Dangos 3 canlyniad

Three files of correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other papers, 1969-1984, compiled by Raymond Garlick in support of the 1970s campaign of non-violent direct action concerning the status of the Welsh language, in which his wife and children were involved. The files contain papers relating to the use of Welsh during court proceedings involving protesters, and in prisons (ff. 1-133) and the actions of the police during various protests and court appearances (ff. 134-219) as well as general documents and correspondence (ff. 220-343).
The correspondents include various judges and court officials (ff. 1, 11-12, 42-44, 65-66, 70, 74, 82-83, 104, 111, 208, 224), the Home Office (ff. 2-5, 56-58, 75), the National Council for Civil Liberties (ff. 6-7, 101, 173, 183, 261-262, 318-319), the Lord Chancellor’s office (ff. 9-10, 29, 34-38, 45-48, 94, 310-313), the Law Society (ff. 20-28, 102-103), Dyfed-Powys Constabulary (ff. 134-148, 184-185, 191, 210-212), South Wales Constabulary (ff. 149-151, 186-188, 193-195, 197-200), Gwynedd Constabulary (ff. 152-156, 177, 180, 182, 204-205), Manchester and Salford Police (ff. 169-171), the BBC (ff. 324-334, 336-337), newspapers including the Times and the Western Mail (ff. 49-50, 52, 54, 68-69, 73, 84, 107-108, 110, 116, 119, 121, 172, 196, 226, 234), and Welsh members of parliament including Gwynoro Jones (ff. 59-60, 178-179, 181, 201-203, 309) and Tom Ellis (ff. 117, 258, 268-271, 280-282). Also included are papers relating to the memorandum on the workings of the Welsh Language Act (1967) submitted to Lord Justice Edmund Davies in 1972 by the National Council for Civil Liberties (ff. 263-300, 303-304, 314-317). Other items of interest are letters in Welsh, from Dafydd Iwan, 5 June 1969, concerning the demonstration against Prince Charles’s attendance at the Urdd eisteddfod (f. 220) and from Iestyn Garlick to his parents, 19 April 1972, while on remand at H.M. Remand Centre, Cardiff (f. 252).

Papers, 1970-1988, relating to the legal status of the Welsh language, accumulated by Tom Ellis while he was Labour MP for Wrexham, mainly comprising correspondence between himself and Raymond Garlick, 1971-1979, 1988 (ff. 1-171 verso). They relate mainly to court cases concerned with the language campaign in the 1970s and contain references to the operation of the Welsh Language Act 1967 and to the activities of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg and other groups. Press cuttings and other related papers forming part of this group are NLW ex 1045.

File includes Cytuno ar Gynulliad ar gyfer y 1990au / Agreeing an Assembly for the 1990s, (1989); Pam fod angen Senedd i Gymru - 10 cwestiwn ac ateb / Why we need a Parliament for Wales - 10 Questions and Answers, (1994); John Cox, Fair Votes for Wales (1996); and Tom Ellis and John Osmond, Rhoi'r bobl yn gyntaf: Ethol Cynulliad i Gymru / Putting the people first: Electing a Welsh Assembly (1996).