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« Reply #195 on: May 07, 2011, 05:22:14 pm »
Good post Ian.  :)

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« Reply #196 on: May 07, 2011, 05:33:19 pm »
Who made the decision to twin Llandudno with Wormhout? The only connection here is that a few local soldiers were caught-up in a massacre by the SS during WWII. (No disrespect to the BRITISH troops)

I would have thought it would be logical to twin the town with Llandudno South Africa, keeping the tradition of townsfolk who emigrated and named their "new town".

Town Councillor's could take trips and parade around on Llandudno's nude beach.  8)


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« Reply #197 on: May 07, 2011, 05:42:41 pm »
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Town Councillor's could take trips and parade around on Llandudno's nude beach.  8)

Don't you think the North Shore's a bit too rocky for parading around and anyway  that cold westerly wind would certainly  make some of them feel more inadequate?      ;)
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« Reply #198 on: May 07, 2011, 05:55:30 pm »
Don't you think the North Shore's a bit too rocky for parading around and anyway  that cold westerly wind would certainly  make some of them feel more inadequate?      ;)

 :laugh: The West Shore would be out of the question then, but it definitely has the sand for an "attraction" like that. 

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« Reply #199 on: May 07, 2011, 06:59:21 pm »
Nudists will be seen 900 metres from this point!

You can't miss them they will be sticking out like sore thumbs!     L0L



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« Reply #200 on: May 07, 2011, 07:01:59 pm »
Good post Ian.  :)

In fact, FIRST CLASS,   I'll put my STAMP on it!    L0L
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Re: Local Politics
« Reply #201 on: May 07, 2011, 07:24:38 pm »
I agree wholeheartedly - Born and bred in Wales but consider myself British

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« Reply #202 on: May 07, 2011, 09:15:21 pm »
I agree wholeheartedly - Born and bred in Wales but consider myself British

So you should.

The name Britain and derives from the P Celtic speaking peoples of the British Isles who later became the Welsh.

They called themselves Brythons or plural, Brythoniad and all of what is now England, Wales and Southern Scotland spoke this form of the Celtic tongue which later became the Welsh language.

When the Romans invaded the Isles they latinized the name and called it Britannia.

So.....Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves...... $walesflag$

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« Reply #203 on: May 07, 2011, 10:34:10 pm »
I'll join in to the history lecture with this offering...

In the years after the Romans deserted Britain, (Circa 450AD to 650AD)  those who lived in the area we now call England were under attack constantly from Saxons and other tribes.... so they moved West to avoid being killed.
Because they were running from the onslaught, they were knowns as Welchers, or Welsh....so they upped sticks and moved into the area we now called Wales.

So really, (after the Celts) the origins of Welsh people are really rooted in the native English blood.
The Saxons became eventually conquered by Norsemen, and then the Normans..
Those who THEN occupied England, started to subdue the relatively new Welsh peoples.

So as Ian says, where do you draw the line date-wise?

I have 'fled' to Wales from England for two reasons,
1, I adore the Llandudno area and always have.
2, I could not stand how my own birthplace had been 'invaded'... so I too had to flee to the West.






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« Reply #204 on: May 07, 2011, 10:41:40 pm »
Who made the decision to twin Llandudno with Wormhout? The only connection here is that a few local soldiers were caught-up in a massacre by the SS during WWII. (No disrespect to the BRITISH troops)

I would have thought it would be logical to twin the town with Llandudno South Africa, keeping the tradition of townsfolk who emigrated and named their "new town".

Town Councillor's could take trips and parade around on Llandudno's nude beach.  8)

We are getting off topic, but Trojan mate, I think think the despicable actions by the Nazis at Wormhout was a little more dramatic than your words portray.
I think it was an obscene massacre of unarmed men, and a savage war crime.
Whatever it takes (or costs) to remember those murdered men is fine in my book.

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« Reply #205 on: May 07, 2011, 10:43:26 pm »
Don't forget the aristocratic Normans! The Saxons were commoners in Norman eyes.

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« Reply #206 on: May 07, 2011, 10:46:15 pm »
The above map also shows the battle of Stamford Bridge.

Funny, I seem to remember it much further south.  ???

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« Reply #207 on: May 07, 2011, 11:05:47 pm »
Chelsea Football ground named after the battlefield, obver 250 miles away outside York.   Nice little village with a superb pub.
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Re: Local Politics
« Reply #208 on: May 08, 2011, 12:57:31 am »
Chelsea Football ground named after the battlefield

Ah yes, it's all becoming clearer now.  8) 

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« Reply #209 on: May 08, 2011, 01:01:51 am »
Who made the decision to twin Llandudno with Wormhout? The only connection here is that a few local soldiers were caught-up in a massacre by the SS during WWII. (No disrespect to the BRITISH troops)

I would have thought it would be logical to twin the town with Llandudno South Africa, keeping the tradition of townsfolk who emigrated and named their "new town".

Town Councillor's could take trips and parade around on Llandudno's nude beach.  8)

We are getting off topic, but Trojan mate, I think think the despicable actions by the Nazis at Wormhout was a little more dramatic than your words portray.

Oh yes, I know. I remember Merfyn Roberts (RIP) telling me all about it.