Jenkins, John Geraint

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JENKINS, John Geraint

JENKINS, John Geraint. Welsh, b. 1929. Genres: Area studies, Business/Trade/Industry, Crafts, History. Career: Freelance lecturer and writer, 1991-; Curator, Welsh Folk Museum, 1987-91. Assistant, Leicester City Museums, 1952-53; Assistant Keeper, University of Reading Museum of English Rural Life, 1953-60; Keeper of Material Collections, Welsh Folk Museum, Cardiff, 1960-79; Curator, Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum, Cardiff, 1979-87. Publications: Agricultural Transport in Wales, 1962; Traditional Country Craftsmen, 1965; Studies in Folk Life, 1969; The Welsh Woollen Industry, 1969; The Wool Textile Industry in Great Britain, 1971; Crefftwyr Gwledig, 1971; The English Farm Wagon, 1972; The Craft Industries, 1972; Nets and Coracles, 1974; Life and Traditions in Rural Wales, 1976; Exploring Country Crafts, 1977; Maritime Heritage, 1983; Cockles and Mussels, 1984; The Flannel Makers, 1985; From Fleece to Fabric, 1987; The Coracle, 1987; In-Shore Fisherman, 1991; Getting Yesterday Right, 1992; Museum of the Welsh Woolen Industry (guide), 1993; Llanfrannoc (bilingual), 2001; Wales and the Sea (in Welsh), 2003. Address: Cihaul, Sarnau, Llandysul, Credigion SA44 6QT, Wales.

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