35 of 36 Welsh MPs voted against, 1 (Conservative, Cardiff North) abstained. In the end Liverpool didn’t need the water because the planned housing didn’t happen.
Cofiwch Dryweryn.
I’d forgotten about that
Fun fact: Tryweryn was a declining village, most of the houses were falling apart, and a chunk of residents were well happy to get the fuck out of there with that sweet compulsory purchase dollar.
Edit: Nice to see the usual blinkered cyber nats out in force again! Keep painting those murals bois. You’ll get there one day.
Cofiwch
I met a couple of the MAC boys back in the 80’s, really not frothing radicals but men who said that in those days they really hoped more people would get behind the movement to stop this kind of thing being done to communities.
Keep on remembering. Disgraceful what happened.
Cofiwch Dryweryn.
As a Sais that moved to Wales in the last year and a bit to be with their Welsh partner. I have always been slightly confused at the cultural significance of this event.
I grew up in the south of England and knew of at least two villages that had their residents forcibly evacuated so that they could be flooded.
I had read that this village had a large proportion of welsh speakers, is this the reason for its cultural significance, is it perceived as a form of cultural erasure?
I’d be curious to hear why this flooding is deemed so insidious, my partner has little to say on the matter so any insight would be appreciated.
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Disgraceful what they did
35 of 36 Welsh MPs voted against, 1 (Conservative, Cardiff North) abstained. In the end Liverpool didn’t need the water because the planned housing didn’t happen.
Cofiwch Dryweryn.
I’d forgotten about that
Fun fact: Tryweryn was a declining village, most of the houses were falling apart, and a chunk of residents were well happy to get the fuck out of there with that sweet compulsory purchase dollar.
Edit: Nice to see the usual blinkered cyber nats out in force again! Keep painting those murals bois. You’ll get there one day.
Cofiwch
I met a couple of the MAC boys back in the 80’s, really not frothing radicals but men who said that in those days they really hoped more people would get behind the movement to stop this kind of thing being done to communities.
Keep on remembering. Disgraceful what happened.
Cofiwch Dryweryn.
As a Sais that moved to Wales in the last year and a bit to be with their Welsh partner. I have always been slightly confused at the cultural significance of this event.
I grew up in the south of England and knew of at least two villages that had their residents forcibly evacuated so that they could be flooded.
I had read that this village had a large proportion of welsh speakers, is this the reason for its cultural significance, is it perceived as a form of cultural erasure?
I’d be curious to hear why this flooding is deemed so insidious, my partner has little to say on the matter so any insight would be appreciated.