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button_lang_welshBritish Sign Language video clips are appearing on HistoryPoints web pages to widen access to on-the-spot historical information. British Sign Language (BSL) is a recognised language which has a very different structure to both Welsh and English and is the preferred language of many people who are deaf or experiencing sensory loss.

You can view the videos on smartphones or tablets by scanning the HistoryPoints QR codes at each of the locations listed below. Or you can view them at home on your desktop or laptop computer - simply click on the location's name in the list.

We are also adding audio readings of our texts to more web pages - click here to find those pages.

The first videos were focused on sites of interest within the walled town of Conwy. They were produced by the Centre for Sign Sight Sound in Colwyn Bay as part of the Trilingual Culture Centre Project, which has also provided accessible signage and lighting in the Conwy Culture Centre. The project was organised by Conwy County Borough Council with funding from LEADER, the Rural Development Programme for Conwy, and other partners.

Our web page about the childhood home of deaf pioneer Dorothy (Dot) Miles includes a BSL video kindly provided by Dot Sign Language.

List of locations with BSL videos

Anglesey
Holyhead breakwater
Belgian Promenade, Menai Bridge

Gwynedd
Barmouth Bridge
Commando memorial, Aberdyfi

Conwy county borough
American plane-crash site, above Penmaenmawr
Conwy Castle
Plas Mawr, Conwy
Llywelyn Fawr statue, Conwy
Britain's Smallest House, Conwy
Stephenson's tubular railway bridge, Conwy
St Mary's Church, Conwy
Former Black Lion Inn, Conwy
Site of Parlwr Mawr, Conwy
Former Palace Cinema, Conwy
The Castle Hotel, Conwy
The Liverpool Arms, Conwy
Postern Gate tower, Conwy
Conwy Mussel Centre, Conwy
Dam disaster memorial, Dolgarrog
Swallow Falls, near Betws-y-coed

Denbighshire
Childhood home of Dot Miles, Rhyl
Llangollen Bridge

Flintshire
Flint Castle

Wrexham county borough
Horse & Jockey Inn, Wrexham

 

Conwy Culture Centre Sensory Loss Access trailer from COS Centre of Sign Sight Sound on Vimeo.