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Explore Your Archive 2020: Make us a map!

Posted on 28 November 2020 by Archifdy Ceredigion Archives

2020 is a year like no other. And although it is a time we will never forget, it’s still important to keep a record of it in the county archives. One of the silver linings of this very challenging year … Continue reading →

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All Aboard the Bandstand! Explore Your Archive 2018

Posted on 15 November 2018 by Archifdy Ceredigion Archives

For Explore Your Archive Week 2018 we are celebrating the Year of the Sea. We’ve got the Aberystwyth Bandstand for the whole week and we’ll have all sorts of things going on. Come and visit, see the displays, listen to … Continue reading →

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Captain Beefheart mince pies

Posted on 22 December 2017 by Archifdy Ceredigion Archives

Another Explore Your Archives exclusive! For our Making History event, I made the shrub – already blogged about – and, helped by my friend Mark, some festively archival mince pies using another recipe from the Webley-Parry recipe books. Here it is again: … Continue reading →

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Shrub – by popular demand!

Posted on 15 December 2017 by Archifdy Ceredigion Archives

I made shrub for Making History, our Explore Your Archive 2017 event last November. The brave souls who tasted it were impressed and apparently completely unharmed! We therefore present (by popular demand) a blog all about making this very alcoholic … Continue reading →

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Making History: Explore Your Archives 2017 at Ceredigion Archives

Posted on 6 October 2017 by Archifdy Ceredigion Archives

Writers, artists, knitters and cooks, composers, ceramicists, photographers… everyone who makes! We’re inviting you to create something in response to the collections at Ceredigion Archives. At Ceredigion Archives we have five hundred years’ of Ceredigion’s history. So many lives, so … Continue reading →

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Brown Cake

Posted on 26 November 2016 by Archifdy Ceredigion Archives

This cake comes from the Aberystwyth 1917 War Hints and Recipes . It’s an odd recipe because, although it contains no eggs (easily available in 1917 Aberystwyth, surely?), it does contain vast quantities of spices and orange peel (!) which … Continue reading →

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