owner, and would be grateful for any photos, family recollections, funny stories, tales of excitement or adventure in the Valley.