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The Millennium stadium was opened this day 1999 in Cardiff.
The Millennium Stadium is the National Stadium of Wales and the home of the Welsh National rugby union team, it was was built to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup. It replaced Cardiff Arms Park, which had a capacity of only 53,000 and the conversion to an all-seater stadium would have reduced the capacity to 47,500. In addition to the problems of capacity, it was well hidden by the neighbouring buildings and access to the ground was also very restricted.
* The first major event to be held was an international rugby match on 26 June 1999 when Wales beat South Africa by 29–19, the first time they had ever beaten the Springboks.
* It has a seating capacity of 74,500, additional seating can be added and the current record attendance is 74,576, recorded at Wales' 30–15 victory over Scotland in 2008
* It is the second largest stadium in the world with a fully retractable roof and by capacity, it is the largest rugby stadium in the world with this feature.
* The total construction cost of the stadium was £121 million.
* The natural grass turf is laid on top of some 7,412 pallets which can be moved so the stadium can be used for concerts, exhibitions and other events.
* Further stadium development is expected to commence before 2020which will make the stadium bowl shaped and will increase capacity to approximately 80,000.
* In each of the stadium's bars, so-called "joy machines" can pour 12 pints in less than 20 seconds. During a Wales Vs France match, 63,000 fans drank 77,184 pints of beer.
* The stadium has a resident hawk named "Dad", who is employed to drive seagulls and pigeons out of the stadium.
Today is the feast day of Saint Branoc ( c.550 )
The Saint who sailed from Wales to Devon in a stone coffin and established a monastery. ( This coffin could have been a ‘lech’ or tombstone which all the Celtic saints supposedly carried with them on their pilgrimages)
When Branoc arrived in Braunton in Devon the area was covered in forest and Branoc began teaching the pagan natives about more productive farming techniques, as well as trying to convert them to Christianity. The site of his monastery was given to him in a dream in which an angel told him to build it where he found a white sow suckling seven piglets.
Another story tells us of the thieves who killed Branoc's favourite cow and put it in a pot of water to cook, however, the water would not heat and Brannoc was able to breathe life back into the cow to revive it. The Braunton crest features Brannock with a cow resting behind him. sdfwefwe
Born this day 1885 in Rhydcymerau,
D. J. Williams (David John Williams) - Prominent Welsh nationalist and one of the most respected, twentieth century Welsh-language writers.
Williams studied English at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Jesus College, Oxford and for most of his life, he taught English at the Grammer School in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. He was one of the founders of Plaid Cymru and along with Saunders Lewis and Lewis Valentine, spent nine months in prison in 1936 for the protest burning of a bombing school at Penyberth in north-west Wales.
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The "drought of the century" - June–September 1976
This was the period when Wales and the rest of the U.K. sweltered under the heat of consistent temperatures of between 26.7°C and 32.2°C. There was virtually no rainfall and rivers almost stopped flowing. It was the driest period in recorded history in the U.K and the situation was so severe that the government appointed Drought Committee, which implemented a hosepipe ban and advised people to use washing up water to flush water and to bathe in no more than five inches of water.
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- Talmai: Ailgymysgu am ddim a gig lansio - MPFree Remix & Launch gig
- Bel and the Hangdogs
- Mr Phormula Album
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Newyddion Talmai (English below)
Yn dilyn perfformiadau pwerys er mwyn lansio eu EP Dim ond Ni gan gynnwys yng nghanolfan Cymry Llundain, fe fydd yr Anghenfilod Roc Talmai yn parhau r hyrwyddo wrth iddynt ymddangos yng ngwestyr Llangollen, Bethesda nos Wener yma Mehefin 28 2013.
I ddathlu hyn, gallwch lawrlwytho ailgymysgiad dubstepaidd o Dim Ond Ni gan Talmai trwy law y cynhyrchydd ddawnus Radical Academy band YN RHAD AC AM DDIM o:
http://rheidolrecords.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=73364a1e49a9dc0b96cef3a3c&id=d022b4a359&e=0192b3b492 ....mwynhewch!!!
Gallwch glywed yr EP ar cyfrif soundcloud y band: http://rheidolrecords.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=73364a1e49a9dc0b96cef3a3c&id=a9ebbb1161&e=0192b3b492 neu ar sianel You Tube Recordiau Rheidol: www.youtube.com/rheidolrecords a gallwch brynur EP trwyr dolenni isod. Am rhagor o wybodaeth gwelwch: www.talmai.co.uk / www.rheidolrecords.co.uk
Talmai...fel Power Shower yn y bore Caryl Parry Jones, BBC Radio Cymru
Casgliad pwerys...plesion arw - cylchgrawn Y Selar
Gallwch glywed yr EP ar gyfrif Soundcloud y band: http://rheidolrecords.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=73364a1e49a9dc0b96cef3a3c&id=f203944148&e=0192b3b492 ac am rhagor o wybodaeth gwelwch www.talmai.co.uk / www.rheidolrecords.co.uk .
Dilynwch! www.twitter.com/talmaiband //www. facebook.com/talmaiband
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Talmai News
Following some storming launch performances including at the London Welsh Centre, Rock Monsters Talmai continue to head out gigging in support of their recently released EP, Dim ond Ni and will appear at the Llangollen Hotel in Bethesda this Friday night 28 June 2013.
To celebrate you can download a very special FREE dubstep remix by the renowned producer Radical Academy right here: http://rheidolrecords.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=73364a1e49a9dc0b96cef3a3c&id=e0174586dd&e=0192b3b492 ...Enjoy!
Talmai...like a power shower in the morning Caryl Parry Jones, BBC Radio Cymru
a powerful collection of songs...most pleasing Y Selar Magazine
You can hear the EP on the bands soundcloud account: http://rheidolrecords.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=73364a1e49a9dc0b96cef3a3c&id=80ed0c9e3a&e=0192b3b492 For more information see www.talmai.co.uk / www.rheidolrecords.co.uk .
Follow! www.twitter.com/talmaiband // www.facebook.com/talmaiband
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Bel & The Hangdogs
Rheidol Records is proud to present Bel and The Hangdogs as the latest addition to our stable.
Vocalist Bel sings wear your heart on your sleeve songs, beautifully delivered by The Hangdogs in this Indie Folk Trio. Sensitively dressed down guitar and percussion arrangements, a perfect fit for Bels heartfelt vocals...learn more about these cool cats at http://rheidolrecords.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=73364a1e49a9dc0b96cef3a3c&id=fbf90fc6b3&e=0192b3b492 . Expect their first release soon on Rheidol Records, and they will be playing live on Radio Cardiff on Soulful Saturday Morning Show , 31st August 2013, at 9.30am, with Jeremy Rees as part of their single launch. Keep your eye on www.rheidolrecords.co.uk for more information... in the meantime catch them live at:
Saturday 6th July - The Forge & Hammer, Machen
Friday August 9th -Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport
They are; Bel - Vocals/Guitar; Ian James- Guitar; Andy Constable- Percussion
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Mae Recordiau Rheidol yn falch o gyhoeddi Bel & the Hangdogs fel newydd ddyfodiaid ir label.
Maer gantores Bel yn canu or galon wedi eu fynegin wyrthiol gan yr Hangdogs yn y triawd Indie gwerin yma. Dysgwch mwy amdanynt yn http://rheidolrecords.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=73364a1e49a9dc0b96cef3a3c&id=033cdbddd5&e=0192b3b492 a disgwylwch eu cynnyrch cyntaf allan ar Recordiau Rheidol cyn bo hir. Mi fyddent yn chwaraen fyw ar Radio Caerdydd ar Awst 31 fel rhan o lansiou sengl. Cadwch golwg ar www.rheidolrecords.co.uk am ragor o wybodaeth...yn y cyfamser gwelwch hwy yn fyw yma:
Sadwrn Gorffennaf 6ed Forge & Hammer, Machen, Sir Caerffili
Gwener Awst 9fed Canolfan Celfyddydau Glan yr Afon, Casnewydd
Y band yw : Bel Llais/Gitr; Ian James Gitr; Andy Constable Offer Taro
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Album Mr Phormula
Yo! Yo! Fe fydd Recordiau Rheidol yn anhygoel o falch rhyddhau album newydd Mr Phormula AKA Ed Holden cyn bo hir - y btbocsiwr o fri sy newydd cymryd rhan yng nghystadlaethau btbocsior D.U. Parch! Gwelwch mwy am Mr Phormula yma: www.mrphormula.com neu www.twitter.com/mrphormula a gwyliwch y gofod yma am rhagor o wybodaeth yn fuan....dyma fe yn styc yn y traffig yn y cyfamser... http://rheidolrecords.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=73364a1e49a9dc0b96cef3a3c&id=3c93018bc3&e=0192b3b492
Mr Phormulas Album
Yo! Yo! Rheidol Records will be bursting with pride to release Mr Phormula AKA Ed Holdens new album in the near future, hes just competed in the UK beatboxing championships! Respect! See www.mrphormula.com or www.twitter.com/mrphormula and watch this space for more info as it gets to us...meanwhile here he is stuck in a traffic jam.... http://rheidolrecords.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=73364a1e49a9dc0b96cef3a3c&id=c15b365104&e=0192b3b492
Rheidol Records: www.rheidolrecords.co.uk / www.twitter.com/rheidolrecords / www.facebook.com/rheidolrecords
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On this day 1876, Welshman Sgt William B James was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
The story of General George Armstrong Custer's last stand against 7,000 Cheyenne and Sioux warriors at the Battle of Little Bighorn is a well known one. But not so well known is that one of the men of the Seventh Cavalry who fought to the death alongside him on June 25 in 1876 was a farmer's son from Pembrokeshire.
This was 28-year-old Sgt William B James, the only Welsh-born soldier to fight in the famous battle, who was born at Pencnwc Farm, in Dinas Cross, near Newport, Pembs in 1848. Following the death of his father and two sisters, William went to America to look for a new start. After a stint as a coach driver in Chicago, he became a soldier and rose rapidly up the ranks to sergeant in only three years, a promotion that in those days usually took 12yrs. In a sad twist of fate, the record also shows him listed in E Troop and had just one year left of his contract in the Army and had saved $80 to secure a brighter future - when he was killed with Custer.
Little Bighorn was the scene of America's worst military disaster and an all-round human tragedy. The battle took place after three Army columns, including Custer's Seventh Cavalry, were dispatched to Montana to return thousands of rebelling Sioux and Cheyenne Indians - gathered there under the warrior Sitting Bull - to their reservations. After spotting a Sioux village and a group of 40 warriors along the Rosebud River, Custer attacked. But he had grossly underestimated the number of warriors in the village and was soon massively outnumbered. The battle raged and after splitting his men into three groups, Custer and his group of 210 men - many of them Irish or German - were killed. With the exception of Custer, who had been wearing buckskins, every uniformed man's body was mutilated, preventing them, the Indians believed, from ascending into heaven. Outraged at the death of a famed Civil War hero, the nation demanded retribution and the downfall of the Great Plains Indian began in earnest.
On this day 1258 Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and Roger Mortimer signed a truce in Montgomery. It didn't last long
Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, of Wigmore was a loyal supporter of King Henry III of England and later of his son Edward I. He was also a sworn enemy although an occasional ally of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. They began fighting in 1256 and continued intermittently until both of their deaths in 1282. They were both grandsons of Llywelyn the Great.
1231 Born the eldest son of Ralph de Mortimer and Gwladys Ddu, the daughter of Llywelyn the Great
1247 Married Matilda de Braose, eldest daughter of William de Braose, whom Llywelyn the Great had hanged in 1230, on a suspicion of adultery with his wife Joan. Matilda brought with her substantial lands in Brecon and Radnor.
1256 Llywelyn ap Gruffudd invaded Roger's lordship of Rhayader and the two went to war.
1258 (25 June) Mortimer signed a truce with the Llywelyn at Montgomery.
1260 Llywelyn attacked and captured Builth Castle from Mortimer.
1260 (August) Mortimer and Llywelyn signed another truce.
On the outbreak of the great struggle between Henry III and the barons in 1258 Mortimer, at first, arrayed himself on the baronial side but the increasingly close relations between his great enemy, Llywelyn of Wales, and the party of Montfort, must have made it extremely difficult for Mortimer to remain long on the side of the barons.
1262 Mortimer's Welsh tenants in Melenydd (Radnorshire) rose in revolt and Llywelyn and Mortimer were at war again. Llywelyn took Mortimer's three Radnorshire castles of Knucklas, Bleddfa, and Cefnllys.
1263 Mortimer is reported to have inflicted terrible slaughter on his Welsh enemies and recovered Cefnllys, but lost Brecon and his castle at Radnor to Llywelyn.
1264 - 1267 The Second Barons War, an English civil war where the English barons, led by Simon de Montfort went to war against the forces of King Henry III. Mortimer was loyal to the King whilst Llywelyn and Simon de Montfort made an alliance which concluded with The Treaty of Pipton in 1265, which came after The Battle of Lewes, at which King Henry and his son (the future Edward I) were captured. The Treaty of Pipton stipulated that Llywelyn pay de Montfort, 30,000 marks in return for him being acknowledged as the Prince of Wales, with the fealty of all the Princes, Lords and Chieftains of Wales, they also agreed on a permanent peace and that Llywelyn would marry De Montfort's daughter, Eleanor. However in 1265 Mortimer's wife, Maud de Braose helped rescue Prince Edward, who defeated and killed de Montfort as well as slaughtering his Welsh soldiers at The Battle of Evesham. Mortimer sent the severed head of de Montfort to Wigmore Castle as a gift for his wife.
1267 The Treaty of Montgomery; Llywelyn was acknowledged as Prince of Wales by King Henry III .
1272 Henry III dies and Edward I becomes King of England, relations between England and Wales deteriorate
1276 Edward declared war on Llywelyn and Mortimer was appointed captain for Shropshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire in the Welsh Marches
1277 Mortimer was assigned to widen the roads in Wales and Bromfield to facilitate the march of the king's troops
1277 The Treaty of Aberconwy superseded the stipulations laid down at Montgomery and severely curbed Llywelyn's power.
1282 Mortimer took part in Edward I's campaign against Llywelyn and was put in charge of operations in mid-Wales.
1282 (30th October) Roger Mortimer died and was buried at Wigmore Abbey.
1282 It was Roger Mortimer's son Edmund who tricked Llywelyn into coming to Builth, on the pretence of offering Llywelyn his homage, which resulted in Llywelyn's death and it was Edmund's brother Roger Mortimer of Chirk who presented Llywelyn's severed head to King Edward I at Rhuddlan Castle.
The Newport Ship
In June 2002, a fifteenth-century ship was discovered on the bank of the River Usk in Newport, during the building of the city's Riverfront Arts Centre. Items discovered in the 80 foot ship suggest that it was engaged in trade with Portugal in the fifteenth century. The £3.5 million rescue and preservation costs have been shared by Newport City Council and the Welsh Assembly.
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Born this day 1969 in Merthyr
Michael Gustavius Payne, award winning and much respected figurative painter, who was raised in Merthyr's Gurnos estate during the mid-1970s until the early 1990s.
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25th June 1883 - Six miners were killed and another 8 badly injured in an accident at the New Duffryn Colliery, Rhymney.
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Winifred's Well
We are currently in the process of transferring all articles, reviews and interviews relating to Welsh authors, books, music etc to the Welsh American Bookstore. A long and arduous task!
For some time AmeriCymru has led a somewhat schizophrenic existence. Primarily It has served as a social site for the Welsh, Welsh ex-pats and persons of Welsh descent. This it will continue to do. It has ALSO served as a shop window for Welsh cultural goods; books,music etc, and it is this aspect of the sites activities that is being devolved to the newly created Welsh American Bookstore.
We will be proceeding slowly with this transition and we thought we might highlight items from time to time as we move old posts to the archive on the new site.
Today for your delight and delectation ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present Winifred's Well by John Shaffer. A great little read ( I read it a few years back in pdf format ) but I'm not so sure I like the current Amazon hardback price
The Vanity Rooms by Peter Luther - A Review
The Vanity Rooms is the third episode in the Honeyman saga in which a de-frocked Baptist minister battles an old, demonic Welsh priesthood.
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The estate agent begins to pay attention when she learns that he is an aspiring writer and his name is Kris Knight. She remembers her client telling her:-
" He is wanting to be artist.
His name is chesspiece."
She drives at speed across Cardiff Bay to ''The Gathering'' an 18th century dwelling with stunning interior decor and a sinister past. An inscription in the hallway reads:-
" It became customary to gather in front of the Huts or around a large tree: song and dance, true children of Love and Leisure, became the amusement or rather occupation of idle men and women gathered together. Everyone began to look at everyone else and to wish to be looked at himself, and public esteem acquired a price. "
The one who sang or danced the best, the handsomest, the strongest, the most skilful, or the most eloquent came to be highly regarded, and this was the first step at once toward inequality and vice: from these preferences arose vanity and contempt on the one hand, shame and envy on the other. "
But there is no pressure to take the vacant room:-
" We can leave if you want ", she said.
" What? "
" Kris, " she said....." It's important that you know that. In fact they told me to say that. You dont have to see the room. You can just go. "
But Kris Knight does not leave soon enough and he becomes embroiled in the machinations of Temple 1313. Believing initially, that he has found a benign and benevolent sponsor for his artistic endeavours, he is convinced that his boundless ambition will be rewarded with success and popular acclaim under their guidance. The sinister ''cellphone'' he is given and the extraordinary ''real life'' chess game that he is forced to play soon disabuse him of this notion. He comes to realise that, in order to escape, he must master the game or face a life of hellish servitude.
This is ''sophisticated horror'' and Peter Luther continues to provide his growing audience with exquisitely crafted and electrifying supernatural thrillers.
Whatever your take on the authors fantastical plot devices and whatever you make of his twisted and macabre supernatural themes you will not be able to put this book down until you reach the last page. Be warned! You too will become a temporary tenant of ''The Gathering''.
On 24 June 1277 English King Edward I began his first campaign against the Welsh following Llewelyn ap Gruffydd's refusal to pay him homage.
The First War of Welsh Independence;
1267 Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and Henry III of England agreed to The Treaty of Montgomery in which Henry III agreed to recognise Llewelyn as Prince of Wales, and accepted that the title should descend to Llewelyn's heirs and all other Welsh rulers had to do homage to Llewelyn, while Llewelyn agreed to do homage to the English monarch in exchange for his support.
1272 Edward I became King of England
1274 After failing in an assassination attempt on Llywelyn, Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn of Powys and Llywelyn's younger brother Dafydd ap Gruffydd defected to the English.
1275 Edward demanded that Llywelyn come to Chester to do homage to him, Llywelyn refused.
1275 Llywelyn's was married by proxy to Eleanor, which antagonised Edward further as she was the daughter of Simon de Montfort, the leader of a rebellion against the crown during the reign of Edward's father Henry III.
1276 Edward declared war on Llywelyn and when Eleanor sailed from France to meet Llewelyn, Edward hired pirates to seize her ship and imprisoned her at Windsor Castle.
1277 (24th June) Llywelyn refused to pay homage to Edward
1277 (July) Edward launched a punitive expedition into Wales with a force of 15,500. English armies, from Carmarthen, were successful in Deheubarth, from Chester in Powys Fadog and from Shrewsbury in Maelienydd, Builth, Brycheiniog and Gwrtheyrnion. Llywelyn realised his position was hopeless and surrendered.
1277 (November) Llywelyn was forced to accept The Treaty of Aberconwy. According to the terms of the Treaty, the concessions granted by the earlier Treaty of Montgomery were effectively removed and Llywelyn had to undergo the humiliation of swearing oaths of fealty to Edward, pay a fine of £50,000 and lose the fealty of the other Welsh rulers. He was left with only Uwch Conwy (the lands west of the river Conwy) but allowed to still use the title of Prince of Wales. Once signed, Edward began building the castles of Flint, Rhuddlan, Aberystwyth and Builth.
The earliest reference to building at Caernarfon Castle dates from 24 June 1283, when a ditch was dug separating the site of the castle from the town
Edward I's war with Wales ended in May 1283 and he began building castles to consolidate his rule. Caernarfon Castle is perhaps Edward's most imposing castles as it was to be a symbol of English dominance over the subdued Welsh.
* The master mason responsible for the design and orchestrating the construction of the castle was James of Saint George.
* The architecture was based on that of Constantinople, which had inspired Edward when he was fighting there in the Crusades
* As with most castles built in enemy territory, a wooden barricade was erected to defend the building works from attack.
* Timber was shipped in from Rhuddlan, Conway and Liverpool
* Stone was quarried from from Anglesey and from the ruins of the near by Roman fort of Segontium
* According to the Flores Historium, during the construction of the castle and planned town, the body of the Roman emperor Magnus Maximus was discovered and Edward I ordered his reburial in a local church.
* The cost of the building work was £22,000, more than the Treasury's yearly income.
* Building work continued until 1323, but it was actually never finished
* Edward II was born at Caernarfon on 25 April 1284
* In 1284, Caernarfon was defended by a garrison of forty men.
J ulia Gillard (born in Barry) was sworn in on June 24th 2010 , becoming the first female Prime Minister of Australia
Julia Gillard was born on September 29th, 1961, in Barry. As a child, Gillard suffered from bronchopneumonia and for the benefit of her recovery, her parents decided in 1966, to move to the warmer climate of Australia, settling in Adelaide. Gillard began her studies in arts and law at the University of Adelaide; but in 1983, she was elected the Vice President of the Australian Union of Students (AUS). Since the AUS headquarters were in Melbourne, she had to stop her studies in Adelaide and continue them at the Melbourne University. That same year, the very politically active and aware Gillard, was elected the President of AUS. After finishing her law degree in Melbourne, Gillard began working for the industrial law firm, Slater and Gordon, which she would later, in 1990, become a partner at. Her work at the firm focused primarily on employee rights after unfair dismissals and workplace disputes. While working at the firm, Gillard switched her aims to that of a career in federal politics.
In 1996, Gillard entered the political world by becoming John Brumby’s (the then Opposition Leader of the State of Victoria) Chief-of-Staff. She served as Brumby’s Chief-of-Staff until 1998, when she ran for “the Federal seat of Lalor for the Australian Labor Party and was elected that year. From 1998 until 2001, Gillard served on a number of committees and in 2001, she was appointed Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration. Then in 2003, she took on the responsibilities of the Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs Committee. Gillard also served as Shadow Minister for Health from 2003 to 2006. Julia Gillard became the Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) on December 4th, 2006, and also assumed the responsibility of Shadow Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations. The ALP came out on top after the 2007 elections and Gillard became the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education,
On June 24th, 2010 and September 14th, 2010 (there are two swearing-in sessions so as to follow the later Federal Election) Julia Gillard became the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
On 24th June 1468, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, granted a charter to Neath Abbey.
Neath Abbey, whose substantial ruins still remain, was a Cistercian monastery, near the present-day Neath and at one time, was the largest abbey in Wales. Tudor historian John Leland called Neath Abbey "the fairest abbey of all Wales."
A young couple in Pembrokeshire built a cob and straw bale roundhouse on family land in Pembrokeshire -
They didn't get planning permission so the Pembrokeshire County Council has issued an order that it be demolished, on the grounds that it is 'harmful to the rural character of the locality' ."
http://naturalhomes.org/save-charlies-house.htm
http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/10307996.North_Pembrokeshire_family_fight_to_keep_roundhouse_they_built_without_permission/
See pictures of their roundhouse on their facebook photo stream here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Charlie-and-Megs-Roundhouse/143456382471743?id=143456382471743&sk=photos_stream
On the one hand, I completely understand and support the necessity of planning and permits - sorry, there's just too many of us for everyone to do whatever they please in every way. On the other hand, I also completely understand their position, that young people and working people can't afford to buy the housing that's available but need housing and I don't think this house violates "the rural character of the locality.". So, what's the solution to this problem?
And, personally, I want to build one!
What do you think?
