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    Just starting this for anyone who would like to chat about the Welsh history in Liverpool. Its meant as a happy thread. Talk about Liverpool Welsh and Welsh in general.



    please join in if you would like to celebrate the Welsh culture. but please its a happy thread, not a thread for having a go at the Welsh.


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    I have ancestors in my family from Anglesey. My sister is married to a bloke from North Wales and they live in North Wales.

    I had many a good holiday and days out as a kid in Wales.

    My dad was evacuated to Llandudno during WW2

    I like the way the streets in Liverpool start with letters that spell out Welsh names, good idea by the builders that.

    funny thing is i have OWENS in my family and they come from Galway

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    i live in north wales gnomie

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    my husband told me about the welsh in liverpool, i did,nt have a clue

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    Quote Originally Posted by pasha View Post
    my husband told me about the welsh in liverpool, i did,nt have a clue

    I can speak some Welsh but don't tempt me - my spelling is very bad.

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    The Welsh weren't happy about the flooding for lake Vrynwy though to supply our watter (as Seth would say)
    www.inacityliving.piczo.com/

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    Rydw I yn Cymraeg. Gefais I Fyng eni yn Bangor in 1979 ac on I'n byw yn Bethel cyn mynd I prifysgol in Lerpwl.

    A bit rusty with my Welsh too, but that basically says I'm Welsh and I was born in Bangor in 1979. I lived in a village called Bethel before moving to Liverpool to go to university.

    I've lived here ever since. I love the fact that almost every bloody cabbie I use used to holiday in Wales and had relatives evacuated to villages around mine during the war. My dad was born in Bethesda, where loads of scousers were evacuated to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ged View Post
    The Welsh weren't happy about the flooding for lake Vrynwy though to supply our watter (as Seth would say)
    That is still a sore point for many actually and the single reason why the Eisteddfod in Liverpool idea never went anywhere.

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    Wasn't Liverpool the Capital of North Wales at 1 time?

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    My father was born in North Wales and so was my grandfather. The latter used to preach in Wales all over Liverpool, Manchester and North Wales every Sunday. Of course, many of the welsh speaking churches have gone now. Like the Irish, the Welsh played a major part in C19 and early C20 Liverpool but sadly, there's no Welsh heritage trail yet, just the Irish one. I'm currently reading a lot about the Welsh in Liverpool as I'm going to do a guided walk on the Scouse Welsh (the Squelch?) on St David's Day.
    Julie

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    llanfairpwllgwyngeggwyndroprllantisiliogogogoch

    with a scouse accent

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    buggedboy is that right?

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    There was a large Welsh contingent in Anfield - my family were from there and they had Welsh roots. I believe a lot of the houses were built by Welsh workers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by buggedboy View Post
    That is still a sore point for many actually and the single reason why the Eisteddfod in Liverpool idea never went anywhere.
    I believe several Welsh Eisteddfods have already been held in Liverpool.

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    Quote Originally Posted by julieoapw View Post
    My father was born in North Wales and so was my grandfather. The latter used to preach in Wales all over Liverpool, Manchester and North Wales every Sunday. Of course, many of the welsh speaking churches have gone now. Like the Irish, the Welsh played a major part in C19 and early C20 Liverpool but sadly, there's no Welsh heritage trail yet, just the Irish one. I'm currently reading a lot about the Welsh in Liverpool as I'm going to do a guided walk on the Scouse Welsh (the Squelch?) on St David's Day.
    Julie
    Julie have you read the books by Prof D Ben Rees on the Welsh of Merseyside. Worth a read if you haven't

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