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Oakdale Workmen's Institute
Oakdale Workmen's Institute is a public building originally erected at Oakdale, Caerphilly, Wales, in 1917 and now located at St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff. The foundation stone of the Institute was laid on 3 July 1916, and it was officially opened on 10 September of the following year. Alfred S. Tallis, Managing Director of the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company, which owned Oakdale Colliery, represented them at the opening ceremony; the company had lent money to the local miners' organisations to enable them to build the "'Stute" as it became popularly known. The initiative to found the Institute came from several local groups who met in the temporary workers' barracks that had been erected by the colliery owners. The new building soon became a focal point of the community, and included a library, billiards room and meeting hall. Original minute books relating to the operation of the Institute during the 1940s are held by the Gwent Archives Gwent Archives (Wels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakdale Workmens Institute (geograph 4859836) (cropped)
Oakdale or Oak Dale may refer to: Australia * Oakdale, New South Wales *Oakdale, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Region Canada * Rural Municipality of Oakdale No. 320, Saskatchewan United Kingdom *Oakdale, Caerphilly *Oakdale, Dorset United States * Oakdale, California * Oakdale, Connecticut * Oakdale, Illinois * Oakdale, Indiana * Oakdale, Iowa * Oak Dale, Howard County, Iowa * Oakdale, Louisiana * Oakdale, Louisville, Kentucky * Oakdale, a neighborhood in Dedham, Massachusetts * Oakdale, Holyoke, Massachusetts * Oakdale, West Boylston, Massachusetts * Oakdale, Minnesota * Oakdale, Missouri * Oakdale, Nebraska * Oakdale, New York * Oakdale, Pennsylvania * Oakdale, Tennessee * Oakdale, Texas * Oak Dale, Texas * Oakdale, Wisconsin * Oakdale (town), Wisconsin * Oakdale Township (other), any of several townships within the United States * The Toyota Oakdale Theatre, in Wallingford, Connecticut Historical sites * Oakdale Historic District, in For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakdale, Caerphilly
Oakdale is a large village in Caerphilly county borough, Wales, 9½ miles north of Caerphilly itself, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. Situated in the Sirhowy valley, it is east of Blackwood, with which it forms a conurbation. At the 2001 census Oakdale had a population of 4,478. History In the early years of the twentieth century the need for coal was growing both in America and Europe, and local business men in Wales were looking for new opportunities to fill the demand. Among these were a group known as the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company, made up of wealthy industrialists from the Maclaren, Markham, Pochin, Whitworth and Wyllie families. They decided to create a group of collieries in the Sirhowy Valley, which explorations had told them contained rich seams of " black gold." One of these was at the small rural hamlet of Rhiw Syr Dafydd. Work began clearing the site for the new colliery at Oakdale with the sinking of the pit in 1907. Waterloo shaft followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Fagans National Museum Of History
St Fagans National Museum of History ( ; cy, Sain Ffagan: Amgueddfa Werin Cymru, links=no), commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum in Cardiff chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people. The museum is part of the wider network of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales. It consists of more than forty re-erected buildings from various locations in Wales, and is set in the grounds of St Fagans Castle, a Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house. In 2011 ''Which?'' magazine named the museum the United Kingdom's favourite visitor attraction. A six-year, £30-million revamp was completed in 2018 and the museum was named the Art Fund Museum of the Year in 2019. History The museum was founded in 1946 following the donation of the castle and lands by the Earl of Plymouth. It opened its doors to the public in 1948, under the name of the Welsh Folk Museum. The museum's name in Welsh (also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the south-east of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. Cardiff Built-up Area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is the main commercial centre of Wales as well as the base for the Senedd. At the 2021 census, the unitary authority area population was put at 362,400. The popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakdale Colliery
Oakdale Colliery was a coal mine located in the Sirhowy Valley, one of the valleys of South Wales. In the early years of the twentieth century the need for coal was growing both in America and Europe, and local business men in Wales were looking for new opportunities to fill the demand. Among these were a group known as the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company, made up of wealthy industrialists from the Maclaren, Markham, Pochin, Whitworth and Wyllie families. They decided to create a group of collieries in the Sirhowy Valley, which explorations had told them contained rich seams of " black gold." One of these was at the small rural hamlet of Rhiw Syr Dafydd. Work began clearing the site for the new colliery at Ty Mellyn, Oakdale, with the sinking of the pit in 1907. Waterloo shaft followed in 1911. The shafts, North (upcast), and South, were 626 and 650 yards deep respectively, and were the largest diameter shafts in South Wales at the time. Opened in 1911, the colliery was owned by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwent Archives
Gwent Archives (Welsh: ''Archifau Gwent'') is the local records office and genealogy centre, based in Ebbw Vale, South Wales for the historic county of Monmouthshire. It covers the modern local authority areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly County Borough, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen. Background Monmouthshire Record Office was established in 1938 at the Shire Hall in Newport. Following local government reorganisation in 1974, it became the Gwent County Record Office and moved to the newly built County Hall in Cwmbran. In October 2011 the record office moved from Cwmbran to a newly developed site in Ebbw Vale and was renamed Gwent Archives. Location The Gwent Archives are housed in the Grade II* listed office buildings of Ebbw Vale Steelworks. The red brick building with its tall clock tower was built in 1915/6 for the Ebbw Vale Iron and Steel Company. In 2009 plans were approved for architects Stride Treglown to convert the building into a headquarters for Gwent Record Off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Oakdale or Oak Dale may refer to: Australia * Oakdale, New South Wales *Oakdale, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Region Canada * Rural Municipality of Oakdale No. 320, Saskatchewan United Kingdom *Oakdale, Caerphilly *Oakdale, Dorset United States * Oakdale, California * Oakdale, Connecticut * Oakdale, Illinois * Oakdale, Indiana * Oakdale, Iowa * Oak Dale, Howard County, Iowa * Oakdale, Louisiana * Oakdale, Louisville, Kentucky * Oakdale, a neighborhood in Dedham, Massachusetts * Oakdale, Holyoke, Massachusetts * Oakdale, West Boylston, Massachusetts * Oakdale, Minnesota * Oakdale, Missouri * Oakdale, Nebraska * Oakdale, New York * Oakdale, Pennsylvania * Oakdale, Tennessee * Oakdale, Texas * Oak Dale, Texas * Oakdale, Wisconsin * Oakdale (town), Wisconsin * Oakdale Township (other), any of several townships within the United States * The Toyota Oakdale Theatre, in Wallingford, Connecticut Historical sites * Oakdale Historic District, in For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Kinnock
Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock (born 28 March 1942) is a British former politician. As a member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until 1995, first for Bedwellty and then for Islwyn. He was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 until 1992, and Vice-President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Kinnock was considered as being on the soft left of the Labour Party. Born and raised in South Wales, Kinnock was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1970 general election. He became the Labour Party’s shadow education minister after the Conservatives won power in the 1979 general election. After the party under Michael Foot suffered a landslide defeat to Margaret Thatcher in the 1983 election, Kinnock was elected Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition. During his tenure as leader, Kinnock proceeded to fight the party's left wing, especially Militant tendency, and he opposed N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures Completed In 1917
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebuilt Buildings And Structures In Wales
''Rebuilt'' is the second and final studio album by the American girl group Girlicious. The album was released on November 22, 2010, by Universal Music Canada. The album draws from the dance-pop genre while infusing hints of R&B. Production initially started in 2009, after former member Tiffanie Anderson parted citing personal differences between the girls. The album has sparked four singles and one promotional single; The first being, "Over You" which was released on January 5, 2010. The song reached number fifty-two on the Canadian Hot 100. "Maniac" was released on April 6, 2010 as the album's second single. The song peaked lower than its previous single reaching number seventy-four. "Drank" was released on July 20, 2010 to Canada and to the United States as a promotional song for "Rebuilt" as well as being included on ''Jersey Shore''s album soundtrack. The album's third single entitled "2 In The Morning" reached a peak of thirty-five giving the group their highest-charting si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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