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Donna Boyce
Resistance by Owen Sheers
1944.
After the fall of Russia and the failed D-Day landings, a German counterattack lands on British soil. Within a month, half of Britain is occupied. A network of British resistance cells is all that is left to defy the German army after the government officials leave the country.
In a small Welsh border valley, the farm wives awake one morning to find that all the men in the valley are gone. With this sudden, unexplained absence, the women regroup -- an isolated, all-female community, waiting and hoping for news.
A German patrol arrives in the valley.
And winter sets in.
The author, born in Fiji and brought up in Abergavenny, South Wales, tells a captivating story of events that could have actually happened, if only …, weaving in glimpses of Welsh farm life and the beautiful landscape of the Welsh border territories in the Olchon Valley.
Available from a number of local public library systems.
Bob Donaldson
British Buckeyes : The English, Scots and Welsh in Ohio 1700-1900 by William E. Van Vugt
British Buckeyes is a book that tells the stories of the impact of these three groups and how they affected the specific economic, cultural, political, and religious history of Ohio. A very informative and interesting look at the Ohio Welsh. Published by Kent State University Press. If you wish to purchase the book, I suggest you go to the website www.addall.com, click on used or rare books and fill in the book request.
Available from Columbus Metropolitan and Westerville public libraries and a number of local educational institutions. Check www.worldcat.org.
And for those of you who don’t want to “read” – Tegwyn Lantz liked this approximately 71-minute DVD and recommends it to others.
The Genius of Wales, From the Age of Saints to the Industrial Revolution
“Saints and sinners, warrior queens and preachers, legislators and the founder of the Tudor dynasty … all came from this hauntingly beautiful land.”
A combined travel-log and tribute to 15 Welsh men and women and tells the story of each.
The Welsh poppy is a perennial herb with a yellow juice and pale yellow poppy-like flowers. Its habitat is damp, shady places on rocky ground but it is increasingly found on more open ground with less cover.
It spreads easily from small black seeds produced in the summer and is especially well-adapted to colonizing gaps and crevices in rocks and stones. This habit has enabled it to move into urban environments, growing between paving slabs and the edges of walls.
The Welsh poppy is native to Wales and also southwestern England, Ireland and Western Europe.
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On February 24, 2006, the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru adopted the Welsh poppy as its party logo. |
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_poppy
http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/POL_PRE/POPPY.html
(see article on page 1)
Blendon Woods Metro Park is located in Westerville on Old State Route 161 just east of Cherry Bottom Road, or take the Little Turtle Way exit from “new” State Route 161 (east of I-270), turn right, go to Old State Route 161 and turn right. Watch for park sign.
WSCO: (614) 470-4999 or info(at)welshsocietyofcentralohio(dot)org
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