Famous Liverpool Welsh #5 / Cymry Lerpwl Enwog #5

Anne Jemima Clough: Suffragist, educational pioneer / Swffragist, arloeswraig addysg

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Cl...

newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news...

Famous Liverpool Welsh #4 / Cymry Lerpwl Enwog #4

J Glyn Davies: scholar, songwriter / ysgolhaig, ysgrifennwr caneuon

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Glyn...
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gl...

Random track / Trac hap
sbrigynymborth.bandcamp.com/track/yn-har...

Random fact / Ffaith hap

J Glyn Davies's school was famous for songwriters but Glyn wasn't the most famous. Paul McCartney and George Harrison went there too.

Roedd ysgol J Glyn Davies yn enwog am ysgrifenwyr caneuon, ond doedd Glyn ddim yr enwocaf. Aeth Paul McCartney a George Harrison yno hefyd.

Liverpool OTD - 1891: Death of prolific Welsh architect Richard Owens at his home Rhianva, 75 Anfield Road.
Now site of Shankly Court, where Nessie Shankly unveiled a plaque in 1982

Famous Liverpool Welsh #3 / Cymry Lerpwl Enwog #3
John Thomas: photographer / ffotograffydd
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Th...
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Th...
Examples of his work / Enghreifftiau ei waith:
www.flickr.com/photos/llgc/...

Random fact / Ffaith hap
John Thomas once used an empty grave in a cemetery as a darkroom, with a tarpaulin over the top and a ladder to climb down.
Unwaith defnyddiodd John Thomas fedd gwag mewn mynwent fel ystafell dywyll, gyda tharpolin dros y top ac ysgol i ddringo i lawr.

Famous Liverpool Welsh #2 / Cymry Lerpwl Enwog #2
Felicia Hemans: poet / bardd
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia...
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia...
Casabianca: "The Boy Stood On The Burning Deck"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwyz...

Thanks, @liverpool1207.bsky.social for highlighting another Liverpool Welsh hero - Ian Rush!
Diolch, @liverpool1207.bsky.social am amlygu arwr Cymry Lerpwl arall - Ian Rush!

#OTD 1980 - Ian Rush makes his #LFC debut

Famous Liverpool Welsh #1 / Cymry Lerpwl Enwog #1
Hugh Owen Thomas: pioneering surgeon / llawfeddyg arloesol
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Ow...
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Ow...

Our next festival will be held on Saturday May 17th 2025, celebrating the society's quarter century. We'll publish details here in the spring.
Bydd ein gŵyl nesaf yn cael ei chynnal Dydd Sadwrn Mai 17eg 2025, yn dathlu Chwarter Canrif y gymdeithas. Byddwn ni'n cyhoeddi manylion yma yn y gwanwyn.

Talk, March 2023
Sgwrs, 2023

Talk, January 2023
Sgwrs, Ionawr 2023

Talk, December 2022
Sgwrs, Rhagfyr 2022

Talk, October 2022
Sgwrs, Hydref 2022

This was our festival in 2022
Hon oedd ein gŵyl yn 2022

This was our festival in 2023
Hon oedd ein gŵyl yn 2023

This was our festival in 2024
Hon oedd ein gŵyl yn 2024