. I use as heading Remember! Remember 1282, as it appears that whilst S4C remembered with a special feature on Llys Rhosyr and 1282 commemorations in Gwynedd also remembering Cilmeri, other media did not as far as I know bother to mention this important date in our history. Although, there was a phone in D&D on Radio BBC Wales re use of political violence which raised up issue of Meibion Glyndwr and the 'Arson War' against second homes. It seems they were prompted in to this radical turn towards dinner time radio talk because they became aware that the MG campaign against ''White Settlers'' buying up cottages in rural Cymru and thus endangering the native language began 30 years back on 11 December 1979, the first arson attack being in area of Nefyn, that also being quite symbolic given association of that location with Edward I's celebration of conquest at Nefyn in 1283 (see Edward's Field via Google search).
..However, my main reason for the Remember! Remember! has more to do with the teaching of Welsh History in Schools, I asked around and it appears that few children of family and friends had been taught anything at School last week on 11 Ragfyr 1282, but have this year got a lot about Queen Victoria, WWI & WWII. This is not only a case of deliberate censorship or bias but also because hard pressed teachers are taking their lead regards easy ways to teaching history, is via the History Channel or BBC history Magazines etc. Of course Welsh History hardly, if at all gets much mention in these areas. However, I believe the situation is much better in Ysgolion Cymraeg, nevertheless I consider it an absolute 'uno numero' issue for patriots to take more interest in what our children are being taught and if not enough Welsh History then do something about it asap.
..After all note if Black History Month and Holocaust Memorial Day etc (perfectly ok with me) are taught in our schools why are they not remembering Dydd Llywelyn 11 Rhagfyr 1282 and Dydd Glyndwr 16 Medi 1400. Now do not just think about this important issue but start doing something about it, not least support the coming campaign for a Welsh History Day/Month on which more information will become available early in 2010. That I guess is probably my most important end of year message to patriots and other Welsh History enthusiasts, although do note other important issues I shall briefly mention below in this post for most part foto feature introduction to the Cilmeri Commemoration 2009.
..My main purpose for visiting Cilmeri Cenotaph this year has already been stated in previous blog posts but, I will briefly remind. First and foremost it was to make tribute to old comrades and fellow 'Adfywiadwyr Gwladgarol' Glyn Rowlands who passed away this year, also at same time make my final salute to my other PF/FWA Anti - Investiture Radical Campaigners imprisoned in 1969 who since then have also passed away. Not least to also make tribute to many 1960's old comrades of the 'Adfywiad Gwladgaol' and make tribute to the many former fellow patriots who have passed away since 1969 to our present times.
...In this photo below it looks as if I am taking salute before a white flag and at last surre
ndering but not quite. Although, I did make it clear in my later tribute that I was only wearing this FWA uniform as tribute to my Old Comrades so badly treated by John Humphries in his book Freedom Fighters, Wales's' Forgotten War. I shall not be wearing this uniform again, I shall put it away for good, as I also set aside and bury notions of armed struggle in any Welsh Cause, and certainly not for 'Crachach & Country'. All that ''Sixties Militant Stuff'' is over, leave it in the ''Sixties'' but of course do not forget, remember well the struggle of our Adfywiadwyr Gwladgarol. However, making a rather pretty pontless cult of it all with such as FWA Appreciation Society and Meibion Glyndwr face books etc, are you serious? wake up! STOP DOING THE WORK OF MI5 WELSH BRANCH - 12 Operatives based in Caerdydd and most off them would by now be Cymraeg Speakers too no doubt. So, if your genuine Nationalists, wise up or grow up or maybe such are MI5 'Sting Sites', so best not to click on to them ok!
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ndering but not quite. Although, I did make it clear in my later tribute that I was only wearing this FWA uniform as tribute to my Old Comrades so badly treated by John Humphries in his book Freedom Fighters, Wales's' Forgotten War. I shall not be wearing this uniform again, I shall put it away for good, as I also set aside and bury notions of armed struggle in any Welsh Cause, and certainly not for 'Crachach & Country'. All that ''Sixties Militant Stuff'' is over, leave it in the ''Sixties'' but of course do not forget, remember well the struggle of our Adfywiadwyr Gwladgarol. However, making a rather pretty pontless cult of it all with such as FWA Appreciation Society and Meibion Glyndwr face books etc, are you serious? wake up! STOP DOING THE WORK OF MI5 WELSH BRANCH - 12 Operatives based in Caerdydd and most off them would by now be Cymraeg Speakers too no doubt. So, if your genuine Nationalists, wise up or grow up or maybe such are MI5 'Sting Sites', so best not to click on to them ok!. .
CILMERI CENOTAPH 12 Ragfyr 2009: Setting the Scene. Got to Cilmeri (from London) via Abertawe about 10: 00 am, much earlier than I expected so had plenty of time to set up my patriotic Installations remembering Llywelyn III and all those who died fighting during the war of 1282 - 83 or were imprisoned and executed in the following years.
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the red crosses, and why they were placed, to remember these more often as not forgotten dead warriors of 1282, please continue this tradition at Cilmeri Commemoration and at the Abaty Cwm Hir service held on day after.
the red crosses, and why they were placed, to remember these more often as not forgotten dead warriors of 1282, please continue this tradition at Cilmeri Commemoration and at the Abaty Cwm Hir service held on day after.. 
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Below were also placed at the cenotaph to indicate the important locations in central Cymru associated with the last days of Llywelyn III 10, 11 & 12 Ragfyr 1282 (according to Anthony Edwards version of events). I did not attend the main Cilmeri Commemoration as I had to then take these items below away and place them in those important Hanes 1282 locations with need to more publicise the truthful account of the murder of Llywelyn III and 'The 18' of his household Royal Guard. This being associated also with providing information not only on a Cofia 1282 Trail but also to be associated with other Medieval Wales Initiatives. For further information go see my blog: URDD BRENHINOL CYMRU.
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REMEMBERING OUR OWN PATRIOTIC DEAD. I set up this Patriotic Instal
lation feeling it very important to continue the work of Denis Coslett regards remembering our own present times patriots with his annual reading at the Cilmeri Cenotaph of a Patriots Roll Call. This had been abandoned in recent years following on the passing away of Denis, I hope this year to have relaunched this aspect of the annual Cilmeri Commemoration but, others and future Rali Cilmeri organisers and participants will have to be responsible for such, not I!
.Below were also placed at the cenotaph to indicate the important locations in central Cymru associated with the last days of Llywelyn III 10, 11 & 12 Ragfyr 1282 (according to Anthony Edwards version of events). I did not attend the main Cilmeri Commemoration as I had to then take these items below away and place them in those important Hanes 1282 locations with need to more publicise the truthful account of the murder of Llywelyn III and 'The 18' of his household Royal Guard. This being associated also with providing information not only on a Cofia 1282 Trail but also to be associated with other Medieval Wales Initiatives. For further information go see my blog: URDD BRENHINOL CYMRU.
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..REMEMBERING OUR OWN PATRIOTIC DEAD. I set up this Patriotic Instal
lation feeling it very important to continue the work of Denis Coslett regards remembering our own present times patriots with his annual reading at the Cilmeri Cenotaph of a Patriots Roll Call. This had been abandoned in recent years following on the passing away of Denis, I hope this year to have relaunched this aspect of the annual Cilmeri Commemoration but, others and future Rali Cilmeri organisers and participants will have to be responsible for such, not I!.
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her placed in area of Cilmeri Centoaph were items I had used, or was about to use in my I'r Gad Welsh Battlefield Campaign. Has WAG, Cadw & Co have conceded to a Welsh Battlefield Register I have no need to continue this campaign, as it does appear all are 'singing from the same hymn sheet' as RCAHMW plus the O.S. However, keep an eye on this issue, I very much doubt if they will renege but they might just put on the back burner and not give priority attention to. Maybe, they just might forget? so stay on their case OK and if no real movement then some radical patriots out there might just have to relaunch my radical campaigning but not I! For further info see my I'r Gad WBfC blog..
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aign that should continue is to continuously challenge the English Crown regards Welsh National Sovereignty, this really is one issue patriots must become obsessed with and further obsessed regards radically campaigning against the English Crown over lording Wales in numerous way as their Royal Visits, Hospitals and such named after them, not least campaign for all those plaques set up in their honour to be removed one day and dumped in some park to remind of our colonial past.
. .Via web see what India did with it's 'White Raj' stuff, Baltic States have done re Stalin stuff and what Spain is doing with Franco stuff and the USA's 'New South' is contemplating re much 'Old South' stuff. If they can do it, why not we patriotic Welsh hope and live the dream of one day dumping monuments and memorials to our Conquest and Colonial subjection. Yes! and as a radical, I say ditch that Tudor Dragon and Anglican Cross of Saint David flags, plus the leeks and the daffodils, radical patriots want to be very careful about associating themselves with the 'Brit' iconography of Taffydom and that includes 'Cymric Cilt' Tartan Taffery claptrap.
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Much maybe the impossible dream but there is one dream that can be made reality, if patriots have the guts for it. That is to protest not petition against any more Investitures of English Princes of Wales in Caernarfon. Not least annually make stand (& sit) at Gate of Caernarfon Castle on and about 1st July, personally I think any really radical patriot worth their salt would do this and, certainly those who regularly attend Rali Cilmeri but have or never intend to make such commitment at least once in their lives, but regularly Dewi Day Parade in Caerdydd - is an hypocrit or just very shallow in their patriotism. For this is one day and one time you can really make a stand (or sit?) for our National Sovereignty over and above the claim of the English Crown to have English Sovereignty over our Country, Communities and People.
.. .Balchder Cymru made such a stand this year, they have shown their courage of conviction and commitment, so! when will you? Not I! I have made my stand thrice in above connections, give us a break, time some others took over but I doubt if it will be the 'Cambrianista' Petitioners and their fellow traveller 'Good Ole Boys'. By way drop Henry Jones Davies (prospecftive Plaid Cymru Preseli BGE Candidate), founder of Cambria Mag and ask him if he's going to present his 'No English PoW' petition to Carlo next time he's at home, quite close to Nantgaredig, GHQ of the 'Cambrianistas'. That would be really terific to see occurring, tidy!
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.....Whatever, it's up to you? you maybe? some one? other than all this, I also consider it to be pretty hypocritical for 'Hwntw' patriots to keep turning up at Cilmeri and falling all over this 'Gogcentric' history without ever remembering Llywelyn Bren. Yes! a great southern hero who led the last Welsh revolt against the Anglo - Normans 1315-16 but whom most Welsh Patriots ignore and most tragically so too Southerners who call themselves Patriots? C'mon in 2010 time 'Hwntws' did something in this direction, two events worth considering a parade from Tommy Cooper statue to Gate of Castell Caerffili to mark start of the Revolt, then a field trip to location of his surrender near Ystrad Fellte. For further and fuller info do search on web and my posts on this history should appear in web menu. Last but not least I urge 'Hwntw's' to pay attention to need for a MORGANNWG (& Gwent) MEDIEVAL INITIATIVE in connection with Cadw's E.U. Heritage Tourism Project. See my Urdd Brenhinol Cymru Blog.
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Picture opposite shows the Stag of the South and Wolf of the North flags placed before the present day Patriotic Tribute Installation at Cilmeri Cenotaph. Final foto below, is myself where upon following my above tributes and calls to radical 'Adfywiadwyr Gwladgarol' action, I have a rant regards my latest obsession, a LAND & LIBERTY Campaign. In this foto I am pointing to the Elan Valley where to build the dams there a great number of Welsh people were thrown off their land, but this issue is not just about Cofia Dreweryn and all that! For further info on Land & Liberty Campaign in development, go see my WELSH PATRIOT Blog
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Picture opposite shows the Stag of the South and Wolf of the North flags placed before the present day Patriotic Tribute Installation at Cilmeri Cenotaph. Final foto below, is myself where upon following my above tributes and calls to radical 'Adfywiadwyr Gwladgarol' action, I have a rant regards my latest obsession, a LAND & LIBERTY Campaign. In this foto I am pointing to the Elan Valley where to build the dams there a great number of Welsh people were thrown off their land, but this issue is not just about Cofia Dreweryn and all that! For further info on Land & Liberty Campaign in development, go see my WELSH PATRIOT Blog
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. .After all that, I can say ta! ta! Cilmeri for a while, though I may return for Commemorations 2011 - 100th Anniversary of imposition of Investiture in Caernarfon in 1911 and 2014 - 45th Anniversary of 1969 the second imposition of an Investiture in Caernarfon. The whole point of such Cilmeri Commemorations being about countering pro - Investiture propaganda in the media in 2011 and 2014, these Cilmeri events in association with Mass Patriotic Mobalisations in Caernarfon on or about 1 July in the same years. It goes without saying it's all part of the same patriotic protest package for 2011 and 2014, but who will be up for it, more important whom will organise?
.. Although over coming years 2010 - 2011, for the most part I am 'Going Left' (see my Red Remembrancer blog) and focusing a lot of attention on Tonypandy 1910 and Llaneli 1911.
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.Between 2011 - 2014 I have a few books to write, the one being Adfywiadwr Gwladgarol (somewhat a Foot Soldiers Story) re the 'Sixties' Adfywiad Gwladgarol plus some kind of publication out of my AWNM&S Hist Archive. Followed by publication of another book Welsh Remembrancer this will cover the Cofiwn years to Ty Cenedl and remembrancer work since and, possibly some other 'spin off' publications related to much aforementioned and regards all this blogging stuff I have been doing. Whatever, hope to finish all this patriotic/political stuff by 2014/15 the latest, as I really want to end my days taking it easier and maybe working in more enjoyable areas of my creative blogs: Assyran Rod - Alternate History, Aerfen - S&S Fantasy plus last but not least Tan y Bont - Gothic Horror.
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I am now taking a Winter break, be back by Imbolc - 1st Feb ok! Have a good coming festive season. Do note, there are other Cilmeri Commemoration 2009 Foto Features on all, or will be sooner as later on all the above mentioned blogs and of course on the Adfywiad Cilmeri Archive also Cofiwn Archive blogs.
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.Hwyl a Cadw Saf.
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. Gethin ap Gruffydd.
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PS: Many of my political blogs will be coming down btween 2010 - 11, possibly starting with the Adfywiad Gwladgarol blog by Spring 2010, so if you have not had a complete look thru that blog, better start doing so after Xmas maybe?
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.Between 2011 - 2014 I have a few books to write, the one being Adfywiadwr Gwladgarol (somewhat a Foot Soldiers Story) re the 'Sixties' Adfywiad Gwladgarol plus some kind of publication out of my AWNM&S Hist Archive. Followed by publication of another book Welsh Remembrancer this will cover the Cofiwn years to Ty Cenedl and remembrancer work since and, possibly some other 'spin off' publications related to much aforementioned and regards all this blogging stuff I have been doing. Whatever, hope to finish all this patriotic/political stuff by 2014/15 the latest, as I really want to end my days taking it easier and maybe working in more enjoyable areas of my creative blogs: Assyran Rod - Alternate History, Aerfen - S&S Fantasy plus last but not least Tan y Bont - Gothic Horror.
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I am now taking a Winter break, be back by Imbolc - 1st Feb ok! Have a good coming festive season. Do note, there are other Cilmeri Commemoration 2009 Foto Features on all, or will be sooner as later on all the above mentioned blogs and of course on the Adfywiad Cilmeri Archive also Cofiwn Archive blogs.
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.Hwyl a Cadw Saf.
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. Gethin ap Gruffydd.
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PS: Many of my political blogs will be coming down btween 2010 - 11, possibly starting with the Adfywiad Gwladgarol blog by Spring 2010, so if you have not had a complete look thru that blog, better start doing so after Xmas maybe?
