CLOCH comes to Torfaen

Do you have an interesting story, photograph or information about the development of
Cwmbran New Town?

Read on to find out how your memories and memorabilia can become part of an important local research project...

Conserving Local Communities Heritage Project

The CLOCH project will be operating in South Wales for the next 3 years. It will establish partnerships with libraries, museums and archives and will offer 10 traineeships to unemployed young men in the South Wales area. The trainees will gain experience working in libraries, museums and archives and will hopefully gain employment in these sectors at the end of the project.

The training will cover 4 main areas:

• Digitisation
• Research and Local History
• Conservation and Collection Management
• Community Engagement

The first 3 trainees have been chosen and have now almost completed the first stage of their training at the Glamorgan Archives. They are ready to start phase 2 which will take place in Library services in Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent and Swansea.

Ben Bartlett, from Blaenavon, will be continuing his traineeship in Torfaen in April and will be based at Cwmbran Library. Ben will be gathering together an archive of stories, photographs and oral memories relating to the development of Cwmbran New Town. He would love to hear from anyone with information, photos or memories about the area. You can either send him details via post or email or arrange to come in and speak to him in person.

Please contact stephanie.morgan@torfaen.gov.uk and she will pass on your information to Ben when he joins us next month.

The CLOCH project is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of the 'Skills for the Future' programme. visit the website