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RHOI PANTYFEDWEN YN Y PICTIWR

Syr David James 1887 - 1967

“Dyn y pictiwrs a wnaeth ei ffortiwn yn Llundain a’i wario yng Nghymru ...”

Cafodd enw un tŷ arbennig yng Ngheredigion ddylanwad mawr ar y diwylliant Cymreig yn hanner olaf y ganrif ddiwethaf a nawr mae’r union dŷ hwnnw yn ganolbwynt y sylw yng nghanol priddinas Lloegr

Saif Pantyfedwen, cartref teulu Syr David James, y miliwnydd Cymraeg ac un o’r amlycaf o Gymry Llundain, yng nghefngwlad Ceredigion, nepell o fynachlog Ystrad Fflur.

Daeth yr enw i amlygrwydd yn sgil cefnogaeth ariannol hael Syr David James i lawer o fudiadau Cymreig diwylliannol a chrefyddol ei famwlad a’r rhan fwyaf o’r cyfraniaidau yn cael eu henwi ar ôl aelodau o’i deulu a chartre’r teulu, Pantyfedwen. Bu farw Syr David yn 1967 a chafodd ei gladdu ym mynwent Ystrad Fflur.

Nawr mae darlun sy’n bortread o dŷ Pantyfedwen yn cael ei arddangos yng nghanol Llundain trwy gydol Rhagfyr 2013 ac mae’n benllawn prosiect i’r arlunydd o Geredigion Wynne Melville Jones sydd wedi dangos darluniau o’i waith yn fisol yn y Ganolfan gydol y flwyddyn.

Ganwyd Syr David yn Llundain i deulu o Geredigion yn 1887 ac fel llawer o Gardis eraill y cyfnod roedd gan y teulu rownd laeth yn Llundain, yn ardal Westminster

Roedd gwreiddiau’r Teulu James yn nwfn yn naear Ceredigion ac oherwydd ei iechyd bregus fe anfonwyd y David James ifanc yn ôl i awyr iach Ceredigion a bu’n mynychu Coleg Ystrad Meurig i’w baratoi ar gyfer y weinidogaeth yn yr Eglwys yng Nghymru. Yn sgil trafferthion ariannol enbyd ym musnes y teulu yn Llundain bu’n rhaid iddo ddychwelyd yno a fe ddatblygiodd ef ei hun awch at fod mewn busnes a buan daeth yn amlwg ym myd masnachol Llundain

Roedd ei ddiddordebau masnachol yn eang ac yn cynnwys llaeth, grawn, bragu a bwydydd anifeiliaid. Daeth yn adnabyddus yn bennaf am ei ymwneud â byd y sinemâu yn y ddinas ac ef sefydlodd y Sinema Siwper gyntaf gyda 2000 o seddau yn Y Palladium yn Palmers Green yn 1920. Ar ei uchabwynt roedd ganddo 18 o sinemâu yn Llundain a’r rhai mwyaf enwog oedd Stiwdio 1 a 2 yn Oxford Street.

Heddiw, mae llawer o bobl yn cysylltu’r enw Pantyfedwen gyda’r emyn-dôn adnabyddus a ddaeth

I’r brig yn sgil cystadleuaeth a noddwyd gan Syr David ac mae’r emyn ‘Pantyfedwen’ yn cael ei dewis yn gyson gyda’r mwyaf poblogaidd ar flaen siartiau poblogrwydd gwylwyr S4C.

Cyfranodd Syr David arian sylweddol tuag at nifer helaeth o achosion diwylliedig a chrefyddol yng Nghymru. Cychwynnodd Ymddiriedolaeth Pantyfedwn gyda’r nod o sicrhau buddsoddiad parhaol er lles pobol Cymru. Rhoddodd neuadd bentre a llyfrgell i’w fro genedigol ym Mhontrhydfendigaid ac wedi hynny adeiladodd Bafiliwn Pantyfedwen 2000 sedd fel cartref i’w eisteddfod newydd yn y Bont.

Un o’r mudiadau Cymraeg i elwa’n sylweddol iawn o gyfoedd Syr David oedd yr Urdd. Prynodd westy i letia 100 o bobol yn Y Borth Y Grand Hotel a’i fedyddio yn Pantyfedwen cyn ei gyflwyno fel rhodd i’r mudiad. Cyfranodd hefyd at nifer o weithgareddau eraill y mudiad. Cyflwynodd gwpan Pantyfedwen ( sy’n fwy na chwpan yr FA) yn wobr flynyddol i bencampwyr pêl droed yr Urdd a Chwpan Teulu Pantyfedwen, y cwpan arian mwya yn y byd (nodwedd arbennig o brifwyl yr Urdd am flynyddoedd) i’r Sir ucha ei marciau yn Eisteddfod yr Urdd bob blwyddyn..

Gwaith Wynne Melville Jones sy’n frodor o Dregaron, yw’r darlun hwn sydd yn ola o gyfres o 12 llun o’i waith i gael eu dangos yn y Ganolfan.

“Mae Pantyfedwen wedi, ac yn parhau i gyfrannu yn helaeth i’r ddiwylliant Cymreig ac mae arddangos y llun hwn yn y Ganolfan yn gyfrwng i bontio rhwng Ceredigion a Llundain ac yn gyfle i gydnabod cyfraniad un o’r amlycaf o Gymry Llundain a roddodd yn hael i Gymru ac i achosion Cymreig.

“Erbyn hyn gall rhai o syniadau Syr David ymddangos braidd yn ormodol ond rwyn grediniol bod ei ewyllys i gyfrannu yn ariannol yn adlewyrchiad o ymdeimlad didwyll a dwfn er mwyn ceisio diogelu a hybu’r diwylliant Cymreig”,

“Mae gennyf gof plentyn ohonon yn galw heibio droeon i’n cartref yn Nhregaron ac mae dangos y llun hwn ffordd i mi ddathlu ei gyfraniad i Gymru

“Fe wnaeth ei ffortiwn yn Llundain a’i wario yng Nghymru”, medd Wynne.

Mae’r darlun “PANTYFEDWEN gan Wynne Melville Jones yn cael ei arddangos yng Nghanolfan Cymry Llundain 157- 163 Grays Inn Road, Llundain WC1X 8UE     0207837 3722 hyd Ionawr 2014 a gellir ei weld hefyd ar yr oriel ar-lein www.orielwynmel.co.uk

Trodd Wynne Melville Jones, y dyn cysylltiadau cyhoeddus, yn ôl at ei gariad cyntaf, celf, wedi bwlch o 40 blynedd o heb fod yn cyffwrdd y brwsh paent. Bu’n haf prysur iddo eleni gydag arddangosfeydd o’i waith yn Nhregaron, Aberaeron, Abergwaun a Llundain.

Mae ei lun cyfarwydd o gapel diarffordd Soar-y-Mynydd ger Tregaron erbyn hyn yng nghasgliad celf personol y cyn Arlywydd UDA Jimmy Carter.

ENGLISH

PUTTING PANTYFEDWEN IN THE PICTURE

Sir David James

“The cinema entrepreneur who made his fortune in London but spent it in Wales ...”

Pantyfedwen, the family home of Sir David James, the London Welsh Philanthropist, lies in the heart of rural Ceredigion.

The secluded country house became a household name in Wales during the second half of the last century as Sir David contributed financial hand-outs to support the cultural and religious life of his homeland with most of his contributions branded with the name of his family and home

Sir David was born to Welsh parents in London in 1887 where the family, like many other Cardis, owned a milk round in the Westminster area.   The family had deep roots in Ceredigion and due to ill-health the young David James was sent to Wales to be educated at Ystrad Meurig College in preparation for the ministry in the Church of Wales . Due to severe financial problems in the family business in London he returned to the metropolis where he developed an aptitude for business and became one of the most successful Welshmen in the commercial life of London

Sir David’s business interests were varied and included milk, grain, brewing and animal feeds. He is best known for his involvement in the cinema world and opened London’s first Super Cinema at The Palladium in Palmers Green in 1920 with seating capacity of 2000. At the height of his interest in the business he owned 13 cinemas in London - his most famous being Studio 1 & 2 in Oxford Street.

Today many people associate Pantyfedwen with one of the best known Welsh hymn tunes which was composed as a result of a competition sponsored by Sir David and ‘Pantyfedwen’ tops the charts and is regularly voted the most popular of all Welsh hymn tunes by viewers of S4C.

Sir David contributed substantial amounts of money to numerous Welsh cultural and religious organisations including the Church in Wales and the Presbyterian Church of Wales. He established the Pantyfedwen Trust whose aim was to create a permanent endowment to benefit the people of Wales.

He contributed a village hall and library to his home village of Pontrhydfendigaid and later constructed the Pantyfedwen Pavilion to seat 2000 people as a permanent home for his own Eisteddfod in the village.

One of the main beneficiaries of his vast wealth was the Urdd youth organisation. He bought the 100 bed Grand Hotel In Borth, rebranded as Pantyfedwen, and gifted the seafront hotel to the organisation “lock stock but without the barrel”.

Due to Sir David’s generosity Urdd members can boast a bigger trophy than the FA cup for the organisation’s winning soccer team annually, known as the Pantyfedwen Cup. He later presented the Urdd with ’ the largest solid silver rose bowl in the world’ The Pantyfedwen Family Cup, to be presented annually to the county winning the highest marks at the annual Urdd National Eisteddfod.

Now, a painting of Pantyfedwen is currently being shown at the London Welsh Centre in Grays Inn Road in central London

“Pantyfedwen”completes a 12 month showcase of paintings by Wynne Melville Jones throughout 2013 at the Welsh Centre

“ Pantyfedwen has and continues to have a unique impact on Welsh cultural life and showing the picture of Sir David’s family home in London is my way of recognising his contribution to Welsh life.

“ Today, some of Sir David’s ideas may appear immoderate in many ways but I have no doubt that his desire to support the “good causes” of his homeland was a reflection of his genuine deep concern for the survival of Welsh culture”, said Wynne

“ I wanted the final painting to have a direct connection between Ceredigion and London, for historical reasons, and Sir David, one of the most prominent of London Welshmen, was an ideal choice for me personally as I have childhood memories of Sir David visiting our home in Tregaron

“He made his money in London and spent it in Wales”, said Wynne

The painting is displayed at the London Welsh Centre, Gray’s Inn Road, London until January 2014 and can also be seen on the on- line gallery www.orielwynmel.co.uk

Wynne Melville Jones www.orielwynmel.co.uk

Wynne Melville Jones, the pioneer of bilingual public relations in Wales has returned to his first love, visual art after a 40 year gap. He returned to the paint brush in 2011 and has since held one-man exhibitions in Aberystwyth, Bala, Fishguard, Tregaron, Aberaeron and London. His depiction of the most remote chapel in Wales Soar-y-Mynydd near Tregaron has crossed the Atlantic and is now included in former US President Jimmy Carter’s personal art collection.

CAPEL MWYAF UNIG CYMRU
NAWR YN CAEL SYLW
YNG NGHANOL
LLUNDAIN

Mae’n icon Cymreig a
wnaeth greu argraff ar gyn–Arlywydd
UDA

Mae capel Soar-y-Mynydd ger Tregaron yn
cael ei ddisgrifio yn aml fel yr addoldy mwyaf diarffordd yng Nghymru ond nawr mae’n cael sylw arbennig yng nghanol hwrli bwrli canol Llundain.

Mae’r darlun olew o gapel gwyngalchog Soar-y-Mynydd o waith Wynne Melville Jones (Wyn Mel i lawer) yn cael ei arddangos yng Nghanolfan Cymry Llundain yn Gray’s Inn Road Llundain tan ddiwedd Ioawr 2013 a bydd yn gyfrwng i atgoffa Cymry Llundain o’u treftadaeth diwylliannol ac anghydffurfiol. Dyma’r cyntaf o gyfres o 12 darlun o waith yr artist fydd yn cael eu harddangos yn Llundain yn ystod
2013.

Saif capel Soar-y-Mynydd, yn unigeddau’r Elenydd rhyw ddeng milltir o Dregaron.   Mae’r adeilad a godwyd tua 1820 yn cynnwys capel, gyda lle i eistedd tua 100 o bobol, tŷ capel a ddefnyddiwyd
fel yr ysgol leol hyd y 1940au, stablau a mynwent.

Brodor o Dregaron yw Wynne Melville Jones ac mae’n adnabod y capel bach yn dda iawn ac yn cofio’n glir fel roedd ei dad, a oedd yn weinidog Presbyteraidd lleol yn Nhregaron, yn mynd yno’n gyson i bregethu

“Y ffordd hwylusaf o gyrraedd y capel yn
ystod y cyfnod hwnnw oedd ar gefn poni ac roedd yn olygfa gofiadwy i weld y teuluoedd o rhyw ddwsin neu fwy o’r ffermydd defaid cyfagos yn ymgasglu yng nghapel Soar, yr unig adeilad ar gyfer defnydd y gymuned am filltiroedd lawer.

Erbyn hyn mae “Cymdeithas Pobol y Mynydd” wedi peidio a bod yn sgil diboblogi a newid mawr mewn dulliau ffermio a defnydd tir.

“Yn sgil adeiladu Llyn Brianne i gyflenwi dŵr i ddinas Abertawe, yn y 1960au adeiladwyd ffordd darmac newydd a daeth yn haws teithio i’r llecyn a rhoi bywyd newydd i’r achos. Datblygodd y capel yn atyniad i addolwyr o bob rhan o Gymru, a thu hwnt,
i fynychu’r oedfaon ar y Suliau yn ystod tymor yr haf”, medd Wynne.

Mae i Soar-y-Mynydd ei rin a’i ramant ei hun ac mae’n denu ymwelwyr o bob rhan o’r byd. Bu cyn-arlywydd UDA Jimmy Carter ar ymweliad yno ar 23 Mai 1986 a dywedodd wedi cyrraedd y capel nad oedd erioed wedi gweld dim byd tebyg yn unman.

Daeth yr ardal i sylw’r byd yn Ionawr 1983 pan ddarganfuwyd Ysgrifennydd Capel Soar-y-Mynydd John Hughes Williams, ffermwr pobolgaidd lleol, yn
farw yn ei gartref Brynambor lle roedd yn byw ar ben ei hun. Wedi i gymdogion dorri i mewn i’r tŷ darganfuwyd ei gorff gyda chymorth golau leityr sigarets am nad oedd yna drydan yn Brynambor. Yn ddiweddarach dedfrydwyd dyn di-waith a
di-gartref 35 oed, Anthony Gambrell o’i lofruddio.

Mae Wynne Melville Jones, yn gyn-fyfyriwr celf ac wedi bwlch o ddeugain mlynedd mae wedi ail-gydio
yn ei brif ddiddordeb –celf gan sefydlu ei oriel ei hun ar lein www.orielwynmel.co.uk   Mae’n enw cyfarwydd ym mydcysylltiadau cyhoeddus a bu’n Bennaeth Cysylltiadau Cyhoeddus yr Urdd cyn rhoi
cychwyn ar rhedeg ei fusnes ei hun StrataMatrix a
gwneud hynny am 30 mlynedd. Ef yw tad Mistar Urdd ac yn ddiweddar fe arweiniodd ar ddatblygu Llwybr Llên Llanfihangel Genau’r Glyn mewn coedlan wrth ymyl ei gartref, sy’n ddathliad parhaol o draddodiad barddol y fro bu Archdderwydd Cymru, Jim Parc Nest yn agor y Llwybr yn swyddogol ym mis Mai eleni.

Ac yntau wedi dychwelyd at y brwsh paent ymwelodd cannoedd o bobol ag arddangosfeydd o’i
waith yn Aberystwyth ym Mai a’r Bala ym mis Medi.
Nawr, mae wedi ymrwymo i ddangos llun y mis o’i waith yng Nghanolfan boblogaidd Cymry Llundain yn Gray’s Inn Road.

  “Mae hyn yn gyfle mawr ac yn sialens fwy byth i mi ond rwyn gobeithio y bydd naws Cymreig fy lluniau o ddiddordeb i’r Cymry alltud yn Llundain

“ Mae dechrau’r gyfres gyda llun o Soar-y-Mynydd yn briodol yn fy meddwl i o gofio am y cannoedd o bobol o ardal Tregaron a ymfudodd i Lundain yn ystod hanner cyntaf y ganrif ddiwethaf er mwyn dianc o dlodi cefngwlad. Fe aeth y rhan fwyaf ohonynt i werthu llaeth a rhedeg siopau cornel stryd.

“Llwyddodd y rhan fwyaf o’r Cardis i adeiladuusnesau llwyddiannus iawn a daeth amryw ohonynt yn adnabyddus yng nghylchoedd Llundeinig
a thu hwnt megis Syr David James, Pantyfedwen a Evan Evans Gwesty’r Celtic drwy ddringo ‘r ysgol a dod yn amlwg ym myd masnach, diwyllianr a bywyd cyhoeddus y Metropolis.

“Rwyn siwr bod disgynyddion llawr o’r Cymry alltud hyn yn aelodau o Glwb Cymry Llundain heddiw
Gobeithio y bydda nhw yn mwynhau y lluniau “ medd
Wynne

Dywedodd Rhian Jones, Prifweithredwr Canolfan Cymry Llundain:
“Rydym wrth ein bodd yn dangos lluniau Wynne yng Nghanolfan Cymry Llundain. Mae hyn yn rhan o’n cynllun ‘Platfform’ sy’n cynnig llwyfan i’r diwydiannau creadigol Cymreig yng nghanol Llundain. Fel Cardi fy hun, mae’r darlun o Soar-y-Mynydd yn arbennig o arwyddocaol ac rwyn siwr y bydd ein cwsmeriaid arferol yn ogystal a phobl eraill yn gwerthfawrogi arwyddocad a gwerth diwylliannol a hanesyddol darluniau Wynne.”

Bydd y darlun o Soar-y-Mynydd yn cael ei arddangos yn y Ganolfan
hyd 31 Ionawr 2013 ac wedyn dangosir darlun o waith yr artist bob mis hyd ddiwedd
Rhagfyr 2013 – cyfanswm o 12
darlun.
Mae printiadau (nifer cyfyngedig) o Soar-y-Mynydd hefyd ar gael.

“TARO’R POST I’R PARED GLYWED”
Ar ddechrau’r 1960au bu twristiaid yn gwersylla yn ymyl Soar-y-Mynydd pan ddaeth storm enbyd o law ac fe symudodd yr ymwelwyr i aros yn adeilad y
capel.

Wedi treulio rhai dyddiau yno aros yno fe adawyd y capel mewn cyflwr annerbyniol gyda
sbwriel a baw dros y lle ac roedd nifer o ffyddloniaid yr achos wedi eu synnu a’u siomi gan agwedd ddi-hud yr ymwelwyr a’u diffyg parch tuag at yr addoldy.
“Roeddwn i yn fy arddegau cynnar a gofynnodd fy nhad i mi lythrennu dau boster dwyieithog
yn cynnwys yr adnodau:
“Gwylia ar dy draed pan fyddech yn myned i Dŷ Dduw”    Ecc 5
a
“Nid oes yma onid Tŷ i Dduw”   Gen 28

“Gosodwyd y ddau boster ar wal Capel Soar-y-Mynydd a’u gadael yno am yn agos i hanner can
mlynedd. Rhai blynyddoedd yn ôl cefais cais gan yr aelodau ar i mi adnewyddu y posteri am fod y rhai gwreiddiol wedi melynu a’r papur wedi braenu. O ganlyniad fe gyflwynwydy posteri gwreiddiol yn ôl i mi a bellach mae nhw ymysg fy nhrysorau personol ac rwyn falch iawn ohonyn nw

“Roedd yn syndod pleserus nad oedd unrhyw arlliw o ddifrod na graffiti ar y posteri gwreiddiol a hynny ar ôl cyfnod o 50 mlynedd.
“Son am
‘Taro’r post i’r pared glywed’

“Mae’n ymddangos bod y posteri wedi gwneud eu gwaith”, medd Wynne.
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POSTERI SOARY--MYNYDD POSTERS

ISOLATED WELSH CHAPEL
NOW FEATURED IN CENTRAL LONDON

A Welsh icon once visited by former US President

Soar-y-Mynydd , the little Mid-Wales chapel often described as the most isolated place of worship in Wales in Wales, has found pride of place in the hustle and bustle of central London.

An oil painting of Soar-y-Mynydd by Ceredigion based artist Wynne Melville Jones (Wyn Mel to many people), depicting the whitewashed and eye-catching chapel, is now on display at the London Welsh Centre, Gray’s Inn Road in central London until
the end of January 2013. It is the first of twelve paintings by the artist to go on display at the Centre during 2013 and will remind Welsh people in London of their nonconformist and cultural heritage.

The small Welsh Presbyterian chapel, lies 10 miles from Tregaron hiding in a tranquil valley deep in Elenydd in the Cambrian Mountains. The two storey building built in the 1820’s houses a Chapel seating over a 100 people and a chapel house which was used until the 1940’s as the local school and there are also stables and a graveyard.

WynneMelville Jones himself a native of Tregaron, knows the chapel well and recallshow his father, the local Presbyterian minister used to regularly preach at Soar

“The easiest way one to reach Soar in those days was on horseback and it was amemorable sight to see the families from the hill farming community of a dozenor so farms congregate at the chapel, the only community building for miles
.
“This“Mountain Community” has now ceased to exist as a result of depopulation and considerable changes in farming and land use.

“A new tarmac road built in the 1960’s, during the construction of the Swansea reservoir Llyn Brianne, has since provided easier access and the chapel has experienced a new lease of life and attracts worshipers from all parts of Wales and beyond to services every Sunday during the Summer months”,said Wynne.
Soar-y-Mynydd has a unique charm and attracts other tourists from all parts of the world.

Former USPresident Jimmy Carter visited the chapel on 20 May 1986 and said that he hadnever seen anything like it in his life and described the area as ‘The Green Desert’.

In January 1983 the hill farming community hit the headlines when the Chapel Secretary of Soar-y-Mynydd John Hughes Williams, a popular local farmer, was found murdered at his home at Brynambor where he lived alone. Neighbours who
broke in to the secluded farmhouse discovered his dead body with the help of the light of a cigarette lighter as there was no electricity at Brynambor. An 35 year old unemployed labourer Anthony Gambrell was later charged with the murder of John Brynambor.

Wynne Melville Jones, a former art student, has now returned to his main interest after a gap of 40
years setting up his on-line gallery www.orielwynmel.co.uk

A familiar name in the world of public relations in Wales he worked as Head of PR for the Urdd youth organisation before setting up in 1979 a leading PR and public affairs firm StrataMatrix which he managed for a period of 30 years. He created the ever popular Urdd mascot Mr Urdd in 1978 and has recently led on the development of a poetry path in his woodland in Llandre which was officially opened by the Archdruid of Wales Jim Parc Nest earlier this year.

Now, having returned to the paintbrush, hundreds of people attended his one-man exhibitions of his work in Aberystwyth in May and Bala in September. In his
latest assignment he is committed to providing a painting a month to be displayed at the popular London Welsh Centre in Gray’s Inn Road throughout
2013.
“Its a big opportunity and a huge challenge for me but I hope the strong Welsh mood of my work will be of interest to my fellow Welsh people in the big city.

“I like to think it appropriate to start the series with a painting of Soar-y-Mynydd near Tregaron because of the long history of people from the area who were encouraged to move to London during the first half of the last century mainly to run milk rounds and corner shops. Hundreds of young people from Ceredigion left area in order to escape from the poverty of rural Wales
.

“ Most of these Cardis built up very successful businesses and a some climbed to high places in London society such as Sir David James, Pantyfedwen and Evan Evans,Celtic Hotel, both were well known leaders in the world of commerce and culture in the Metropolis and renowned in
the social and civic ladder in the public life of London. They were also well known figures in Welsh life.

“ The London Welsh Centre is a focal point for Welsh life in London and I am sure that a number of the descendants of the many Ceredigion people who relocated to London in the last century are current members at the Centre.

“I just hope they will enjoy the paintings”, said
Wynne.

Rhian Jones, CEO, London Welsh Centre said
“We are delighted to play host to Wynne’s work at the London Welsh Centre. This is part of our ‘Platfform’ scheme which offers opportunities for Welsh creative industries to showcase their work in our wonderful Central London location. As a Cardi myself, the painting of Soar-y-Mynydd bears particular significance and I am sure that our regular customers, as well as visitors, will be impressed by the cultural and historical importance of Wynne’s paintings”

The painting of Soar-y-Mynydd will be on display at the London
Welsh Centre until 31 January and then replaced monthly with new paintings by
the artist until the end of December 2013 – a total of 12
paintings.

Limited edition prints of the Soar-y-Mynydd painting are
available

A CAMPING STORY
A group of tourists camping near the
little chapel at Soar-y Mynydd in the early 1960’s were caught in a heavy rain storm and decided to make-camp in the chapel building. Having stayed there for some time they left behind a considerable amount of rubbish leaving the place in disrepute and showing little respect towards the building as a place of worship.

“In thesixities I was in my teens and my father, who was the local PresbyterianMinister asked me to design two simple bilingual posters to display inside Soarwith the words of two verses from the Bible:
“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God ..” Ecc 5
and
“This is no other than the house of God ...” Gen 28

“These two posters were pinned to the wall at Soar y Mynydd and remained there for
almost fifty years. A few years ago with both panels showing signs of ageing and fraying, members of the chapel approached me and asked for a new refreshed version. As a result they returned the original versions to me and I considerthese to be among my most treasured
possessions

“I waspleasantly surprised to see the original posters were untouched with no sign of
graffiti and both had been respected for almost half a century”

“Seems that the posters got the message across”, said Wynne

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Y CYNTAF O GYFRES O 12 LLUN I'W HARDDANGOS YN LLUNDAIN

THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF TEN PAINTINGS TO GO ON SHOW IN LONDON