HistoryPoints News
May 25, 2013
A Pont of view in Aberystwyth
Pont Trefechan, where the Wales Coast Path crosses the Rheidol in Aberystwyth, was blocked to traffic 50 years ...
ago by the first protest organised by Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh Language Society). Since then the society's members have staged countless individual or group acts of civil disobedience in their campaign to preserve and promote the language. The earlier history of Sir James Szlumper's bridge at Trefechan is also significant for Aberystwyth, as you can read by scanning the HistoryPoints QR codes by the bridge. Or by clicking here. Ceir fersiwn Gymraeg yma. Francais ici