January 2011
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milessmiles:
Duke Ellington and His...
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neruda: If you forget me →
lisawhitehare:
I want you to know
one thing.
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists:
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
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santes dwynwen. a saint for lovers
happy santes dwynwen’s day to all you lovers… to everyone actually - hope you all got at least a snog xx
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WatchSwansea from Oxford Egghead on Flickr. Please visit his flickr; I don’t know him, but he knows Swansea and his notes are worth reading
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37166458@N06/sets/72157620853591562/with/4132733601/
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Kardomah Cafe
In 1845, the Kardomah Coffee company was founded in Liverpool. In 1910 the first Kardomah Cafe in Britain was opened in Swansea. The Kardomah Café was originally located in Castle Street on the site of the Congregational Chapel, where Dylan Thomans’ parents, D.J. and Florence, were married in 1903. In the 1930s it became one of the favourite meeting-places of Dylan and his friends.
The...
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milessmiles:
Alice Coltrane—“Something About...
WatchIn this clip we see the demolition of homes prior to the flooding of the Tryweryn Valley. Many buildings, including the school were demolished. The film shows a pile of wood being burned and empty building shells. Lorries drive past on their way to the building site. Someone is shown sweeping the flags in the graveyard. Some burials were removed from the graveyard to be reinterred at a new...
WatchIn this clip we see the last wedding ceremony held at the chapel in Capel Celyn prior to its demolition. We see the wedding party and guests coming out of Capel Celyn. Lorries arrive at the work site. In the village, cars are parked down both sides of the road for the final commemorative service at the chapel - people had driven in from neighbouring towns. Following the commemorative service the...
WatchIn this clip we see the children of Capel Celyn on their last day at school prior to the flooding of the Tryweryn Valley. Children are shown running back into the school building, and parents arrive at the school for a special ceremony. A reporter stands outside the school. Inside the school building the children are performing a recitation (or singing?). Prizes are awarded to the children, and...
WatchIn this clip we see one family (of many) moving out of their home prior to its demolition and the flooding of the Tryweryn Valley. Three removals men are seen emptying furniture from a house into the back of a van and driving off. An elderly couple enter their house ‘Bryn Celyn’. Other residents are shown emptying the contents of their home.
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‘At this time people...
WatchIn this clip we see the chapel and graveyard in the village of Capel Celyn prior to its demolition
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yscolan music retreat @ pentre ifan
yscolan music retreat @ pentre ifan, west wales. april 8 to april 10, 2011. click here for details…
yscolan music retreat at pentre ifan, west wales. april 8 to april 10, 2011. click here for details. pictures of last autumn’s retreat here
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Texas Gladden—“Whole Heap of Little Horses”
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Kevin Coyne. Looking for the River
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