@SeneddWaste Her message means absolutely nothing to me. The words she is uttering are not British - I have no interest in finding out what she means either. Perhaps her โfriendsโ need to learn about our culture or go back from whence they came. It is NOT the future of Wales!
Did anyone know this was about to happen?? They are going to kill off Dartmoor Hill Ponies? This is for what These wild ponies have always been free in Dartmoor forever! This is why we must protect them because they probably want to build on this land for foreigners to be housed
@LeilaniDowding What a lovely selection. Both my hens have stopped laying. One hen has become trans and is turning into a cockerel and the other just canโt be bothered! Both pets though so it doesnโt matter!
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง In 1839 the farmers of West Wales were being crushed alive.
So they put on dresses. And declared war.
Their name was Rebecca. ๐ช
West Wales. 1839. Rent to the landlord. Tithes to the English Church. And on every road, a tollgate. You couldn't move without paying.
On the night of 13 May 1839 a crowd appeared at the Efailwen tollgate in Pembrokeshire.
Every single one of them was dressed as a woman. Long skirts. Bonnets. Shawls. Work boots visible beneath the hems.
Their leader stood at the front. They called her Rebecca.
The name came from the Bible. Genesis 24:60. "Let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them."
They destroyed the gate.
The trust rebuilt it. Rebecca came back. They destroyed it again.
The trust rebuilt it a second time. Rebecca destroyed it a third time.
The trust gave up. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
By 1843 the raids had spread across all of west Wales. Two hundred and fifty tollhouses destroyed. Two thousand people marched on the Carmarthen workhouse and tried to burn it down.
Nobody knew who Rebecca was. That was the point.
Everyone was Rebecca.
One person died. Sarah Williams. Seventy-five years old. The keeper of the Hendy tollgate, Carmarthenshire.
On the night of September 9th 1843 Rebecca came for her gate. She was ordered to leave. She refused. They set fire to the tollhouse.
She walked to her neighbour's door.
She said: "Dear, dear." And fell down dead.
Those who were caught were transported to Tasmania. Never to return. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
In 1844, Parliament passed the South Wales Turnpike Trusts Act. The hated toll on lime was halved. The trusts were brought to heel.
Two hundred and fifty gates destroyed. One act of Parliament.
The farmers won.
Nobody knows who Rebecca was. Nobody was ever identified as the leader.
Everyone was Rebecca.
Did they teach you their story? ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง
Nobody keeps these stories alive.
Unless we all do. ๐ https://t.co/rih7iKwVkN
Be Part Of Us.
Be Proud Of Us. ๐ฌ๐ง
@SeneddWaste This is appalling! If we want to experience โnew cultures, rituals, foods and tastesโ we can go and visit them in their own countries. Personally, Iโm not interested in them and I certainly donโt want halal rituals practiced in this country. Wales is Welsh.