Barry - can still get the BBC link this end. Anyone else having probs?
And yes bleak reading, even with regard to the status of the Welsh language.
Happy Christmas.
Alison
On 12/24/05, Barry Hutchings <Barry(a)newmail.dk> wrote:
The bbc article has already been moved but many thanks for the NLW
tip, the
parts on the iron/coal towns of Monmouthshire make pretty bleak reading
though not a surprise, even in 1948 life was still pretty bleak.
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alison Bryan" <alison.bryan(a)gmail.com>
To: <POWYS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 7:01 PM
Subject: [POWYS] Blue books online
> The Blue Books have been published online, by NLW:
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http://www.llgc.org.uk/drych/drych_s088.htm
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> Its about Welsh education in 1847.
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> There's a BBC article on the subject here:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/4555702.stm
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> Happy Christmas everyone, may yours be a peaceful one.
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> Alison
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