Lewis Valentine - Tabernacle Chapel, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales
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One of a number of red plaques scattered around Llandudno in memory of famous and historic locals, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales.
Waymark Code: WMCCQA
Location: North Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/22/2011
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Born in Llanddulas in 1893, Lewis Valentine was a Baptist minister, author, pacifist and political activist. The first president of Plaid Cymru and its first parlaimntary candidate in the 1928 election. In 1836, he was part of a protest against the building of a bombing school in Pen y Berth.
Lewis Valentine was one of the ministers at Capel Y Tabernacl, where this red plaque in located.
The plaque is bi-lingual, the English text reads:
LEWIS VALENTINE
1893 - 1986
Nationalist and pacifist.
Minister of Tabernacl Chapel and a founder and first president
of Plaid Cymru. Imprisoned for the burning of
RAF bombing school at Pen Y Berth, Caernarfonshire.
and the Welsh text reads:
LEWIS VALENTINE
1893 - 1986
Cenedlaetholwr ac heddychwr.
Gweinidog Capel y Tabernacl, ac un or sylfaenwyr, a Llwydd cyntaf,
Plaid Cymru. Fe'i carcharwyd am losgi'r
Ysgol Bomio Rafftiau ym Mhen y Berth, Sir Caernarfon.
Type of Historic Marker: Red metal plaque.
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Local Civic Society / Town Council ?
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