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Format: document

First Day Covers

Format document Tags 1970s, 1980s, volunteers

The Philatelic “Society” produced attractive Eisteddfod themed First Day Covers which helped spread news of the Eisteddfod round the world.

(more…) “First Day Covers”

Membership Card 1948

Format document Tags 1940s, volunteers

Membership card and consititution for ‘The Council of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod’. Members would be residents of Llangollen and would be approved by the Council.

(more…) “Membership Card 1948”

Where is Peace?

Format video Tags 2020s, peace

Ble mae Heddwch? Where is Peace? Llangollen Eisteddfod Online 2021 schools project collecting children’s voices, drawings and ideas on inner peace through postcards and film.

(more…) “Where is Peace?”

Treasure Hunt Llangollen 1987

Format video Tags 1980s

In July 1987 ITV’s Anneka Rice and the Treasure Hunt team dropped into the Eisteddfod to find a hidden clue!

(more…) “Treasure Hunt Llangollen 1987”

Peace and Harmony: A talk by Prof Chris Adams

Format video Tags 2020s, peace

“Blessed is a world that sings. Gentle are its songs” Peace and harmony in the early days of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. A talk by Professor Chris Adams (Eisteddfod Vice-Chair)

(more…) “Peace and Harmony: A talk by Prof Chris Adams”

Celebrating 60 Years

Format video Tags 2000s

The best broadcast history, made by Rondo with help from the Eisteddfod

(more…) “Celebrating 60 Years”

Peace Prize Video

Format video Tags 2000s, peace

“I sincerely applaud this place for this international festival where people from across the world gather together and discover that through the language of music there is a universal language of harmony” Dr. Terry Waite

(more…) “Peace Prize Video”

Just Like It Used To Be: A Tale of Hospitality 2003

Format document Tags 2000s, hospitality

Don't be frightened my mother said, this is Uncle Alfred he has come to stay. This must have been 1948 or 1949...

A hospitality story in Limelime by Nêst Adams: One of my earlist memories is being carried into the kitchen in my father’s arms and seeing my mother standing next to a very tall, blond strange young man…

(more…) “Just Like It Used To Be: A Tale of Hospitality 2003”

Today You Are My Mother: A Hospitality Story 1991

Format document Tags 1990s, hospitality

Irén and Aldreas in the Vicarage garden, Llangollen, July 1991, photo by Margaret Walker

A Story from Margaret Walker written in Limelight Magazine (February 2000): One folk-song soloist from Hungary and one Lithuanian instrumentalist – could you possiblity accommodate them both? It was Joan Jones of Hospitality on the phone…

(more…) “Today You Are My Mother: A Hospitality Story 1991”

Card from Norwegians 1949

Format document Tags 1940s, hospitality

A greetings card from Norwegian competitor “Thanks a lot for making our visit to Wales, the Eisteddfod and Chirk the most wonderful”

(more…) “Card from Norwegians 1949”

Resource Tags

1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s anniversary BBC Dylan Thomas hospitality invitation peace programmes The Peace Message volunteers

Eisteddfod Story

  • Four days in June 1947
  • Competitors
  • Continuity and Change
  • Hospitality
  • Musical Directors
  • Musical Instruments
  • Origins
  • Pavarotti in Llangollen
  • Programmes
  • Refugees
  • Royal Connections
  • Spanish Dancers
  • The Peace Message
  • The Shield, Motto and Trophy
  • Volunteers


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