Historical events in Wales captured online
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Research carried out by Aberystwyth University recording people’s memories of watching television footage of some of the most significant events in Wales from 1950 – 2000, can now be viewed on a new website www.mediaandmemory.co.uk Historical events such as the Aberfan disaster in 1966, the Miners’ Strike in 1984 and the Queen’s Coronation in 1953 are some of the important events to have been documented and placed on the website. As well as interviews with contributors and film footage, the website which is called Media and Memory in Wales, also includes maps, documents and photographs. Working in four areas of Wales – Caernarfon, Carmarthen, the Rhondda and Wrexham – researchers interviewed people about how television affected their lives and the way they saw the world around them at that time. Professor Iwan Rhys Morus, from the Department of History and Welsh History and leading the project, explains: “The website will be a vital resource for academic researchers, profes...