They were allowed in at another entrance although they complained discrimination. The store has apologised.
A picture on BBC news online shows how respectable they looked (it was a hen party!).
I'll have a look, thanks. AA Gill has commented on the Welsh in the past but I still like his columns. Liddle's comment about Harrods allowing in women in middle eastern dress is amusing though.
I'm not accusing Rod Liddle of prejudice - I enjoy his column and I know he just likes to provoke. I was talking about Harrods!
Not sure what the legal position is on this but it seems like racial prejudice.
Last night I watched the television programme in which Professor Pearson explained his theories. He showed Durrington Walls, a settlement about 3 miles from Stonehenge where the people who actually built the henge lived while they were doing so. He estimates that about 4,500 people stayed at the settlement and that at certain times of year, for example at Winter Solstice, there would be great feasting with large numbers of pigs, cattle and so on being consumed. In fact, they have examined the bones of animals found at the site and discovered (from strontium tests on teeth) that the animals came from as far as Orkney (about 700 miles away)! They came from all over the islands as though Stonehenge was the most important spiritual place in the country.
He and his team have also done similar tests on the "Beaker People" found buried at Stonehenge and Avebury and discovered that the Avebury Archer (as he is known) was from somewhere in the Alps but the rest of the Beaker People seem to be from these islands.
I suspect that there's a great deal more to be learned about this extraordinary place and about the people who came there for spiritual purposes.
I'm sorry that the extract below looks a bit messy but I had to snip so many bits off to get it on one page! Another new theory about Stonehenge anyway.
Having looked up Alan Richards's new book "Great Walks in Carmarthenshire 2", I was directed to the Pontarddulais Walking Club's website www.pontarddulaiswalkingclub.com which has some lovely photos and (about halfway down the home page) a list of useful links to walks in different parts of Wales, eg: the Glyndwr Way, as well the Heart of Wales railway line and other things. It also tells you how to contact Alan Richards if you want to buy the book. A useful site.
On Friday, 1st March, in the Western Mail, there was a feature by Abbie Wightwick (English/Irish) on what it means to be Welsh in 2013. I've tried looking up the article on WalesOnline but failed to find it.
She mentions at the start of the feature that her children see themselves as Welsh, even though their father is Norwegian/Scottish/English and she is English/Irish.
Ten people were asked about their Welshness. (1) Vimla Patel, Chair of the Hindu Council of Wales, said that she arrived in Wales from Uganda in 1972, having been evicted by Idi Amin. She has Indian heritage, spent her childhood in Uganda, came to Britain and became a citizen and says Wales is important to her and she always wears a daffodil on St David's Day.
(2) Beverley Lennon was born in London to Jamaican-born parents and moved to Wales 25 years ago. In the 1990s, she taught herself Welsh and became the first black Welsh teacher in Cardiff. She sent two of her three sons to Welsh-medium schools and presented a programme for Radio Cymru. She feels passionately about Wales although she never forgets her Jamaican heritage.
(3) Charlotte Britton is English but moved to Wales as a student 5 years ago. She is a keen Plaid Cymru member and Welsh learner.
(4) Elfed Roberts was born in Gwynedd and he's the chief executive of the National Eisteddfod. He spends time travelling around Wales visiting local communities and encouraging people to get involved in Welsh language and bilingual activities.
(5) Elin Parisa Fouladi is a singer and teacher who was born in Cardiff to a Welsh mother and Iranian father. She works as a teaching assistant in Cardiff when she's not recording songs in Welsh. She speaks Welsh fluently and thinks of herself as a Welsh Iranian.
(6) Ai-Lin Kee is Malaysian by birth. She came on a visit to Wales a decade ago and liked it so much she stayed. She works for Cardiff & Co (a firm promoting Cardiff as a visitor destination) and is learning Welsh (in addition to the 5 languages she already speaks). She feels Welsh and likes the concept of a shared identity.
(7) Claude-Annik Rapport was born in France and moved to Wales 40 years ago to work as a French teacher in Cardiff. She married and is now Honorary Consul for France in Wales. Her great, great grandfather, William Spring, was mayor of Swansea in 1904. Spring's father was a sea captain from Nantes. She feels both Welsh and French.
(8) John Rostron was born in England but went to Wales to study 22 years ago and never left. He's a music promoter, organiser of the Swn Festival and head of the Welsh Music Foundation. He defines himself as Welsh, is a Welsh learner and married a Welshwoman.
(9) Nasir Shathur was forced to leave Iraq after religious persecution. He moved to Cardiff in 1990 where he lives with his wife and 4 children (all of whom were born in Cardiff) and he works for the local council. He says that Wales is his adopted country and he feels free and at peace. He loves Welsh rugby, the Welsh flag and the national anthem.
(10) Ashleigh Edwards grew up in the USA and is the great grand-daughter of Welsh Americans. She moved to Wales 9 years ago, learnt the language and started a business making Welsh language cards. She lives on a farm in Ceredigion and her children go to Welsh-medium schools.
I'm certain there must be many more people like these. There's hope for us yet!
I apologise if I've started something which has offended in any way. While I generally stick to Welsh subjects, there are situations going on in the world which have the potential to affect all of us, wherever we come from. As for olives, big juicy ones this way please!
I wish there was an island (only just habitable) where we could put all these people (of all flavours) and just leave them to get on with it. Presumably whoever had the "true" god would be rescued and taken up into heaven - or not, as the case may be.
