Hi Ann
I can't get that URL to work. Have you tried it? I have copied it out as
well just in case.
Regards
Dawn
dawn.cumbley(a)virgin.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Macey" <annmacey(a)ntlworld.com>
To: <monmouthshire(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 8:14 PM
Subject: [MON] Risca Ancestors? look here
> I am a volunteer archives trainee at the Planned Environment Therapy
> Trust Archive and Study Centre in Toddington, Gloucestershire, and am
> writing to ask your help and to let you know about some information
> we have which may be of interest to your readers. The information I
> have prepared is at
> <
http://www.pettrust.org.uk/>http://www.pettrust.org.uk (Click on
> "New: Press Release").
>
> The Archive and Study Centre hosts a large collection of papers,
> documents and other materials related to the field of therapeutic
> care. Among this collection are a number of photographs taken at
> Risca in the early 1930s, where an educational settlement was
> established to help unemployed coal miners and their families. David
> Wills and his wife Ruth were joint wardens at the Educational
> Settlement at Oxford House, Risca, and they worked to set up a number
> of groups including an unemployed men's club and boys' and girls'
> clubs. David Wills kept a photograph album of this time. More
> information about this and photographs can be found at our website:
>
> <
http://www.pettrust.org.uk/>http://www.pettrust.org.uk/
>
> Please click on 'RISCA' and you will be taken to thumbnails of our
> photos. By clicking on the 'Larger' link, you will then be able to
> see a bigger version of the photo and find out more information about it.
>
> The photographs from David Wills' album show the people of Risca
> engaged in different activities at Oxford House and also on camping
> trips and holidays in the surrounding countryside. Our hope is you
> will publicise this within the Gwent Family History Society, and that
> your clients will view our collection of photographs online. Some of
> them may be able to recognise themselves or family members, and
> reconnect themselves with the Monmouthshire of the 1930s. We also
> hope that they may be willing to share some of their memories and
> information with us, perhaps by using the online form.
>
> We would be grateful if you would consider making this information
> available to your society's users. If you require more details or
> information please see the Press Release
> (<
http://www.pettrust.org.uk/>http://www.pettrust.org.uk) or contact
> me or the archivist, Dr. Craig Fees, at this e-mail address.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Sharon Boyle
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