Royal Welsh Show

View our photographs of the Royal Welsh Show held in Caernarfon in 1939.

The images were taken by Geoff Charles (1909 - 2002), who for over 50 years photographed everyday life in Wales. His images capture care-free days in Caernarfon. Two months later Britain would be at war.

• Caernarfon 1939 slideshow
• Royal Welsh Show, Cardiff, 1939
• BBC Mid Wales: Guide

Remembering 1969

Ioan Roberts was a rookie reporter with Y Cymro when he was asked to cover the investiture of the young Prince Charles as the 21st Prince of Wales in July 1969.

Ioan gives his recollections of the key events that made 1969 a turbulent year in Welsh history.

• Read: Remembering 1969
• Investiture of the Prince of Wales
• History archive

Hidden Histories

Teams from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales survey work to uncover the rich archaeology of the Welsh uplands, examine an industrial-scale model farm built by a Victorian millionaire and uncover decorated walls in a sixteenth-century house.

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