tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post3461986918767462868..comments2024-03-07T18:57:39.865+00:00Comments on Syniadau :: The Blog: A seamless transitionSyniadauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13876017048168055247noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-90844243811886901522009-09-02T10:36:32.064+01:002009-09-02T10:36:32.064+01:00Today, is also the 70th anniversary of the opening...Today, is also the 70th anniversary of the opening of the first Welsh medium school in Wales. Ysgol Gymraeg yr Urdd at Aberystwyth was opened as a fee paying school (because of lack of local government support) by Syr Ifan ab Owen Edwards - founder of the Urdd. The first step towards the normalisation of Welsh in education. <br /><br />There's an article by Sion Jobbins on another significant but now forgotten episode in the development of Welsh medium education in the current issue of Cambria http://www.cambriamagazine.com/ . Ysgol Glyndwr was a fee-paying high school in Bridgend. Opened in 1969 by Trefor Morgan (the founder of Undeb insurance company).david h joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735484093259635928noreply@blogger.com