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Ballad recording the cremation of Dr William Price, 1893 [image 1 of 4]
  • This ballad relates the story of William Murphy who was the last man to be executed at Caernarfon Gaol on 15 February 1910. Murphy was executed for the brutal murder of Gwen Ellen Jones at Holyhead on Christmas Day 1909. He was sentenced to death at the Beaumaris Assizes on 25 January 1910.
Ballad entitled 'Execution of Murphy', 1910 [image 1 of 4]
Welsh ballad praising the quarrymen of Caebraich-y-cafn, Bethesda, by Ieuan Griffiths, page 1
Ballads in Welsh and English re. the south Wales coal strike of 1910-11, page 1
Welsh ballad criticising the fashion for crinoline petticoats among Welsh women, page 1
  • A ballad written by Thomas Edwards, 'Twm o'r Nant' (1739-1810). Twm o'r Nant was born in Llanefydd, Denbighshire, and is best known as the writer and player of a number of interludes.
'Cerdd y Celfyddydau' - Welsh ballad by Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant), page 1