Why England Erased This Welsh Village
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Published 2024-04-20
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In 1965, England drowned the Welsh village of Capel Celyn and the surrounding farmlands, home to 70 residents. This one event reshaped Wales but is forgotten about in England. In this video, Andy, visits the site of this lost settlement to speak with people who saw it all happen to understand, how England could do this, how it reshaped Welsh nationalism, and whether something like this could ever happen again.
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Special thanks to: Dr Wyn Thomas, Elwyn Edwards, Aeron Prysor Jones, Arthur Morris Roberts & Owain Williams
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Time Stamps:
0:00 The drowned village of Capel Celyn
2:14 The reason you haven't heard about this
2:51 Life in Capel Celyn
4:22 Life in post-war Liverpool
5:41 Liverpool is running out of water
6:31 Lake Vyrnwy
6:55 Liverpool's search for water
7:17 My search for ex-residents of Capel Celyn
8:50 The 5 hour drive to Capel Celyn
10:35 Capel Celyn today
11:35 Growing up in the village
12:12 Why Liverpool want to flood the Tryweryn Valley
13:16 A £16 million reservoir
13:46 Local pushback
15:39 How did England do this?
16:50 A very short history of England & Wales
17:51 The UK votes on flooding the Tryweryn Valley
18:47 Liverpool's plan to flood the valley
19:37 The building of the reservoir
19:59 The eviction of Capel Celyn
20:42 The explosion in Capel Celyn
22:52 The police catch the 3 men.
23:44 I've set up an interview with one of them
24:00 The aftermath of the explosion across Wales
24:24 The demolition of the village
25:25 The year of the drowning (1965)
25:49 The day of the drowning
26:39 A new era of Welsh Nationalism
27:17 Meeting the Tryweryn Bomber
27:57 Why they did it
28:49 The rise of paramilitary groups in Wales
30:22 Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru (MAC)
31:19 The MAC bombings
31:39 The Investiture of the Prince of Wales
33:01 Owain Williams - In hindsight, was it a good idea?
34:17 Welsh Devolution
35:22 What it's like to live here today?
35:45 Liverpool's secret agenda
37:46 Could this happen again?
39:31 Outro & Behind-the-Scenes
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All Comments (21)
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It wasn't one of the last Welsh speaking communities, but one of the last monolingual Welsh speaking villages. There are plenty of Welsh speaking villages today.
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My Taid (grandfather) was born and raised in Capel Celyn so this really tugs at the heartstrings…..Cofiwch Dryweryn
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That so terribly sad, the fact that the water was no longer needed and was being sold on it just a gut punch.
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The villages of Derwent and Ashopton tragically drowned. For centuries, both villages, once populated by hard-working Yorkshire folk, have lived underwater in the Ladybower Reservoir, in the Peak District, near Sheffield. Not surprisingly, their fate earned them the name of the 'drowned villages'.
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The Manic Street Preachers' song 'Ready For Drowning' is about this. Outstanding video
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Thank you for keeping this alive. It’s good to keep history alive. Cymru am byth. Yma o hyd!!
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I live in Yorkshire and we have a village like this just a few miles from where I live. During the bad drought of 1976 the reservoir was dry and people could walk amongst it, the old church included. There are many of them all over.
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I grew up in the fifties and sixties and now at 78 I hear this for the first time, how terrible! Yes I think it could happen again especially in today’s world !!! Excellent video report.
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i went here recently and its so insanely bleak when you're actually there and know what happened. i think capel celyn was very similar to nearby arenig and llidiardau, which themselves feel almost abandoned, especially arenig. i saw aeron as the path from the road to his farm goes along the old railway to where capel celyn halt was, but i didnt know he went to the school in capel celyn. haunting
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I got a tear in my eye when the fella driving said about how it affected his Mother...... it reminded me of how my Grandfather was affected when they pulled his street down, in Bletchley, to build a bus station....... all part of the Milton Keynes developement. He went downhill fast, after being shipped out of the home he'd known for decades..
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Cofiwch Dryweryn!!!!! Thank you for making this video and spreading awarness of our history which is too often forgotten. Diolch yn fawr!
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"Ond nid yw'r blodau'n tyfu nawr... Dŵr oer sy'n cysgu yn Nhryweryn" (But flowers don't grow now... Cold water is sleeping in Tryweryn) - Meic Stevens
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Exactly the same thing happened in northern England when the village of kielder was demolished to make way for kielder reservoir
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Great documentary. I am an Englishman who lives in North Wales. I speak Cymraeg hefyd. As a proud modern Brit, I care a lot about the Welsh communities and although I am sad this happened, I am also glad that this was a catalyst for change which eventually led to Wales forming its own assembly in the 90’s. I hope this never happens again
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Brilliant documentary. Im from Liverpool and know this story well, its incredibly sad and makes me feel guilty. I love Wales with all my heart, its the most beautiful place with the warmest of people.
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I walked through the village when a drought hit in the 80's... The rivulet still ran under the bridge.... The cemetery was the saddest sight... SHAME
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They flooded a village near me to make roadford reservoir and in the summer you can see the roofs of the house
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As an American we have a lot of towns that were made like this too. And of course affected. You know small rural towns. But especially black majority towns
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A very sad story. But villages in England suffered the same fate: Ashopton (Derbyshire), Mardale Green (Cumbria), Nether Hambleton (Rutland), Peasdown (Essex), and others.
