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WHAT WAS THE LLAIS?
The ‘Llais Llafur’ was a weekly newspaper edited, printed and published at Ystalyfera in the upper reaches of the Swansea Valley between 1898 and 1971. Over the years it changed its name several times but it was always known locally as the ‘Llais’.
Llais Llafur
1898 - 1915
Labour Voice
9 Jan. 1915 - 23 June 1927
South Wales Voice
2 July 1927 - 12 Mar. 1965
South Wales and Swansea Voice
19 Mar.1964 - 11 Mar.1965
South Wales Voice
18 Mar. 1965 - 2 Dec. 1971
WHAT KIND OF THINGS CAN I FIND IN THE NEWSPAPER?
THE PROJECT
Until now no complete collection of the Llais newspaper existed in one place. With the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Ystradgynlais Family History Society is having the complete run of the newspaper put on to microfilm and deposited in Ystradgynlais Library thus returning the paper back to its roots.
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