Tywyn and District History Society Forum

At their meeting on Monday 21st September, the society was pleased to welcome Dr Lee Raye , Research Officer at Bangor University, Open University Lecturer, Fellow of the Linnaean Society, and author of recently-published Creatures of Story and Song for a talk Welsh Rivers in History - and the Life ...

At the society's June meeting, the speaker Miranda Aldhouse Green , Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University and author, gave an inspiring talk entitled ' Cauldrons of the Gods: the archaeology of medieval Welsh folklore'. As a leading authority on the subject, Miranda attracted a lar...

The society's meeting on July 20th, was afollow-up session to Dr Tony Lyons' talk on the history of modern tourism in Wales .. they were delighted to welcome Leigh Tunnadine, who, with the assistance of her sister Paula, gave an excellent account of the history of her family home, Neptune Hall. The ...

The society's meeting on July 20th, was a follow-up to Professor Aldhouse-Green's talk on Welsh folklore. .. three shorter talks on the subject of folklore by members, Freddie Collier and Quentin and Liz Deakin. Freddie retold myths of mountain giants, set in the context of the geology of Snowdonia ...

The society's meeting on July 20th, was a double follow-up session to Dr Tony Lyons' talk on the history of modern tourism in Wales and Professor Aldhouse-Green's talk on Welsh folklore. On the first topic they were delighted to welcome Leigh Tunnadine , who, with the assistance of her sister Paula,...

At the society's June meeting, the speaker Miranda Aldhouse Green , Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University and author, gave an inspiring talk entitled 'Cauldrons of the Gods: the archaeology of medieval Welsh folklore' . As a leading authority on the subject, Miranda attracted a lar...

At their meeting on Monday 21st September, the society was pleased to welcome Dr Lee Raye, Research Officer at Bangor University, Open University Lecturer, Fellow of the Linnaean Society, and author of recently-published Creatures of Story and Song for a talk Welsh Rivers in History - and the Life A...

At the meeting on October 19th 2026 , TDHS members Freddie Collier and Julia Wilson will be following up Dr Raye's fascinating account of medieval encounters with animals on their way to extinction, with talks: Freddie on the River Dysynni, which has the title The Cormorant's Commute Julia on the gr...

The member-chosen topic of the society's first meeting of the season, which attracted a large audience of members and visitors, was the development of the coastal resorts of Cardigan Bay as a tourist destination from the eighteenth century to the present. The speaker, Dr Tony Lyons, gave an excellen...

The member-chosen topic of the society's first meeting of the season, which attracted a large audience of members and visitors, was the development of the coastal resorts of Cardigan Bay as a tourist destination from the eighteenth century to the present. The speaker, Dr Tony Lyons, gave an excellen...