REFERENCE WALES: A must have book for all interested and active in all areas of Welsh History, not least in Commemorative programmes, events and activities.
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What's worth commemorating this year 2010, for starters how about the 100th anniversary of the Tonypandy Riots 1910, see web for commemorative programme well under advanced organisation.
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There are however, a good number of local and thematic History societies worth joining as below list shows. I will provide a more detailed post on such in due course.
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New Societies to be established this year, I have heard some scant information on, are a Cymdeithas Llywelyn III and a Cymdeithas Llywelyn Bren, the anniversary of the beginning of his 1315 - 16 Rebellion remember falls on 28 January, see my I'r Gad Welsh Battlefield Campaign blog for further information.
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What's worth commemorating this year 2010, for starters how about the 100th anniversary of the Tonypandy Riots 1910, see web for commemorative programme well under advanced organisation..
1910 Collapse of the Colliery Dam at Clydach Vale in the Rhondda, killed six people.
1910 Collapse of the Colliery Dam at Clydach Vale in the Rhondda, killed six people.
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1910 Henry Rolls of Monmouth became the first person to fly across the English Channel and back non stop. He was also killed in aircraft accident in the same year.
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1910 First Girl Guides Company formed in Wales at Carmarthen.
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That's 1910; for 25th, 50th, 75th and other 100th plus further back anniversaries, I suggest you buy the book or get down to your library to check out.
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Wales is yet to have established a good Historical Association as the below but you can always join this British History Association and form a local branch, there are already two in Wales. Most importantly asap, is to visit the HA website and send for below brochure, it's full of useful information.
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.There are however, a good number of local and thematic History societies worth joining as below list shows. I will provide a more detailed post on such in due course.
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.New Societies to be established this year, I have heard some scant information on, are a Cymdeithas Llywelyn III and a Cymdeithas Llywelyn Bren, the anniversary of the beginning of his 1315 - 16 Rebellion remember falls on 28 January, see my I'r Gad Welsh Battlefield Campaign blog for further information.
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Most important for your attention is a series of reports I have done on the WAG New Welsh Heritage Strategy and Cadw's Five Year E.U. Heritage Tourism Initiatives plus progress on the Welsh Contribution to the Cultural Olympiad. I have wrote these reports but now have to edit up suitable for blog posts, this will take at least a month (Jan). But important, very important that you start reading up on all this yourselves and become most familiar with what is under way. My reports have taken me over six months to research and are very detailed with a number of recommendations, proposed projects and some major Welsh History Initiatives. Not least the most urgent requirement, great need to see established a WELSH HERITAGE TRUST - Treftadaeth Cymru. To fill gap left by the Historic Environment Group going into demise, to be possibly replaced by a Civic Trust proposal for a mere Historic Environment Link, this I see as greatly unsatisfactory and aforementioned reports will clearly say why. I shall note be requesting your support in this and other endeavours and, will be organising an informal meeting to discuss such with all those interested in due course, before the month is out I hope, if interested in attending such meeting do let me know asap via an address I shall place in this blog soon.
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G.Gruffydd.
