Wrecsam

[K23]

They speak proper Welsh up there as well mind. None of this kitchen Welsh or Wenglish. I know they have Scouse accents(In wrexham any way) but realistically speaking North Walians are just as Welsh, if not moreso, than South Walians. They are ALL fking strange though. As Monmouth would attest.
The Patagonia shirt is cute. We have should have thought of that. I always remember one of the Aregentine internationals on one of the FootballManager/ChampionshipManager games had Welsh as a 2nd language. In fact there were two. Gabriel Batistuta and Gabriel Heinze . It looks like a nice shirt. I used to wear an Argentina shirt when living and working in England becuase it was funny. Research several contentious England vs Argentina games for context(Maradona/Beckham)

When I lived in Swansea, there were no Welsh lessons in school and I don't recall ever hearing Welsh spoken in the south but a couple of months before my 11th birthday, my family upped sticks and moved to Llandudno on the N Wales coast and on my first day at my new primary school, I was being taught Welsh and this continued during my 1st year in grammar school until I was able to drop it but I never caught up as I was too many years behind my classmates. I would say there were about 25-30% of my year who were fluent in Welsh and I would hear it used regularly outside of school and almost exclusively in more rural areas so it was definitely far more widely spoken than in the south. This was in the early 60s so I would imagine the proportion of fluent Welsh speakers will have dropped considerably by now but in my experience, the North was definitely far more 'Welsh' than the south. Not sure how Welsh Wrexham would have been though, being so close the English border.

 

[Ronald Parp]

When I lived in Swansea, there were no Welsh lessons in school and I don't recall ever hearing Welsh spoken in the south but a couple of months before my 11th birthday, my family upped sticks and moved to Llandudno on the N Wales coast and on my first day at my new primary school, I was being taught Welsh and this continued during my 1st year in grammar school until I was able to drop it but I never caught up as I was too many years behind my classmates. I would say there were about 25-30% of my year who were fluent in Welsh and I would hear it used regularly outside of school and almost exclusively in more rural areas so it was definitely far more widely spoken than in the south. This was in the early 60s so I would imagine the proportion of fluent Welsh speakers will have dropped considerably by now but in my experience, the North was definitely far more 'Welsh' than the south. Not sure how Welsh Wrexham would have been though, being so close the English border.

There was no Welsh when I was in primary school. There was a Welsh school next door where the hambones and Welshies went, a fraction the size of my school. You wouldn’t have heard Welsh spoken n Swansea when I was a kid.

 

[ABSwan]

When I was in school Welsh was a compulsory subject until 12, I think 12 anyway.

 

[Malaga]

Did O level welsh, I think occasionally assemblies were in welsh although memory isn't what it used to be

Got a C if I remember

 

[Neath_Jack]

Last Christmas there were more Welsh speakers sat in my old girls living room then English speakers. All immediate family. 30 years ago there would have been zero Welsh speakers in that room

 

[monmouth]

When I was in school Welsh was a compulsory subject until 12, I think 12 anyway.

Yeah, me too. Parrotface Davies sprayed us with saliva in Penlan until we could get out. I wish I'd stuck with it now, but not the Parrot, he was shite.

 

[jackjackjackjack]

In Porthcawl I did Latin.

 

[K23]

In Porthcawl I did Latin.

I did Latin to O level. Never thought I'd ever use it but last year, at the age of 72, I had my first tattoo done in Latin!

 

[Muteswan]

I did Latin to O level. Never thought I'd ever use it but last year, at the age of 72, I had my first tattoo done in Latin!

Carpe diem

 

[Muteswan]

Yeah, me too. Parrotface Davies sprayed us with saliva in Penlan until we could get out. I wish I'd stuck with it now, but not the Parrot, he was shite.

Was that Skinny Davies?

 

[Swanjaxs]

Did O level welsh, I think occasionally assemblies were in welsh although memory isn't what it used to be

Got a C if I remember

O level! Fuk me

 

[monmouth]

Was that Skinny Davies?

No. He was porky as well as spitty.

 

[K23]

Carpe diem

Not quite

 

[gadget1974]

There was no Welsh when I was in primary school. There was a Welsh school next door where the hambones and Welshies went, a fraction the size of my school. You wouldn’t have heard Welsh spoken n Swansea when I was a kid.

When was that?

 

[Dillwyn the Dog]

They speak proper Welsh up there as well mind. None of this kitchen Welsh or Wenglish. I know they have Scouse accents(In wrexham any way) but realistically speaking North Walians are just as Welsh, if not moreso, than South Walians. They are ALL fking strange though. As Monmouth would attest.
The Patagonia shirt is cute. We have should have thought of that. I always remember one of the Aregentine internationals on one of the FootballManager/ChampionshipManager games had Welsh as a 2nd language. In fact there were two. Gabriel Batistuta and Gabriel Heinze . It looks like a nice shirt. I used to wear an Argentina shirt when living and working in England becuase it was funny. Research several contentious England vs Argentina games for context(Maradona/Beckham)

They don’t. Youre thinking of Gwynedd and Anglesey - Clwyd is like a northern Monmouthshire quite anglicized