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Welsh History Podcast
by Evergreen Podcasts
Welsh History Podcast tells the story of Wales from the early stone age to present day.
Episodes
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Episode 275 - The Guns of Llanelli
On a warm Saturday afternoon in August 1911, in a tinplate town in Carmarthenshire, a nervous magistrate mumbled the words of the Riot Act to a crowd that could barely hear him, a major of the Worcestershire Regiment gave an order, and soldiers of the British Army fired live rounds into the back...
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Roman Britain Episode 14 - Humanitus
With the arrival of the Romans comes the establishment of a new trade centre and importantly the flood of the symbols of their version of civilization changing the makeup of south eastern Britain. Follow us on social media:Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook:...
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Roman Britain Episode 14 - Humanitus
With the arrival of the Romans comes the establishment of a new trade centre and importantly the flood of the symbols of their version of civilization changing the makeup of south eastern Britain. Follow us on social media:Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook:...
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Episode 274 – The House at the Edge of Town
Every town in Wales had one. You knew where it was. You knew what it was for. And you spent your whole life hoping you would never have to walk through its gate. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider...
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Episode 274 – The House at the Edge of Town
Every town in Wales had one. You knew where it was. You knew what it was for. And you spent your whole life hoping you would never have to walk through its gate. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider...
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Episode 273 – The Welsh Wizard and the People's Game
With a new century comes the true professional game that is at the centre of Wales even today and the first Welsh superstar. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at:...
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Episode 273 – The Welsh Wizard and the People's Game
With a new century comes the true professional game that is at the centre of Wales even today and the first Welsh superstar. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at:...
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Roman Britain Episode 13 - Nomen et Fama
In this episodes it is a tale of two versions of the man. First, we will follow the real Caratacus through his war, his defeat, his betrayal, and the extraordinary scene of his speech before an emperor. In the second, we will follow his afterlife, the long tail of tradition, poetry, painting,...
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Roman Britain Episode 13 - Nomen et Fama
In this episodes it is a tale of two versions of the man. First, we will follow the real Caratacus through his war, his defeat, his betrayal, and the extraordinary scene of his speech before an emperor. In the second, we will follow his afterlife, the long tail of tradition, poetry, painting,...
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Episode 272 - Last Man Standing: Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn
A special episode where I sit down with Charlie Leah, author of Last Man Standing: Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, Prince of Powys about the life of Gruffydd and his desire to clear his name from accusations of history. You can find his book at the link below. Last Man Standing: Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn,...
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Episode 272 - Last Man Standing: Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn
A special episode where I sit down with Charlie Leah, author of Last Man Standing: Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, Prince of Powys about the life of Gruffydd and his desire to clear his name from accusations of history. You can find his book at the link below. Last Man Standing: Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn,...
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Episode 271 - From the Cottage to the Cabinet
This episode I talk about the remarkable and controversial life of David Lloyd George. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic...
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Episode 271 - From the Cottage to the Cabinet
This episode I talk about the remarkable and controversial life of David Lloyd George. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic...
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Episode 270 - The Rise of the Labour Party
The story of the founding of the Labour Party, runs straight through Wales. Not around it. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic...
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Episode 270 - The Rise of the Labour Party
The story of the founding of the Labour Party, runs straight through Wales. Not around it. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic...
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Roman Britain Episode 12 - Ferro et Fossa
The Fosse Way is a mighty road from Lincoln to Exeter which acts as a the spine of the Roman campaign a bridge between two legions and we are going to talk about it today. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please...
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Roman Britain Episode 12 - Ferro et Fossa
The Fosse Way is a mighty road from Lincoln to Exeter which acts as a the spine of the Roman campaign a bridge between two legions and we are going to talk about it today. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please...
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Episode 269 – There is No Traitor in this House
In this episode we are going to Bethesda. And we are going to tell the story of the Great Strike at the Penrhyn Quarry, which began on the twenty second of November 1900 and did not end until November 1903. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook:...
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Episode 269 – There is No Traitor in this House
In this episode we are going to Bethesda. And we are going to tell the story of the Great Strike at the Penrhyn Quarry, which began on the twenty second of November 1900 and did not end until November 1903. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook:...
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Episode 268 - The Peak and the Pit
At the height of Wale's economic power King Coal ran much of the Welsh valleys. But that success came at a price and we are going to talk about the negligence that led to the Senghenydd mining disaster. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook:...
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Episode 268 - The Peak and the Pit
At the height of Wale's economic power King Coal ran much of the Welsh valleys. But that success came at a price and we are going to talk about the negligence that led to the Senghenydd mining disaster. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook:...
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Roman Britain Episode 11 - Instrumenta Servitutis
Claudius may have accepted all the surrenders and made his way back to Rome but there was still a lot of work to do. And it was just the beginning. Follow us on social media: Instagram, X and Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming…
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Roman Britain Episode 11 - Instrumenta Servitutis
Claudius may have accepted all the surrenders and made his way back to Rome but there was still a lot of work to do. And it was just the beginning. Follow us on social media: Instagram, X and Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming…
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Episode 267 – The Rise of Reading Rooms
It was at a time when many were considering with concern the role of children in society and protecting them from having to work early in life. With it came a new sense that literacy was critical in this new age. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: @Welshhistorypod…
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Episode 267 – The Rise of Reading Rooms
It was at a time when many were considering with concern the role of children in society and protecting them from having to work early in life. With it came a new sense that literacy was critical in this new age. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky and Twitter: @Welshhistorypod…
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Welsh History Podcast 10th Anniversary
A little belated but it has been 10 years since I started the podcast so I wanted to chat about it. Follow us on social media:Instagram, Bluesky: @WelshhistorypodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcastPlease consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music:...
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Welsh History Podcast 10th Anniversary
A little belated but it has been 10 years since I started the podcast so I wanted to chat about it. Follow us on social media:Instagram, Bluesky: @WelshhistorypodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcastPlease consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music:...
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Episode 266 - Advancing the Classroom
From 1890 to 1913 Wales saw a revolution in the classroom. As education into secondary schools were advancing for the first time for middle class and lower class students. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please...
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Episode 266 - Advancing the Classroom
From 1890 to 1913 Wales saw a revolution in the classroom. As education into secondary schools were advancing for the first time for middle class and lower class students. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please...
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Roman Britain Episode 10 - Ad Terras Ignotas
It has finally arrived, the Romans under Claudius begin the invasion of Britain. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse -...
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Roman Britain Episode 10 - Ad Terras Ignotas
It has finally arrived, the Romans under Claudius begin the invasion of Britain. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music: Celtic Impulse -...
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Episode 265 - The Social Gospel Movement in Wales
From the pulpits to the pits ideas about how to protect the poor, support the worker and represent Christian values were changing in a new movement the Social Gospelers. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please...
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Episode 265 - The Social Gospel Movement in Wales
From the pulpits to the pits ideas about how to protect the poor, support the worker and represent Christian values were changing in a new movement the Social Gospelers. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please...
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Episode 264- The Tonypandy Riots and Labour Unrest
In this episode we are heading deep into the Rhondda Valley — into the smoke and the steam, the solidarity and the fury — for one of the most dramatic and consequential episodes in the history of Wales and of the British labour movement. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky:...
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Episode 264- The Tonypandy Riots and Labour Unrest
In this episode we are heading deep into the Rhondda Valley — into the smoke and the steam, the solidarity and the fury — for one of the most dramatic and consequential episodes in the history of Wales and of the British labour movement. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky:...
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Roman Britain Episode 09 - Verba Rerum Testes
In this episode we focus in on the authors of Roman Britain's history and how they defined our understanding. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at:...
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Roman Britain Episode 09 - Verba Rerum Testes
In this episode we focus in on the authors of Roman Britain's history and how they defined our understanding. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at:...
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Episode 263 – The Worst in the World
Railways crisscrossed across Wales. It was a network designed not for Wales, but through Wales. A network that tied valleys to ports, and ports to England. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider…
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Episode 263 – The Worst in the World
Railways crisscrossed across Wales. It was a network designed not for Wales, but through Wales. A network that tied valleys to ports, and ports to England. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider…
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Episode 262 - Healing the Valleys, Medicine in Wales
A time before the NHS, before universal care, before the idea that healthcare might be something guaranteed. And yet, in this period, we begin to see something remarkable. The foundations of that future being built, often not by governments, but by communities themselves. Follow us on social…
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Episode 262 - Healing the Valleys, Medicine in Wales
A time before the NHS, before universal care, before the idea that healthcare might be something guaranteed. And yet, in this period, we begin to see something remarkable. The foundations of that future being built, often not by governments, but by communities themselves. Follow us on social…
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Roman Britain Episode 08 - Consilium Imperii
In 41 CE, Rome did something unexpected. It made an emperor out of a man who had spent most of his life being ignored. That man was Claudius. Photos in this episode Proclaiming Claudius Emperor by Lawrence Alma-Tadema http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=13471, Public Domain,...
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Roman Britain Episode 08 - Consilium Imperii
In 41 CE, Rome did something unexpected. It made an emperor out of a man who had spent most of his life being ignored. That man was Claudius. Photos in this episode Proclaiming Claudius Emperor by Lawrence Alma-Tadema http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=13471, Public Domain,...
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Episode 261 - 1905, The Season That Made a Nation
By the early twentieth century, rugby was not simply popular in Wales. It was emotional infrastructure. It was civic ritual. And in 1905 a game between Wales and New Zealand would set Rugby Union at the heart of Welsh national pride. Photo :Credited to Bowden Brothers photography - [1] Digitised...
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Episode 261 - 1905, The Season That Made a Nation
By the early twentieth century, rugby was not simply popular in Wales. It was emotional infrastructure. It was civic ritual. And in 1905 a game between Wales and New Zealand would set Rugby Union at the heart of Welsh national pride. Photo :Credited to Bowden Brothers photography - [1] Digitised...
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Roman Britain Episode 7 - Britannia Divisa
Because we have so little written history it might seem that Britain was relatively static in the Iron Age. Britain, however, was not frozen in time. It was dynamic. And that dynamism, that competition between kingdoms and elites, created the conditions that made Roman intervention possible.…
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Roman Britain Episode 7 - Britannia Divisa
Because we have so little written history it might seem that Britain was relatively static in the Iron Age. Britain, however, was not frozen in time. It was dynamic. And that dynamism, that competition between kingdoms and elites, created the conditions that made Roman intervention possible.…
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Episode 260 - Daughters of Cambria: The Welsh Women’s Movement
For centuries, the history of Wales was written as a history of men—of coal miners, ironmasters, and preachers. But by the 1880s, a quiet revolution was brewing in the valleys and coastal towns. Welsh women were no longer content to be the "angels of the hearth." Follow us on social media:...
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Episode 260 - Daughters of Cambria: The Welsh Women’s Movement
For centuries, the history of Wales was written as a history of men—of coal miners, ironmasters, and preachers. But by the 1880s, a quiet revolution was brewing in the valleys and coastal towns. Welsh women were no longer content to be the "angels of the hearth." Follow us on social media:...
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Freeform Episode 23 - The Return
Jonathan has returned to the UK and talks about what he wants to do now that he has returned. Follow us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky: @Welshhistorypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welshhistorypodcast Please consider becoming a supporter at: http://patreon.com/WelshHistory Music…
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Welsh History Podcast tells the story of Wales from the early stone age to present day.
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