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Gwyl Y Mimosa : Mimosa Festival
This year is the 140th anniversary of the
sailing from Liverpool of the S.S. Mimosa with over 150
Welsh migrants aboard and bound for Patagonia. There they
established a Welsh settlement and remarkably it has survived
to this day. The Merseyside Welsh Heritage Society is holding
a festival on October 22-23 to commemorate the sailing from
Liverpool in 1865. The following events are planned.
Saturday morning, October 22,
10.30: lecture by Gareth James, Liverpool, 'The Background to
the Migration' (in Welsh)
11.30: lecture by Susan Wilkinson, Ontario, Canada, 'Mimosa:
The Ship that sailed into History'.
Saturday evening, October 22,
7.30: concert given by the renowned Rhosllanerchrugog Male
Voice Choir, conductor John Daniel.
Sunday morning, October 23,
10.30: 'Oedfa'r Mimosa', a service led by the Rev. Dr. D. Ben
Rees.
A commemorative booklet about the Festival is in preparation.
All the events will take place at Bethel Chapel, Heathfield
Road, Allerton, Liverpool.
Further information contact Arthur Thomas, Secretary, (wat@liv.ac.uk)
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