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The #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur may be over, but its articles live on!
Here's my personal top-ten list of articles we managed to publish over a frighteningly short period of time.
Authors and colleagues in tootland: we couldn't have done it without you!
https://bydbach.hcommons.org/enwogion-o-fri-the-history-of-wales-just-got-more-vibrant/
#Wales #histodons #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory #LGBTQI #Deaf #DeafHistory #LGBTQIHistory
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During our 2-year run on the #DiversityProject for the #Bywgraffiadur, we published over 60 fantastic articles about extraordinary people in the #history of #Wales. Today was my last day on the project and it is only fitting to go out on #TransDayOfVisiblity by sharing Mike Parker's beautiful contribution about the travel-writer and Gymraes by choice, Jan Morris.
If you have not had the delight to encounter her writing or stories about her, Jan's life as emojis might look something like this: 🧜💂🧑💻🏞️🌍📝🗒️🗞️🤱🚼📰🚼🚼🥾🏔️🗞️🏴🇲🇦🏳️⚧️💅✍️👭🏴🇪🇬📘🏴🛃📗🏴🛄⚧️📙🏴🏺🗡️📚🏴👩❤️👩🪦
Read the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-MORR-JAN-1926
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It's publication day!
Enwogion o fri: Diversity Project 2023-2025
Our free #DiversityProject anthology for the #Bywgraffiadur has just dropped on KC Works. Over 40 authors contributed more than 60 articles about the most fascinating people in #Welsh #history you could possibly imagine.
We've covered #BAMEHistory #LGBTQ_ and #DisabilityHistory, #WomensHistory, #ArtHistory, the #HistoryOfScience, #HistoryOfReligion and #Wales
Frankly, there's not a single article in this collection that's not bound to be of interest to someone.
Get your own copy here as PDF or epub. And because we're in Wales, we even offer you two versions.
English: https://works.hcommons.org/records/dtb9c-bzm89
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@CarveHerName The establishment of the Kingdom of Hawai'i is perhaps one of our more unusual stories among a whole series of extraordinary lives captured by the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur. We're currently preparing an article about the Welshman Issac 'Aikake' Davis who, together with John Young, acted as advisor to the future first king, Kamehameha I, and was instrumental in the unification and establishment of the kingdom in 1795. Only this morning, our author in Hawai'i shared a link to a video that shows Davis's personal Book of Common Prayer, the first of its kind in the archipelago, exhibited at the Cathedral of St. Andrew.
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I'm in the middle of tagging up our next article for the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur and the author's very diplomatic turn of phrase -- 'who became his model, and more' -- just gave me a good chuckle.
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I'm in the middle of marking up the latest article for the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur about the jeweller and trader Morris Wartski and there's the casual mention that the Marquess of Anglesey attended the lavish wedding of Wartski's daughter in 1903.
Doing the maths, it wasn't just any marquess, but *that* Marquess -- who was not only a good customer, but had also helped Wartski to set up his business.
Oh, to have been privy to the conversations of an observing man (who helped set up the first synagogue in Bangor!) and the man who makes David Bowie look like someone who wasn't trying hard enough.
#JewishHeritage #LGBTQI #QueerHistory #Histodons #Wales
Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartski#/media/File:Wartski_Bangor.JPG
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I'm in the middle of marking up the latest article for the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur about the jeweller and trader Morris Wartski and there's the casual mention that the Marquess of Anglesey attended the lavish wedding of Wartski's daughter in 1903.
Doing the maths, it wasn't just any marquess, but *that* Marquess -- who was not only a good customer, but had also helped Wartski to set up his business.
Oh, to have been privy to the conversations of an observing man (who helped set up the first synagogue in Bangor!) and the man who makes David Bowie look like someone who wasn't trying hard enough.
#JewishHeritage #LGBTQI #QueerHistory #Histodons #Wales
Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartski#/media/File:Wartski_Bangor.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Paget,_5th_Marquess_of_Anglesey.jpg -
I'm in the middle of marking up the latest article for the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur about the jeweller and trader Morris Wartski and there's the casual mention that the Marquess of Anglesey attended the lavish wedding of Wartski's daughter in 1903.
Doing the maths, it wasn't just any marquess, but *that* Marquess -- who was not only a good customer, but had also helped Wartski to set up his business.
Oh, to have been privy to the conversations of an observing man (who helped set up the first synagogue in Bangor!) and the man who makes David Bowie look like someone who wasn't trying hard enough.
#JewishHeritage #LGBTQI #QueerHistory #Histodons #Wales
Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartski#/media/File:Wartski_Bangor.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Paget,_5th_Marquess_of_Anglesey.jpg -
I'm in the middle of marking up the latest article for the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur about the jeweller and trader Morris Wartski and there's the casual mention that the Marquess of Anglesey attended the lavish wedding of Wartski's daughter in 1903.
Doing the maths, it wasn't just any marquess, but *that* Marquess -- who was not only a good customer, but had also helped Wartski to set up his business.
Oh, to have been privy to the conversations of an observing man (who helped set up the first synagogue in Bangor!) and the man who makes David Bowie look like someone who wasn't trying hard enough.
#JewishHeritage #LGBTQI #QueerHistory #Histodons #Wales
Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartski#/media/File:Wartski_Bangor.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Paget,_5th_Marquess_of_Anglesey.jpg -
I'm in the middle of marking up the latest article for the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur about the jeweller and trader Morris Wartski and there's the casual mention that the Marquess of Anglesey attended the lavish wedding of Wartski's daughter in 1903.
Doing the maths, it wasn't just any marquess, but *that* Marquess -- who was not only a good customer, but had also helped Wartski to set up his business.
Oh, to have been privy to the conversations of an observing man (who helped set up the first synagogue in Bangor!) and the man who makes David Bowie look like someone who wasn't trying hard enough.
#JewishHeritage #LGBTQI #QueerHistory #Histodons #Wales
Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartski#/media/File:Wartski_Bangor.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Paget,_5th_Marquess_of_Anglesey.jpg -
Did you know the big hulking, 6-foot tall Grand Sword in the National Eisteddfod is actually German?
Here's the backstory why that is.
https://bydbach.hcommons.org/hubert-von-herkomer-1849-1914-painter-designer-and-film-pioneer/
#ArtHistory #Biography #histodons #Germany #DiversityProject #Wales
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As one of my last assignments for 2024, I just finished writing my fourth article for the #Bywgraffiadur. The short version is currently in the hands of our main editor -- the long version, complete with an avalanche of images is waiting on my blog.
So if you ever wondered why a German artist created the 6-foot sword in the National #Eisteddfod in #Wales, look no further.
I give you Hubert von Herkomer: the man who married his wife's nurse, and his wife's nurse's sister.
https://bydbach.hcommons.org/hubert-von-herkomer-1849-1914-painter-designer-and-film-pioneer/
#ArtHistory #Biography #histodons #Germany #DiversityProject
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Check out the Dictionary of Welsh Biography's new interactive timeline!
Did you know that the Black coal merchant Cesar Picton, the Ladies of Llangollen and the Hawai'ian chiefess Elizabeth Peke Davis Kaumualii were all alive at the same time? What's their link, you ask? They're all people in Welsh history!
Browse the timeline for all the names connected to our #DiversityProject. Some of these names still don't have an article. If you want to write their life stories, get in touch: [email protected]
#Wales #histodons #digitalhumanities #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #LGBTQ #AgeOfRevolutions #Bywgraffiadur #Humanities
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My third contribution to the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur: a short bio article about THOMAS RIGBY (c.1783-1841), publican and hairdresser. He is one of the earliest Black people settled in Carmarthenshire whose names we know.
This is the unedited version that just went to the editor.
https://bydbach.hcommons.org/thomas-rigby-c-1783-1841-publican-and-hairdresser/
#Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory #histodons #Biography
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SHOSHI MUKHI DASS (1868 - 1921), missionary, teacher and nurse
'In Glasgow, she was actively involved with the Welsh National Union while further south, in Wales, she delivered several public lectures to Methodist audiences. Wearing a sari to demonstrate the typical dress of women in north-east India, she spoke in English about the history and culture of her country, her education and missionary work, and sang hymns in Bangla. During her second year in Britain, she frequently lectured together with Kate E. Williams, Pwllheli, to crowded audiences. These appearances were part of the qualification process for outgoing missionaries to India for the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church. Shoshi had been accepted by the General Assembly at Bootle by May 1893.' -- Rita Singer
Read the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-DASS-MUK-1868
Image: https://flic.kr/p/CUGosM
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Congo House / African Training Institute, students
'Kwesi Ewusi (c.1881-1924) and Joseph A. Abraham (dates unknown) from the Gold Coast, for example, were associated with early Ethiopianist and pan-Africanist organisations in Britain. While studying at university, the Nigerians Ayodeji Oyejola (b. 1876) and Akidiya Ladapo Oluwole (dates unknown) were among the students who took on public-speaking engagements, which raised money for charitable causes in Britain, before they left to commence prominent careers as surgeons in west Africa. The South African Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu (1885-1959) would become a pioneering educator and a founder of the All African Convention, which rallied against segregationist policies in his homeland. ' -- Robert Burroughs
Read the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-CONG-COL-1890
Image: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AYIKCRQIALQ2Q28V/pages/AWYZRD7JBUYOUV8S
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JAN MORRIS (1926 - 2020), writer
'Fate presented Morris with her first great break: at the age of 26, accompanying the 1953 Everest expedition led by Colonel John Hunt. The Times had bought exclusive rights to the trip, and when the mountain was finally scaled for the very first time, Morris, waiting at the camp at 22,000 feet, devised an elaborate system of codes and runners to telegraph the news back to London, without anyone else seeing it. The story broke on the eve of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation. It was, Morris wrote later, 'the last innocent adventure'.
A new celebrity status brought a direct approach from publishers Faber & Faber, who published Morris's first book, Coast to Coast (1956), an account of travelling across the USA.' -- Mike ParkerRead the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-MORR-JAN-1926
Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Morris_historian.png
#Bywgraffidur #DiversityProject #Wales #Literature #Writing #LGBTQHistory #LGBTQ #TransRights
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JAMES (JIM) SAPOE JOHN MANNAY (Ahmed Hassan Ismail) (1927 - 2012), historian and poet
'Together with his cousin Emily, Benjamin Johnson's daughter, Jim spent years recording the history of the Kru people. They both kept many documents relating to individuals and Jim wrote extensively about the community in Tiger Bay, detailing many Kru and English names and nicknames. He was also a poet whose life story was reflected in his work. Thanks to the accuracy of his storytelling, Jim's work has resulted in the identification of over 600 individuals from West Africa throughout the UK, and became the basis of research to identify seamen from the Kru community who served in the two World Wars.' -- Rebecca J EversleyRead the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-MANN-JOH-1927
#DiversityProject #Bywgraffiadur #Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory
Darlun/Image: https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/2173356
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VALENTINE MORRIS (1727 - 1789), colonial administrator and landowner
'On his father's death in 1743, Morris inherited the Piercefield estate, along with substantial plantations in Antigua including a great number of enslaved people. These included Looby's, Crabb's, and Martin's in St Paul Parish in southern Antigua and Jolly's in St Mary Parish in western Antigua. In 1776, Morris was rated as owning 1,004 acres on the island, which was worked by 284 enslaved people. As Ivor Waters strikingly puts it, 'The elegant Valentine Morris owned Piercefield in Monmouthshire, worth £50,000 and Piercefield, a slave in Antigua, worth £10.' He was largely an absentee plantation owner while in Britain, apart from a visit to Antigua in 1754 following a period of drought there.' -- Adam CowardRead the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-MORR-VAL-1771
#histodons #Wales #BritishEmpire #EighteenthCentury #Bywgraffiadur #DiversityProject
Darlun/Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valentine_Morris_(1727-1789),_Governor_of_Saint_Vincent,_by_Allan_Ramsay.jpg
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Oodles of fun today in the primary school workshop "Black and Welsh" in #Machynlleth today. The kids are taking to creative exploration of #BlackHistory like fish to water.
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WILLIAM ANDERSON HALL (born c. 1820), carpenter, fugitive from slavery, author
'Fleeing from enslavement, William was often helped by 'friends', a euphemism for the network of free African Americans and others who were sympathetic to those seeking to escape slavery and who made up the Underground Railroad. However, William's journey was far from straightforward. He was caught and imprisoned on at least two occasions, suffered beatings and betrayal and found that life in the free states of the North could be as precarious as in the South. It was only when William reached Canada that his 'old feelings of dread' left him.' -- Phil Okwedy
Read the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-HALL-AND-1820#Bywgraffiadur #DiversityProject #Wales #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #BlackHistory #AntiSlaveryMovement #histodons
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I've just sent in my draft to the #Bywgraffiadur about the Indian medical missionary Shoshi Mukhi Dass (1868-1921). More likely than not, it will get whittled down, so this is a good way to preserve the "director's cut".
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PATRICIA MAUD (Patti) FLYNN (1937 - 2020), musician, author, activist
'Patti Flynn was a strong advocate and campaigner for Black History. As the landscape of the old Tiger Bay was changing, with the regeneration of what became known as Cardiff Bay, in 1988, with help from the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation, Butetown History & Arts Centre was created. Its purpose was to capture and celebrate the area's rich heritage and Patti made a considerable contribution to its educational work, in particular, using music, writing and storytelling.
As well as performing, Patti loved writing and was passionate about researching Black History and culture. In 2003 she collaborated with photographer Mathew Manning to produce Fractured Horizon [...]. Together, through pictures and words, they confront the past and present of #Cardiff docklands. -- Bet Davies
Read the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-FLYN-PAT-1937
Image: https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/2118521
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URIAH 'Big Just' BURTON (c.1926 - 1986), bare-knuckle fighter and activist
'Uriah is probably best known among Travellers as a bare-knuckle fighter. However, he was also known as an activist who not only fought for the rights of Romany Gypsies and Travellers but also made a stand for law and order and for peace in Ireland. [...] Uriah also used his skill and notoriety as a fighter to support his activist campaigns. In 1978, he walked from Dublin to Belfast to publicise his campaign for peace in Ireland. On 24 February 1979, as Uriah was preparing to make another walk, the Belfast Telegraph published a report stating that he had offered to step into the boxing ring and meet anyone who objected to his peace theories. Uriah apparently added that he would not attack but only defend himself.' -- Norman Burton
Read the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-BURT-URI-1926
Image: https://vr4280.wixsite.com/histor.../traveller-and-gypsy-bkb
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Starting with the XML mark-up for one of our most colourful nominees for the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur. It's going to be a long-haul because it's filled to the brim with new names we haven't previously recorded (we have a database that holds the data to every single person mentioned in the Bywg -- at this point it's over 30k names and associated data), so it might take me more than a day to prepare this piece. But do keep your eyes peeled. It contains the story behind one of Wales's most unusual monuments dedicated to a person's memory.
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IRIS DE FREITAS BRAZAO (1896 - 1989), lawyer
'She enrolled with the Inner Temple Inns of Court in 1922 and was called to the bar in 1929, becoming the first female Barrister-at-Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean. She soon established herself as a barrister and was welcomed on her first appearance in the Supreme Court. She was the defense attorney in a 1932 murder case and saw her client acquitted, winning praise from the judge for her advocacy. She joined the civil service as a Temporary Legal Assistant in the Attorney General's Chamber and from April 1934 became the first female crown prosecutor in British Guiana.' -- Fiona Davies
Read the full story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-DEFR-IRI-1896Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iris_de_Freitas_Brazao_first_female_lawyer_in_the_Caribbean.jpg
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ELISABETH DE SAEDELEER (1902 - 1972), textile artist
'The de Saedeleer family eventually moved back to Belgium in the spring of 1921. After their return, they established themselves in Etikhove and named their new home 'Villa Tynlon' after their Welsh one. The first project they undertook was the founding of their own Arts and Crafts studio in Etikhove, which would become a centre of weaving techniques in the Belgian modernist era, thus building on what they had learned in #Wales. Elisabeth took charge of the workplace. She transferred the designs to the actual size required and painted the sample cards herself. In the early years of the studio, she produced tapestry, tableware, clothing and furnishings. Her predilection for both subtle geometric forms and soft colour tones is in analogy with the works of Rennie Mackintosh and derives from her time spent as an exile in Britain.' -- Caterina Verdickt
https://biography.wales/article/s15-DESA-ELI-1902
https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_vla016195501_01/_vla016195501_01_0024.php
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🖍📕🖍 Discover ten greats of Welsh history together with your children in our colouring Book! 🖍📕🖍
📌 Get your own free, digital copy now on People's Collection Wales.
https://www.peoplescollection.wales/collections/2156156
#DiversityProject #EducationalResource
#Bywgraffiadur #wales #histodons #BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory -
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SARAH PONSONBY (1755 - 1831), one of the 'Ladies of Llangollen'
'Ponsonby, dressed in men's clothing, armed herself with a pistol and taking her small dog Frisk, had climbed out of a downstairs window. Butler had left her house around 10pm, also in men's clothes, and had ridden to join Ponsonby with the intention to ride to Waterford and get a boat to England. However, they missed the boat and had to shelter in a barn for the night. The families caught up with them the following day and they were returned home.
They made a second attempt to escape, with Butler hiding for a time in Ponsonby's wardrobe and food being brought to her by Ponsonby's servant, Mary Carryl. They were discovered and despite many attempts to keep them apart, the families relented and they were allowed to leave on 9 May 1778.' -- Norena Shopland
https://biography.wales/article/s15-PONS-SAR-1755
Image: National Library of #Wales
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Discover the greats of Welsh history together with your children in this new series of colouring sheets of the #Bywgraffiadur!
Today:
PETER JONES (Kahkewāquonāby) (1802-1856), missionary, author and chief.
We are looking forward to publishing his life story later this year as part of our current project.
https://biography.wales/amrywedd
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CESAR PICTON (c. 1755 - 1836), coal merchant
'Cesar Picton was born c. 1755 in West Africa, possibly Senegal, and was brought to Britain in 1761 at the age of around six. The earliest reference to him is a note made on 8 November 1761 in the journal of Sir John Philipps of Picton (Philipps Family), sixth baronet (1701-1764), who represented Pembrokeshire in Parliament with the residence Norbiton Place in Kingston upon Thames: 'Went to Norbiton with Capt. Parr and Lieut. Rees, taking with me a Black Boy from Senegal given me by Capt. Parr, also a Paraquet and foreign Duck.'' -- Katie Barrett
Discover the rest of Cesar's story here: https://biography.wales/article/s15-PICT-CES-1755#BlackHistoryIsWelshHistory #Wales #BAMEHistory #BlackHistory #BritishEmpire #histodons #DiversityProject #Bywgraffiadur
Image: Picton House, Kingston https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Picton_House_-_Kingston.jpeg
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We had a great writing workshop yesterday at Glamorgan Archives with a group of prospective new authors for the #Bywgraffiadur. For the first time, our participants tried their hands at life-writing in a practical session in collaboration with @Jason, the National Library of Wales's Wikimedian in residence. We published three new articles about people from Welsh history on the English Wikipedia yesterday and are currently waiting for the finishing touches on three more in the upcoming days.
In the meantime, enjoy reading the first three outputs -- and maybe have a go yourself at contributing to the Wikipedia project.📚 Neil Sinclair (Welsh historian): https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Neil_Sinclair_(Welsh_historian)
💷 Samuel Levi Phillips: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Levi_Phillips
⚗️ Diederich Wessel Linden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diederich_Wessel_Linden -
A crack of dawn start for the #Bywfraffiadur this morning as we're off to #Cardiff for a life-writing workshop in collaboration with the National Library's own Wikipedian. Let this shop window stand as a delightful visual for the diverse lives we're going to explore today. #DiversityProject
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We did it! Amos's story has just been published.
AMOS WILLIAM BROWN (1860 - 1956), collier and sportsman
'Amos began his life in Wales advertising himself as a herbalist called Professor Brown, and throughout his life worked at a number of collieries including Parc Slip, Penallta, Pentre, Mardy, Ogmore, Ammanford and Blaengarw. He was one of many colliers who came to the Garw Valley to sink the new pits, and became well known for his boxing and other sporting achievements. Whilst at Parc Slip, he narrowly avoided the explosion of when he swapped shifts to visit Jack Scarrot's boxing booth. Scarrot provided an opportunity for him to earn extra income as a regular fighter under the name 'Knockout Brown' along with other Black colliers who were a popular attraction.' -- Rebecca J Eversley
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For #InternationalDayofFamilies today, the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur is celebrating the Wood family.
'There are of course other tribes of gipsies in Wales, such as the Ingram's, the Boswell's, and the Lovell's, but the Wood's deserve special mention, for two reasons. In the first place, the tribe is so large and wide-spread that the expression ' Abram Wood's family' (in some places called ' Alabama's family') became a generic term in the rural areas for gipsies as such [...]. Secondly, for nearly two centuries this tribe provided Wales with a remarkable line of harpists.' -- Robert Thomas Jenkins
https://biography.wales/article/s-WOOD-SIP-1500
Darlun/Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/.../File:Abram_Wood%27s...
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For #InternationalDayofFamilies today, the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur is celebrating the Wood family.
'There are of course other tribes of gipsies in Wales, such as the Ingram's, the Boswell's, and the Lovell's, but the Wood's deserve special mention, for two reasons. In the first place, the tribe is so large and wide-spread that the expression ' Abram Wood's family' (in some places called ' Alabama's family') became a generic term in the rural areas for gipsies as such [...]. Secondly, for nearly two centuries this tribe provided Wales with a remarkable line of harpists.' -- Robert Thomas Jenkins
https://biography.wales/article/s-WOOD-SIP-1500
Darlun/Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/.../File:Abram_Wood%27s...
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For #InternationalDayofFamilies today, the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur is celebrating the Wood family.
'There are of course other tribes of gipsies in Wales, such as the Ingram's, the Boswell's, and the Lovell's, but the Wood's deserve special mention, for two reasons. In the first place, the tribe is so large and wide-spread that the expression ' Abram Wood's family' (in some places called ' Alabama's family') became a generic term in the rural areas for gipsies as such [...]. Secondly, for nearly two centuries this tribe provided Wales with a remarkable line of harpists.' -- Robert Thomas Jenkins
https://biography.wales/article/s-WOOD-SIP-1500
Darlun/Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/.../File:Abram_Wood%27s...
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For #InternationalDayofFamilies today, the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur is celebrating the Wood family.
'There are of course other tribes of gipsies in Wales, such as the Ingram's, the Boswell's, and the Lovell's, but the Wood's deserve special mention, for two reasons. In the first place, the tribe is so large and wide-spread that the expression ' Abram Wood's family' (in some places called ' Alabama's family') became a generic term in the rural areas for gipsies as such [...]. Secondly, for nearly two centuries this tribe provided Wales with a remarkable line of harpists.' -- Robert Thomas Jenkins
https://biography.wales/article/s-WOOD-SIP-1500
Darlun/Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/.../File:Abram_Wood%27s...
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For #InternationalDayofFamilies today, the #DiversityProject of the #Bywgraffiadur is celebrating the Wood family.
'There are of course other tribes of gipsies in Wales, such as the Ingram's, the Boswell's, and the Lovell's, but the Wood's deserve special mention, for two reasons. In the first place, the tribe is so large and wide-spread that the expression ' Abram Wood's family' (in some places called ' Alabama's family') became a generic term in the rural areas for gipsies as such [...]. Secondly, for nearly two centuries this tribe provided Wales with a remarkable line of harpists.' -- Robert Thomas Jenkins
https://biography.wales/article/s-WOOD-SIP-1500
Darlun/Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/.../File:Abram_Wood%27s...
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Hot off the press: Marion Löffler's highly anticipated new article about Thomas Picton! With this contribution, we were finally able to archive the near hagiographic old version. Good riddance!
The #DiversityProject for the #Bywgraffiadur continues to deliver the goods.