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Great account. I had not heard of this pub before. Thank you!

I spent almost four decades working in mental health starting in The West Cheshire Hospital in 1981 which dates from 1829 a large old asylum, and progressing through various fields addiction, community, secure units and hospitals and prisons. Finished in criminal justice mental health liaison, working with CQC and then as a hospital director. Louvain is correct in that the tales of girls being 'put away' belonged to a later age than the Victorian. I met a lady in the late 1980s who had been placed in care (and then long term mental health care) aged 14 in 1937 for talking to young men who walked past her home. Another gentleman had been 'committed' in 1919. I met him in 1983. He had a learning difficulty. We still had the original committal forms in his case notes which gave two reasons for his committal. A) He attends the kitchen in the night and steals food from his mother's food safe ( a food safe was a cupboard with sides and doors made of panels fitted with sheets of perforated zinc to let air currents in but keep flies out in pre fridge days) and B) He grins like an imbecile. Those two factors caused him to be kept for 64 years plus in the same hospital where later on, he passed away.

Beautifully told and so informative! Thank you.

You videos are always informative and entertaining. You really have the gift of making learning enjoyable. Your students are very lucky to have you.

Diolch yn fawr iawn o rannu Graham! Cariad fawr o Gastell nedd x

Great video, you have a new subscriber 😊

loved the section about the 'peace movement'. As a Hindu I can relate to it - we also chant peace three times.

Bara, 1 r, in Breton and Welsh, not 2 !

Welsh History always described as Legend. English History as Fact!!!!!!!! Its a trick a conqueror always uses.

9:15 You might be confused with the Clean Air Act, because of the smog. Getting rid of steamers was part of this. Now we have less than 100 steamers operational there isn’t much mess. But B.R. was running 20,000 steamers, and they made a lot of mess. NYMR says steamers cost 4 times the price of running diesels, although coal price has now rocketed relative to the steam era.

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Great videos, diolch!

That picture of a loco on the back of a lorry looks like its in Canton Cardiff. Great film thank you

Really enjoyed this. Thanks very much. The Harry Potter locomotive came from The North Yorkshire Moors Railway I believe. Hogwarts station in the film was Goathland station on the NYM railway. It's also the station used on the popular television series Heart Beat. Goathland village is Aidensfield. The viaduct the train runs over in Harry Potter is the Glenfinnan viaduct on the route from Fort William to Mallaig.

Thank you. Great video.

I very pleasantly came across this having recently watched a RUclips video about Iolo Morganwg's fake welsh runes. About how he was responsible for fabricating welsh history to create his own druids

Loved this vid Graham. Thank you. Can’t help feeling the education system foisted on the Welsh by the late Victorians did us no favours when it comes to our history. All of this should be taught in schools in Britain, not just in Wales. I’m reminded of the late great Wilson and Blackett who often complained about the way our history, about Arthur as King of Gwent, was dropped from Welsh school lessons in the 1920s. They did such a good number on him that he is now regarded as a myth, or some Roman general, rather than the member of a Welsh royal line. Yet even the Bruts of England in the Bodlian Library state that Arthur was crowned in Glamorgan (which then included much of Gwent.) By the way, do you happen to know if the Artorius cross and the gravestones have been kept in a safe place after Baram’s death? In my opinion they are the most important archaeological finds of the past several centuries. I’d hate to think of them falling into nefarious hands or being destroyed by the powers that be in England.

The word witch comes from the root word in Old German and English, meaning "wise" (wicche, wicca). Witches are actually representatives of the pre-Christian Pagan religions or the priests and priestesses of Pagan spirituality. So when the video begins with a story of a witch who strikes everyone down crossing her path I imagine that it's yet another attempt to demonize ancestral Pagan beliefs.

I grew up in Llantwit. That's where I call home.

This is fantastic. Great stuff - thank you!!

My family built that castle... Sir Payne de turbeville

I teach at the same seminary (training college) in Valladolid that St John Lloyd studied at. We've still got the record of his enrolment in the 17th century.

What a lovely video! I'm Breton myself and the similarities between Wales and Brittany have always fascinated me. You did a wonderful job with this video!

Aww cmon everyone nows Arthur was Cornish

Thank you very Much, or Trugarez as we would say, always supported Welsh cousins after the French team during the six nations ^^.

Great video, diolch! We're heading that way to do some filming soon and you've made us want to walk the Glamorgan Ridgeway 😉

I saw a video about the Bretons who'd look for work in southern England and Cornwall, they were native breton speakers and they would learn english in England. Their english had strong accent such that many people would confuse them for being Welsh. Nowadays it's hard to find native breton speaker that hasn't got french accent.

I live on a farm in Virginia, USA that has been called Glamorgan since it was established in 1851! The story is that the family who built the home was originally from there. The oldest ancestor I can find is William Morris, born in New Kent, Virginia in 1688 so this Welsh family definitely has been here since the beginning of colonization.

One note on Betsy Ross and the American flag, it’s taken directly from the Breton flag, in terms of Design. The Bretons ofcourse being the ancestral kin of the “Welsh”. This show, or episode just touches on all the influences the Welsh have made on America. I often forget the man’s name, but one U.S senator 30 or 40 years ago stated that no nation or people have made such an impact on America than the Welsh of Wales. His name may have been William Sharpe, or Bill Sharpe. I can’t remember I’m afraid. I think he was the governor of Tennessee or Kentucky.

If William Robert Grove can be forgotten, any and all Welsh men will be. He invented the first fuel cell! This is a really good show. Really enjoyed it.

Why the Welsh aren’t is for 3 reasons…1. As to what you said, The Welsh were mostly already Americanised by the time the Irish arrived and 2. The American education system is heavily focused on Irish and Anglo in terms of Celtic and British studies. It’s by design!!!! Even though the Welsh are the original Britons and the term Celtic was invented by a Edward Llwyd, a Welshman! 3..Agree, with are too nice and too quick to adept to pressures from outside. This is a deferment.

As for the name of America, yes. It definitely makes more sense for it to be named after Richard Ap Meryck. He was the financier of an “English” colony, so why wouldn’t it be named after a man who had direct involvement? As opposed to some random Spanish or Italian man that’s influence with America came far later.

Decent reasoning as to why it could have been political for the English, however that being said, that angle doesn’t explain why the Natives also claimed the same thing. Not only the Cherokee but the Mandan also. I believe it to be true as not only do you have the same story from multiple different people but you also have evidence surrounding Snake mounds, and The latent linguistic evidence in the languages also.

Porthmadog is named after William Madocks, who built a sea wall, the Cob. Reclaiming land from the Traeth Mawr!

Porthmadoc was named after William Maddocks not prince Madoc The prince Madoc myth was made up by a man called John Dee who was court astronomer to Elizabeth 1.

Oh so the WELSH are to blame? Figures. Surprised you owned up to it though.

Really enjoyed chatting to you on this Graham. I look forward to next time!

Tom Cruise is not of Welsh descent. He is descended from an Irishman who briefly lived in a Wales before emigrating to the USA.

Brilliant show gents! Really enjoyed it and learnt so much.

maybe chris lloyd can return, for a australian, candian & NZ episode... the welsh who left wales...

Proud Welsh American here. Thank you for this! 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I'm breton of origine ,i have more nice feeling toward Wales than France,best knowledge in Birmingham or Gwynnedd , ....in thé 6th century ,many welsh fled from the anglo-saxons who invaded british Isles , in 19th century Brittany adopted welsh's hymn as his ! Hen wlad fy ny nhadau , bro gozh ma zadou ...

Most helpful! Thanks.

Diolch am hyn. The screenwriting guru Robert McKee says "the weakest reason to include anything in a story is 'it actually happened'. What happens is fact, not truth" What I love about Iolo is that, from my perspective, he wanted to give ordinary Welsh people a vision of themselves in their culture. His ends more than justify his means. What I love about Gareth's book is that, from my perspective, he's done something similar. He's taken the base truth, and weaved his own interpretation of a narrative. Educated, artistic, creative Wales can be a snobby domain in either language. It's populated by those who enjoy speaking in a closed, academic register which unnecessarily excludes most of us. They're the ones likely to scoff at truths which are accessible for majorities. Such little accessible material on Iolo, surely the most crucial figure in the modern Welsh survival story. Gareth's book gives us a clear idea of the man, and his truth. Diolch

Love this history, thank you!

Fascinating. I live not far away in Neath and have been to Kenfig Burrows many times and always been intrigued by how the town and castle got inundated by the gradual march inland of the sand dunes. The Prince of Wales pub in Mawdlam gives an insight into the medieval history of Kenfig, with it's charts on the walls about the 12 Knights of Glamorgan and the ancient borough of Kenfig (plus they do great food and beers😀). Look forward to catching up with your other videos about Candleston and other lost towns and villages.

Just north of Mynydd Baeden is Maescadlawr Farm. Maescadlawr translates as field of the battle ground.

I heard they found it in the soft, sandy part of the cliff just as you get to the beach.

Thank you. Was gutted due could not made it there. So happy to find it here to watch and listen. Did you find out who's skeleton was under the arch?