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  • This undated letter was sent to Thomas Alker, Liverpool Corporation Town Clerk, by Elizabeth M. Watkin Jones, Secretary of 'Pwyllgor Amddiffyn Capel Celyn' (the Capel Celyn Defence Committee). The Committee had been established in March 1956, shortly after it had been announced that Liverpool Corporation was intending to build a new reservoir in the Tryweryn valley, drowning the village of Capel Celyn, north of Bala. The Committee launched a spirited campaign to oppose the proposal to drown Cwm Celyn. In addition to canvassing support from local authorities, individuals and national institutions, the Committee organised a series of protest meetings, conferences and rallies across north Wales and in the city of Liverpool. Ultimately, however, the efforts to halt the building of the new reservoir failed and on 1 August 1957 the Liverpool Corporation Act was passed. Work began on the site three years later and was completed in August 1965. In this letter, which appears to have been written following the passing of the Act, Elizabeth M. Watkin Jones makes one last request to the Liverpool Corporation concerning the name of the proposed reservoir. The Committee favours the historic name 'Llyn Celyn', rather than 'Llyn Tryweryn', as the 'area which will be submerged and the surrounding district has been called by the natives Cwm Celyn - thus taking the name of the tributary of the Tryweryn river. All living octogenarians still refer to the place by this name'.
Letter from Capel Celyn Defence Committee to Mr Thomas Alker, n.d. [1956?] [image 1 of 2]
  • This letter was sent to Thomas Alker, Liverpool Corporation Town Clerk, by Elizabeth M. Watkin Jones, Secretary of 'Pwyllgor Amddiffyn Capel Celyn' (the Capel Celyn Defence Committee), on 2 July 1956. The Committee had been established in March 1956, shortly after it had been announced that Liverpool Corporation was intending to build a new reservoir in the Tryweryn valley, drowning the village of Capel Celyn, north of Bala. The Committee launched a spirited campaign to oppose the proposal to drown Cwm Celyn. In addition to canvassing support from local authorities, individuals and national institutions, the Committee organised a series of protest meetings, conferences and rallies across north Wales and in the city of Liverpool. Ultimately, however, the efforts to halt the building of the new reservoir failed and on 1 August 1957 the Liverpool Corporation Act was passed. Work began on the site three years later and was completed in August 1965. In this letter, the Committee requests an urgent meeting with members of the Liverpool Corporation, 'to ensure that your City Council, and through it the people of Liverpool are aware of the grounds of the Welsh opposition to the proposed drowning of Cwm Tryweryn'. The Council had already refused this request on two occasions and the Committee members strongly urged the Council to reconsider its position.
Letter from Capel Celyn Defence Committee to Mr Thomas Alker, 2 July 1956 [image 1 of 2]
  • 'Pwyllgor Amddiffyn Capel Celyn' (the Capel Celyn Defence Committee) was established in March 1956. The Committee was formed shortly after it had been announced that Liverpool Corporation was intending to build a new reservoir in the Tryweryn valley, drowning the village of Capel Celyn, north of Bala. The following individuals were elected to serve as Committee officials: President: Rev H. W. Hughes, Fron-goch; Vice-president: Councillor David Roberts, Caefadog; Treasurer: John Abel Jones, Hafodwen; Secretary: Elizabeth M. Watkin Jones. Rev. H. W. Hughes resigned from the Committee in June 1956 as he was leaving the area and E. P. Roberts, Llanfor, was elected the new President. In September 1957, E. P. Roberts announced his resignation and David Roberts, Caefadog, was elected the new President. The Committee launched a spirited campaign to oppose the proposal to drown Cwm Celyn. In addition to canvassing support from local authorities, individuals and national institutions, the Committee organised a series of protest meetings, conferences and rallies across north Wales and in the city of Liverpool. Ultimately, however, the efforts to halt the building of the new reservoir failed and on 1 August 1957 the Liverpool Corporation Act was passed. Work began on the site three years later and was completed in August 1965.
Capel Celyn Defence Committee Minute Book, 1956-1958 [image 1 of 50]
Newspaper article regarding drowning of Cwm Tryweryn : 'New Obstacle to Water Scheme' [February 1957]
  • This letter was sent to Elizabeth M. Watkin Jones, Secretary of 'Pwyllgor Amddiffyn Capel Celyn' (the Capel Celyn Defence Committee), by the historian R. T. Jenkins, on 26 April 1956. The Defence Committee was formed in March 1956, shortly after it had been announced that Liverpool Corporation was intending to build a new reservoir in the Tryweryn valley, drowning the village of Capel Celyn, north of Bala. The Committee launched a spirited campaign to oppose the proposal to drown Cwm Celyn. In addition to canvassing support from local authorities, individuals and national institutions, the Committee organised a series of protest meetings, conferences and rallies across north Wales and in the city of Liverpool. In this letter, R. T. Jenkins thanks Elizabeth M. Watkin Jones for her letter but informs her that he cannot lend his full support to the work of the Committee. Although he opposes any scheme to supply 'foreigners' with water from Wales, he explains that he left the town of Bala over fifty years ago and cannot therefore speak with any great conviction about the advantages or disadvantages of the proposals for the locality. Ultimately, the efforts of the Committee to halt the building of the new reservoir failed and on 1 August 1957 the Liverpool Corporation Act was passed. Work began on the site three years later and was completed in August 1965.
Letter from R. T. Jenkins to E. M. Watkin Jones, Secretary of the Capel Celyn Defence Committee, 26 April 1956
  • This letter was sent to Elizabeth M. Watkin Jones, Secretary of 'Pwyllgor Amddiffyn Capel Celyn' (the Capel Celyn Defence Committee), by the Port Talbot branch of the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, on 22 December 1956. The Defence Committee was formed in March 1956, shortly after it had been announced that Liverpool Corporation was intending to build a new reservoir in the Tryweryn valley, drowning the village of Capel Celyn, north of Bala. The Committee launched a spirited campaign to oppose the proposal to drown Cwm Celyn. In addition to canvassing support from local authorities, individuals and national institutions, the Committee organised a series of protest meetings, conferences and rallies across north Wales and in the city of Liverpool. This letter is one of hundreds of letters of support sent to the Committee by various organisations across Wales. Ultimately, however, the efforts of the Committee to halt the building of the new reservoir failed and on 1 August 1957 the Liverpool Corporation Act was passed. Work began on the site three years later and was completed in August 1965.
Letter from the Port Talbot branch of the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen to the Capel Celyn Defence Committee, 22 December 1956