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  • John Morris-Jones sent this letter to his sweetheart, Mary Hughes, Siglen, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, on New Year's Day, 1892. He wrote the first half of the letter in verse form and the first page also includes a watercolour sketch painted by John Morris-Jones himself. In his letters, John expresses his feelings for Mary quite freely, but it is clear that Mary is not as open in her letters to him. At the end of this letter John asks why Mary does not express herself as freely in her letters as she does when they are together - he would like her to tell him more about the things she has been doing, and not to write as though she is addressing a stranger ('paham nad ydi Mary bach y llythyrau ddim mor rydd, mor
Letter sent by John Morris-Jones to his sweetheart Mary, New Year's Day 1892 [page 1 of 4]
  • The following images show selected pages from the North Wales College, Penrhyn Quarrymen Subscription Book, 1885-6. Despite the financial hardships suffered by the quarrymen and their families, they responded magnificently to the appeals to support the foundation of the University College of North Wales, Bangor. Each gallery or 'ponc' in the Penrhyn Quarry established its own committee in order to collect monthly subscriptions. Details of the payments made by the quarry officials and the quarrymen who worked the 'Lord' and 'Sebastopol' galleries are shown here.
Bangor University - Quarrymen Subscription Book, 1885-6 [front cover, image 1 of 13]
  • This is the first admissions register of the University College of North Wales, Bangor. The College opened its doors for the first time on 18 October 1884 when it was located in the Penrhyn Arms, Bangor.
First Admissions Register of the University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1884-92 [front cover, image 1 of 22]
  • This Crown was won by R. Silyn Roberts (1871-1930) at the National Eisteddfod held in Bangor in 1902. His winning poem to Trystan and Isolde was published in 'Trystan ac Esyllt a Chaniadau Eraill' (1904). The Crown was designed by Harold Rathbone of Liverpool. Silyn was a native of Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire. He worked as a quarryman for a period before enrolling at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. He was a committed socialist and in 1925 he established the North Wales branch of the Workers' Educational Association (the WEA).
Crown won by R. Silyn Roberts at the Bangor National Eisteddfod, 1902
  • Programme of a Public Concert arranged by the students of the University College of North Wales, Bangor, in aid of the North Wales Heroes' Memorial Fund, 27 February 1918. The 'North Wales Heroes' Memorial, a memorial arch which leads to the University at Bangor, was subsequently unveiled by the Prince of Wales in November 1923.
Programme of concert held at Bangor in aid of the North Wales Heroes' Memorial Fund, 27 February 1918 [image 1 of 2]
  • The proceeds from this concert were in aid of the College Library.
Programme of concert held by students of the Bangor Normal College, 10 December 1895 [image 1 of 4]