
Cymdeithas Treftadaeth Dyffryn Conwy
Conwy Valley Civic Society
Past meetings
2023
May - Ro-wen Memorial Hall
"The world is your oyster - restoring a forgotten ecosystem in the Conwy estuary" - Maria Hayden-Hughes
April - Llanbedr and Tal-y-bont Memorial Hall
"North Wales: The Home of Low Carbon Energy"
Dr. Debbie Jones, Innovation Manager in Low Carbon Energy,
March - Llanbedr and Tal-y-bont Memorial Hall
Nigel Beidas - "Sheepfolds in the Carneddau - and Beyond"
February - meeting postponed, lecture rescheduled for May 2023
2022
December - no meeting
November - Ro-wen Memorial Hall,
Mike Potts - "A Bird Photographer's Travels in the Antarctic"
October - Church House, Glan Conwy
Prof. Chris Baines - "From Greenland to Glan Conwy
– a personal view of climate change"
(Joint meeting with CPRW, Conwy Branch)
September - St Mary's Church Hall, Conwy
Alastair Dick-Clelan - "Rescuing ruins - the work of the Landmark Trust"
(Joint meeting with the Aberconwy Historical Society)
August - no meeting
July - Members' annual outing
June - Members' social event
May - Llanbedr and Tal-y-bont Memorial Hall - Teresa Bodner
Trees, farms, and the uplands – when is a landscape sustainable, and what does that look like in the Conwy Valley?
April - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Dr Shaun Evans
Landed estates in North Wales: their effects on culture, society and landscape
March - Betws-y-coed Memorial Hall - Dr Martin Cherry
Houses in North Wales 1400-1600: some new discoveries
February - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Professor John Reynolds
When mountains and lakes move: causes and consequences
January - (Our annual Pub lunch) CANCELLED
Unfortunately under the restrictions in force it was not possible to arrange our usual New Year get-together.
2021
(Meetings recommenced in September 2021)
September - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Beca Roberts - The Carneddau Landscape Partnership
October - Tal-y-bont Memorial Hall - Dr David Gwyn - The North Wales slate industry and the bid for UNESCO World Heritage status
November - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Gerallt Llewelyn Jones - The Morlais Tidal Energy Project, Anglesey
December – no meeting
2020
January - Lunch and Awards presentation - The Princes Arms, Trefriw
February - (Afternoon meeting) - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Morgan Burgess (History dept., Rydal Penrhos) "The Normans in North Wales"
(No further meetings were held during 2020)
2019
January - our winter pub lunch at The Bee, Eglwysbach, with guest speaker - Judy Corbett, Gwydir Castle
February - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - David Hopewell (Gwynedd Archaeological Trust) - "Recent Discoveries in Roman North-West Wales"
March - Betws-y-coed Memorial Hall - Jenny Emmett (Gwynedd Archaeological Planning Service) - “Archaeology and Development in North-West Wales”
April - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Professor Roy Alexander (University of Chester) - "Ashton Hayes Going Carbon Neutral Project: 14 years on"
May - Members’ social evening - at Gilfach, hosted by Isoline and James Greenhalgh
June - Dolgarrog Community Centre - our A.G.M - with guest speaker, Dr. John Willis (Dolgarrog Railway Society) “The Dolgarrog Railway”.
July - Members’ summer outing - guided tour of Gwrych - Dolgarrog Community Centre - our A.G.M - with guest speaker, Dr. John Willis (Dolgarrog Railway Society) “The Dolgarrog Railway”.
August - no meeting
September - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Matt Osmont RIBA (Architect, Donald Insall Associates) "Building conservation in practice"
October - Seion Chapel, Llanrwst - Prof. Chris Baines (Naturalist, horticulturalist and broadcaster) - "Working with nature – from water management to wildlife gardening" (joint meeting with CPRW (Conwy Branch)
November - Tal-y-bont Memorial Hall - Dr. Malcolm Smith(Biologist and author, former chief scientist at The Countryside Council for Wales)"Farming post Brexit: a once in a lifetime local opportunity"
December - no meeting
2018
January - Eglwysbach, Aberconwy Hall - Dyfrig Roberts - Consultant Engineer and Herald Bard - "Lighthearted professional anecdotes"
February - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Aneurin Phillips - "Llefydd Gwyllt/ Wild Places"
March - Trefriw Village Hall - Gavin Gatehouse - Founding chair Ynni Anafon Energy Cyf. - "How to build your own hydro"
April - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Gareth Evens - Team leader Flood Risk Management NRW - "Flood prevention in The Valley"
May - Trefriw Village Hall - John Lawson Reay - "The Dolgarrog Flood Disaster"
June - Betws-y-coed Memorial Hall - Bob Booth - North Wales Wildlife Trust - "Swifts"
July - Dolgarrog Community Centre - A.G.M. - no meeting
August - no meeting
September - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Dewi Davies (The National Trust) - "The Upper Conwy Catchment Project"
October - 7:30pm - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Anne Pedley, Archivist, Royal Welch Fusiliers - “The Poets of the Royal Welsh in WW1”
November - Trefriw Village Hall - Dr Andre Mazzetto, Bangor University - "Shrinking the footprint of food produced in the Conwy Valley"
December - no meeting
2017
January - Tal-y-bont Memorial Hall - Afternoon meeting - Anne Pedley - "The Royal Welsh Fusiliers in The Great War"
February - The Bee Inn, Eglwysbach (afternoon meeting), lunch followed by talk - Eric Maddern - "Mythic Snowdonia"
March - Trefriw Village Hall - Jane Kenney - "The Home Front"
April - Natural Building Centre, Llanrwst - Ned Schärer - "From Westminster Abbey to Plas Tirion". Talk, tour and refreshments.
May - Eglwysbach, Aberconwy Hall - John Harold - "The Snowdonia Society at 50"
June - CVCS Awards - Princes Arms, Trefriw.
July - A.G.M. Ro-wen, Memorial Hall
August - no meeting
September - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Joyce Hughes, Chairman CPRW North Wales - "CPRW – protecting rural Wales for future generations"
October - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Mark Baker, Architectural Historian -"Gwrych Castle"
November (change to printed programme) - Trefriw Village Hall - Susan Jones, Education Officer at the Welsh Mountain Zoo - "The history of the Welsh Mountain Zoo"
December - no meeting
2016
January - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Fiona Braithwaite - "Bodnant, the Winter Gardens, the Far End, and future plans"
February - Tal-y-bont Memorial Hall - Gethin Davies - "The Dark Skies campaign"
March - Eglwysbach, Aberconwy Hall - Helen Bradley - "The Chardon Family, indigo planters in Calcutta, and the founders of Llandudno Museum"
April - Trefriw Village Hall - Alan Pritchard - "A day in the life of a Snowdonia National Park Warden"
May - Tal-y-bont Memorial Hall - Dr. Andy Evans "Organ donation update and the introduction of deemed consent in Wales"
June - Betws-y-coed Memorial Hall - Margaret Thomas - "The history of Ty Hyll and its gardens"
July - A.G.M. - Dolgarrog Community Hall
August - no meeting
September - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Glynis Shaw - “The Historic Gardens of North Wales”
October - St. John's Methodist Church, Rose Hill St. Conwy - Mike Brotherton - "Steam to Patagonia" (Joint meeting, courtesy of Aberconwy Historical Society).
November - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Ken Davies - "40 years of working with lead"
December - no meeting
2015
January - Trefriw Memorial Hall - Vicky MacDonald -The Men who crossed The River Conwy
February - Plas y Brenin - Mrs. N. Collister - Search and Rescue Dogs
March - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Aneurin Phillips - Hot and Cold part 2 Contrasting Wildlife and Landscape
April - Betws-y-coed Memorial Hall - HiPoints
May - Plas Maenan - Awards Ceremony
June - Tal-y-bont Memorial Hall - A.G.M
July - Trip, Hendre Hall (courtesy of Mr. Michael Tree)
August - no meeting
September - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Gwyn Lloyd-Jones - "Catherine of Berain"
October - Peniel Chapel Schoolroom, Deganwy - Richard Clammer - "Trefriw Steamers" - joint meeting, courtesy of "History of Deganwy Group"
November - Old Board School, Lloyd St., Llandudno - Susan Ellis, Archive Service" All you ever wanted to know about the Conwy Archive Service - hands on at the current Archive Office" + Quiz
December - no meeting
2014
January - Fairy Falls Hotel -Vicky MacDonald – Artists of the Conwy Valley
February - Tal-y-bont Memorial Hall - Chris Martindale – Tea Tasting
March - Maenan Abbey Hotel - Rev Eirlys Griffith – Holy Wells of Wales
April - Eagles Hotel, Llanrwst - Peter Collins – Welsh Furniture
May - Betws-y-coed Memorial Hall - Mel Morris – Stickmaking
June - Tal Goed Nursery - AGM
July - Llangollen Railway outing.
August - no meeting
September - Tal-y-bont Memorial Hall –Paul Kay - Underwater Wales and the work of the Marine Conservation Society
October - Eagles Hotel, Llanrwst - Mrs. S. Goodey - WWI, Battlefields of France
November - Eglwys-bach Village Hall - Chris Wynne - North Wales Wildlife Trust - From Gardens to Landscape
December - no meeting
2013
August - no meeting
September - St Tudclud’s Church, Penmachno - Open doors exhibition, talk and tea
October - Ro-wen Memorial Hall - Helen Bradley – Princes of Wales
November - Glasdir, Llanrwst - Keith Jones – Hidden Hydros of North Wales