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c. 1854 David Cox, Rhyl Sands'.

Tate Modern

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august 5, 2009

[lovewales]

Rhyl | by Lisa Fotios

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Our first meeting held in Rhyl is comming up Next Tuesday at 3PM, Save the Date !

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A large-scale demo in Rhyl calling for peace in Palestine attracted about 500 people. Prestatyn’s Voices for Peace and other peace groups across North Wales organised the march which took place on Saturday, April 13.  Participants walked through Rhyl Town Centre to a rally at the Events Arena. Banners and Palestinian flags were waved in the sunshine and people chanted ‘Free, free Palestine’ and ‘Ceasefire now’.

Many shopkeepers came out to cheer the marchers on.  Catherine Platt, Chair of the Prestatyn group, said: “Saturday’s march was a historic day for North Wales, where hundreds of people came from far and wide to call for peace in Palestine. Their calls were unified, the suffering must stop.   "Some of the speakers have first-hand experience of the horrors that have been taking place in Palestine for over six months now, their testimony must be heard. We hope our leaders listen to these cries.”

Dr Sian Arfon-Miners, from Bangor, said: “The event shone a light on the terrible suffering experienced by the Palestinian people. As well as over 33,000 deaths, there have been 158,000 injuries many of which have affected children. These injuries often include fractures, nerve and spinal cord injuries, amputations, brain trauma and burns.

“In addition, 30 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals have been bombed, many repeatedly, even while medical staff, patients and civilians seeking shelter remain inside. It is simply an unimaginable level of suffering, and it is vital that the conflict ends immediately.”

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David McKnight, of Stop the War Cymru, said: "As the events of the last week have made clear, the war in Gaza risks igniting the entire region.” “The only way to prevent this escalation is to end the genocide in Gaza and for western governments, particularly our own and the US, to cease supplying weapons to Israel.”

“We often talk about Wales’s proud history of peace campaigning, anti-militarism, and international solidarity. That’s why we’ll continue to march, to hold vigils, rallies, and demonstrations, to ensure that we build a future of peace, and a world without war, together.”

-- From "Community marches through Rhyl for 'Peace in Palestine'" by Suzanne Kendrick for North Wales Chronicle, 15 Apr 2024

[martyn7985]

Evening with Jeff Stelling and Paul Merson in Rhyl

JEFF STELLING is back, with special guest PAUL MERSON!Tonight, Friday 24th January, Rhyl Pavilion Theatre hosts an evening of football nostalgia with Sky Sports legend Jeff Stelling, known for anchoring Soccer Saturday for over 30 years. Join Jeff as he shares stories from his illustrious career, joined by Sky colleague Bianca Westwood as she hosts and roasts him on stage.Special guest Paul…

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rhyl monorail

now i live not too far from this place called rhyl. and its a terrible place all things considered. high crime rate. touristy in the summer bc it has a beach. arcade hell on the front. so bad it was the place we went to study deprivation for our geography field work in year 11. but its The Place we go to! so i've learned to love it

anyway today i learned that rhyl used to have not one but TWO monorails. like one monorail is insane enough. but TWO? but the only one that really matters is the seafront one because the other one was just in the sun centre (swimming pool)

all things considered the rhyl seafront isnt THAT long and even then people are only really interested in the good bits, at least nowadays. so it makes sense why this thing only ran for about 2 months in mid-late 1980 before closing down for good.

to my knowledge there aren't any surviving artifacts of the thing. nor are there any of the other monorail, but that's mostly because they ended up demolishing the original sun centre and replacing it with a worse one a couple years back. nowadays rhyl isn't much worth visiting (on account of what i said in the first paragraph) unless you just happen to live semi-near to it and can't be bothered to go down to llandudno for the proper thing but it's definitely got a nice history. you wouldn't think it though.

thanks to the rhyl life blog (linked below) for most of this information. unfortunately it's not being updated anymore but it's a nice little thing to peruse.

thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[swimmingtravelertiger]

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[witchygfsgf]

where i hc everyone as being from

James: England (Suffolk) - Indian/Greek (1/4)

Sirius: England (London)

Remus: Wales (Clydach) - Welsh/Polish (1/4)

Peter: England (Liverpool) - English/German

Lily: England (Birmingham)*

Mary: Scotland (Edinburgh) - Ghanian/Dominican

Marlene: Northern Ireland (Ballycastle)

Dorcas: England (Blackpool) - Nigerian

Emmeline: England (Croydon) - Pakistani/Korean

Pandora: Ireland (Galway) - Sudanese

Regulus: England (London)

Bellatrix: England (Surrey)

Andromeda: England (Surrey)

Narcissa: England (Surrey)

Ted: England (Newcastle) - Swedish

Rita: England (Oxford)

Alice: Scotland (Glasgow) - Chinese

Frank: England (Sheffield)

Xenophilius: Northern Ireland (Derry) - Turkish

Sybill: Northern Ireland (Derry) - Turkish (twins ⬆️)

Hestia: Wales (Cardiff) - Portuguese/Welsh

Amelia: England (Bristol) - Jamaican

Edgar: England (Bristol) - Jamaican (siblings ⬆️)

Benjy: England (Cornwall) - Chinese

Charity: Wales (Rhyl)

obviously these are just headcanons feel free to disagree <3

*lily and snape were both from cokeworth canonically, a fictional industrial town in the midlands, so close enough

[queerwelsh]

LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH 2025 IN WALES - MIS HANES LHDTC+ 2025: 1st February/1af Chwefror - 'Draig Fest' Queer Lunar New Year Festival, Butetown Community Centre, Cardiff 3pm @yteuluteg 1- 'Rainbowing Merthyr' with @NorenaShopland at Cyfarthfa Museum @cyfarthfacastle 1 - Iris on the Move starts at Pontypridd @munipontypridd then tours Wales through Feb to Abertillery, Bangor, Porthcawl, Maesteg, Swansea, Caernarfon, Wrexham, Aberystwyth & Carmarthen @irisprize 2 - Hiraeth Film online showing of documentary 'Coch Bach y Bala' at 6pm on Youtube @hiraeth.films - Watch on Youtube now! 2 - Queer Emporium LGBTQ+ Tours of Cardiff EVERY SUNDAY 2pm @thequeeremporium 3 - Queertawe events restart @Queertawe Check the whole programme on their page! 3 - National Waterfront Museum 'One Stop Info Shop' with @fasttrackswanseabay, @swanscenequeer & more 3 - Byth Bythoedd Amen at Ffwrnes Llanelli (then tours Wales through Feb) @theatr.cymru 6 - Viva LGBTHM events at Rhyl & Wrexham @vivalgbtplus 6 - 'The Fight for Our Rights in Wales: LGBTQ+ Activism in Wales from the 1950s' Norena Shopland, Cardiff Library + ONLINE 6pm @lgbtpridecymru 7 - Tir Cwiar exhibition opening 7pm @onyourfacecollective @elysiumswansea 8 - LGBTQ+ Writing Workshop & Film Screening from 11am @museumofcardiff @norenashopland - I'll be there translating! 8 - Flower Power workshop at Cyfarthfa 1pm by @klarasrokart_ @cyfarthfacastle 11 - LGBTHM ANARC Lecture Cardiff University 13 - Tales of the City with @racheldawsonwrites @thequeeremporium 7:30pm 13 - Queer Storytelling & Activism, Ty Pawb Wrexham 7pm @lgbtpridecymru 15 - LGBTQHM visit at St Fagans 11am @museumwales @lgbtpridecymru

19th February/19 Chwefror - '40 Years of Fun: How LGBT+ People Partied from 85-25' (40 Mlynedd o Hwyl) by @lgbtpridecymru at @goldencrosscardiff from 7pm! 20 - 'Llechi'r Enfys,' Llety Arall, Caernarfon 6:30yh @lletyarall @mikeparkerwales @norenashopland @arwelgruffydd @kristofferdruid & mwy! 21 - Ceredigion LGBTQ+ History Month chat by Ceredigion County Council at the National Library of Wales Education Room from 6pm @caruceredigion @librarywales 22 - Queer Book Club Swansea - discussing 'Nevada' by Imogen Binnie from 3pm at @elysiumswansea @queerbookclubswansea 23 - LGBTQ+ History Tour of Cardiff at 2pm from @thequeeremporium 26 - LGBTQ+ History Night in Neath @ymcalgbtqia 6-8pm with @swanscenequeer 26 - Zoom workshop by Morgan Dowdall @mdoodlee @onyourfacecollective 26 - Llyfrau Lliwgar yn darllen Cymru. Balch. Ifanc', 7yh, Caffi Blue Sky Bangor @llyfraulliwgar @blueskycafebangor 27 - Llyfrau Lliwgar ABERYSTWYTH Time TBC at Gayberystwyth Books 27 - Barry Pride Speaks Out - LGBTQ+ History Month Discussion with @thatlisapower @alex_arkeonerd @lisacorderybruce & more! @barry.pride 28 - Aberration LGBTQ History Month night @aberrationcymru at @amgueddfa_ceredigion_museum from 6:30pm

ALSO continuing exhibitions: -Tir Cwiar (Queer Land) at @elysiumswansea until the 22nd of March -PERMANENT LGBTQ+ exhibition at St Fagan's @museumwales by @markretheridge

Via @ QueerWelshStories

[invisibleicewands]

‘Theatre changed my life,’ says Michael Sheen. ‘Now my passion is for helping others’

Theatre can change lives. And I should know. It’s changed my life more than I’d ever have imagined. Back in 2011, a play called The Passion took over the streets of my hometown of Port Talbot. And I haven’t been the same since.

Perhaps the perception of actors before a play is that we’ll learn a few lines, try on a few costumes... break a leg. But with The Passion, I went all in like never before.

I also met the people doing vital work in the community I grew up in, helping vulnerable people who need it the most, often at make-or-break moments. Being at this coalface of community opened my eyes.

This patchwork of people holding society together with the thinnest of threads, going over and above each and every day to help people in almost every aspect of their lives.

I saw then – and I continue to see – kind-hearted, warm, tolerant people helping out their fellow humans to bring communities together. These are the people who make our nation what it is.

The good deeds that these people did – from giving young carers a night off to go bowling, to setting up the only grief counselling service in the area – generally worked under fragile funding and often were under-appreciated by the wider community.

I knew then that I had to devote as much time and energy as I could to helping, however I could.

In the decade and a half since The Passion, I’ve started projects around homelessness, high-cost credit, care, and local journalism. And for the past 18 months, these have come under the banner of a movement known as Mab Gwalia.

Mab Gwalia believes that opportunity should not only be available to those who can afford it. The ambition is to build a movement that makes change.

We support people and projects which work in three ways: projects creating opportunity and fighting for fairness; projects rooted in communities, helping people directly; and projects that work in new and ambitious ways to deliver change.

My work on The Passion made me realise there’s so many people out there doing this. And Mab Gwalia has supported as many of them as we can.

This has included: Army veterans in Merthyr Tydfil. Autism support for children in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Food growing in Pembrokeshire. Opportunities for women in Swansea who’ve suffered knock-back after knock-back. Community skills hubs in Rhyl.

Theatre changed my life. Now I want the spark it set off in me to do the same for others.

My ancestor, Nanny Blower, the lion tamer

My great-great grandmother was called Mary Ann-North. Or Nanny Blower, as we know her.

She left Wales for New York in 1896 where she became, wait for it, an elephant and lion tamer for the Bostock and Wombwell Circus. Fast forward to today and young people in the Upper Neath Valleys don’t have to run away to join the circus. Organised Kaos comes to them.

Kaos stands for “keeping adolescents off the streets” and that’s what they do. I first met them on The Passion (riding BMXs through fire – them, not me) and now Mab Gwalia has helped fund their work.

Manics band drum up £15,000 for drama study

“Libraries gave us power” – the opening lyrics to Wales’ second national anthem, A Design For Life.

The Manic Street Preachers wrote a version of the song for The Passion, performing it at The Last Supper in the Seaside Social & Labour Club… before being arrested and hauled off stage for the show’s added drama.

The band is working with Mab Gwalia to fund a drama scholarship, providing financial support to students who need it. Since 2021, 11 students have received up to £15,000 each academic year.

We’ve just committed to another three years. The students tell us it gives them a chance to believe. The arts should be for everyone.

Mothers Matter, like my mum and partner Anna

My mum’s going through a tough time as my dad is living with Alzheimer’s. It’s a lot to take. I’m thankful every day for how my partner Anna is with our daughters.

It’s an understatement, but mothers matter. That’s the name of an organisation Mab Gwalia has supported. Mothers Matter helps mums suffering from loneliness and isolation through support, counselling, wellbeing hubs and workshops. Mothers in South Wales don’t have to do it alone.

We give a voice to working class writers

A summer reading recommendation: Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands. It’s Cora’s story – a teenage girl with ADHD finding her way through life in the early 90s in post-industrial Scotland. She’ll change the way you think about neurodivergence. It’s an unforgettable debut novel.

Tom was part of A Writing Chance, a project I developed alongside the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, New Writing North and Northumbria University. The Office for National Statistics says nearly half all authors are from the most privileged backgrounds.

So we’re trying to redress that balance. To turn up voices not always heard. Tom was one of the first group – 11 writers who received bursaries and mentoring with industry leaders including regular writer of this column, Ros Wynne-Jones.

You can hear their stories in the BBC Sounds podcast Margins to Mainstream with Michael Sheen. Now, 16 more writers are on board. Think of the stories to come.

My debut at the ‘brilliant Welsh party’

With origins dating from 1176, the National Eisteddfod is Europe’s largest cultural festival. A celebration of Welsh language culture with performances and competitions in everything from composition to cynghanedd (a type of Welsh poetry). And, last weekend, in Pontypridd, I made my debut on the maes (site or field).

My four-year-old daughter now refers to it as “that brilliant Welsh party” which neatly describes the atmosphere. On stage, the actress Sian Phillips said the sounds of words in Welsh “echoed with the language”.

I felt those echoes all day. Spoken in the park by families. Performed by young actors. Sung with emotion by choirs. It was a beautiful thing.

Homeless World Cup a beautiful game

Next month, the Homeless World Cup takes place in Seoul, South Korea. Bringing the tournament to Cardiff in 2019, seeing 500 players with experience of homelessness represent their nation on the football field, was something I’ll never forget.

If you can’t wait until then, watch The Beautiful Game on Netflix. Keep an eye on Callum Scott Howells, a brilliant young Welsh actor who I directed in BBC drama The Way (available on iPlayer).

Nye NHS vision seen on world stage

I’ve spent much of this year playing the man who had the vision and valour to create the National Health Service. Nye was theatre at its most far-reaching.

There were sold-out runs in the National Theatre in London, the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. And cinema screenings were viewed by people all over the world.

On the night we filmed the NT Live screening, NHS workers from around the country were invited to be in the audience. They knew that at that moment, a global audience was learning about our welfare state and the man who was behind it.

My dad came along one night. He was just a little kid when Bevan’s idea became reality. Soon there’ll be very few left who can remember what life was like before the NHS.

Let’s hope it stays that way. Can the new government come up with a progressive policy that inspires a story which packs them in 75 years on? We can but dream.

[llyfrenfys]

LHDTC+ : Acronym heb Q / LHDTC+ : Acronym without Q

P'nawn da pawb, Mae'r post hwn yw'r post cyntaf yn fy system ddwyeithog newydd. Mae'r Cymraeg sy'n dod yn gyntaf a Saesneg yn ail. Afternoon pawb, This post is the first post using my new bilingual system. Welsh is first and English is second.

[Fersiwn pinc o'r ddraig yn y faner hon/Pink version of the dragon on this flag]

Mae'r acronym Saesneg LGBT fel arfer yn cael ei sgwennu fel LHDT yn Gymraeg. Ond beth am y Q+?

Fi'n gweld 'LHDTQ+' yn aml - ond does dim llythren Q yn yr alffabet Gymraeg. Felly beth am C+?

Mae'n amhosib siarad am yr acronym heb sôn am yr hanes yr acronym yn Gymraeg. Ar hyn o bryd, mae'r sôn cyntaf am yr acronym yn Gymraeg yn "Storïau sy'n rhoi siâp ar fywyd" gan West Rhyl Young People’s Project yn 1994. Ar dudalen 4 mae'n dweud "LHD" ar gyfer LGB. Ar ôl LHD, mae LHDT yn cyrraedd yn "Canllaw Cryno i Gymunedau LHDT: Ar Herio Adroddiadau Negyddol Yn Y Cyfryngau" gan y Comisiynydd Plant Cymru yn 2015.

Hefyd, mae'n amhosib siarad am yr acronym heb sôn am Q am 'Queer' neu Q am 'questioning'. Mae'r ddau, y ddau yn dda iawn. Ond yn y Gymraeg mae trydedd ongl: C am 'Cwiar' neu Cadi'?

Siaradodd Mihangel Morgan ar 'theori Cadi' yn Queer Wales (2016). Mae Morgan yn hoffi gwell Cadi na Cwiar fel term cymunedol ac mae yna rai sy'n cytuno ag e. Ar y llaw arall, mae rhai pobl yn hoffi Cwiar. Ac mae rhai pobl yn hoffi'r ddau. Fi'n hoffi'r ddau yn bersonol. Ond fi'n meddwl ei fod yn bwysig dangos y sgwrs o gwmpas y pethau 'ma.

Beth yw eich barn chi? Atebwch isod neu mewn neges neu drwy fy mocs gofyn!

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The English acronym LGBT is usually written as LHDT in Welsh. But what about the Q+?

I see 'LHDTQ+' often - but there is no letter Q in the Welsh alphabet. So what about C+?

It is impossible to talk about the acronym without also mentioning the history of the acronym in Welsh. Currently, the first (known) mention of the acronym in Welsh is in "Stories which give shape to lives" by West Rhyl Young People's Project in 1994. On page 4 it has "LHD" for LGB. After LGB makes a debut, the acronym LGBT arrives in "A Brief Guide for LGBT Communities: Challenging Negative Media Reports" (tr.) by the Children's Commissioner for Wales in 2015.

It is also impossible to talk about the acronym without mentioning whether it is Q for 'Queer' or Q for 'questioning'. Both, both are good. But in Welsh there exists a third angle: Q for 'Cwiar' or Cadi'?

Mihangel Morgan has spoken about 'Cadi theory' in Queer Wales (2016). Morgan has established that he prefers Cadi to Cwiar as a community term and there are some who agree with him. On the other hand, other people prefer Cwiar. And some people just like both. I like both personally. But I do think it is important to show the conversation around these things on here.

What do you think? Reply below or in a message or an ask!

[consulsmirror]

Is there anything you’d recommend in north Wales? I never really leave Scotland so I’ve no idea about it.

visit Llandudno, it's the tourism hub of north wales for a reason. there's the mines that offer tours, the alice in wonderland hunt, the trams and the cable cars, two different beaches, a pier with an arcade, an artificial ski slope, a lot of good shops, the great orme and little orme. if you've got your own transport i highly recommend visiting snowdonia national park and camping at the base of Snowdon in the summer.

conwy is also a lovely place, it's a seaside town built around its castle and has the uk's smallest house. i dont go there nearly half as much as I've been to Llandudno, mostly because its a pain to go on the buses. colwyn bay is a bit less pristine than the other two but the beach and prom are really nice and the shopping centre is decent with a market (dont expect much) every tuesday and Saturday. the beach in bae colwyn is sandy because a decade back they dredged it up from the ocean floor.

just whatever you do, do not go to rhyl. complete shithole. one of the uks lowest life expectancies. id cut off my own leg before foinf there willingly. I'm from the conwy county area (god forbid i doxx myself) so im biased towards it with tbe exception of rhyl. llanddulas doesn't have much to do in it (its an old people neighborhood, i lived there for 5 years and stayed inside the whole time), abergele has it's own beach + arcade area but you're better off going to Llandudno for a lot of things.

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Holiday Cottages North Wales

At this time of year people often start to look and plan for their holidays and there is no better place to spend some time than in North Wales. It is one of the most popular holiday destinations in the UK. We have a wonderful holiday cottage available this summer in Kinmel Bay near Rhyl on the North Wales coast. The North Wales coast is a beautiful part of the world and staying in a holiday cottage is a great way to see what North Wales has to offer. If you're looking for a holiday cottage in North Wales please view the rest of this site and see what we have to offer.

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Rhyl Air Show ‘taking a break’ as Red Arrows announce international tour to celebrate their 60 year season anniversary

The award winning Rhyl Air Show is taking a break this year, following the announcement of the Red Arrows 60th season anniversary international tour this Summer. The Red Arrows have been an integral part of the show line up in past years and the decision has been taken not to run the show in 2024 without them. This news follows various other air shows across the UK deciding not to run their…

[yourwoodworm]

Woodworm Problems in Prestatyn?

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