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The Society

Brycheiniog

The Society’s journal is published annually and is highly regarded throughout Wales and beyond. Members of the Society can take out a subscription. Copies are also on sale at Society events, and through various retail outlets in Brecon. Some back numbers are available from the Deputy Editor.

Please send articles for consideration and books for review to the editor, Brynach Parri c/o Brecknock Museum.

The Journal is part of the National Library’s digitalisation programme: this means that all back numbers up to five years will be available on-line on the website of the National Library. Future articles in Welsh in the Journal will be posted in English translation on this website, and we aim to make all previous articles in Welsh available here too.

The Sir John Lloyd Memorial Lecture has been held in early spring each year since 1998. Admission is free, but a collection is made either for Society Funds, or for a charitable purpose connected with the Lecture. In recent years Theatr Brycheiniog has been the venue for the lecture and tickets are obtainable from the Box Office. Booking is essential, since the Lecture is often a sell-out. The lecture is normally published in Brycheiniog in the folllowing year

1998  Dr William Jones                            Emigration from Breconshire to N America
1999  Professor Sir Glanmor Williams      Sir John Pryse of Brecon
2000  Professor Rees Davies                   Brecon, Owain Glyn Dŵr and Dafydd Gam
2001  Professor Wendy Davies               Mediaeval Lordship of Brecknock
2002  Professor Ralph Griffiths                Bishop Morton and the Ely Tower at Brecon
2003  Professor Aled Jones                    Brecon at the Crossroads:Journalism
2004  Professor John Davies                   The Landed Families of Breconshire
2005  Professor J Gwynfor Jones            John Penry – Puritan Firebrand
2006  Professor Richard Moore-Colyer   On the Home Front
2007  Professor  Ian McIntyre                 Frances Hoggan Doctor  of Medicine,

2008  Professor Penelope Corfield          Thelwall in Breconshire
2009  Dr John Vickers                             Dr Thomas Coke
2010  Dr L Davies                                   The Roman Presence in Brecknockshire
2011  Professor Sioned Davies                Breconshire and the Mabinogion

Schools History Project.

The Schools History project was set up in 1998 through an endowment in memory of Mr Vic Jones. Children in schools throughout the area are encouraged to submits projects on local history, and many successful and valuable contributions have been made over the past 10 years.

 Archive Project

We've recorded about 125 voices over 10 years, mainly local people who have a bit to say about Breconshire. Recordings are in both Welsh and English. We use a computer-

friendly dictaphone to record in the first place, then transfer the recording to Computer, edit where necessary, and make a CD for storage, and another as back-up.

Progress in recent years has been quite slow, but we are attempting to convert the tapes of interviewees which we made in the early years into CDs, and are in touch with the National Library of Wales about this. The eventual aim is to have a well-stocked reminiscense room in the Museum at Brecon.

 Acquisitions for the Museum

The Society often facilitates gifts to enchance the Museum's Collections or purchases items at the request of the Curator. A recent example involved covering the cost of some Treasure items: four Roman silver coins and a Roman silver pin head. All items are from Brecon Gaer.

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