Croeso i'r Adfywiad Gwladgarol': Intro & Index.
First off some information and then the index to follow, if I put these details at top it will save second time index readers having to go all the way to bottem of this posting and first time readers the information they may want, first off. So, first some basic Information as follows. do note I have four other blogs, they are:* Adfywiad Gwladgarol Cymru Blog: http://adfywiad.blogspot.com
* The Welsh Patriot Blog: http://welshpatriot.blogspot.com
THE POSTINGS INDEX:
* Coming Your Way Shortly - future postings.
* Dydd Dewi 2007 'Adfywiad Activities'.
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Shumae!
Picture is of me, having my photo taken in the district known as Caedraw, Merthyr Tudful. Date, about 1950-ish? Whatever the important thing is, that Caedraw on the 3 June 1831, from dawn was in a revolutionary ferment. A few days before on the 31 May 1831, Lewis Lewis and other radicals had risen up a RED FLAG on Hirwaun Common by the 1 June 1831 a ''Workers Army'' was being assembled at Cefn on the outskirts of Merthyr. At this time Cefn was what might be described as a 'Tai Unnos Township' (''Barrio''), by the 2 June 1831 the ''Workers Army'' were occuping ground from Hirwaun, Aberdar to the north of Merthyr and into the hills above the road from Brecon where the English had a miltary base with a garrison regiment of 'Kilted Scottish Highlanders' (Is this why I am not fond of seeing Welsh men in Cilts?). By the 3 June 1831 the ''Workers Army'' with their supporting followers had ''Liberated'' much of Merthyr Tudful and had all but establed ''Workers Rule'' and ''People Power'' , if only a ''RED COMMUNE'' had followed, but this was not to be. On the 3 June 1831, news had reached Merthyr that forces of the ''British Army'' were on their way to quell this ''Popuar Welsh Workers Rebellion'', by mid - morning the Soldiers had arrived and had set up their H.Q, at the Castle Hotel in the centre of the Town. Later, about mid - day a massive crowd had gathered around the Castle Hotel, around which the soldiers stood guard with beynoted muskets threateningly toward the people. Lewis Lewis and other radical leaders of the ''Workers Army'' were allowed into the hotel to negotiate with the Town's establishment, but the negotiations were to break off with no agreement reached. Lewis Lewis at doorway of the hotel announced this to the crowd and a roar of disapproval shattered the silence, the workers raised up muskets and the crowd their pikes, pitcforks and sticks. As in all such events, what occurred next is unclear, as who give any order to attack the hotel but attacked it was and soon a real fight was on with the soldiers. The situation was proving dangerous for those in the Hotel with soldiers ''battling for their very lives'', when all of a sudden the soldiers fired at close range and when the musket smoke cleared up to 28 workers and their followers lay dead and dieing in and outside the hotel. Throughout the hours leading up to this confrontation the ''blooded Red Flag'' of Hirwaun Common had been seen throughout, now it was seen close by Lewis Lewis, held high by a miner later named as Billy Hughes. Amidst the screams of the wounded and dieing, the maddened shouts of the crowd, Lewis Lewis, musket held high took command and it was said he was heard to shout to his comrades the immortal words...
..................................''SAETHWCH YN OL FECHGYN.....
.....SAETHWCH YN OL. !''
That's not the end of the story of the 1831 Insurrection, I will conclude in a later posting to this 'Adfywiad Blog', but I thought I had better get this in here, in one of the first postings for a number of reasons. As: Well, I was born in Merthyr for starters and grew up there for first five years of my 'Young Life' in of all places 'Caedraw', so maybe it was fate I would grow up to be a ''Natural Born Radical Resurgent''. However, for most of my adult life I have been more, first ''Super Patriot'', even on times perhaps an ''Ultra - Nationalist''. why and how I should have ''deserted'' by ''RED ROOTS'' and ''RED HERITAGE'', is as mystifying to me as it will be to you? However, that I hope will just be for an instant, as after you have ploughed through much in way of 'Patriotic Postings', I hope that despite a personal history of Patriotic Political Struggle within what I describe as an ''ALTERNATIVE WELSH NATIONALIST MOVEMENT'', within my heart there beats the flow of blood that is of Glyndwr's ''Barefoot Welsh Doggies'', his largelly ''Peasant Army''. In heart of hearts, my hopes and aspirations are with they and those who followed them; The peasantry who in the 16 the century resisted enclosures with the cry of ''Trech Gwlad Nag Arglwydd'', the peasantry of the 'Cefyl Pren' who fought against the injustice that would see them starve but would cry ''Bara Neu Waed''. This cry would become painted in red blood on the banners of the ''Insurrectionist of 1831'', so you will read within these postings, their story and that of the 'Scotch Cattle' and the ''Insurrectionists of 1839'', you will read too, of the 'Rebecca Rebellion'', The ''River Wars'' and ''Tithe Wars'' but also of the ''Agrarian Labourers Revolt''. Not least you will read of Miners and Quarry Workers Strikes, that's where it starts getting personal and almost within ''living memory'' for me and other, who are my comrades or freinds. However, you will have to deal with much patriotism, my 'Adfywiad Gwladgarol', as I often refer to it, you will hear much of Llywelyn and Cilmeri, also of Glyndwr and Corwen and Machynlleth, that's a deep ''medieval interest'' I cannot shake off, not that I really try. Whatever, let me make it quite clear that now more than ever it really is the events that took place at Hirwaun and Merthyr Tudful during the Red Week - 31 May to 6 June 1831 that greatly concern me.I call upon all to remember, and annually commemorate and yes, celebrate too, this great struuggle of the people and their ''Workers Army''. In time I will post details of a 'Radical 1831 History Trail'. Below pic is of my 3 June 1831 - 2006, 175th Anniversary of the 1831 Insurrection Commemorative Instalation of pole, Red Flag and Loaf of Bread, placed at my designated 'PLAS 3 MEHEFIN 1831'.
Now read on:
Postings are being worked on at this moment ok!
Give this lot, something to really sing about!
This will really be a
RADICAL, REVOLUTIONARY, REPUBLICAN
and of course a
PATRIOTICALLY RESURGENT BLOG.
In which you will always find the BIG STORY?
The 'SHAM SENEDD' is looking for a ''SEAL'' (Coat of Arms), I thought they already had one, see below:
However, that does not stop Robert Hinton, Cambria Magazine ''Staffer'' and by now possibly an ''un-kilted'' 'Knight of Saint David'...... he should hope! after first being rejected, but who knows, the secret workings of the Greater Kilted Ones? After all by now he should have proved his ''Pooodle Usefulness'' to the ''GRAND DRAGONS'' or what ever other name they give themselves out of the realms of latter day high '' Victorian Decadent and Declining Aristocratic Spuedo Free Masonary Fantasies'' which they indulge in. Sigh! that some so called ''Nationalists'' are so easlly 'DUPED' by the ''Johnie Come Latlies'' is beyond my 'Cymric Comprehension'.
A Patriot sent me these reasons why not:
This cross of St. David should be unacceptable for three reasons. Reasons that should be obvious to anyone with an interest in Welsh history and sport.
1/ The cross of St. David is too closely associated with the Church of England - we were never an Anglican nation.
2/ The cross of St. David forms part of the badge of Cardiff City Football club - this will alienate people who support other Welsh clubs because they will see it as yet another example of creeping Cardiff influence.
3/ David was never really adopted in the north. Here it was Beuno and other saints who were more popular.
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We already have a distinctive and internationally-recognised and nationally accepted flag, so why bother adopting an emblem that comes so compromised and could prove divisive?
The only reason I can think of is that those proposing its adoption believe it will not offend the unpatriotic and the non-Welsh among us. This see it as being 'neutral' . . . to the point of being meaningless. Right on Brother, quite right too! I can think of many more reasons!
The biggest reason, is the tainted history of how our homeland got 'Dydd Dewi' declared as a day to mark with celebration, it was a reward for treachery which few are aware of but here it is, please Welsh Patriots or rather 'Radical Nationalists' Pay Attention ok! following the 'Battle of Agincourt' which the English won with the aid of Welsh Archers, not quite true as English Archers outnumbered Welsh Archers but ''Brit Taffies'' love to repeat this story as much as rabbiting on about 'ZULU'. However, there were a good number of ''Taffies'' fighting for the English at Azincourt as arch Traitor Dafydd Gam and family, as well a number who had fought for Glyndwr but ''turned traitor'' and joined the English. Anyway, Henry V personally requested, Henry Chichele, the Arch Bishop of Canterbury to declare that 23 April, the feast day of St George be the special patron and protector of the English/British nation and that this day was to be celebrated as a feast day due to Henry V believing that St George intevened in the Battle to help the English win it. Henry V made a similar order on behalf of three Welsh Saints; Winefrid, Chad and David. This was of course an astute and gracious political acknowledgement of Welsh help to win the Battle and no doubt Henry and his Welsh Allies also believed that those three Welsh Saints intervened to win the day for England. Wonderfull!!! This illuminating information I got out of the book: Agincourt by Juliet Barker, worth a read! Thus, which ever way you cut it, celebrating 'Dewi Sant' is a bit of a non - starter for 'RADICAL NATIONALISTS'. It is little wonder that the 'Anglican Church' and the 'Welsh Division - British Army' prior to, and during WW II were happy to adopt 'The Cross of Saint David' as an emblem. After all it is quite in keeping with the spirit of the traitors as Davy Gam who fought for the English at Agincourt, YES! I suggest that 'Radical Nationalists' wake up to these facts and not be seen dead marching behind the 'Baner Dewi Sant' but only behind 'Baner Llywelyn' and 'Baner Glyndwr' or their own 'Baneri Gwladgarol'. You will find many such 'Baneri Gwladgarol' in postings throughout this blog, take note inparticular of 'Baneri Adfywiad' and my own designed 'Yellow Cross Baner'.
I originally produced this as an 'Alternative' Baner Dewi Sant, instead of the ''Anglican Version''. Skaneland/Skania (Sweden) has a flag 'Yellow Cross on Red', so I made my version retaining some black but otherwise the 'Yellow and Red' are the colours of the Royal House of Aberffraw, Gwynedd and of coourse of Owain Glyndwr. What do you think?
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The Swedish Flag bears a Yellow Cross which is also used very much by a Swedish Neo - Nazi organisation called. The 'Yellow Cross' was also used by some italian Crusaders to the Holy Land. In the middle Ages 'Lepers' were made to mark their clothes with a 'Yellow Cross' as were 'Heretics', the most well known of such were the 'Cathars' of the Languedoc in ''Southern France''. A version was used by the Counts of Toulouse, a symbol you will see widely used today to identify the ''region'' of Occitania in the Languedoc today, by Cultural organisations, Nationalist Movements, Civic Authourities and Tourism bodies.
I also promote use of a 'Yellow Celtic Cross', as symbol of the 'Adfywiad Gwladgarol' campaign for restoration of our 'Croes Naid' and other stolen national Treasures. Perhaps our use of a 'Yellow Cross' might also be seen as representingh the great Brythonic (Cymric?) Heretic 'Pelagius' whom Dewi Sant did despise and as an 'Augustine Agent' of Canterbury was ordered to stamp out the ''Pelegian Heresy'' in Cymru as well as stamp out Alchchol (Peripheral Pint Pot Patriots take note ok!) and fornicating with ''Irish Virgins'', especially if there were three of them, bit of a ''Dry Guy'' was our Dewi Sant. ap Sion, this is not the Saint for you boyo!!!
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Robert Hinton also wants the ''MONSTROUS REGIMENT'' of 'Assembly Members' and as many ''Celebrity Cymry'' and of course 'Y Crachach Newydd' - England's Client Tribe in Cymru/Wales to march with him and other ''Knights of Saint David'' behind the Cambrian Band in the Cambrian/Tartan Centre organised annual 'Dydd Dewi' Parade of Spuedo Patriotism from the Tafarn Mochyn Ddu to the Steps of the 'Brit' ''National Museum of Wales''.HHHhhmmm!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT, YES! MORE RUBBISH FROM R.H, BUT WHAT TRUE PATRIOT OR RATHER RADICAL WELSH NATIONALIST WOULD EVER MARCH BEHIND THIS ''COLLECTION OF COLONIAL COLLABORATORS'', so what you going to on 'Dydd Dewi'? Well! Read this blog and you will get ideas as to any of number of 'ADFYWIAD GWLADGAROL' activities you could be carrying out annually on 'Dydd Dewi' in Caerdydd.
Like Patriotically Protesting maybe!
why not take a Message to the ''Car showroom'' down in 'Bae Caerdydd' and stand on the steps here and shout out loud......
WE WANT WELSH INDEPENDENCE AND WE WANT IT NOW!
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Something else you can do, on 'Dydd Dewi 2007' too, See 'Dydd Dewi 2007' info posting. Something to do with the below:
Come fellow patriots, out of the shadowy corners and blind allyways of DEFEATISM, DECAY AND DECLINE, turn away from 'DISTRACTION' and 'DILLENTANTISM'. Join me on the big mountain...
That's me atop Mynydd y Gaer, Glyndwr may have rode up here in 1402 and Rhys Gethin in 1403, prior to the 'Battle of Stalling Down'. See future posting for further information & details of 'Adfywiadwyr Gwladgarol' and their ''Radical Ramblings''. I am not up this mountain for the sake of my health but rather I am protesting against the ''WINDMILLING OF WALES'', in this case 'Blaenau Morgannwg', the windmills in the background are to be joined by 100's of others surrounding Gilfach Goch, also in the background. Gilfach Goch is where my father and his family grew up, and which I often visited as a child to see my Nan. My fathers ashes are scattered on his mothers grave in a cemetary just over the hill, this reminds me to inform you that my uncle has written a small book on his memories of growing up in Gilfach Goch, it's to be called 'What's in a Name', his name was 'Beaumont Valentine Griffiths, that got him into lots of fights as a kid but helped turn him in to a good boxer in later life. if interested in copy, let me know and I will let you know when it is published and cost ok!. Quiz - Question: What else is important about the area over the mountain regards 18th Century ''Welsh Cultural - romantic Renaissance?''.
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If you make the journey into our mountains (particularly in August, why?), then you may see the......
'ADFYWIAD SUN'
...and then you will see the Eagles Fly
This Blog as you can see will have plenty to interest most, any complaints please address to our ''Dispatch Department'', who will 'Cut Straight To The Bone' re any matter, you care to rise with us. However, please note if we find that the complaint is unfounded then you may get the CHOP! CHOP! CHOP!?
Well that's it! hope you liked the ''Welcome?''.
'Adfywiadwr Gwladgarol'
''Iestyn'' aka Gethin Gruffydd.
Welsh Remembrancer.
''Brother to the Ox''.
Follow the Outlaws into the Wild Woods.
PS: For those having troubles with understanding, I suggest you focus on the below OK!
FIN!
posted by Gethin 'Iestyn' Gruffydd @ Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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