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Image: If that's The Rhondda....
OK, SO I'M NOT GOIN' !
A man says; "Why write
songs, or poetry? Why not just talk?"
So I'd like to talk, if I may, about the Rhondda.
The Rhondda's soul - is a soul on fire with love.
by focussing that love on building a new economy
through Rhondda Records and other associated industries,
by using ideas and new technology in music,
tourism, the services and agriculture,
we can all now help to create an exciting future.
Building a beautiful future really CAN happen...
if we all give gladly one ounce (or gram)
of the love we hold for the Rhondda.
...you don't have to burst into flames
just join together, and sizzle a bit!
(I overheard a lady in Treorci say;
"When that cricketer - Ian Botham, came to
the Rhondda, men and women stood on their doorsteps
in thousands, so we KNOW the unity's still there.")
[actually, she said; "shame it took an Englishman !"]
Most of the news for Wales
often comes straight from a police-station.
HOW could that have happened? ...
By business people putting MONEY,
...before serving the needs of the community.
....THE WONDERFUL NEWS ?
THE RHONDDA IS POISED TO WORK AGAIN,
TO CREATE WEALTH through COMMUNITY and CARING...
and NOT just for MONEY..
(by intelligently working its land,
culture and creative genius !)
Yours in Truth,
Poet.
P.S. I'm not goin',
because people accused me
of bein' a ****er if I left...
so good luck to us all - and here's a prayer -
Now, with the community owning
Rhondda Records -
you WILL make your own luck, innit !
Hwyl Fawr !
Image: Rhondda coat of arms... and motto.
The Rhondda will win, not solely because its cause
is fought intelligently and with a sense of love -
but because it is based on the truth..
It's the enemies of Truth who stand on shifting sands.
Although Rhondda Records is "non-political"
in the sense that it is NOT blinded by Party
interests or ideology, it IS on the side of Peace and Truth.
(and can therefore unite ALL GOOD PEOPLE from ALL parties..)
People in The Rhondda and elsewhere know
that "our" media lie.
It is a PLEASURE, therefore,
to highlight the most important TRUTH....
Today sees the publication of figures which show
the most deprived areas in Wales....
http://www.dataunitwales.gov.uk/new_documents/
Info/WIMD/DDS22008_080700_ranks_2008_final_eng.xls
In the top one thousand - Rhondda Cynon Taff
has more than a TENTH (111).
Of those, FIFTY are in the Rhondda proper,
and - if you add those areas in the immediate
Rhondda surround, you will find another TWENTY TWO.
WE SAY THIS, NOT TO GET DEPRESSED, OR THROW A "PITY PARTY"
but to confirm people's suspicions as fact;
the Rhondda has been smashed down, and it takes
public acknowledgement of this TRUTH, to achieve
change...
We need a CHANGE - a new approach - AN ECONOMY,
and no sneaky plan to sit by and watch the Rhondda
turn middle-class.... this would be a denial of TRUTH,
and a pretence, that the majority of our children can,
or would even WANT to, become Guardian readers !
If you want an economy which draws on the Rhonddas' true genius,
and takes these youngsters forward - what BETTER way
could there be, than to use the joy youngsters find in physical work,
allied to a care for their land and life, than
AGRICULTURE.
I live on Pentyntyla (a corrupted form of the Welsh "tyle")
It means "The head of the way to the terraces",
and I'm not talking housing terraces, but the old,
intelligent way the Celts farmed;- using hillsides
which catch the sun and rain, fertilised and worked co-operatively.
A strong Brand name, science applied with care,
a resultant positive "sincere" culture, could
help REBUILD WALES' OLD MINING AREAS.
WE will be helped by all who care for The Rhondda....
and who choose to UNITE and support it in Truth and Peace.
THAT ... is why we will succeed !
Yours,
Poet
STOP PRESS !!!
TODAY, 22ND OF AUGUST, I PUT IN A BID FOR US
TO OWN THE BOILERHOUSE ON PENRHYS.
WE'RE APPLYING TO QUANGO-LAND AND THE PRINCE OF WALES
FOR GRANTS TO BUY IT AND CHANGE IT TO A GOOD WAY
FORWARD FOR THE KIDS OF THE RHONDDA.
NOW IT'S UP TO US !!!
COME TO THE BENEFIT SHOWS AS THEY'RE LISTED
(ON THE EVENTS PAGE) AND WE CAN RAISE THE MONEY
OURSELVES... AND SAVE THE RHONDDAS' SOUL !!!
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