A Wonderful Trip Home
I have recently returned to the USA from South Wales where I had one of my most memorable visits ever. I had the pleasure of making a number of new friends in my research of photographs for this site. I would particularly like to thank the superb staff of the Glamorgan Record Office, who were so utterly welcoming and friendly during my day-long visit with them. I enjoyed coffee and a fascinating conversation with the wonderful Susan Edwards, who heads up the operation, and was so encouraging about this project. She gave me so many ideas and contacts that it will take me months to work through and follow up on them all. I'd also like to thank Geoff Edwards, who works for Susan, who so kindly responded to my initial request, and gave me a tour of the facility, plus a valuable primer on how to best conduct my research. It is people like these who keep our history alive, and if not for their diligence and passion, our world would be a lesser place, one that future generations would know less about.
No less a note of thanks goes to Tony Woolway, the Chief Photography Archivist for Media Wales, who oversees the archives of newspapers such as the Western Mail and Echo, plus dozens of other community newspapers. I arrived at 9.30 one morning, and Tony, the ever-smiling Cardiff City supporter, showed me to a desk of folders of photographs and press cuttings he had so kindly arranged which had me immersed for many hours. I now have literally hundreds of photographs to go through and collate and upload which will take many months to do, but I do now get the feeling that I have the ingredients to make something truly memorable. Stay tuned.