Spotlight: Welsh Sheep Farm

From the collection of

Archif Sgrin a Sain Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales Screen and Sound Archive
Established in 2001, the National Library of Wales Screen and Sound Archive holds an unrivalled collection of films, TV and radio broadcasts, video tapes and sound recordings relating to Wales and the Welsh, from 1898 to the present day. The collection spans multiples formats and genres, both professional and amateur.

Spotlight: Welsh Sheep Farm


Ion Trant and his wife Janet (nee Owen) farmed at Maesmawr Hall, near Welshpool, and here you will see lambs being sorted and weighed and happy pigs fed. The Trants also worked both the adjoining farm Cefn Du, where threshing is seen in progress, and Esgairdraenllwyn Farm, Llaithddu, Llandrindod, where Janet bred Hereford cattle crossed with Welsh Blacks – look out for the appealing black calves with white faces. Ploughing, wheelwrighting and blacksmithing also feature.


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