This is a historical note about the story behind the phrase, Cofiwch Dryweryn. In July 1957, the British Parliament approved a plan by the Liverpool City Council to flood the Tryweryn Valley, located northwest of Bala in Gwynedd for water for Liverpool and the Wirral, primarily for industry. They came to Wales, not because water was unavailable elsewhere, but because they could get it at a lower cost. The act that was passed was a ‘private’ one and thus done without the consent of Welsh authorities and, in fact, against the wishes of all but one Welsh Member of Parliament. The local councils and local population objected formally to the idea, but despite their protests, the Liverpool council went ahead with their plan and flooded the valley in 1965. Many communities, including Capel Celyn, were lost and their inhabitants forcibly Read more…