Our Object this week is a tradional Welsh hat.
Object the Week, 28 January
Among some recently loaned and donated items is our Object of the Week, this 1938 Pyle Radio.
Object of the Week, 21 January
Our Object of the Week is a souvenir programme from 1950 of a concert given at the George Edwards Hall by the Cefn Mawr Male Voice Choir. Music by Handel, Verdi, Donizetti, Mozart, Rossini, Puccini and Mendelssohn was included.
Object of the Week, 16 January
Our other Object this week is a model of the St Edward’s Coronation Crown, from our exhibition on Royal Memorabilia
Object of the Week, 16 January
We have two Objects of the Week: this one is the Florence Nightingale Nursing badge from a new exhibition.
Object of the Week, 7 January
Our Object this week is a J C Edwards brick, decorated with the sun and its rays, a suitable image for a happy New Year!
Object of the Week, 17 December
Our Object this week is a Christmas scene painted by Christopher Hall, of which we have a copy in the Museum. The picture is reminiscent of Bruegel with the figures in the snowscape. It comes with our best wishes to you all for a happy Christmas and New Year. We close after our session on Wednesday 19 December, and reopen on Monday 7 January 2019.
Object of the Week, 10 December
Our latest Object of the Week, recently donated, is a facility for the bedridden. The slipper bed pan contains instructions as to how it should be used. We shall leave the rest to your imagination!
Object of the Week, 3 December
Our Object of the Week is unusual, in that we’ve just won it! We gained the award because we took part in a film competition called ‘Myths and Legends of the Dee Valley’, and got a ‘highly commended’ for our film on ‘The Cefn Mawr Prize Fight’. Pictured here is the trophy (now nicknamed ‘Oscar’!) and our worthy film-star, Cyril Thelwell, who gave a great performance telling the story on the Aqueduct.
Object of the Week 26 November
Our Object this week is a raffle ticket — but not a modern one, as it’s dated 26 December 1880! The original is reproduced in the lower part of the picture, while a contemporary copy makes clear the contents of the ticket. Clearly the main prizes in those days would have been food! The tickets cost 6d each, a not inconsiderable sum in 1880, with a whole book of 12 tickets costing 5/6d, which meant that one ticket came free! The raffle was held at the Holly Bush Inn, Cefn Mawr.