Cofiwch Dryweryn: Work to restore protest mural wall under way - BBC News
Image copyright Elin Jones Image caption Work on the restoration started this week Restoration of a wall commemorating the drowning of a Welsh village is under way in Ceredigion. The Cofiwch Dryweryn mural near Aberystwyth has been repeatedly vandalised, including with swastika graffiti, over the summer. The protest image was painted in 1965 after the village of Capel Celyn near Bala in Gwynedd was flooded to create a reservoir to supply water to Liverpool. Work will see the wall repaired and the mural repainted. Image copyright @jezb Image caption The site has been subjected to several acts of vandalism in recent years The mural, which says 'Remember Tryweryn', was just one of a number of protests sparked by the flooding of Capel Celyn. Those events are widely regarded as the catalyst leading to campaigns to protect the Welsh language, and ultimately a move towards devolution and the establishment of a Welsh parliament, "It's very exciting that work ha...