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Articles: Social and Cultural History

Wooden spoon with an intricately carved handle. The handle is carved into an elaborate symmetrical shape with two hearts cut out of the centre.
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Welsh love spoons

25 January 2024
Watercolour drawing of Victorian woman in traditional welsh dress
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The Welsh Hat - Then and Now

27 July 2023
The Vulcan hotel at St Fagans. The name is seen clearly at the front of the red brick building; the pub itself is surrounded by trees with clear blue sky above.
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Rebuilding The Vulcan Hotel

15 June 2023
Banner of the Older Lesbian Network (Wales) made about 2000
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Collecting LGBTQ+ histories at St Fagans National Museum of History

14 April 2021
Bessie Hunter with two soldiers on the Rose Terrace, St Fagans Castle, about 1916-19 (Private Collection)
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International Nurses Day

11 May 2020
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Food Rationing during the Second World War

5 May 2020
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Clothing rationing and 'Make do and Mend' during the Second World War

5 May 2020
Utility fireside chairs in the Prefab living room, St Fagans National Museum of History
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Rationing furniture during the Second World War

5 May 2020
Griffiths (right) and other members of his squadron on a Hurricane.
Article

VE Day: Medals of Heroism, Service and Sacrifice

5 May 2020
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Victory in Europe Day

5 May 2020
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