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Latest News 12th July 2020

Corwen Museum — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 12:25:23 +0000

Although the Museum is shut, we are still busy working. We are updating our artefacts database and taking photographs of each artefact in the way recommended by Gruffydd Jones of the Peoples Collection Wales, so that we can upload images and descriptions of our artefacts to the Peoples Collection for the interest of a world-wide audience.

One of the first objects to go on the Peoples Collection will be this medal, made to commemorate the visit by Queen Victoria to Corwen and Bala in 1880.

We are also looking at ways of moving some of displays out into the town, into shop windows and on to external walls. This is an exciting new development that will allow the Museum to connect with local people and visitors whilst the building itself is closed.

The Museum Facebook page has continued to post stories about men and women who worked or fought to help the War effort from 1939 to 1945. One of these stories was about the Hughes family of Corwen, particularly Robert Hughes, who fought in the First World War and was in the Home Guard in the Second World War, having unsuccessfully, because of his age, tried to enlist as a soldier. The photograph shows Robert with his family.

Information regarding researching family history continued throughout June. In July we have started to post articles from old local newspapers, particularly looking at adverts put in by local Corwen shops and asking for peoples’ memories of the shopkeepers and the situation of their businesses in the town. This is important research for a future exhibition.

Please follow the Facebook link for more on these.

Corwen Museum Facebook Diary June 1st -14th

Corwen Museum — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 15:59:33 +0000

With time on their hands during lockdown, people have been sorting through drawers and finding old family photographs, which have made them think about their family history, maybe for the first time. We decided, therefore, to post a series of articles on starting to research your family tree. If you are interested in doing this have a look at our Facebook Page to help you get started.

Each day we have remembered someone from Edeyrnion who fought in the Second World War. The Distinguished Service Cross was awarded to Micky Wynn, 7th Baron Newborough of Rhug, Corwen. Read his amazing story, including his escape from Colditz.

One soldier who fought and did not come home was Thomas Owen Jones of Corwen. Aged 22 years he was killed in India and is buried in the Imphal War Cemetery. The inscription on his grave reads ‘God’s finger touched him and he slept.’

This lovely piece of needlework, which is exhibited in the Museum, was stitched by local lady, Mari Davies, in 1989, to commemorate 70 years of the WI in Corwen, which began in 1919. Corwen WI has just celebrated its 100 year anniversary and is still going strong.

Our latest artefact is an Ellis Evans Chemist, Corwen bottle. You can see the Chemist Shop in the photograph taken during a Corwen Eisteddfod.

For more on all of these diary items follow the link to our Facebook Page.

Corwen Museum Facebook Diary 7th -14th May

Corwen Museum — Thu, 14 May 2020 15:03:36 +0000

We remember our soldiers and civilians who died serving in the 2^nd World War and are named on our eight war memorials.

The new Corwen Museum Exhibition ‘Artists and Authors with a Connection to Edeyrnion’ is featured. We are hoping that the Museum will be able to re-open soon so that visitors can see this and our other new exhibition on the WW2 Evacuees to Corwen.

The 2018 Ysgol Caer Drewyn Video ‘Ghosts of Corwen’ is shown.

We show the Corwen Constitutional Club Billiards medal and its links with a soldier who died in WW1.

There are items about Rhug and Pale Hall.

Follow the link to our Facebook page.