UWA Old Photos

Click through a selection of old photos charting the history of the University Of Wales Aberystwyth. The research for the captions was carried out by Rachel Dean in March 2006 when she was a second year Drama and History student. Photographs courtesy of the UWA.

Building work on the Penglais campus during the 1960s 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  "Architects Percy Thomas & Son were enlisted to prepare an extensive and detailed survey of the land and to draw up building plans for the new campus. These plans were laid out but building work was delayed as a result of the Second World War and subsequently did not begin to take place until the 1960s. The new Penglais site housed various buildings including, the Biology, Physical Sciences, Cwrt Mawr Hall of Residence and an Arts Block, with these departments: European Languages, English Literature, History and Welsh History and Law. This building was aptly named after Sir Hugh Owen, one of the founders of the University. In 2006, building work was still taking place on the Penglais Campus with a new International Politics building." Rachel Dean

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Michael Belham from Frome
In 1887 my great grandfather's company - S. Belham & Co. was given the contract to rebuild the College after the fire.
Sun Jun 7 20:21:41 2009

sally payne
My great great grandfather was one of the three men who died in the fire. His name was Samuel Morgan Jones.
Sun Aug 31 13:50:47 2008

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