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Nativity plays in Wales in past years

This week's selection of old pictures visits theatrical productions that tell the story of the First Christmas

Iolo Griffiths

Iolo Griffiths, InYourArea Community

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Nativity plays in Wales in past years

AWAY IN THE MANGER: Nativity play at Tanygrisiau School, Blaenau Ffestiniog, taken in the early 1950s.

O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM: Pupils in a nativity scene at Llwydgoed School in Bryn y Maen, Colwyn Bay in 1956. Picture courtesy of Conwy Archives.
HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING: Nativity play at St Catherine's parish church, Old Colwyn in 1968

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JOY TO THE WORLD: Ysgol Llandrygarn Nativity Play in 1968, staged at Llandrygarn parish church
THE FIRST NOWELL: Nativity play at Penmorfa nursery school, Prestatyn, in December 1991
SILENT NIGHT: Nativity play in St Mary's Church, Conwy, in December 1994

O HOLY NIGHT: Nativity cast at St Mary's church, Beaumaris in 1961
AS WITH GLADNESS: The Sunday school at St Giles's Church, Wrexham present their Nativity play on Christmas Eve 1992
CHRISTIANS AWAKE: St Mary's Church nativity play in Beaumaris. The children are holding shields with messages such as a Repent and Glory. Picture from The Spirit of Beaumaris by Alison Lloyd-Roberts (Landmark Publishing)
MARY'S BOY CHILD: Children and adults from Seion Baptist chapel in Nefyn taking part in a Nativity play in 1947

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