National Eisteddfod of Wales 1948, Bridgend

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National Eisteddfod of Wales 1948, Bridgend
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Images 14 - 19: "Ac Ymerawdr beirdd Cymru ydoedd" ('And he was the Emperor amongst Wales' poets') - Dewi Emrys in his chair.
Images 20 - 24: A happy little ceremony - the customary greeting to the new chaired bard - this time from Crowned Bard Euros Owen, Llangower.
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Images 26 - 27: The procession down the steps from the rear of the pavilion - Dewi Emrys flanked by Trefin (on the left with sword) and the Archdruid with Cynan behind. Image 28: Dewi had such an enormous following of readers of his Pabell Awen that well-wishers rushed forward to grab his hand as the procession moved towards the Gorsedd 'bus - into which he climbs with some relief in frame 31.
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Images 32 - 33: Erfyl Fychan after his appointment in his robes as "shepherd" to the Gorsedd.
Image 34: William Owen Roberts, Pentreuchaf, Pwllheli, first for reciting under 21.
Image 35: Llanberis Women's Choir with their conductor, W. James - and an excellent story about the choir by Idris Roberts on the front page. The choir is deemed second best after years of work!
Image 36: Llanberis Women's Choir with their conductor, W. James - and an excellent story about the choir by Idris Roberts on the front page. The choir is deemed second best after years of work!
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Images 38 - 43: "Yr oedd y dyfroedd yn gorchuddio popeth Ddydd Llun, a'r dewrion yn colli'r frwydr wrth ymladd eu ffordd tua'r cownter bwyd. Yr oedd y pebyll eraill ynghau." ("The water covered everything on Monday, and the brave at heart loosing their battle as they tried to make their way to the food counter. The other stalls were closed")
Image 44: "Hughes a'i Fab" Stall
Images 45 - 47: Flower dancers
Images 48 - 50: Ena Chandhuri from Calcutta, on her visit to the Eisteddfod.
Image 51: Y Cymro stall
Images 52 - 53: Keidrych Rhys: an Anglo-Welsh publisher who ran a magazine briefly after the war on Anglo-Welsh affairs.
Images 54 - 55: Y Cymro Stall
Images 56 - 61: "Holyhead Folk Dancing Party, who won first prize. This was the main attraction on the Eisteddfod Maes on Monday morning.
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Images 64 - 65: "Parti Seion Glan Aman who whon first prize for singing on Monday."
Images 66 - 71: Two old ladies who visited Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr - Mrs S. Bevan (68) 2 Garn Road, Maesteg, and Mrs Hannah Thomas (82) (left) 18 Alam Road Maesteg. " Mrs Thomas began going to the Eisteddfod when she was 12 ears old and she competed on the stage from the age of 13."
Images 72 - 77: Higson and cup from Jim Griffiths M.P. (Ammanford) (Amanwy's brother) - and more kisses!
Images 78 - 79: "Mr Emyr Williams, Wrecsam, chair of the Eisteddfod Council Eisteddfod gyda rhai o'r ymwelwyr tramor ym Mhen-y-bont after being presented to the audience in the pavilion."
Images 80 - 83: The Cymro cup is presented officially by Mr Emyr Williams, Wrexham.
Images 84 - 86: Mr W. P. Evans and Mr Alf Jones congratulating Mr Maldwyn Jones, Machynlleth, on winning the operatic solo at Pen-y-bont.
Images 87 - 89: Wil Vaughan, Bontnewydd, Caernarfon. A remarkable man who joined Y Cymro staff in 1947. Taught for a time in Holywell and then because of an apparent health problem(T B was wrongly diagnosed after mass - X Ray and he was obliged to stop teaching) his wife took a school with a house attached at Bog Muchalls near Huntley, not far from the Nair Coast. After doubts about his health was dispelled he went on teaching an taught in Gordonstown school. His sight, never good, failed, he underwent R.N.I.B. training successfully but died of acute kidney disease far too early. At one time wrote Llythyr o'r Alban weekly for Y Cymro abd did the same thing in the Irish language for Irish Radio(!) We made him the peg to hang our film Tirnanog on and he used to go around with Tom Morgan in our film barn - storming days around Wales and do the commentary through the projector's amplifier - a really masterly business: he could set his commentry exactly to the type of audience and we never put his commentry on film - which i'd forgotten about and which puzzled me very much in 1972 when i agreed to show Tir Na Nog to Bangor College Welsh Society and was quite at a loss to account for the complete absence of caption! (it was silent film which I shot on Reversal Stock and edited and it is now in the archives of y Llyfyrgell)
Images 90 - 95: Mr Alfred Higson Conductor of Sale Choir gets the Cymro Cup for the chief choral - and lots of kisses from excited choristers! At 77 years of age he led his choir to victory with 99, 98 and 97 marks out of 100.
Images 96 - 98: Dewi Emrys and Dwynwen, his daughter. [Outside the Y Cymro caravan]
Images 99 - 102: "Queen of the Band. On the left, Miss Gwyneth Thomas, Queen of the Band from Tongwynlais, and her friends at the Eisteddfod on Saturday, with the bandsman D. M. Roberts from Tongwynlais after his band came second."
Images 103 - 105: Typical of any "genedlaethol" field - and one of the Eisteddfod's charms - the friendly picnics.
Image 106: Emlyn Jones o Ddinbych a gafodd y trydydd am ganu penillion dan 18 oed.
Image 107: Cydradd gyntaf am ddrama fer ym Mhenybont - Alun Kymric Lewis, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll.
Image 108: "I Heulwen, merch y telynor Llyfni Huws, Penygroes, Arfon aeth gwobr gynta'r Brifwyl am ganu penillion dan 14 a dan 18."
Images 109 - 111: Nodyn llawysgrif: L to R - Maime Noel Jones, Dewi Prys Thomas, Cledwyn ---, Robin Williams and an unidentified person.
Images 112 - 115: "A oes heddwch?" ("Is there peace?") A reporter and a photographer from "Cymro" came accross the most Welsh of communities in Bridgend, in a chip shop. This cosy little eating place is run by Mr and Mrs John Roberts - Mr Roberts is originally from Corris and Mrs Roberts comes from Towyn, Meirionethshire" "Queen of the Band. On the left, Miss Gwyneth Thomas, Queen of the Band from Togwynlais with her friends at the Eisteddfod on Saturday, with the bandsman D. M. Roberts from Tongwynlais after his band came second".
Images 116 - 131: "This year, Emrys will have edited the Cymro's Pabell Awen for a decade; Dewi himself had previously won the chair at the National Eisteddfod three times and the crown once--- his daughter Dwynwen was with him on the Eisteddfod field at Bridgend. Dwynwen is full of her father's genious ---."
Images 132 - 143: "A decendant from a long line of poets was crowned at Bridgend when the festival's first main attraction was held on Tuesday afternoon. In a packed hall, the crown was placed on the head of the Rev. Euros Bowen, Vicar at Llangower, near Bala. Originally from Treorchi, Rhondda. He received high praise for this poem 'O'r Dwyrain' and it was said that the competition itself had been an excellent one".

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