Archives for West Glamorgan Archive Service

A trip down memory lane at West Glamorgan Archive Service

December 4, 2017 | Comments Off

It is always a pleasure to visit West Glamorgan Archive Service, a warm welcome always awaits! This week a group from the Resource Centre came to look at some old photographs and have a think about what they would like to see in the exhibition. Amongst the group were the two Paulines, Chris and Sara plus Andy and staff from the Resource Centre. After a visit to the Strongroom where we saw the oldest item in the archives – the Neath Charter, written in Latin on parchment we made our way to the search-room. We had a chat about the project
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Spotlight on Sara Miller

November 21, 2017 | Comments Off

Sara Miller was born in the late 1960s and attended Longfields from about age three. She was there for five years before moving to Morfydd House School and then Dyfatty School. Sara now goes to the Resource Centre in Llansamlet. Sara’s dad, Derek, was involved with Longfields for many years and between 1978 to 1993 he was the editor of the Association Year Books. It was in the 25th Anniversary Edition of the 1980 Year Book that Derek wrote a feature on Sara telling her story and her drive to communicate. By the age of nine Sara had ‘developed a simple sign
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Pen Y Bryn School visits West Glamorgan Archives

November 21, 2017 | Comments Off

It was a busy morning for Pen Y Bryn pupils on a recent visit to West Glamorgan Archives. These archives hold the ‘Longfields collection’ so there was a lot to research and discover about the association. Outside the weather was dismal, raining hard with a gusty wind coming in from the sea, but inside the archives a warm welcome was waiting for everyone from Katie and Anne-Marie! Pupils learned how the archives hold important documents, photographs and other items to preserve them and share them as people researched their past. They discovered how documents are protected when in storage and
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Association Year Books

November 21, 2017 | Comments Off

As with similar organisations Longfields produced a series of Year Books and between 1959 and 1999 there were a total of twenty-nine books printed. The Year Books are a valuable resource when researching the history of the organisation as they give an insight into the day to day life of the organisation, the issues they faced and achievements made. They also reflect social change and attitudes towards disability. The inside cover of this Year Book illustrates how the organisation was supported during the early years. In addition to the people listed here the Officers of the Association included Honorary appointments of Secretary, Treasurer, Solicitors,
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