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Vocabulary
Bill (of Parliament) Mesur noun (m); generation cenhedlaeth noun (f);
opposition gwrthwynebiad noun (m); flood gorlifo verb;
resident trigolyn noun (m); protect amddiffyn verb;
apology ymddiheuriad noun (m); fall, decrease gostwng verb;
Tryweryn
The Tryweryn Bill was passed by Parliament in 1957.
This allowed Liverpool City Council to flood the Tryweryn Valley without the need for planning permission from the local council.
In 1965, the small village of Capel Celyn disappeared.
A Welsh-speaking community where people had lived and worked for generations was lost under Llyn Celyn reservoir.
The village and surrounding farms were destroyed despite the opposition of all the Welsh Members of Parliament except one.
Every one of the 67 residents of the village, which included a school, chapel and 12 farms, was forced to leave.
Protests were organised by the Free Wales Army and Society for the Protection of Wales.
In 2005, Liverpool City Council gave an apology.
During periods of hot weather, the level of the reservoir falls.
The remains of the village are seen.
Walls of fields appear from the water, and the slate floor of a farmhouse kitchen can be seen.
Visitors can walk along parts of the old road on the side of the valley.
People lived here and it was once a successful village and community.
It is important that we do not forget.
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The Tryweryn Bill was passed by Parliament in 1957.
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