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A Welsh Hard-Rock Mine

04/01/11 11:49:36PM, by Stephen Peter Lloyd Harvey

Silver-Lead Mining was once a major industry in Cardiganshire (Ceredigion) and Montgomeryshire. In 1860 there were over 100 mines in operation. The 1880's were unkind! Competition from Australia and Colorado wrecked the market. Many of our Welsh Miners emigrated to the Red Mountain Mining area of Colorado (San Juan Mountains) near Silverton. We have rescued a whole mine from obscurity and reconstructed it! Now I need to retire (it's taken 36 years to achieve) and we have looked at open...

Welsh referendum March the 3d

03/02/11 02:01:05AM, by TARW DU

This Thursday March the 3d 2011 is a Welsh referendum day on more efficient lawmaking powers for the National Assembly of Wales. This is the only chance in a generation to say yes to a Wales that can pass laws in the already devolved areas without having to go begging for permission like vagabonds to the Government in London . It is basic common sense that will save Wales time and money whilst giving us greater efficiency and self respect. A yes vote would give Wales...

Welsh pronunciations (of English words)

03/14/11 10:29:35AM, by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

I'm sure you can all think of some rather idiosyncratic pronunciations and spellings. Ones that come to mind immediately are:English WelshCo-op (as in Co-operative)CwopPost OfficePost OfficeBoutiqueBwticTelevision TelefisionI've even know someone to pronounce Cambrian as Cam-breye-an.

Examples of Welsh Influence on America

08/06/08 10:55:46PM, by Ian Price

I'll start you all off.In 1826 a Welsh woman living in Wales called Felicia Dorothea Hemans came across an article - two years out of date - in a newspaper from Massachusetts. It had been used to wrap up some goods she'd purchased. The article concerned a founders' day celebration in Plymouth in which the Pilgrim Fathers and The Mayflower were mentioned. Inspired she took pen in hand and wrote a poem called ' The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers ( in New England ).This poem has given millions...

no kilts please we are welsh

07/27/08 02:28:48AM, by dave martin

hot news item from the folks down the docks , a sub committe has been appointed or annotated( i think it means handed down from the gods) to find the traditional welsh working mans clothes , its part of a plan to introduce the welsh population to a indrustrial way of working , a recent survey by the department of industrial polution has found the valleys are a prime area for redevelopment

The 1911 Welsh census

04/11/10 03:26:07PM, by Eilir Ann Daniels

I thought you'd like to seethe attached article, written by me in response to the publication of the 1911Welsh census.Many references to genealogical sources in Wales are usually based around themindset For Wales, see England. True, Wales has broadly followed the samemodel as England as far as official documents are concerned. However, thatmindset tends to disregard any particular Welsh issues that influence thecontent of historical documents. From years of helping people trace theirancestry...

Help for Welsh Troops in UK

05/29/10 09:09:57PM, by Paul Mathias

Hi all, My name is Paul Mathias, iam an ex service man from Bridgend in South Wales. I am a fund raiser for a charity here in Wales. We are trying to raise funds to re open an unused mansion and make it into a recovery centre for serving and ex serving members of our armed forces with PTSD. There are recovery units in England,Scotland and Northern Ireland but there are no plans for any in Wales,thats why a small band of people have got together to help the healing process here in Wales.Our...

Welsh Poetry Competition 2010

01/10/10 04:25:00PM, by DaveLewis

The new international competition is now open folks - http://www.welshpoetry.co.uk and we are keen to get many more US writers onboard as we know many people there write great poetry. Based in Pontypridd we are in our 4th year now and need help promoting the competition further afield as we do not get any grants or bursaries from the Arts Council or Academi and we rely purely on entry fees to keep going. Please pass on to anyone who might be interested.Diolch yn...

Welsh Poetry Competition 2011

01/31/11 10:33:35AM, by DaveLewis

Just launching the 5th international competition. We've had entries from all over the world (including USA) but entries from America seem to be a bit thin on the ground, thought there would be a few would be poets here? Anyway, all details as always on our website - www.welshpoetry.co.uk Thanks Dave

Welsh Poetry Competition 2011

01/31/11 10:35:34AM, by DaveLewis

Now open and accepting entries. Diolch www.welshpoetry.co.uk

Welsh in the Klondike, 1890s

12/29/10 10:00:37AM, by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

I'm reading that fine organ The South Wales Echo on the train. Anyone whose antecedents were gold miners in the Klondike might like to log on to Walesonline.co.uk for the letters page (called Viewpoints). Gareth Roberts of Deiniolen, Caernarfon, is seeking information about Welsh people who went to the Klondike in the 1890s as he intends to retrace the journey made by these people and record it in various forms. His e-mail address is garmel@fsmail.net.

Top 50 Welsh Songs Ever?

08/13/12 04:13:26PM, by Gaynor Madoc Leonard

The Western Mail has published a list of top Welsh songs on www.walesonline.co.uk/topsong . The list includes Mae Rhywyn Wedi Dwyn Fy Nhrwyn by Y Tebot Piws (on everyone's list I think) and, of course, the great Hymns & Arias. I quote: "You couldn't get more Welsh than Max Boyce if you carpeted your house with turf from Stradey Park while watching endless looped screenings of Grand Slam, eating cawl and shouting 'Over by there, mun'. And you can't say fairer than that.