Penarth Local History Society

26/03/2026

It's HISTORY DAY at Penarth Library
Why not pop along to find out more...!

24/03/2026

Lots of Local History Events happening between now and the end of March.

Wed 25th - Penarth Library Llyfrgell Penarthhave a talk by Chris Riley (enquire at the library to see if any tickets left)

Thu 26th - Penarth Library have a history open day - 1100-1600. A free event with a chance to see their newly refurbished history room, and also meet some local historians, and representatives of ourselves and Penarth Civic Society

Sat 28th - Friends of the Italian Gardens, Penarth are holding an event at the gardens to celebrate its centenary - Free event from 1130 - see their page for more details.

Mon 30th - Penarth Library have another Family History Support day

Tue 31st - Penarth Civic Society and Penarth Pier Pavilion are hosting an evening talk to also celebrate the centenary of the Italian Gardens - Brenda Gibbins & Janice Lee will be once again delivering their talk about Constance Maillard, who helped create the gardens, and members of Friends of The Italian Gardens will also be talking about their work towards maintaining and restoring it. See the Penarth Civic Society's or Pier Pavilion's pages for more details and links to booking tickets.

06/03/2026

Coming up Next Week on Tuesday 10th at Penarth Pier Pavilion is this talk by Martin Blamey on William Randolph Hearst and his Impact on St Donats Castle.

(This is being organised and hosted entirely by the Pier Pavilion and not Penarth Local History Society or Penarth Civic Society event).

Visit https://penarthpierpavilion.ticketsolve.com/.../1173674538 for more information & tickets.

History Talk – William Randolph Hearsts Impact on St Donat’s Castle

Join us on 10 March at 2.00pm for an illustrated talk by Martin Blamey exploring the remarkable legacy of American media tycoon William Randolph Hearst and his profound impact on St Donat’s Castle.

Tuesday 10 March - 2pm

Tickets - penarthpierpavilion.ticketsolve.com

Sgwrs Hanes – Effaith William Randolph Hearst ar Gastell Sain Dunwyd

Ymunwch â ni am 2.00pm ar 10 Mawrth am sgwrs ddarluniadol gan Martin Blamey yn archwilio dylanwad nodedig y teicŵn cyfryngau Americanaidd William Randolph Hearst a'i effaith fawr ar Gastell Sain Dunwyd.

Dydd Mawrth 10 Mawrth - 2pm

Tocynnau - penarthpierpavilion.ticketsolve.com

01/03/2026

So apparently today is the day the BBC Songs of Praise episode filmed back in January at St Augustine's Church (Penarth Ministry Area) is being Broadcast.
(1:15pm on BBC2 Wales, and will then be available on iPlayer.)

Why are we mentioning this...? Well we found this song sheet in our archives from a previous time the programme was filmed there, in 1976.

They held a rehearsal Wednesday 24th March, recorded on Thursday 25th and the show was broadcast on Sunday 16th May 1976.

As you can see it was an interesting mix of hymns. There's even notes made (probably from the rehearsal as to who will be singing what parts.
What a great bit of history to have... 😃

Will they be singing the same songs again at this year's? Tune in to find out.

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus bawb / Happy St David's Day everyone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😁

Diocese of Llandaff

15/02/2026

It might not be about Penarth, but it is still a bit of local history (and probably a bit of nostalgia for a few of you too...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1tDmEU3uLo

Like countless thousands of others, Between Ourselves goes on a day trip to sunny Barry Island, the popular seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan.Clip take...

08/02/2026

Check out the Penarth Civic Society's latest post about their new-look Event's page.

PCS have been courteous to us by including our events in their listings so that they can reach a wider audience.

Not only that, but as we're in the year of
its also a great way to show the various ways the parts of our community are working together. 😀

Please do visit the page to see what's new, and perhaps event find events from the various options (and community groups etc.) that you would like to attend.

Find out what events we are running. Also events by our sub-groups and guest speakers