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  • The poem 'Clychau'r Gog' (Bluebells) by R. Williams Parry, written in his own hand. The original title of the poem was 'Blodau'r Gog'. It was published in 'Cerddi'r Gaeaf' (1952). R. Williams Parry (1884-1956) was born in Tal-y-sarn in the Nantlle valley. The writers and scholars T. H. Parry-Williams and Thomas Parry were his cousins. He spent two years at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, but left in 1904 without graduating and became an elementary teacher. He resumed his studies in 1907 at Bangor University and graduated the following year. He worked as a teacher at several schools across Wales before returning to the university at Bangor as a lecturer. He won the chair at the National Eisteddfod in 1910 for his 'awdl' (ode) entitled 'Yr Haf' (The Summer) which was later published in the volume 'Yr Haf a Cherddi Eraill' (1924). He stopped writing for a period during the 1920s but was inspired to recommence in 1936, following the furore which surrounded the burning of the boming school at Penyberth by three prominent Welsh nationalists, namely Saunders Lewis, D. J. Williams and Lewis Valentine. Williams Parry was angered by the decision of the University of Wales to dismiss Saunders Lewis for his part in the act, and began writing a number of political poems, such as 'J. S. L' and 'Y Gwrthodedig' (The Rejected). These poems were published in his second volume 'Cerddi'r Gaeaf' (1952).
Copy of the poem 'Blodau'r Gog' by R. Williams Parry in his own hand, 31 May 1932 [image 1 of 2]
  • This is the admission ticket of Mr J. T. Williams, Welsh Board of Health, Market St, Caernarfon, to the Caernarfon Winter Assizes, 13 October 1936, to the trial of Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine and D. J. Williams. On 8 September 1936, the three defendents, all of whom were prominent members of Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru (the Welsh Nationalist Party), had deliberately set fire to a 'bombing school' which was being built at Penyberth, near Pwllheli.
Admission ticket to the trial of Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine and D. J. Williams, Caernarfon Assizes, 1936 [image 1 of 2]
  • The curved back chair in this image is known as 'cader Jaci Penrhiw' as it once belonged to D. J. Williams and his family, the writer who immortalized the village of Rhydcymerau, Carmarthenshire in his book, 'Hen Dy Ffarm' (1953). He is said to have used this chair at the table during mealtimes. D. J. Williams (1885-1970), was born in Rhydcymerau, Carmarthenshire. He was one of the founding members of Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru (the Welsh Nationalist Party, est. 1925) and along with Saunders Lewis and Lewis Valentine, took part in the symbolic act of setting fire to the bombing school at Penyberth, on the Llyn Peninsula, in 1936.
'Cader Jaci Penrhiw': chair from Rhydcymerau, 19th century
  • Photographed by Geoff Charles. The writer, D. J. Williams (1885-1970), was born in Rhydcymerau, Carmarthenshire. He was one of the founding members of Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru (the Welsh Nationalist Party, est. 1925) and along with Saunders Lewis and Lewis Valentine, took part in the symbolic act of setting fire to the bombing school at Penyberth, on the Llyn Peninsula, in 1936.
D. J. Williams, Fishguard, addressing the Parliament for Wales Rally, Machynlleth, 1 January 1950