The Liverpool Welsh ( A happy thread )

[Gnomie]

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.

[Gnomie]

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

[pasha]

i live in north wales gnomie

[pasha]

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

[Steven]

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.

[Ged]

The Welsh weren't happy about the flooding for lake Vrynwy though to supply our watter (as Seth would say)

[buggedboy]

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.

[chrismarsden]

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

[julieoapw]

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

[pasha]

llanfairpwllgwyngeggwyndroprllantisiliogogogoch

with a scouse accent

[pasha]

buggedboy is that right?

[Mark R]

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.

[taffy]

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.

Mark, have a look at the book " Building the Industrial City" edited by Martin Doughty, pub 1986. It has a very interesting chapter on " The Welsh Influence on the Building Industry in Victorian Liverpool". It seems most of the 100,000 houses built in Liverpool in the 19th C were built mainly because of Welsh initiative and enterprise using building materials from North Wales

[Mark R]

Mark, have a look at the book " Building the Industrial City" edited by Martin Doughty, pub 1986. It has a very interesting chapter on " The Welsh Influence on the Building Industry in Victorian Liverpool". It seems most of the 100,000 houses built in Liverpool in the 19th C were built mainly because of Welsh initiative and enterprise using building materials from North Wales

Thanks for that Taffy. I'll have a look for it.

[George]

Mark, have a look at the book " Building the Industrial City" edited by Martin Doughty, pub 1986. It has a very interesting chapter on " The Welsh Influence on the Building Industry in Victorian Liverpool". It seems most of the 100,000 houses built in Liverpool in the 19th C were built mainly because of Welsh initiative and enterprise using building materials from North Wales

Hell! no wonder me house is in a sorry state.

I was under the impression all building materials came from local quarry's in Liverpool,reason being it was cheaper to extract and transport Sandstone from them.