Saturday, 16 April 2011

THE 20 APRIL 1801 IN WELSH SOCIALIST HISTORY - THE SWANSEA FOOD DISTURBENCES - THREAT OF SERIOUS RIOTING. 

20 April 1801 = Demonstrations at Swansea by women 
& children regarding the 
price of food. Cardigan 
Militia, stationed at Swansea, called out to quell
the disturbance. Supposed threat of riot by colliers 
in Swansea resulted in 
the Inniskilling Dragoons 
(stationed at Cardiff) being called in.

2 Dec 2010 ... Focusing on Llangyfelach in the South, though such was the extent....Neither was that the end of Swansea and the Corn riots, in April 1801 ...hwbhanes.blogspot.com/.../come-join-corn-party-cymru-onward.html - Cached
On the march from Llangyfelach Early to Swansea in 1793, for Example, the mob was wide by Llewelin Llewelin, and Collier, David and William Thomas and Thomas, coppermen, quoted from....  

......... Cylchgronau Cymru - Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru / Welsh History Review ...
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Often the rioters had recognized leaders. On the march fromLlangyfelach to ...
cylchgronaucymru.llgc.org.uk › ... › Vol. 2, nos. 1-4 - 1964-65 -Cached


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This was the period of the Rebecca Riots, of Chartism in the valleys to the east with the .... Pollard later went on to build theLlangyfelach copper works. ...
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17 Apr 2011 ... RED REMEMBRANCER. A Welsh Radical PLatform: containing ... 5 hours ago - Volunteers help restore Llanhilleth Colliery Memorial Apr 14 2011. ...
redremembrancer.blogspot.com/2011/.../cofiwn-goch-hanes-cymru-goch-battle-of.html
To Be Continued.










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