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Glamorgan Heritage Coast Parish Magazine August 2020
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Glamorgan
Heritage Coast
Parish Magazine
August 2020
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Parish Magazine The Rectorial Benefice of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast comprises the Parishes of: St Bridget’s, St Brides; St Michael and All Angels, Ewenny; St Giles, Gileston; St Cattwg’s Llanmaes; St Michael and All Angels, Llanmihangel; St Illtud’s, Llantwit Major; Holy Trinity, Marcross; St Mary’s, Monknash, St Donat’s, St Donats; St Tathan, St Athan; All Saints, Southerndown; St James, Wick.
A true civilisation is where every man gives every other the very right that he claims for himself.
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1. Index. 2. From the Editor. 3. Change. 4. From Father Edwin. 5. Father Edwin. 6. The Meaning of The
Commandments 7. Advertisement. 8. Slave Owner. 9. Slave Owner. 10. Humour.
Two Important Notices 1. From Fr Edwin. Some of the churches will be reopening for services in the coming weeks. See page 19 for further details. 2. From the Editor. My email site has been hacked and many of you will have received an email, appearing to have come from me, but which was a scam, trying to get money out of you. I hope that nobody fell for it. One of the results is that I am not able to use my btinternet addres and have had to start a new one. In future all communications to me should be sent to [email protected]
This Month’s Cover As the strict regulations of the lockdown are gradually eased, we are allowed to have a greater freedom of action and movement, but must still take all sensible precautions. Social distancing is one of them and so is the wearing of a face-mask in more confined spaces. If those who are famous can do it, so can we!
11. Puzzle Page. 12. Bells. 13. Bells. 14. Saint of the Month. 15. Authors. Advertisement. 16. Advertisements. 17. Time and Tide. 18. Time and Tide. 19. Llantilltud. 20. Directory.
This magazine serves them all. Contributions to be in by 22nd of the month please.
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From the Editor Dear Friends, We get a great deal of pleasure from the birds which visit our garden. Sparrows, Blue Tits, Blackbirds and our resident Robin, are the most regular customers at our feeding station. At the time of year when they have their young to look after, our bill for seed, peanuts and fat balls becomes a significant part of the household budget. The containers have to be placed in a tree in such a way that the Jackdaws can’t get at them otherwise the supply doesn’t last very long for the smaller birds. Recently, we went away for a week and, on our return, found that the birds had deserted us! The explanation was that, in all probability, they had to find an alternative source of food as the containers didn’t get their daily re-fill. It didn’t take them long to find that we had come back and that their regular supply was available once more. We had been to the coast in Devon and were surprised by how few Seagulls there were there. Someone suggested that the reason was that the lock-down had meant no visitors to provide them with food and, as with the garden birds, they had had to go elsewhere. I have no doubt that, as with the garden birds, they will soon discover that the visitors are back and so is the food. We have all had to change from our usual ways of living during the lock-down and find alternatives, but will we now revert to our original habits or might we stay with the new? I have written previously about how people seem to have become more friendly, more family oriented and, generally, more community minded during the lock-down, but, once again, will it last? I have little doubt that there will be a section of the population which will resume its previous habits without a backward thought. This group will, almost certainly, include those who partied during the lock-down on Llantwit beach and left broken glass there which had to be cleared by a group of surfers. (WELL DONE!) It will also include the person(s) who took the sanitiser from the toilets on Llantwit beach. It is a sad fact of life that there will always be people like this. But that is the ‘glass half empty’ side of the matter. The ‘half full’ aspect is that a significant number will have appreciated how this time of difficulty has changed their lives for the better and will continue with the new way because they recognise how it has improved them and the people round them. There are countless examples of helping the person next door, of raising some astonishing amounts for charity, of making items for the NHS and a host of other wonderful actions. Please God that these ‘Help thy neighbour’ acts do not cease.
Yours sincerely, Eric Sparks
Change There is no doubt about it, the Covid-19 pandemic has changed our lives, in some case temporarily and in others, permanently. We will have discovered different ways of doing things which turn out to be preferable to the way we were doing it before. An example of this may well be shopping habits where we have been forced into doing more of our purchases on-line and may well continue to do so. Perhaps we have used different shops or patronised local outlets more than previously. I am certain that there are other examples which readers might be able to quote and that a number, if not all, of them are far more significant than the ones which I have mentioned. It has not been permitted to have family gatherings to celebrate wedding anniversaries or landmark birthdays, but there is another aspect of life where I hope that the change will also be of the temporary variety. This concerns funerals. Weddings and baptisms have been greatly affected during the lock-down but it has not been unreasonable to accept a postponement of these significant family occasions. However, the matter is very different when it comes to funerals. The whole procedure of the ceremony and the gathering afterwards are part of the grieving process and in the majority of cases, the bereaved cannot begin to put their lives back together until after the funeral has taken place. The lock-down has necessitated long delays in getting to this stage and this has meant added trauma to people who are already distressed. Additional factors are that it has not been possible to have a service in church and, of all strange consequences, attendance at a Crematorium has had to be by invitation only! It is a great shame if those of us who are not ‘family’ are not able to attend a funeral. It is often the case that one wishes to be present at the proceedings in order to pay one’s respects to a person for whom one has great regard, to celebrate their life with a show of respect. I have written previously about the number of times I have been agreeably surprised, when listening to the eulogy, to learn about the life of the deceased and discover how wonderful it was. On many occasions I have finished up wishing that I had known him or her when they were younger rather than only getting to know them in their later life when the changes and difficulties brought by passing years have taken their toll. In the meantime, let us be sympathetic to everyone who has suffered trauma during the pandemic. Difficulties in the mind are just as debilitating as physical ones, even if they aren’t visible.
ES
If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours. 3
Father Edwin’s Page
Dear Friends,
There are countless urban myths about products and devices that were developed as part of the Space Race in the 1960’s and 70’s. People will tell you that everyday household items such as Velcro and non-stick coatings for frying pans were all invented as part of the NASA Space Programme; yet most of these claims are utterly false, with many of these items having a much more mundane history. Of course, a lot of ground-breaking discoveries were made in that era, and we can thank the Apollo space missions for the technology that today’s mobile phones use for capturing video with tiny cameras, and even the recipe for formula baby-milk, which was developed out of the nutritious dried food eaten by the astronauts.
When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon in July 1969, I was only 6 years old, yet I remember the Moon landing vividly. My Dad got me out of bed in the early hours of the morning and plonked me in front of the TV, telling me to “watch this”, and I can still remember the grainy black and white images of space-men on the surface of the Moon: who’d have thought we would have essentially the same technology in our pockets, all these years later.
The discoveries of every generation take us forward in our understanding of the world; sometimes that can be a small step and other times, it’s a giant leap, and the most revolutionary discoveries can emerge from the darkest experiences: don’t forget, NASA’s Moon-shot rockets were the successors of missiles from the end of World War II.
In the last few weeks, we’ve started to hear of the remarkable progress that scientists are making in their search for vaccines and treatments for Covid-19, while medical and nursing staff are discovering ground-breaking techniques to treat the sickest patients in Intensive Care. We can only wonder what other wisdom and insights will emerge when we look back on these times in the future, yet the significant ‘life events’ of human history can also be times of self-discovery. Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the Moon, saw no contradiction in being a highly trained pilot and astronaut, a skilled and pragmatic scientist and a man of deep and committed faith in God. As Apollo 11 approached the Earth on its journey home, he found himself overwhelmed by the wonder of the universe all around him and, inspired by some words from the Psalms, found time to pause and wonder about the eternal presence of God.
“When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?”
(Psalm 8, verses 3 and 4) Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do, you apologise for the truth.
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A lie told often enough becomes the truth. 5
In the last few months, many of us have experienced our own journey of self-discovery, maybe not into space, yet insightful nonetheless; discovering uncertainty and fear, in an age when so much is taken for granted; but also, profound kindness, generosity and a deep sense of gratitude for others. As we wait in hope for vaccines and treatments, meantime trying to re-discover familiar anchor points of life, family, work and community, perhaps our real journey of self-discovery is only just beginning. With every blessing, Edwin
The Reverend Jude Peters
It is with a mixture of sadness and excitement that we recently heard
the news that Rev’d Jude Peters will be leaving our Parish to join the ministry team in the neighbouring Benefice of Cowbridge. Jude has lived and worked in this Parish over many years, with good friends in the various congregations seeing her vocation develop as a Lay Reader and, more recently as a Deacon and a Priest.
Jude herself says, “Having ministered since 2008 as Reader, Deacon and most recently as Priest in the Glamorgan Heritage Coast Parish, I have been invited by Bishop June to join the Ministry Team in Cowbridge Rectorial Benefice as Associate Priest. Our family home will remain in Llantwit Majo,r but I am delighted to be joining Stephen, Victoria and Ian from Advent this year. While I will be sad to leave such a loving and supportive part of God’s family in and around Llantwit Major, I’m looking forward to some new challenges in the Benefice of Cowbridge.”
We will have plenty of opportunity to thanks Jude for her ministry before she leaves at the end of the year. In the meantime, let’s be thankful for her ministry and for the next phase of her life in God’s service. EC
Authors Do you own any books which have been autographed by the author? I have four. The first one was written by David Kossof who was one of the voices on “Journey into Space” from the days of steam radio. The second is a book written by Canon Trevor Vaughan, a good friend from Lancashire days. The third is that excellent work from our own Canon David Brunning. The fourth author is also well known to us, being Bill Henderson and I shall soon have a fifth. If you turn to page 19, you will see an advertisement for a new book, also written by one of our congregation, Canon Philip Morris. I look forward to buying a copy, getting it autographed and then reading it. I’m sure that it will be a good read. While writing, I have just heard that John Webber, our previous Rector, has published a book of his experiences in Bangladesh entitled “No-one a Stranger.” ES
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular. 6
The Meaning of The Commandments
Every family has house rules and the Church is no exception. Moses received the Ten Commandments, written on two tablets of stone, from God on Mount Sinai. These spelled out in clear and unequivocal language how we should, and should not, behave in our daily lives and were the guiding force for the Jews throughout the ages. Jesus, who was brought up as a Jew, rephrased these ten rules of life into two positive instructions recounted on Mark’s Gospel, chapter 12.
• The first of all the commandments is, ‘Hear, O Israel The Lord our
God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength’: this is the first commandment.
• And the second is like, namely this, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself’. There is none other commandment greater than these."
A moment’s thought tells you that if you obey these two “do’s” you
will not transgress any of the “Do’s “and “Don’ts” of the Old Testament’s Ten. about a traveler who is attacked by robbers, stripped of his clothing, beaten, and left half dead beside the road. First a priest and then a Levite, both devout Jews, pass by, but each of them avoids the man. Then a Samaritan comes along. Jews despised Samaritans and Samaritans had little regard for Jews, but the Samaritan goes out of his way to help the injured man, tending him personally and paying for him to be looked after. Jesus then asks the lawyer “Which of these is neighbour to the man who was robbed?” and the lawyer replies, “The one who had mercy on him”. Jesus then says, “Go and do likewise.”
Jesus preached love and wanted us to be positive in our relationships with others and to love our neighbours. To illustrate what he meant He told his followers a very well- known parable as written in Luke’s Gospel. In answer to a question from a lawyer “Who is my neighbour?” Jesus tells him
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Beware of monotony; it is the mother of all the deadly sins. 8
The Abolition of Slavery Act was passed in 1833, primarily as a result of a 20-year campaign by William Wilberforce. In 1787 he had stated that his great purpose in life was to suppress the slave trade. Previously the Slave Trade Act of 1807 had outlawed the international slave trade, but not
slavery itself, and the penalties were not severe enough to deter traders.
The Abolition Act did not initially free slaves, but re-designated them as apprentices; complete freedom came in 1840. The only way that the British Government could get the Act passed and finally bring slavery to an end was by compensating slave owners for the loss of their human property. £20m (the equivalent of £176bn today) was set aside, and a Commission was established to identify slave owners and determine their claims. The Slave Compensation Act was passed in 1837 and the money distributed.
The census of slave owners has recently been researched by University College London, and this has revealed the full extent of slave ownership. The census lists 46,000 British slave owners, from all over the country and from all walks of life—aristocrats, landowners, lawyers, doctors, iron manufacturers, and perhaps surprisingly, 96 clergymen of the Church of England and Wales. These clergymen received compensation in total equivalent to £46 million today.
The widow of the Reverend Edward Picton, the vicar of St Brides Major, received the equivalent today of £542,036 for the 98 slaves her husband had owned on the Aranjuez sugar plantation. Charlotte Picton’s claim was contested, but she won the claim as “devisee and universal legatee of the will of Sir T. Picton, as privileged creditor with tacit lien probation and preference and with dominion received under a conveyance.” She did not live long to enjoy her riches, as she died in 1840, less than three years after receiving the compensation, then living at Iscoed, Carmarthenshire.
Philip Morris
Each player must accept the cards life deals to him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone is the only person to decide how to play the cards in
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What sort of fish are you?
Don’t tell him, Pike. I can’t have a birthday
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Humour
Little Wayne was spending a weekend with his grandmother who was trying to get him to appreciate the beauty of nature. They were having a walk one day when she stopped and pointed to the scenery in front of them. “Wayne,” she said, “just look at that lovely view with those hills and that river and the beautiful flowers that come in the spring. Don’t you think that God is wonderful to paint pictures like that for you and me?” Wayne replied, “Yes I do, Nana, He is wonderful, and he does it left-handed.” Grandma was taken aback. “How do you know that He did it left-handed, Wayne?” back came the reply, “They told us in Sunday School last week that Jesus sits on God’s right hand, so He must do it left-handed.”
********* Wayne was a bit of a clever devil and when one of his grandmother’s friends was visiting and asked him where he was born, he replied, “In Wales.” “Oh yes, said the visitor, “which part?” “All of me,” said Wayne.
********* An English couple were in their car, touring in Wales. They came to the town of Machynlleth and were arguing about what was the correct way to pronounce the name. They found a place to have lunch and decided to ask the waitress to settle the matter. “Excuse me,” said the husband, “just to settle a difference of opinion between my wife and me, could you please tell us how to pronounce the name of where we are. Please say it nice and slowly and distinctly.” The waitress looked at them for a moment in silence and then said “B-uuu-rrr-gu-rrr K-iii-nnn-g.”
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Answers
Miniquiz 1. Auriferous minerals contain which precious metal? 2. Which name for the devil comes from the Latin for
‘light bearer’? 3. Which Lincolnshire potato variety was introduced to
the British market in the coronation year of 1902? 4. Born in Oxton in 1876, Edith Smith was Britain’s first
warranted woman what? 5. Which Captain discovered the Bounty Islands in the
Pacific Ocean in 1788? Miniquiz Answers
Word Ladder Answers
1 Gold, 2 Lucifer, 3 King Edward (he was the new King), 4 police Officer, 5 Captain Bligh.
Across. 1 Disowns, 5 Amend, 8 Chair, 9 Tarsals, 10 Impishly, 11 Stay, 13 Gibbon, 15 Loaded, 18 Buzz, 19 Suffrage, 22 Acquits, 23 Dogma, 24 Omens, 25 Destroy. Down. 1 Docvking, 2 Scamp, 3 Workshop, 4 Settle, 5 Aura, 6 Exalted, 7 Dusty, 12 Confides, 14 Bezique, 16 Dietary, 17 Nursed, 18 Bravo, 20 Augur, 21 Pigs.
Puzzle Page Crossword No 95
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19 Voting Right
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14 Card Game
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Children’s Word Ladder Go from one word to
the next by changing only one letter. The first three words are there to help you.
Grub
Virtuous
Timber
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Fat
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fool, food, good, wood, word, lord, lard, hard, hare, hate, late.
The Bells! There is an old, trick, quiz question which asks: “What do bell-
ringers call themselves?” All the clever clogs in the pub gleefully think that they know the answer and say, “Campanologists.” Wrong! Bell ringers call themselves “Bell ringers.” As simple as that.
There are various ways of making a bell sound. The most common, worldwide is to have the bell hanging, mouth down, and have a hammer hit the bell from outside (A). Alternatively, the bell, still hanging mouth down, has a clapper inside which is made to hit the bell when the bell is swung from side to side through a narrow arc (B). The third is to have the bell mounted in such a way that it can be swung through a full circle of 360o. At the end of a revolution, the clapper catches up with the bell and that is when the bell sounds (C).
The great advantage of the third method over the other two is that the bell sounds with its mouth facing upwards and this gives a much more resonant and mellow “clang”, and there is finer control over the timing, making for a more appealing sound. It also has the advantage of the opportunity for accurate “change ringing”. This is where the “ring” of bells commences in numerical order of 1,2,3,4,5,6. As this is in order of increasing weight and if the bells are tuned correctly, it sounds a scale. To “ring the changes” the bells will change order from the sequence to 2,1,4,3,6,5 or some other such. The challenge in bell ringing is to ring these sequences so as to have had all the possible orders, but here’s the difficulty, without any repeats or duplications.
A
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C
This is where it gets mathematical. 2 bells can be rung in 2 orders: 1,2 or 2,1. With 3 bells it is 6 orders: 1,2,3 or 1,3,2, or 2,1,3 or 2,3,1, or3,1,2, or 3,2,1. OK so far? With 4 bells the number of possibilities is 24; try it! 5 bells – 120, 6 bells – 720, 7 bells 5040 and so on. Look your best! Who said that love is blind?
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and many, many more. The illustration shows the intricate way that the bells do this changing in Plain Bob doubles.
The main challenge attempted by bell ringers, is to ring a ‘peal’ which comprises 5040 changes. This is to be accomplished without pauses and without mistakes of bells getting out of the correct order. The Captain has ‘composed’ the order of the of ‘bobs’ or ‘singles’ for the peal and it is his task to call these instructions at the correct time and to ensure that none of the ringers gets lost! The length of time taken to ring a peal varies according to the weight of the bells (heavy bells take longer to rotate) but is anywhere between 2½ and 4 hours. It requires some stamina!
The usual practice is to have bells only change places in the sequence if they are next to each other in that sequence mainly because it would be harder for a bell to change its “position” by more than one place at a time. To accomplish all the requirements listed above, there are “methods” by which the bells do this order changing. All the methods have names which designate the intricate way in which the bells change places and have an indication of how many bells there are. In this context, Minor means 6 bells, Triples – 7, Major – 8 - Royal – 10 and so on. There are some delightful names including Plain Bob Major, probably the best known, Grandsire Triples, Kent Treble Bob Major, Grandsire Caters, Erin Triples, Chartres Delight Royal, Cambridge Surprise Major
While this system of change ringing isn’t confined to the UK it is almost exclusively found in countries having present or past connections with this country and other English-speaking nations.
St Illtud’s has an excellent
team of bell ringers led by Peter Mayle. If anybody is interested either in taking up the activity or merely finding out more about the subject, they can get in touch with him on 01446-792603
ES
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Saint of the Month 31 August: Aidan, Bishop, Missionary
lifestyle with missionary journeys throughout the north-east of England. As a result the Church was strengthened beyond Northumbria. Aidan died on the last day of August 651 and was buried in the monks’ cemetery on Lindisfarne. The Venerable Bede, writing in 731, gives a description of Aidan’s character:
“He cultivated peace and love, purity and humility; he was above anger and greed, and despised pride and conceit; he set himself to keep as well as to teach the laws of God, and was diligent in study and prayer. He tenderly comforted the sick; he relieved and protected the poor. He took pains never to neglect anything that he had learned from the writings of the evangelists, apostles and prophets, and he set himself to carry them out with all his powers.” When Sheila and I last visited Lindisfarne a couple of years ago (see our
YouTube video), this little island off the coast of Northumbria was crowded with tourists; what a contrast it must be this year for the small resident population. Lindisfarne would have been a busy place in Aidan’s time, with, just like Llanilltud a century before, a school for children, a college for the training of priests and missionaries, and a monastery of monks. There were the constant comings and goings across the sands from the mainland to the island, only accessible at low tide. Aidan insisted that the missionaries from Lindisfarne walked everywhere, so as to be on the same level as the people they met and to talk to them about the Faith. As a result, small Christian communities were founded all over the north of England.
Aidan also wished for solitude and would retreat to the Inner Farne
Islands to reconnect “with the source of all goodness.” It was out of that connection with God that Bede says the essence of Aidan’s teaching was “Live a good life and be generous to others.”
Philip Morris
The three most significant early Christian centres in Britain were Llanilltud Fawr (Wales), Iona (Scotland) and Lindisfarne (England). It was these three communities, primarily amongst others, which showed that the light of the Gospel burned brightly in the so-called Dark Ages.
It was one of the monks from Iona, Aidan, who was sent as a missionary to Northumbria at the request of King Oswald. Aidan was consecrated Bishop of Lindisfarne in 635, and combined a monastic
Churches re-opening for Worship
As the lockdown restrictions continue to be eased, we can now announce that our churches will start to re-open for worship in the coming weeks. This will happen gradually and safely. If there is any indication of danger to visitors and worshippers, or if we become aware of a local ‘spike’ of Covid-19 infections, we will obviously pause access to our churches until things are safe. At this stage, we can confirm that 4 churches have set times for services and others will follow. Please look out for details in your local churches over the next few weeks, with opening times and times of services. St Illtud’s, Llantwit Major Holy Eucharist each Sunday at 8.15am and Wednesday at 12.00 noon (maximum 15 people at each service) St James’, Wick From mid-August Holy Eucharist each Sunday at 11.00am and Wednesday at 2.00pm (maximum 12 people at each service) St Michael’s, Llanmihangel Holy Eucharist on occasional Sundays at 9.30am
Please note, the maximum numbers at each service will be strictly enforced as these have been agreed as part of our permission to hold services. You will need to sign up in advance so that we know who will be attending, and each church will develop its own booking system. Please look out for details from each church, or you can contact your local clergy or the Parish Office for details (01446 792439).
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Time and Tide I have always considered our Parish Magazine a good read. If you now think, “Viv’s got another piece in,” please turn over to the next article. My arrangement with the editor is that if he is short of material, as a last resort, he will make use of something ‘what I wrote’. Last month’s editorial considered the appalling death of George Floyd by the actions of a white policeman, while others looked on. It made the world-wide issue of colour prejudice and violence, particularly white on black. But according to my newspaper, in large American cities, like Chicago and Baltimore, about a hundred black people are murdered but they are usually killed by other black people.
Unfortunately, violence is characteristic of all countries and at all
times. A recent film here recalled the Peterloo Massacre in 1819, when peaceful demonstrators in St. Peter's Fields, Manchester, were charged by yeomanry and cavalry, and eleven were killed. In South Wales we should raise a glass to Richard Lewis (Dic Penderyn) legally lynched by the government after a similar attack on demonstrators at Newport in 1831. In both cases, and many others, the peaceful demonstrators won in the end. If the Church in Wales had been around then, what would the reaction have been
The July issue seemed particularly readable, with an interesting cover. I thought the photograph of Jim Morgan made him look a little furtive, but at the age of 97 you have the right to look a little furtive. I have known Jim since 1967 when we were present at the first lecture of the Llantwit Major local History Society -two of the only three surviving original members. Who is the third?
Jim had very strong opinions then, and was always ready to promote
his case, and we have often had something to argue over. As a case in point, the first proposal to rehouse the Celtic stones was to move them into a rebuilt chantry priest's house. Cadw thought it a good idea, and the DAC liked it, but Jim didn't. He is an admirer of historic ruins, and wrote a long article in the parish magazine arguing his case, being very disparaging about me in the process. At that time, money was even shorter than it is now, but in the end, things turned out well. Ask the Prince of Wales. We will not put up a statue to Jim, but his work for St. IIItud's over the years has been remarkable, and it should be recognised. Keep going, Jim. On the subject of statues, our local worthy, Sir Thomas Picton, was one of the heroes of Waterloo, though his final communion at St. Bride's Major did him little good. My general view is that you cannot rewrite history, though politicians will have a good try. You should be able to learn from it, including asking why the statue was erected by people at that particular time. For most
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people school history is a poor foundation, because it is very restricted in its scope. For Picton, we only know he died at Waterloo, but as Philip has shown us, he had another side, He was notorious as a slave owner, the "Tyrant of Trinidad," As we know, people of influence can get away with a great deal. My vote is 3/10 for keeping the statue, 8/10 for removal. But don't touch the trees. For those who have seen the statue in the paper, get rid of it quickly on grounds of taste.
A candidate now in the news for de-statuing is the favourite of
President Donald J Trump, the former president, Andrew Jackson. He was a war hero, fighting against the British in the war of 1812, but first made his name by driving all Native Americans out of Florida for "immigrants" to settle; then as president he ordered them to be removed from the entire south east of the USA, killing thousands in the process He owned about a hundred slaves, acceptable in his time. Trump called him, "Father of the White Republic."
It was announced this week that the Senedd was appointing an
inspector to tour Wales to look for unsuitable statues and even street names. What is the Welsh word for ‘censor’? Who makes the decision? The Chief Minister? A rumour is going round that one of the Llantwit Major Town Council has been delegated to examine the town’s blue plaques to ensure that no inappropriate person is honoured. The History Society would have been very careful in this respect as, I am sure, the Cowbridge people would have been.
When the Normans established their plantation here, the ruling
group lived in Boverton and the serfs in the centre of Llantwit Major. The latter were virtually slaves. Should we continue to honour Robert Fitzhamon, the founder of the Manor, with a street name?
A noted Welshman who is now criticized is Henry Morton
Stanley, born in Denbigh in 1841, who immortalised the phrase, “Doctor Livingstone I presume.” He was already well known as a reporter and explorer, and was searching for the source of the Nile, especially when he publicized the conditions under which natives were living under colonial rule. He was particularly scathing about conditions in the Congo, which was under the personal rule of the King of the Belgians. This persuaded the Belgian Government to take over control of the territory, not that it did the natives much good. Stanley himself was attacked for allowing too many of his bearers to die.
Colonisation and imperialism are controversial matters and
one’s opinion often depends on the starting point. When did the Colston family become so repellent? When the name is removed from Colston Hall in Bristol, will the music inside sound sweeter?
Viv Kelly
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Llanilltud
The story of a Celtic Christian Community
by Philip Morris
Published by Y Lolfa on 3rd August www.ylolfa.com
Available from bookshops, including
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176 pages + 16 pages of illustrations ISBN: 978 1 78461 753 0
Some pre-publication reviews:
It is difficult to imagine that Llanilltud Fawr was in the late fifth and early sixth centuries probably host to one of Britain’s earliest centres of learning. It is also difficult to believe that a scholarly and critical in-depth study of such an important site has not been attempted before. This book has now plugged that gap splendidly. THE MOST REVD DR BARRY MORGAN, ARCHBISHOP OF WALES 2003–2017
Philip Morris takes us on a pilgrimage through the ages and generations of Llanilltud, using sound scholarship, careful research and a deep understanding of Celtic tradition. Crucially, by applying this pragmatically to popular traditions of Illtud’s legacy, he reveals a deeper and more authentic inheritance, which informs the pilgrim journey of today. THE REVD CANON EDWIN COUNSELL, RECTOR OF LLANTWIT MAJOR
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