The National Patriotic Front 1964 - 1966 - 1969 - 1970.

Antur Ysbryd Cofiwn. gethin.apgruffydd@ntlworld.com

Picture shows Toni Lewis' Patriotic Front scarf, recently I collected from Steffan ap Toni an ''inheritance'' of Toni's political archive, books, pictures and many flags one of which is shown here (Croes Naid Flag). Amongst all this material I eventually found this Patriotic Front Scarf, Toni had kept it all these years despite it being worse for wear. The idea for the scarf in it's colour arrangement came from a Nationalist Flag designed by Meic Stephens, I cannot remember how many we produced but they were very popular, unfortunatly mine disappeared many years ago. I think it will be most fitting if this Scarf is shown at this years Cilmeri rally 2006 and left at the cenotaph for duration of the ceremony, I am requesting Glyn Rowland former Gen Secretary of the patriotic Front and close freind of Toni at end of Rally to take back the Scarf and then himself secretly bury it in area of the Sacred Acre close to where Toni's ashes have been scattered. I have used Celtic design work to illustrate below in repect of Toni Lewis being an excellent Celtic Art Work Silver Smith.

THE NATIONAL PATRIOTIC FRONT 1964 - 1966 - 1969 - 1970.

This article is taken from my first draft in writting up this history for my ANM&S HIST ARCHIVE WEB SITE which I have under development, it is far from completion as I have a number of photos and other material to sort out and scan. Some photos I need permission to use from the media but have left in document below descriptions of such photos, some anyway are published in the book 'To Dream of Freedom'. Yes! this Cilmeri Commemoration blog is getting rather 'POLITICAL' and I am starting to mention a lot about INVESTITURE III and what to do about it? Treading I guess where the ''angels (or may be the cowards out) fear to tread'', so I am half expecting this Cilmeri Commemoration blog to be ''taken out'' by some kind of ''Hi - Tech'' attack or another? Thus I suggest as much is copied as possible for future ref and use by other 'Adfywiad Gwladgarol' as and when needed? If you have got to this blog it will be indirectly via 'Directories' and not in a more direct way, of course this controls as to where the blog may appear at any one time and limits it's reachout on the web. The only way to thwart this is by those with Web sites or blogs informing how patriots may access this blog and not least mention in forums, in emails and via phone texting the information. WE CAN DEFEAT THE USE OF THIS CHINA - CYMRU FORM OF CENSORSHIP OF OUR STRUGGLE AND YES IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT FUTURE ANTI - INVESTITURE CAMPAIGNERS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. SO LETS NOT LET THE B******S BEAT US.

Lotta Continua!

Alternative Nationalist Movement and Struggle History Archive 1946 - 2006.

Er Cof Am Anthony Lewis President Patriotic Front 1964 - 1970.

Picture 1968: Is of Toni Lewis being arrested at
A Patriotic Front Protest against the Investiture.

The National Patriotic Front 1964 – 1970.

Picture shows: The Early Years: Patriotic Fronters at their Patriots Rest Club in Cwmbran. Giving clenched fist 'Llywelyn Salute'. Wearing armbands bearing PF badge: An Ancient Esoteric Celtic Symbol representing: Love, Truth and Justice.

Picture: G.ap Gruffydd (c) shows Toni in later life doing what he liked doing besides the politics, here sailing off the Isle of Man. Plus the fags!!!

Introduction:

Cofia Dryweryn. Picture is of the now famous patriotic slogan mural on roadside wall out side Aberystwyth on road to Aberaeron. G.ap Gruffydd (c) 2004.

The National Patriotic Front stands fourth within context of the Alternative Nationalist Movement and Struggle has the post important patriotic development following on collapse of the first Welsh Republican Movement in 1956 (see below: Cilmeri). Following on demise of the first W.RM. Plaid Cymru between 1956 - 1960 had become more of a broad Nationalist Movement with its continuing advance into "English speaking" areas of Cymru. On demise of the first W.R.M. many of it's adherents had re joined Plaid Cymru, Republicans as Pedr Lewis, Harri Web as well as radical "Cultural Nationalist" Trefor Morgan had by the early 60's become prominent in Plaid Cymru. They were to become linked to a number of "progressive Left Nationalist" arising within ranks of Plaid Cymru, particularly in the South, new members as Emrys Roberts and as well budding "radical intellectuals" as Meic Stephens (later to become head of the Arts Council of Wales). My record of the early 60's is hazy, as upon leaving school in 1961 up to 1962 I had found work in first Measteg, later Neath and then Gorseinon. However, in 1963 my father had taken up work in Gwlad yr Haf (Somerset) and with my Mother I joined him there, where I was to work until 1964. I had become a budding Welsh Patriot in my latter years of education at Pencoed Secondary Modern (I want go into why at moment, will deal with else where) and had joined Plaid Cymru, upon leaving School and whilst in Somerset I continued to receive their party paper. This was period of the Tryweryn protests and the more I read of this, the more I wanted to return to Cymru. This I eventually did via Caerdydd and visiting the Plaid Cymru Office there I met Pedr Lewis who became a life long friend and fellow patriot. It was he who began to inform me of "radical Republicanism" and sent me to work in support of Trefor Morgan in an Election and it was from he I learnt of "radical nationalism". In 1963 the "Tryweryn Troubles" were really making big time impact which led to a rise in Plaid Cymru's membership, not least in the south amongst young "English Speaking patriots’’, fast becoming "Radical Political Nationalists". At the same time in the Universities of Bangor and Aberystwyth middle class young "Cymraeg Speakers" were becoming them selves "Politicised" and in due course the philosophy of Saunders Lewis was to make of they "Radical Cultural Nationalists". This would lead to eventually the formation of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Cymraeg and the largely "Radical Cultural Nationalist Language Struggle" that dominated much of Welsh Political life during this period. However, this is part of establishment "Official" nationalist History which is not of my particular concern, it is any way very well recorded as many of the "Radical Cultural Nationalists" of these times later became themselves members of a new "Welsh Establishment" that does not let us forget their sacrifice on behalf of "Cymraeg". My concern is on shedding light on another "Nationalist History", a largely secret history which has been pushed into the shadows and made a Secret History by ‘’Stalinisation’’ for a verity of reasons, which cannot be fully dealt with in this article but will be in time else where and quite comprehensively too.

Y Ddraig Goch: In those early days we were happy enough with one flag but that was not to last?

THE BIRTH OF THE PATRIOTIC FRONT 1964 - 66.

Picture: G.ap Gruffydd (C) 2006. This is where it all really began for me in earnest via the Bridgend Inn in Cwm Gwuan, more on this episode in my ANM&S Hist Archive Web Site.

In 1964 I journeyed to Abergwuan and took up work on a farm in the Gwuan Valley where I remained for three or more months until Plaid Cymru arrived in town with its annual conference. I gave up my job and spent much time at the conference where I met Toni Lewis and immediately struck a close friendship that was to last until he recently died in November of 2005. During our time at the conference we were both to become aware of other "Radical Young Nationalists" and a number of us spent a night pulling down Union Jacks only to be arrested and taken to local police cells. We were later to be "liberated" from this short imprisonment by none other than Pedr Lewis, who by the way was a hero to us younger elements due to the fact that he had been a "Welsh Republican Political Prisoner" in 1953. Even at this early date Toni became known as the "badge man" due to his interest in making Patriotic badges at same time Meic Stephens (later of ACW) was there promoting his design for a nationalist flag, he wanted Plaid Cymru to adopt. They did'nt but the later F.W.A. did, interestingly it was Meic's good friend Harri Web who designed the ''White Eagle Cross''. In those ''Heady 60's Days'' it was not unusual for ''Romantic" Culturalists, Intellectuals and others to support ''Welsh Radical Rebels and Revolutionaries'', up to a point that is? The Investiture campaign instigated by the Patriotic Front however was to prove a ''Scratch in the dirt" that many "budding Bourgeoisie would start to step away from and retreat to safty of ‘’Crachdom’’.

Picture G.ap Gruffydd (c) 2005: shows my ANM&S Hist Archive Collection of Welsh Nationalist Badges, some handmade by Toni Lewis. You may be interested to know that two years back the British Museum had an exhibition of Political Badges, a pro - Meibion Glyndwr badge was on show. Can you see our so called ''National Museum of Wales'' doing same? Not Likly! Although they do have 'Carlo's Investiture robes permanantly on show, have you seen them yet?

NB: I have only just began to research my records of this period and at the moment I do not have time to scour our ANM&S history archive and then write a full account and thus I shall cover main period of the Patriotic Fronts existence with a simplified TIME LINE (after the following photos)

Pic: G.ap Gruffydd (c), shows myself enroute for Newtown, on the road for Welsh Nationalism and in those days they were happy times hitch hiking and did I get to know this country. Most of my ''home town'' contempories however were doing their Route 66 to ''Hippy Festivals'' in England and reading Lord of the Rings on the way, me? I started to read all the ''wrong stuff'', yes books about the struggle in Israel, Cyprus and Aden against the English but I did retain an interest in American popular music throughout the 60's. Not ''Sais Stuff'' but at early age I was into little Richard and James Brown and later 60's Soul Music which would lead me toward the BLACK PANTHERS. Rather odd perhaps but the sound track to ''My Sixties Revolution" was not Welsh Folk Music old or new but aforementioned American music and of course Irish Rebel Music.

Picture shows Y Rhondda FWA Company, being taught how to throw an Hand Grenade or rather how to open a can of BEER. a striking thing about the 60's of course was the coming over to the cause of 100's of young ''Hwntws'' largelly English speaking southereners many from the Vallies of Glamorgan and Gwent and of course like I, deserting their tradional Socialist heritage. As for why? I will deal with in my AMM&S Hist Archive Web Site at a later date. G.ap Gruffydd (c).

Picture shows Pedr Lewis, Welsh Republican Hero one of the first ''Alternative Nationalists'' to be imprisioned by the English for his Anti - English Monarchist Activities in the 50's. (See Clif Bere's book 'Young Republicans' available from Gwasg y Lolfa.)

Pic: G.ap Gruffydd (c) shows two patriots, one myself (the other, guess who?) initiating start of the Anti - Investiture Campaign propaganda War to be continued successfully by Commandant Cayo FWA. largelly through his efforts the whole world and it's dog would know that many Cymry opposed an Englishman has Prince of Wales.

1964: Toni Lewis and Iestyn meet at Abergwuan Plaid Cymru Summer School and forge links with other radical nationalists.

1965: Tryweryn Troubles continue promoting growth of Radical nationalism, FWA at opening of Tryweryn. Plaid Cymru Machynlleth Conference, Harri Web's speech as profound effect on Lewis and Iestyn. (see Cofiwn) Plaid Summer School (also see Celtic Youth Congress) in Caernarfon prompts Lewis and Iestyn to establish the 'Anti - Sais Front'. Plaid Cymru Youth Start to organise Radical Nationalist Saturday Schools prompted by Phil Henri. P.C. Radical Young Nationalists start to ''split'', middle class toward CyIG and working class toward PF and FWA and also toward ‘’Republican Fringe'' as Gareth ap Sion and Neil ap Siencyn (see WRM reestablishment in the 1970’s).

1966: Patriots Rest Club opened in Cwmbran for ASF and later P.F. members. The Celtic Youth Congress organise trip to Ireland to celebrate 1966 - 2006. FWA march in S.F. Easter parade. At a meeting in Bridgend Town Hall the ASF becomes the National Patriotic Front. Toni Lewis writes and publishes the P.F. Philosophy: The Human Republic. PF and FWA Protest Campaign against building of the Severn bridge. P.C. Maesteg Summer School at which there is a ''split'' between P.F and ‘’radical republicans’’ away from P.C./CyIG ‘’Official/Conservitave/Cultural Nationalism’’, as result ‘’Alternative Nationalism’’ becomes more a reality. Following on this conference the N.P.F. is to make it clear it is a separate organisation and not part of the F.W.A. and issues statement to make this clear. The PF and FWA had arrived at differences of opinion on the way forward regards the FWA, the PF inspired by Phil Henri wanted the FWA to become a kind of ‘HAGANNA’ (Jewish Underground Home Army). At this time a number of radical nationalists as Phil Henri and others went to Israel to work on Kibbutz and were so influenced by recent Jewish history of the war against the English whilst ‘’Retro Republicans’’ within the FWA continued to idolise the ‘’Old IRA’’ and be stuck in the history of Ireland 1916. The P.F. however, also inspired by events in Flanders and Quebec wanted to get serious with some ‘’Militant Street Action’’ and even considered establishing a ‘FRONT MILITIA’ to this end but good sense prevailed against such. The P.F. founds the Cilmeri Patriots Rally; now entering its 40th anniversary year in 2006.N.P.F. proclaims its active opposition to investiture of an English Pretender as Prince of Wales. Lewis and Iestyn secretly with other Radical Nationalists formulate and forge ''Patriotic Alliance" against the coming Investiture, others would call it a conspiracy to stop Insult'69.

1967: N.P.F. meeting Bridgend Town Hall sets up Cymdeithas Llywelyn as body to promote opposition to the Insult' 69. Moves are made to expel the Patriotic Front from Plaid Cymru but P.F. officially moves apart from P.C. N.P.F. holds a July meeting in Machynlleth to discuss the Anti - Investiture Campaign. The Anti Investiture Campaign comes to dominate Patriotic Front Patriotic Programme. The N.P.F. reforges links with FWA but on provision it may develope its own Front Volunteers Section, street Action in Caernarfon very much on our minds not dreaming of Ireland 1916 but planning for what has become norm in radical militant street protest since, see at end Toni’s master plan regards an Air attack on Caernarfon Castle, you think it was impossible? Well think again not least those cowards who derided us. Cymdeithas Llywelyn organise the second Cilmeri Commemoration on a mainly Anti - Investiture Platform. Mudiad Amdiffyn Cymru - a Secret Underground Resistance Movement campaign against water pipelines.

1968: Another Machynlleth Meeting, rally and march under auspices of PF/Anti - Investiture Campaign Committee. During course of 1968 PF/AICC organise 3 hugely successful Anti - Investiture Protest Rallies. (See ANM&S AIC History). Mudiad Amdiffyn Cymru launches campaign against the Investiture with bomb attack on the Temple of Peace. N.P.F. organise major protests at Welsh Office and Temple of Peace, a number of ''Fronters'' are arrested. The N.P.F talks with FWA on an ''Investiture Insurrection'' to take place in Caernarfon on Investiture day. FWA/PF organises training camp at Abergwesyn, it is infiltrated by the Pro Brit Welsh S.B. FWA volunteers escape across the mountain toward Tregaron (an epic tale yet to be fully written up). The English Govt sets up a Special Squad based at Shrewsbury to neutralise ''Radical Resistance'' to Investiture. PF/FWA and other Radical Patriots begin to advance plans and preparations for the ''Caernarfon Insurrection''.

1969: Leaders of the Radical Anti - Investiture Resistance Campaign, mainly members of PF/FWA and Cymdeithas Llywelyn are arrested. The so called FWA Trial in reality was a trial of patriots involved in ''conspiracy'' to stop the Investiture. The Radical Anti - Investiture Campaign is further disrupted by S.S. harassment of Anti - Investiture Activists. The Radical Anti - Investiture Activists imprisoned or otherwise neutralized, the campaign falls to ''Moderates''. An Anti - investiture campaign led by ''Moderates'' organises a ''protest rally'' at Cilmeri to distract and thwart Caernarfon protest. Three FWA/PF Anti - Investiture Resistance leaders are jailed on 1 July 1969 same time, same day as the Investiture. Iestyn spends three more months in jail and upon his release; depressed by ''sell out'' goes into an Irish Exile for two years. Toni Lewis attempts’ sustaining the P.F. but this is difficult after members have suffered arrest and harassment.

1970: Toni Lewis publishes last issue of PF news letter, N.P.F. after only 6 years existence the National Patriotic Front demises and disbands.

NB: The above is but a research skeleton around which to flesh out a fuller history in due course, if there are any mistakes above they are purely mine and I would welcome both correction and any additional information patriots who were involved in these times may be able to provide me with. I am getting on in years and my memory is fading a most terrible thing for a ‘’remembrancer’’.

Picture: G.ap Gruffydd (c) shows myself doing my 'Grapes of Wrath' adventure in the Potato fields of Penfro, I did this for three years running and Toni joined me one week to help raise money for the funding of the Patriotic Front scarves and here hangs a funny tale I will tell at another time.

Conclusions

The National Patriotic Front is generally lost to Welsh Political History for a verity of reasons, not least prominent amongst these being that as it was closely identified with the Free Wales Army it was thought by many to be one and the same. This then became an image made stronger by the fact of the F.W.A. Anti - Investiture Conspiracy trial held at Swansea in 1969, of the 9 co - defendants three were Patriotic Front officers: Toni Lewis, Glyn Rowlands and Gethin ab Iestyn. Whilst these three and other Front members were associated with the F.W.A, one of the co defendants 'Dafydd y Dug' was not a member, nor otherwise associated with the F.W.A but was closely associated with the Patriotic Front led Anti - Investiture Campaign. All four aforementioned co - defendants were radical nationalist or republicans and most prominent as leading organisers of patriotic democratic opposition to the Investiture of the English pretender as Prince of Wales. However, 'Dafydd y Dug' as an officer of the more moderate Cymdeithas Llywelyn was certainly less guilty of any more radical resistance, whilst P.F. member and F.W.A. volunteer Glyn Rowlands was a leading activist in the Anti - Investiture Campaign Committee, his fellow P.F. co - defendants Lewis and Iestyn were more deeply involved as "architects of a conspiracy" that nearly succeeded in thwarting English plans to hold the Caernarfon Investiture. To conclude with a question:

Was the P.F. inspired, motivated and largely organised by they Anti - Investiture campaign a success or a failure? The above is not even a penultimate account of the Anti - Investiture campaign and ‘’Conspiracy’’. For now suffice to say this much. In 1968 Lewis and Iestyn summed up their chief objectives regards the Anti - Investiture Campaign as follows and quoted from Sunday Express of 7 - 1 - 68; ''We shall prove we are a nation before the eyes of the world when they have to move in armed troops to invest Charles as Prince of Wales''. The headlines of the South Wales Evening Post published that evening following the Investiture carried and stated this legend:

It's Wales' day to remember

PRINCE: POLICE, TROOPS IN BLANKET SECURITY.

Most media world wide stated the same facts and the facts were 1000's of soldiers and police were used to set up a ‘’ring of steel’’ around Caernarfon and to occupy the town's streets. 9 patriots had been imprisoned for months and three were to receive further custodial sentences. On ‘I – Day’, 100's of patriots were curtailed from going any where near Caernarfon by means of ''House Arrest Containment'' and many others by being put under 24 hour surveillance. Such facts are never hi - lighted and always played down in any ''Establishment History'', if ever the PF & FWA are referred to it is to make them look no more than ''peripheral patriots'' and their activities ''marginalised'' to the fringe. Amazingly even many nationalists have fallen for the great lie that the ''FWA Trial'' was no more than a ''State Conspiracy'' to damage Plaid Cymru, this nonsense is constantly repeated by Plaid Cymru and it's fellow travellers in the media but how is it that Plaid Cymru not only won it's first seat in the English Parliament amongst all these ''Welsh Trouble's but went on to greater and greater success? Reading the above should also make it very clear as to valuable role of the FWA in particular Cayo Evans as our chief patriotic Anti - Investiture propagandist, whose efforts won us the propaganda war to some great extent in so far as he made sure the world read the truth that not all of the Cymry were going to pull forelocks and go on bended knees to an English Prince. Then of course there was Mudiad Amdiffyn Cymru and their gallant Freedom Fighters two of whom would sadly die whilst carrying out militant resistance to the investiture on 1 July 1969. Not bad for a few "peripheral patriots" who were “politically marginalised''. To fully understand why it is as often as not our fellow Cymry who keep repeating these derogatory remarks; you really need to understand much Welsh history. One must become familiar with the concept of ''Cymric Cronyism'' that produces such as ''Welsh Anglo - Saxon Protestantism'', then one must fully understand that since the last great Welsh Rebellion ‘Adfywiad Gwladgarol 1963 – 1969’ that there has come into existence 'Yr Crachach Newydd'' (our very own Noveau Riches) - England's Client Tribe in Cymru, they are the new Welsh Establishment Collaborators with Neo - Colonialism.

All who seek to be 'Adfywiadwyr Gwladgarol' should remind themselves that it was peripheral people on the marginalised fringes of society who for much of our history following the re conquest of Cymru in the 1500's, would rise up with pitchfork and pike and proclaim 'Trech Gwlad Nag Arglwydd', a cry that echoes down the ages to inspire us.

Pic: G.ap Gruffydd (c) 2006.

THIS STORY WILL CONTINUE TO BE RESEARCHED, RECORDED AND SAVED FOR POSTERITY.

See book: To Dream Of Freedom published by Gwasg y Lolfa.

Pic: G.ap Gruffydd (c) shows Toni many years later, after events described above getting ready to fly a model aero plane with video camera. Yes it worked? Toni had done his National Service in the RAF.

INVESTITURE AFTERMATH

THE REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, James Connoly, Black Pathers, American Indian Movement and the film 'The Battle of Algiers'. I arrived in Dublin late 1969 just as the Irish Republican Movement was about to tear itself apart in the struggle beteen the ''Officials'' and the ''Provos'', I shall write more on this in my ANM&S Hist Archive Web site suffice to say for now the following: Whilst many patriots mentioned in this document were close friends and companions, also often comrades in struggle and not least in those ''rebel years'' most importantly my ''Patriotic Mentors''. However, I had to live in exile in Ireland for two years to discover ''Political Mentor's, so much regards what I ''politically'' believed in during the 60's was changed by a left radical political education I received in Ireland. This was most ironic as in 60's Wales I had deserted my own ''Red Heritage'' and opposed the Left both old and new but is to be described in another chapter: That Irish Political Education do note still moves me firmly to the radical left despite my obsession with medieval Welsh history and our Cymric Aristocratic Princes. This is my perhaps my foolish heart speaking but my brain keeps me with the ‘Broithers to the Ox’ and our own "Bare Foot Welsh Doggis", not least then of course with those who on 31 May 1831 raised high a Red Flag on Hirwaun Common and a few days later raised that same Red Flag on 3 June 1831 again outside the Castle Inn, Merthyr Tudful in continuing struggle for liberty over tyrrany, oppression and injustice. Yes! It would appear that I am as much confused regards my politics as the ''Welsh Republicans'' I often condemn for attending the Cilmeri Rally but I am ''Shaking the grass from between my toes and once more treading the coal dust''. I admit this Cilmeri Commemoration tribute blog is a way of puting the lid on my ''Nationalist Box'' but come what may, I still do not want an ENGLISHMAN AS PRINCE OF WALES! FULL STOP!

Having got that off my chest, read on: INVESTITURE III – It’s on the way for sure!

There was no Welsh opposition to the 1911 Investiture but terrific resistance to the 1969 Investiture, so what about the third Investiture? On its way be sure of that. What ever, be sure of a number of things:

1: They are already organising for it well in advance, they already have a committee and plans.

2: The Brit Security Services are already alerted to look for the potential next Anti - Investiture leadership to ''take them out of the picture'' and curtail other potential Anti - Investiture Activists.

3: Be prepared for major treachery particularly from some of those who may have opposed it in 1969, Guess which class? YES! Y Crachach Newydd – England’s Client Tribe in Wales.

4: Next time Opposition and Resistance will be tougher as our opponents will be equipped to use technology, so nationalist must learn how to effectivelly use too. take tips from Anti - Globalist Activists.

5: They will use the media like it's never been used before to make sure the campaign gets no where and do note all Welsh Media stand to make much money out of an Investiture.

6: This time around they have more laws to use against activists and will use them fully.

7: This time they are forewarned and have learnt lessons the hard way.

8: Potential activists groups are already infiltrated with sleeper informers.

9: Talk of Guns and bombs, forget it as the state is armed to annihilate any one most effectively.

10: Have I forgotten any thing? More than likely. I will be sitting the next one out, so those amongst you who will be young still young enough to be engaged in struggle better start thinking about it and planning?

11: Study all books on Civil Disobediance and Civilian Passive Resistance, Study Strategy and Tactics of the Environment Movement and others of similar ideology, they are good at Protests.

12: Start to identify all pro - ''Carlist'' elements in Cymru, that is agencies and individuals who are likly to collaborate in assisting the English Government in foisting another English Pretender upon our home land and people. In time you will appeal to their ''Patriotism'' not to sell their country for ''SAXON SHILLINGS''.

DRAGON BRIT WATCH.

So where does one start and indeed how can one begin to mount opposition and resistance to the next investiture? Well for starters start to think about it and remember if the men of 16 Medi 1400 had done a similar list and then thought the odds too great, there would have been no Welsh History worth talking about in the 15th Century. However, this time around, pleases don't call me - I will call you OK! I am too old to throw smoke bombs and certainly too old to go to jail again especially has now I like my home compforts. Hopefully what I have wrote thus far is not puting my name on any list for containment or getting otherwise ‘’knobbled’’.

To Follow Shortly More Information On The Anti - Investiture Campaign 1966 - 1969.

Yn Ffyddlon.

Gethin ap Gruffydd.

ANM&S History Archivist.

DOVES FLEE BEFORE EAGLES (another cryptic message?). I cannot believe I just said that, am not going to make many freinds in 'Plaid Poppy' circles that's for sure.

I cannot possibly depart this posting with out illustrating with yet another White Eagle and this one is indeed a special one, hand silk screen printed by myself and my brother in a garage and within days a large number of these were pasted around Bridgend. A three person group had gone out, I think we learnt this from a book on Israeli Resistance to the English, one person goes forward at point as look out and marks poster position with chalk, second person dabs on the paste and third person sticks up poster whilst first person keeps eye out to fore and rear. Best time to carry out this work is just after dawn, going to work time more condusive than looking like burglars lurking around at night and thus more likly to be stopped. Plus of course in day light you can see just who is about, as at night you can so easy walk into some one, as my brother and I did in Brittany. Yes we suprised a Breton Nationalist ''slogan squad'' and boy were they relieved we were not the Police and that we stayed to help them for a while. of course this wonderful patriotic pass time has been knocked on the head by CCTV.

Pic: G.ap Gruffydd (c). Permission needed to reproduce any and all images in this or other postings unless otherwise stated OK!

G.Gruffydd.