The Richard Burton Archives do have figures lurking behind the scenes: the archives themselves, such as reports, ledgers, accounts, balance sheets, wage books and other financial documents, numerical records that we create, such as the number of people who visit us, how researchers contact us and how many documents are produced. We take part in…Continue Reading How do numbers feature in, what is on the whole, an Archive full of words?
Remembering Aberfan
54 years ago, at 9.15am on the morning of October 21, 1966, a spoil tip collapsed onto the Welsh village of Aberfan, engulfing Pantglas Primary School and other buildings. The disaster resulted in the tragic deaths of 116 children and 28 adults. After the landslide stopped, many local residents rushed to the school and began…Continue Reading Remembering Aberfan