Events

The Welsh-language National Theatre Company bring a new Welsh-language production. "the road to self-determination and the Welsh Assembly began at Tryweryn." Fifty years ago, on 1st August 1957, the Parliamentary Bill to drown the valley of Tryweryn and provide a reservoir for Liverpool received Royal Assent. Welsh protests were ignored. Thousands had marched in opposition to the scheme and 35 out of 36 Welsh MPs at Westminster voted against the Bill.