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Indenture for a child to be apprenticed in blacksmithing, Monmouth, 1670
  • Bill to the County of Radnor for work done at Presteigne Gaol by J. Went (blacksmith) amounting to £6.3.0. for fettering prisoners and mending locks.
Blacksmith's bill for fettering prisoners and mending locks at Presteigne Gaol, 1817 [image 1 of 2]
  • The first pension was introduced by David Lloyd George in 1911. Mr Thomas Thomas, a blacksmith of Gwyddelwern, Merionethshire, was the first in Wales to be paid the old age pension. Mr Thomas is shown here alongside the five shilling piece he received.
'Lloyd George's Crown' - the first pension to be issued in 1911
  • Photograph of the village smithy (right of image). The building at the top of the hill is Palmerston Primary School.
View of Cadoxton, late 19th century
  • The smithy at the Dinorwig Quarry workshops, Gilfach Ddu, Llanberis, played a central role in the work which was carried on the site. It was here that the metal parts which had been produced in the foundry were assembled to produce all manner of tools, machinery and equipment for the quarry. The tools used by the blacksmith are displayed on the wall of the smithy on what is now the site of the Welsh Slate Museum. Description based on the Welsh Slate Museum Guidebook (2002).
Blacksmith's tools, Welsh Slate Museum, Llanberis
  • The smithy at the Dinorwig Quarry workshops, Gilfach Ddu, Llanberis, played a central role in the work which was carried on the site. It was here that the metal parts which had been produced in the foundry were assembled to produce all manner of tools, machinery and equipment for the quarry. The four hearths in the smithy were made on site in the foundry. They were installed in 1870 and each used an average of 200 weights of anthracite a week. There were two men to each hearth, and a labourer. All the tools used, apart from the first set, were made in the smithy. Description based on the Welsh Slate Museum Guidebook (2002).
Smithy's hearth, Welsh Slate Museum, Llanberis