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John Elfed Jones
John Elfed Jones (born 19 March 1933) is a Welsh businessman and language activist, who has held the chairmanships of several public bodies in Wales. Early life and education John Elfed Jones was born on 19 March 1933, the son of Urien Maelgwyn Jones and Mary Jones. He was brought up in Maentwrog, where his father worked as a manager for the North Wales Power Company. He was educated at Blaenau Ffestiniog Grammar School and at Denbighshire Technical College, Wrexham, before studying at Heriot Watt College in Edinburgh. He joined the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) as a student apprentice (1949–1953), where he was a graduate trainee from 1953 to 1955. Following national service in the RAF, where he was commissioned as a flying officer, he rejoined the CEGB in 1957. Career Jones followed his father into the North Wales Power Company, initially as a technical engineer. He was deputy project manager for the development of the Rheidol hydro-electric power station an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maentwrog
Maentwrog () is a village and community in the Welsh county of Merionethshire (now part of Gwynedd), lying in the Vale of Ffestiniog just below Blaenau Ffestiniog, within the Snowdonia National Park. The River Dwyryd runs alongside the village. Its population of 585 in 2001 increased to 631 at the 2011 Census. The Community of Maentwrog includes the village of Gellilydan. Location and transport The village lies on the A496 between Harlech and Blaenau Ffestiniog, and also on the Roman road Sarn Helen, now classified as the B4410, at the junction with the A487 from Porthmadog, leading to the A470 (to Trawsfynydd and Dolgellau). Nearby Plas Tan y Bwlch, substantially rebuilt during the 19th century by the rich Oakeley family on the site of a first house probably built in the early 17th century, overlooks the village. Plas Tan y Bwlch has its own halt - Plas Halt - on the Ffestiniog Railway, and nearby Tan-y-Bwlch railway station is the railway's principal intermedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Crackers
Christmas crackers are festive table decorations that make a snapping sound when pulled open, and typically contain a small gift, paper hat and a joke. They are part of Christmas celebrations in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Commonwealth countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. A cracker consists of a segmented cardboard tube wrapped in a brightly decorated twist of paper with a prize in the centre, making it resemble an oversized sweet-wrapper. The cracker is pulled apart by two people, each holding an outer chamber, causing the cracker to split unevenly and leaving one person holding the central chamber and prize. The split is accompanied by a mild bang or snapping sound produced by the effect of friction on a shock-sensitive, chemically impregnated card strip (similar to that used in a cap gun). One chemical used for the friction strip is silver fulminate. Tradition Crackers are traditionally pulled during Christmas dinner or at Christmas parti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Births
Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls "Pakistan, Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Y Lolfa
Y Lolfa ( Welsh for ''The Lounge'', ) is a Welsh printing and publishing company based in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion, in Mid-Wales. It publishes a wide variety of books in Welsh and English. It also provides a commercial print service. Y Lolfa was established in 1967 by Robat Gruffudd. It is now an independent, limited company run by the founder's sons, Garmon Gruffudd (managing director) and Lefi Gruffudd (head of publishing), with Paul Williams as production manager. Using the new small offset printing method, the company began by producing material both for the activist ''Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg'' (The Welsh Language Society), with which it was loosely associated, and for its own publications which included '' Lol'', the satirical magazine from which the company's name, meaning 'the lounge', was derived. The company gradually expanded its range of publications to include popular series for children, contemporary novels, diaries, humorous courses for Welsh learners, a range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Wales Trinity Saint David
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David () is a public university with three main campuses in South West Wales, in Carmarthen, Lampeter and Swansea, a fourth campus in London, and learning centres in Cardiff, and Birmingham. The university came into existence through the merger of the two oldest higher education institutions in Wales, the University of Wales, Lampeter (UWL) and Trinity University College (TUC) in 2010, under Lampeter's royal charter of 1828. In 2011, it was announced that the University of Wales would also merge into Trinity Saint David. On 1 August 2013 the university merged with Swansea Metropolitan University. Charles III, King Charles III has been patron of the university since 2011. The Chair of the Council is Randolph Thomas former Archdeacon of Brecon from 2003 until 2013, and the Chancellor (education)#Vice-chancellor, Vice-Chancellor has been Elwen Evans since June 2023. The university also collaborated with the University of Malaya in 2013 to est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1987 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries. They were announced on 31 December 1986 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1987 in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Barbados, Mauritius, Fiji, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, St Lucia, St Vincent & The Grenadines, Belize, Antigua & Barbuda, and St Christopher & Nevis.St Christopher & Nevis: The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate. United Kingdom Life Peers *Field Marshal Sir Edwin (Noel Westby) Bramall, G.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., Lord Lieutenant of Greater London and former Chief of Defence Staff. *Sir Woodrow (Lyle) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Skidmore
Ian Edward Skidmore (16 May 1929 – 3 October 2013) was an English-born writer and broadcaster who spent most of his career in Wales, and became best known as a presenter on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio 4. He was born in Manchester, the son of a policeman, Edward Skidmore, and his wife Irene. He attended Didsbury Central school until he and his mother were evacuated to Derbyshire during the Second World War. He obtained a printer's apprenticeship on the ''Evening Chronicle'' and then did National Service. As a sergeant in the 7th Armoured Division, he was sent to Germany in 1948 to cover the Berlin Airlift and began broadcasting on British Forces Radio. His career as a journalist included periods on the ''Manchester City News'', the ''Yorkshire Evening Post'', the Liverpool ''Daily Dispatch'' and the Manchester ''Daily Mirror''. He later worked as a junior editor on the ''News of the World'', ''Daily Mirror'', ''Sunday Pictorial'', ''Sunday Mirror'' and ''Sunday People''. He a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission For Racial Equality
In-Commission or commissioning may refer to: Business and contracting * Commission (remuneration), a form of payment to an agent for services rendered ** Commission (art), the purchase or the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another * A contract for performance or creation of a specific work * Commissioning (other), a process or service provided to validate the completeness and accuracy of a project or venture Government Civil * A government agency, regulatory agency or statutory authority which operates under the authority of a board of commissioners, including: ** Independent agencies of the United States government *An executive branch of government, often with characteristics of other branches of government: ** Town commissioners, elected local government bodies established in urban areas in Ireland in the 19th century ** City commission, a form of local government (common in the United States) ** The European Commission, a body incorporating fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). It is spoken by smaller numbers of people in Canada and the United States descended from Welsh immigrants, within their households (especially in Nova Scotia). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Welsh and English are ''de jure'' official languages of the Senedd (the Welsh parliament), with Welsh being the only ''de jure'' official language in any part of the United Kingdom, with English being merely ''de facto'' official. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 538,300 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Labour Party
Welsh Labour (), formerly known as the Labour Party in Wales (), is an autonomous section of the United Kingdom Labour Party in Wales and the largest party in modern Welsh politics. Welsh Labour and its forebears have won a plurality of the Welsh vote at every UK general election since 1922, every Assembly and Senedd election since 1999, and all elections to the European Parliament in the period 1979–2004 and in 2014. Welsh Labour holds 27 of the 32 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament, 30 of the 60 seats in the Welsh Senedd and 576 of the 1,264 councillors in principal local authorities including overall control of 10 of the 22 principal local authorities. It has longest winning streak of any political party in the world and has been described as "by some distance the democratic world's most successful election-winning machine". Structure Welsh Labour is formally part of the Labour Party, not separately registered with the Electoral Commission under the terms of the Politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barn (Welsh Magazine)
' ( Welsh for "Opinion") is a monthly Welsh language current affairs magazine. It was established in 1962 and over 500 issues have been published. Its first editor was Emlyn Evans and it was published by ', Llandybie (later Swansea). Its current editors are now Vaughan Hughes and Menna Baines, who took over from Dyfrig Jones in 2008, and the magazine is now published by Gwasg Dinefwr. Barn includes articles relating to politics, language, culture, art and sport from Wales, the UK and abroad from a Welsh perspective. The magazine has a prominent place in the history of the Welsh language and the Welsh nationalist Welsh nationalism () emphasises and celebrates the distinctiveness of Culture of Wales, Welsh culture and Wales as a nation or country. Welsh nationalism may also include calls for further autonomy or self-determination, which includes Welsh de ... movement in the second half of the 20th century, particularly under the editorship of Alwyn D. Rees. Edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Minister Of Wales
The first minister of Wales () is the leader of the Welsh Government and keeper of the Welsh Seal. The first minister chairs the Welsh Cabinet and is primarily responsible for the formulation, development and presentation of Welsh Government policy. Additional functions of the first minister include promoting and representing Wales in an official capacity, at home and abroad, and responsibility for constitutional affairs, as they relate to devolution and the Welsh Government. The first minister is a Member of the Senedd, and is nominated by the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; ), before being officially appointed by the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarch. Members of the Welsh Cabinet and junior ministers of the Welsh Government, as well as law officers, are appointed by the first minister. As head of the Welsh Government, the first minister is directly accountable to the Senedd for their actions and the actions of the Welsh Government. The main office of the first minister is in T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
