My ancestors farmed the valley for generations. With the destruction of their farm they relocated to Welshpool before settling in Oswestry. Thank you for bringing history alive, as sad as it is.
Along with my family I feel privileged to have lived in nearby Bala for the past 34 years. Surrounded by breathtakingly natural beauty. A wonderful video . Well done.
Wonderful film. I am from the USA and my ancestors were from this area. I recently had the pleasure of visiting Wales and the Lake Vyrnwy area. It is so beautiful. Thank you for an interesting and informative video.
My son enjoyed taking his girlfriend here on picnic trips after asking my mum's advice for "day out" ideas. Since he passed in 2020 I've visited on occasion so I could see why both he and my parents fell in love with the area, I'm now moving only a short drive away... Thank you for this wonderful video.
Very interesting and informative. My great grandfather was William Richards who with his wife Ann ran a shop and the post office shown in the video. My widowed grandfather moved with his children to Canada in 1885 as the village was being dismantled.
My 3rd great grandfather Thomas owen griffiths was the parish clerk and was in charge of transporting the graves to the other church before the village was flooded
This was a real treat and absolute pleasure to watch. So eloquently told, really lovely music and the sounds of the water was just magical. It would be great to see more content like this. Much appreciation & kindness from Edinburgh ☮️💜🙏🏻🤗
I go to Wales about once a month for a day out in fact I have been there today i have been going there since 1969 and never get bored with it it’s just one of my happy places in Wales, today I did 280 miles and enjoyed every minute of the drive once I got out of Birmingham
Thank you very much for this wonderful story. We have lived in this area for many years and you have found a way to bring it more to life than ever for us. Fascinating research and a gentle manner make this all a meaningful and charming experience.
I stayed here once years ago and out of curiosity wondered what info was out there. This is a well-produced, well-researched, fascinating and somewhat poignant video. Far more information here than Google provides. A lot of 'old-fashioned' research must have gone into this. Everyone involved should be proud!
Tim . Yes I agree..a very well make and interesting little film. Obviously a great deal of hard work and sheer love went into the making of this minor masterpiece.
Absolutely wonderful!! I love this area, I feel a deep connection with the land... Perhaps its because originally my family comes from the hills near by efyrnwy... Thanks very much for this
Excellent. Very well researched and presented. The story of the lost village is a poignant one (whatever the wider benefits that ultimately justified its loss).
It was so sad that the English government railroaded and took the decision to flood this beautiful valley They protested and they were spat on . Even today you ask the English where to do your water from They absolutely don't know . But us Welsh have never forgotten.😞🏴
Although her name slips my mind,I remember the the Lady who works in the tourist information centre very well.She worked in the Lake vyrnwy hotel for many years and her husband ( I think Mervyn) worked for the water board and was good enough to show me and my grandfather around inside the straining tower.Happy memories
@@raybeaumont7670 Dydan mi ddim yn perchen y glaw - ond mae'r glaw yn disgyn ar dir Cymru - sydd ddim yn eiddo i'r Cymry chwaith......Mae Lloegr yn cael 26% o'i dwr o Gymru â'r Alban. Pe bai Cymru neu'r Alban yn wledydd annibynol - Fe fedrid codi tâl sylweddol am hyn. Mae gwledydd eraill yn gwerthu dwr - Pam ddim felly Cymru neu'r Alban?
@@raybeaumont7670 Rwy'n cytuno'n llwyr â'r gosodiad cyntaf - ar hyn o bryd o leiaf ,nid oes llawer o ofyn am annibyniaeth Cymreig - ond mae'r mudiad 'Yes Cymru' yn cynyddu mewn poblogrwydd tra bod mwy o Gymry yn dod yn fwy wleidyddol ymwybodol. Mi fydd yr Alban yn annibynol o fewn degawd,mi fydd gogledd Iwerddon yn peidio â bod mewn cenedlaeth ar ol iddynt ymuno â'g Iwerddon unedig. Mi fydd hwn yn gadael y sefyllfa o Loegr a Chymru 'Englandandwales' mewn unrhyw fath o 'undod' fydd yn weddill .Beth fydd y canlyniad o hyn ? Mi fydd Cymru yn cael ei lyncu gan Loegr - a'i thrîn fel rhyw fath o 'western region' - wy'n gobeithio y bydd mwy o Gymry yn sylweddoli hyn ac yn deffro o'i trwmgwsg 'Prydeinllyd' Cyn i'r sefyllfa hyn ddigwydd. O rhan yr ail osodiad ; anghywir - nid yw Cymru wedi bod yn dywysogaeth ers 1542. Mae'n amlwg taw Sais sydd am bryfocio wy ti - ond deg mas o ddeg am fynd i'r ymdrech â ddefnyddio 'google translate'.
@@cymro6537 Dydw i ddim yn Sais - cefais fy ngeni a fy magu ym mhalasen y Sir. Dwi'n byw yn y Rhondda Fawr. Roedd fy ngwraig yn siaradwr Cymraeg naturiol ac aeth fy mhlant i ysgolion Canolig Cymru. Roedd hi'n aelod gweithgar o Meibion Glyndwr. Nid oes angen Google Tarnslate arnaf - ond diolch am y syniad. Hwyl!
This was colonial bullying. England, if it wants Trident, should house it in England. If England wants water, it should flood its own valleys, if England wants steel, coal, oil, it should use its own instead of stealing the spoils of its colonial outpost. Leave Wales and Scotland alone, we've suffered enough.
My ancestors farmed the valley for generations. With the destruction of their farm they relocated to Welshpool before settling in Oswestry. Thank you for bringing history alive, as sad as it is.
Along with my family I feel privileged to have lived in nearby Bala for the past 34 years. Surrounded by breathtakingly natural beauty.
A wonderful video . Well done.
Wonderful film. I am from the USA and my ancestors were from this area. I recently had the pleasure of visiting Wales and the Lake Vyrnwy area. It is so beautiful. Thank you for an interesting and informative video.
My son enjoyed taking his girlfriend here on picnic trips after asking my mum's advice for "day out" ideas.
Since he passed in 2020 I've visited on occasion so I could see why both he and my parents fell in love with the area, I'm now moving only a short drive away...
Thank you for this wonderful video.
Very interesting and informative. My great grandfather was William Richards who with his wife Ann ran a shop and the post office shown in the video. My widowed grandfather moved with his children to Canada in 1885 as the village was being dismantled.
Very interesting - its good that there are ancestors like you to make sure the story is never forgotten
My 3rd great grandfather Thomas owen griffiths was the parish clerk and was in charge of transporting the graves to the other church before the village was flooded
Fascinating and important historical record. Great engineering feats.
This was a real treat and absolute pleasure to watch. So eloquently told, really lovely music and the sounds of the water was just magical. It would be great to see more content like this. Much appreciation & kindness from Edinburgh ☮️💜🙏🏻🤗
I go to Wales about once a month for a day out in fact I have been there today i have been going there since 1969 and never get bored with it it’s just one of my happy places in Wales, today I did 280 miles and enjoyed every minute of the drive once I got out of Birmingham
Thank you very much for this wonderful story. We have lived in this area for many years and you have found a way to bring it more to life than ever for us. Fascinating research and a gentle manner make this all a meaningful and charming experience.
I found this very interesting I visit Lake Vyrnwy frequently and this video is extremely informative thank you
I stayed here once years ago and out of curiosity wondered what info was out there. This is a well-produced, well-researched, fascinating and somewhat poignant video. Far more information here than Google provides. A lot of 'old-fashioned' research must have gone into this. Everyone involved should be proud!
Tim . Yes I agree..a very well make and interesting little film. Obviously a great deal of hard work and sheer love went into the making of this minor masterpiece.
Here from Geowizard
Beautiful Wales...magnificent Britain...bless you.
Ready for Drowning brought me here and I am excited to see this
Different reservoir (Treweryn in the 1960s) but same politics.
Done a lot of work at lake Vyrnwy in the nineties for STW absolutely beautiful place
A real gem -thank you for posting
Fabulous documentary! Great watch.
Thankyou for this wonderful insight to a lovely place.
Absolutely wonderful!! I love this area, I feel a deep connection with the land... Perhaps its because originally my family comes from the hills near by efyrnwy... Thanks very much for this
Very interesting the histoty part particularly . but I appreciated all of it.
Imagine using your tap and knowing that there was once a village in that water
Delightful and fascinating story. Thank you.
Really interesting, thanks for doing it!!
my great great grandfather worked on the dam construction. he was from one of the flooded villages.
Excellent. Very well researched and presented. The story of the lost village is a poignant one (whatever the wider benefits that ultimately justified its loss).
Excellent video
Thank you this video is awesome
It was so sad that the English government railroaded and took the decision to flood this beautiful valley They protested and they were spat on . Even today you ask the English where to do your water from They absolutely don't know . But us Welsh have never forgotten.😞🏴
The 'Good OLd Days. WHEN EVERYONE KNEW EVERYONE,
Yea and when everyone knew that Jesus is the only way to heaven and eternal life , by faith in alone in Christ alone .
Superb, very well done
Although her name slips my mind,I remember the the Lady who works in the tourist information centre very well.She worked in the Lake vyrnwy hotel for many years and her husband ( I think Mervyn) worked for the water board and was good enough to show me and my grandfather around inside the straining tower.Happy memories
Diolch am fideo gwych. Addysgiadol iawn.
Flooding Wales for England
Not much else you could do with the place.
its Shroes bree...not Shrowsbury
Did he say hundreds of billions of year
And yet , not one penny is payed to Wales for all the water that England takes......
Didn't realise that the Welsh own the rain. Ha! Dylech ofyn am dderbynneb!
@@raybeaumont7670 Dydan mi ddim yn perchen y glaw - ond mae'r glaw yn disgyn ar dir Cymru - sydd ddim yn eiddo i'r Cymry chwaith......Mae Lloegr yn cael 26% o'i dwr o Gymru â'r Alban.
Pe bai Cymru neu'r Alban yn wledydd annibynol - Fe fedrid codi tâl sylweddol am hyn.
Mae gwledydd eraill yn gwerthu dwr - Pam ddim felly Cymru neu'r Alban?
@@cymro6537 Mae cymaint o siawns y bydd Cymru'n dod yn annibynnol â Drakeford yn dod yn frenin. Heblaw, nid yw'n wlad - dim ond ychydig o dywysogaeth.
@@raybeaumont7670 Rwy'n cytuno'n llwyr â'r gosodiad cyntaf - ar hyn o bryd o leiaf ,nid oes llawer o ofyn am annibyniaeth Cymreig - ond mae'r mudiad 'Yes Cymru' yn cynyddu mewn poblogrwydd tra bod mwy o Gymry yn dod yn fwy wleidyddol ymwybodol.
Mi fydd yr Alban yn annibynol o fewn degawd,mi fydd gogledd Iwerddon yn peidio â bod mewn cenedlaeth ar ol iddynt ymuno â'g Iwerddon unedig.
Mi fydd hwn yn gadael y sefyllfa o Loegr a Chymru 'Englandandwales' mewn unrhyw fath o 'undod' fydd yn weddill .Beth fydd y canlyniad o hyn ? Mi fydd Cymru yn cael ei lyncu gan Loegr - a'i thrîn fel rhyw fath o 'western region' - wy'n gobeithio y bydd mwy o Gymry yn sylweddoli hyn ac yn deffro o'i trwmgwsg 'Prydeinllyd' Cyn i'r sefyllfa hyn ddigwydd.
O rhan yr ail osodiad ; anghywir - nid yw Cymru wedi bod yn dywysogaeth ers 1542.
Mae'n amlwg taw Sais sydd am bryfocio wy ti - ond deg mas o ddeg am fynd i'r ymdrech â ddefnyddio 'google translate'.
@@cymro6537 Dydw i ddim yn Sais - cefais fy ngeni a fy magu ym mhalasen y Sir. Dwi'n byw yn y Rhondda Fawr. Roedd fy ngwraig yn siaradwr Cymraeg naturiol ac aeth fy mhlant i ysgolion Canolig Cymru. Roedd hi'n aelod gweithgar o Meibion Glyndwr. Nid oes angen Google Tarnslate arnaf - ond diolch am y syniad. Hwyl!
Let's drowned England instead... The whole world would benefit from that
Nid oes dim byd tebyg i hiliwr doniol o Gymru, yno.
This was colonial bullying. England, if it wants Trident, should house it in England. If England wants water, it should flood its own valleys, if England wants steel, coal, oil, it should use its own instead of stealing the spoils of its colonial outpost. Leave Wales and Scotland alone, we've suffered enough.