Catalogue description Records of the Bristol Cambrian Society
This record is held by Bristol Archives
Reference: | 40499 |
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Title: | Records of the Bristol Cambrian Society |
Description: |
Committee minutes, newscuttings, reports, scrapbook and badge of office |
Date: | 1869-1935 |
Held by: | Bristol Archives, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
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Physical description: | 3 files |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
Deposited by Mr. E. Evans, October 1992. |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Cambrian Society was inaugurated on 1 March 1869, with the object of celebrating St. David's Day among the large Welsh community in the city; by an annual dinner. It subsequently became a charitable society also, giving help from its funds to needy Welsh people in Bristol, particularly during the hardship caused by the depression and coal strikes of the 1920's and 1930's. |
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