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Cymru 1969 has left a new comment on the post "Dafydd Wigley: The Gloss Wears Thin":

This story goes back well into the 80's when African and Asian Nations questioned why there were 4 football nations and instead of one Great Britain side. They used 1958 as the example as Cymru, England ,Norn Ireland and Scotland all qualified. The Africans and Asians were at the time wanted more sides from their zones/ continents being allowed to qualify for the World cup finals.
There are other issues involved as well such as the Soviet Union in which after the communist empire collapsed 15 new national sides were in effect eventually created – Ukraine, Georgia, Latvia, Russia etc.
The African and Asian nations also can't understand and rightly so how the 4 'home' nations all have a permanent voice on FIFA councils and don't have to face any elections ?
The FAW in seeing the danger then set up the League of Wales. Not a popular move but it ended any speculation at that time but even then 6 of the bigger sides are not in the league due to historical reasons and a rather costly court case.

What of the future ??? Well since the formation of the league of Wales which is now the Welsh Premier League we have of course got a Welsh Assembly. This has helped cool things down but it won't be long before the African and Asian nations pick up on the fact that Catalonia has got more powers than the Senedd but still does not have a National side. Sepp Blatter of FIFA has already made two u turns on the team UK issue. And yes short term it won't affect the Welsh football team but what happens when Blatter retires or is forced to resign? It may take 10 years before the old question pops up why are there 4 national teams instead of one? And most likely scenario is we could end up having an England and Wales side.
I can't remember Wiggly being against Caernarfon Town being forced to join the League of Wales so his stance has surprised me.

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Posted by Cymru 1969 to Jac o' the North at 5 December 2011 10:09

Saturday, Dec 3, 2011

Yesterday morning I was watching a very interesting'Time Team' programme on Ynys Môn but fell asleep, making me mad with myself for missing a quality programme with exciting content. When I woke up I came back to this laptop and turned to the BBC Cymru/Wales Homepage, intrigued by Neil Kinnock's family background I switched on the iPod forgetting that it doesn't broadcast in my area, I then switched on the Ex-pat Shield, watched the recorded emission, asked myself why I did it, pure curiosity, must admit he's not one of my favourite people, too much like the Welsh bourgoisie under the Tudors before him, he got on by leaving the homeland for London setting himself up  by making a mint on his political journey (he calls himself a Socialist) except that they weren't hypocritical about it, some, like the Cecils, becoming advisors to the Tudor kings & Queens, including Elizabeth l, their descendants becoming English 'establishment' gentlemen, as will probably Neil's family, sadly for him he didn't quite make it in his failed attempt to become advisor to Queen Elizabeth ll. I then turned to 'Time Team' on the iPod, looked up the list of past series, found the one on Ynys Môn, a really exceptional programme that made up for the one I'd just watched. Next on the agenda: Cymru/Wales v Australia, the awry fairy tale that turned up trumps at the end, the story book ending to a bad story.(But we beat them in the 'sevens).

Empty Pub

I understand that by now this may be getting a bit tiresome but I can tell you it's a lot more tiresome for me, anyway somebody asked me to explain my problem so here we go again:
My pub/bar burned down in February 2009 so I've been out of work for almost two years without pay not being entitled to insurance nor dole. There are people who are willing to help me rebuild the pub but I don't own the walls I just run the business, therefore I have to reply to these gentle people that I have nothing to do with the rebuilding, I only come into the picture on getting the keys, probably next May. The pub will have been repainted and electricity installed BUT it will be empty, I will need help to procure tables & chairs; a small coffee machine; music is all important so I will need material such as a small computer to hold my iTunes collection, an amplifier and speakers; a lamp; dart board, and various items to help replace all the lost memorabilia, most of which was unique having been built up over 30 years. So you see, I have plenty of volunteers willing to work for nothing to aid me in the rebuilding, but unless I get help to refurnish I'll be taking over an empty pub.

Sad Irony

"Wales is the fuel poverty capital of Britain" says the UK Press association, with a third of its homes fuel poor; isn't this sadly ironic for a country that fuelled the British Empire? We were raped and pillaged and now we have nothing left, but hold on; oil was the new coal, soon water will be the new oil and we have it in abundance. We can learn from the lessons of the past to become the Bahrein of Europe, but first we must own our natural resources. This puppet Welsh government run by English Parties has already put that out of the question by stating that nothing must be done that touches on England's interests, which it would if England were made to pay Cymru/Wales a fair price for its commodities. It would put a stop to the argument that it's too late econonomically to rejoin the international community in our own right.

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For those of you who have trouble with macroeconomics Greek Bail-out Explained   It is a slow day in a little Greek village. The rain is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. On this particular day a German tourist is driving through the village, he stops at the local hotel and lays a 100 Euro note on the desk, telling the hotel owner he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.   The owner gives him some keys and, as soon as the visitor has walked upstairs, the hotelier grabs the 100 note and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher. The butcher takes the 100 note and runs down the street to repay his debt to the pig farmer. The pig farmer takes the 100 note and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel. The guy at the Farmers' Co-op takes the 100 note and runs to pay his drinks bill at the taverna. The publican slips the money along to the local prostitute drinking at the bar; she has also been facing hard times and has had to offer him "services" on credit. The hooker then rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill to the hotel owner with the 100 note.   The hotel proprietor then places the 100 note back on the counter so the rich German tourist will not suspect anything.  At that moment the German tourist comes down the stairs, picks up the 100 note, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves. No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However, the whole village is now out of debt and looking to the future with a lot more optimism. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the bail-out package works . . . well, sort of.

 

 

 

Fwd: [Welsh native history] Local Saints

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Richard David posted in Welsh native history Richard David 22 November 17:50 Local Saints Catsash, on the ridge above Caerleon beside the ancient Via ]ulia is a strange name that may be explained as follows. The word cat is generally derived from cad, meaning battle, and the Celtic Ash is derived from the old English aesc. Therefore it is feasible that Cat's Ash originated from Cad Aesc and represented the battle of Oesc (or Aesc), whose corrupted name may be a folk memory of that event. Remnants of an ancient chapel can be seen at Cat's Ash and the fact that it is dedicated to St Curig, who is said to have been one of Arthur's soldiers, may be of some significance. Nennius wrote that 'the ninth battle was fought in the City of the Legions'. This was around 510 when Arthur was campaigning and a story in the Mabinogion suggests that in this battle he gained a victory over Osla Gyllefawr (Osla Long Knife). The battle may have taken place beside the Via ]ulia to the east of Caerleon. Arthur was pursuing Osla towards the Severn estuary. It is possible that Oesc, the son of Hengist, a Saxon was killed at this battle, which became known as Cad Oesc (Cats Ash). Llandegefedd; was once known as Llan Defwed and the church is dedicated to St Tegfedd. She first married Cedig ap Ceredig ap Cunedda by whom she became the mother of Afan of Bualth. She later married Enllyn ap Hydwy ap Ceredig by whom she had a child named Teilo who is well remembered as one of the bishops of Llandaff. Llandegfedd Church is built on the spot where she was murdered and it used to be called Merthyr Tegfedd, meaning the Martyrium of Tegfedd, Llanderfil; was a chapel in the adjoining parish of Llanfihangel juxta Llantarnam. It used to be known as St Derfil's Church and belonged to the Cistercian Abbey at Llantarnam. Rice Davies in his Essay on the Welsh Saints says that it was founded by Derfel Gadarn (Derfel the Strong) who fought alongside Arthur at the battle of Camlan. Towards the end of his life Derfel gave up his warlike ways and turned to religion. His chapel was was treated with the greatest of veneration and became a place of local pilgrimage. Now only the foundations remain. Llangybi, half-way between Caerleon and Usk was founded by Cybi the son of Selyf, son of Geraint, who was killed at the battle of Llongborth. Cybi was a cousin of Dewi (St David). Llandewi Fach, just north of caerleon is dedicated to Dewi (David) who tradition tells us was King Arthur's uncle. Llanbadoc, near Usk, was known in ancient times as Cil Feignan (Meigan's Retreat). He was the son of Gwyndaf Hen ap Emyr Llydaw by Gwenonwy, the sister of Arthur. Llanfrechfa, near Caerleon is said to be named after Caradoc Freichfras (Strong Arm) who according to the Welsh Triads was Arthur's Chief Elder at Gelliwig. His grandson was Medraut who died fighting Arthur at the battle of Camlan. Llanhennock, just east of Caerleon is a hamlet perched on the end of a narrow ridge providing extensive views. The first church established here in the sixth century was dedicated to St Henwg and is said to have been founded by his son Taliesin. Henwg was ordained as a deacon by his cousin St Samson, whose mother was Anna the sister of Arthur. Llechau, occurs as the name of a stream near Caerleon and corresponds to Llacheu. The Vulgate Merlin makes Llacheu an illegitimate son of Arthur by Lissonar, the daughter of Earl Sevain of Castle Quimper-Corentin in Brittanny. St julians about one mile to the west of Caerleon is believed to have been the site of the church of ]ulius the Martyr, where Geoffrey of Monmouth claims that Queen Guinevere became a nun. An Elizabethan mansion (unfortunately demolished in the 1970s) was reputed to occupy the site of some monastic buildings which echoed the tradition that here once stood a church dedicated to ]ulius. His companion Aaron, who was martyred at the same time (1 ]uly 303), is said to have been buried at Penrhos to the north-east of Caerleon, where a chapel was erected to his memory on the site of a small Roman camp, constructed as an outpost to the Legionary fortress. 'Queen Guinevere gave way to despair. She fled to the City of the Legions and there, in the church of ]`ulius the Martyr, she took her vows among the nuns, promising to lead a chaste life'. Tredunnock in the Usk Valley to the north of Caerleon is the location of a strange Arthurian tale which is mentioned in the ancient B00k 0fLlundz1]j·T When Cadoc was Abbot of Llancarfan, Arthur was in search of Ligessauc son of Eliman, who had slain three of his knights. Cadoc concealed the agressor for seven years, and ultimately persuaded Arthur to accept his arbitration, on the banks of the river Usk. Arthur was awarded a hundred cows for the knights but he insisted that every cow must be red before and white behind. The resourceful Cadoc enchanted a herd of ordinary cows to this colouring, but when Arthur's knights, Cai and Bedwr led them over the ford, they all turned into bundles of fern. Arthur was humbled, and dedicated the spot as a sanctuary under the name of Trefredinauc or Ferntown and it is now known as Tredunnock. Gwent as a name originated from Venta Silurum (Caerwent) and in the fifth century Glywysing (founded by King Glywys) became united with Gwent. The first ruler of this united kingdom was Tewdrig Fendigaid (the Blessed), grandfather of Arthur. After 665 this kingdom became known as Morgannwg after Arthur's son Morgan Mwynfawr. View Post on Facebook · Edit email settings · Reply to this email to add a comment.

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