Today's work party on Sunday, 4/2/24 at 1pm in the Ironworks has been cancelled due to the weather. Hope to see you next week.

The actual size of an airliner's landing gear. A Boeing 787 [📹 David_dar]

Whether relying on carpenter magic or the services of a charm-smith, many institutions know the importance of a sufficiently warded door. When the church doors of England are so Devil and shuck-scraped, no entrance is truly safe from living folklore. – #CLNolan #FolkloreSunday

There will be a work party on Sunday, 11.2.24 at 1pm. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear. Let's hope the weather is better!

There will be a work party on Sunday, 18.2.24 at 1pm. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear. The weather was great last week. I think it was one the few dry days we have had for weeks!

A petition is calling on Welsh Government to stop the funding cuts to heritage institutions including the Royal Commission.Please sign and share this link: zurl.co/mkAS Thank you!@NLWales Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales Cadw CB_Arolygu / RC_Survey CB_Archif/RC_Archive RC_Enwau Lleoedd ArtsWales.com

News | Senedd petition launched against cuts to Welsh museums and heritage Unions and politicians warn that budget proposals will put institutions at risk. Read: ow.ly/Hy1P50QFKsh

Every £1 invested in the sector leads to £5 worth of economic growth, the 0.02 per cent saving made in the national budget makes little sense. petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/2460…

Slate quarry blast shelter Lôn Garet. For hiding in when blasting stone. These round structures have meter thick walls with enough room for about eight men, this one is partially buried by a recent rockfall. If you zoom into the second picture you can see two others.

There will be a work party on Sunday, 25.2.24 at 1pm. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear. We managed to till and sow some wild flower seeds on a bank amongst other jobs such as litter picking. Our sower went to sow, and we hope the seeds all fell on good ground!

Today's work party on Sunday, 25.2.24 at 1pm has been cancelled due to rain. Hope to see you next week.

Due to administrative issues beyond our control resulting in no insurance, the Friends will be taking a break from working on the Ironworks site during March. We hope to be back in April, keep watching this space!

This is essential to keep our roads clean.

This photo, c.1900, features women brickyard workers from Ebbw Vale. We don’t know where these women worked, possibly Brynhelig Brickyard near Brynheulog Street; Gantra Brickyard near Harcourt Street; or Furnace Brickworks near Newtown. #WomensHistoryMonth Ref: D3205

BRITAIN IS COVERED IN LITTER. We need an Automatic Number Plate Recognition system at all drive-thru restaurants in Britain. Has the government got the guts to take on McDonald’s and KFC????

A blustery start to the pre-conference tours out at the Auchenharvie engine house, then exploring Caprington's engine oddities. An intriguing afternoon at in West Lothian with Friends of Kinneil and Kinningars Park, Bo'ness. Back Summerlee Museum the preparations continued #IEEC3

Writers, poets, playwrights, musicians – have you seen our storyteller callout with Literature Wales? We are seeking a storyteller to help us celebrate creativity in Neath Port Talbot – apply by 2nd April. Read more: dramaticheart.wales/blog/local-cre… #UKSPF

Unfortunately, there has been no change in the situation regarding our insurance. Until this has been sorted out, there will be no further work parties. We sincerely hope this will be a temporary situation as we do not wish the last seven years of work to suffer as a result.

For #NationalWildlifeDay: A thread dedicated to some of the UK's most iconic, and endangered, wildlife. 👇🧵