Views of Wales

[Zoton]

I was told there's no mention of Wales on the union flag due to it being a conquered nation......Conquers are banned now so maybe a Leek or Dragon might appear in the future.....

Not quite right.It was only ever called a 'half conquered country'.

 

[FatAl]

I know King Edward was an english king who did a lot of fighting with the welsh, and built a lot of castles there to control them, but did we not end up with welsh kings as the I believe the Tudors were welsh. Can anyone confirm that once the Tudor kings took over england, english and welsh laws were combined and england and wales were amalgamated into one political entity. Whether the welsh were conquered or not, it all seems a bit irrelevent these days, considering that over the last few hundred years we've all intermarried and live on one fairly small island and share so much history.

 

[Aloonatic]

I know King Edward was an english king who did a lot of fighting with the welsh, and built a lot of castles there to control them, but did we not end up with welsh kings as the I believe the Tudors were welsh. Can anyone confirm that once the Tudor kings took over england, english and welsh laws were combined and england and wales were amalgamated into one political entity. Whether the welsh were conquered or not, it all seems a bit irrelevent these days, considering that over the last few hundred years we've all intermarried and live on one fairly small island and share so much history.

Oh it's much worse....Welsh/French!

:England No English flag?

 

[Doug]

:England No English flag?

 

[Aloonatic]

 

[Dickieboy]

Dickieboy;They are on the Ridgeway off Risca road [/quote]

They're all over Newport Allan.

If you want a good photo opportunity, on Bank Holiday Monday weather permitting the Transporter Bridge top walk way will be opened to the public, I used to walk regularly as a nipper and in those days the walkway was wonky scaffold planks, I'm taking Holley down/up there, take the bike across on the Gondola and then come back across and walk over the top.

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I was told there's no mention of Wales on the union flag due to it being a conquered nation......Conquers are banned now so maybe a Leek or Dragon might appear in the future.....

The phrase is 'Conned nation', Wales was conned by King Edward II

I have wondered why the colors of Wales is not in the union flag too.

Liv.

We don't want or need them on there Liv

 

[PW Cymru]

No water shortage in these parts