{"id":17278,"date":"2021-05-18T14:42:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonwelsh.org\/history-2\/"},"modified":"2021-05-18T14:42:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:42:34","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/londonwelsh.org\/cy\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;50&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-prif&#8221; back_image=&#8221;619&#8243; back_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; back_position=&#8221;center center&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;color-prif&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;80&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; top_divider=&#8221;gradient&#8221; bottom_divider=&#8221;gradient&#8221; el_id=&#8221;headbg&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;bottom&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; style=&#8221;dark&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; limit_content=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; style=&#8221;dark&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200&#8243; width=&#8221;9\/12&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-747556&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_transform=&#8221;uppercase&#8221;]HISTORY[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h5&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h1&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;typewriter&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;400&#8243; interval_animation=&#8221;20&#8243;]London Welsh Centre, since 1920[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;6&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; el_id=&#8221;zdj&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; limit_content=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;-2&#8243; shift_y_fixed=&#8221;yes&#8221; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;4&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;4&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;629&#8243; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; media_ratio=&#8221;nine-sixteen&#8221; el_class=&#8221;zdjpow&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;h6&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h5&#8243; el_class=&#8221;tagline-dragon&#8221;]OUR HISTORY[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h1&#8243;]The origins of the London Welsh\u00a0Centre date back to 1920 when an organisation \u2018Young Wales\u2019 was formed to give a focus for young Welsh people in London.[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]Prior to this there was no formal meeting place for the Welsh in London\u00a0outside the various Welsh chapels. Social gatherings\u00a0on Saturday evenings\u00a0 at a couple of hotels owned by a successful Welsh businessman (O.Picton Davies)\u00a0 demonstrated the real need for a meeting place of non-sectarian character for the younger members of the Community.<\/p>\n<p>The Young Wales Association was founded on 21<sup>st<\/sup> October 1920 at the Portman Rooms, Baker Street, when more than 400 members of the London Welsh community attended a meeting presided over by Dame Margaret Lloyd George (who became the YWA\u2019s first President).\u00a0 During the first decade of its life, the YWA lacked a permanent home. Meetings were held first in a little caf\u00e9 in Villiers Street, then in the premises of Gwilym Thomas at 26 Upper Montagu Street and later, thanks to O. Picton Davies, at the Hotel Somerset.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;100&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; style=&#8221;inherited&#8221; front_end_with_slider=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; style=&#8221;light&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_width=&#8221;0&#8243; zoom_height=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][uncode_slider slider_interval=&#8221;0&#8243; slider_navspeed=&#8221;1000&#8243; slider_loop=&#8221;yes&#8221; slider_dots_space=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;slider01&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_color=&#8221;color-gyho&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;4&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; limit_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; front_end_with_slider=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;645&#8243; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243;]At a lunch hosted by O. Picton Davies at one of his hotels in July 1928,[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]the Rt Hon Lord Atkin and the Rt Hon David Lloyd George spoke in support of a movement to provide headquarters for the Young Wales Association in London.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Sir Howell J. Williams, a building contractor and London County Council member, purchased a site of just over 15,000 square feet bounded by Doughty Street and Mecklenburgh Square on the West and Gray\u2019s Inn Road on the East, and offered it as a free gift to the Young Wales Association. These premises were formally opened by Margaret Lloyd George on November 29<sup>th<\/sup>, 1930.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-gyho&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; limit_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; front_end_with_slider=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;646&#8243; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243;]The premises fronting on Grays Inn Road were completed later,\u00a0 and opened on 5th November\u00a01937,[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]donated by Sir Howell J. Williams under a charitable Trust to provide a non-political and non-sectarian educational and cultural centre in London.<\/p>\n<p>The Trust\u2019s objects include the promotion of knowledge and use of the Welsh language, the appreciation of literature, music and art and culture for the benefit of the Welsh community, and to provide an information bureau on matters concerning Wales and Welsh life in London.<\/p>\n<p>It was the realisation of a long held dream of the benefactor to provide in London a permanent home for young men and women from Wales. The new accommodation provided a spacious lounge and tea-room in panelled oak on the ground floor,\u00a0 and on the upper\u00a0 floor a billiard room and gymnasium.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/uncode_slider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;40&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-wayh&#8221; back_image=&#8221;683&#8243; back_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; parallax=&#8221;yes&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;color-wayh&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; mobile_height=&#8221;340&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; 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sub_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221;]Ironically it was only two years\u00a0 after the joyous opening ceremony took place that the country was again at war.[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; style=&#8221;dark&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; align_medium=&#8221;align_center_tablet&#8221; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; align_mobile=&#8221;align_center_mobile&#8221; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]During the period 1940-1946 the Centre became a Services Club providing beds and meals for those Welsh (and a few Canadian) military people passing through London.<\/p>\n<p>It also hosted entertainment such as dances and was used by a Welsh chapel (Eglwys Jewin)\u00a0\u00a0for Sunday services when their own premises near the present Barbican site were bombed.<\/p>\n<p>Despite extensive bombing in the area, the building at Grays Inn Road\u00a0 remained unscathed throughout\u00a0the Second World War\u00a0and was returned to its original use early in the post-war days, fostering a very successful Youth choir from 1953 and an award-winning\u00a0 Drama Society.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;50&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;4&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; el_class=&#8221;inverted-device-order&#8221;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;900&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;h6&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h5&#8243; el_class=&#8221;tagline-dragon&#8221;]FORMAL OPENING[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243;]Later the benefactor\u2019s grandson, Michael Williams became President and a bar was installed and formally\u00a0 opened on\u00a0 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0March 1971 by (Sir) Harry Secombe.[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]Today the Centre is the base for three choirs, The London Welsh Chorale, The London Welsh Gwalia Male Choir and The London Welsh Male Voice Choir.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre provides Welsh language classes, something it has done more or less continuously at the London Welsh Centre since 1946. The Saturday morning Welsh classes for children, which began in 1957, resulted in the establishment of the London Welsh School a year later.<\/p>\n<p>1925 saw the introduction of the Centre\u2019s monthly magazine, Y Ddolen. When it reappeared after the Second World War in October 1946 it was called Y Ddinas. Today it is called LWCLl and it is produced for the members of the Centre on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre also\u00a0hosts concerts by visiting choirs from Wales, book readings, discussion programmes, regular meetings of its Forum, and a variety of other cultural events.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;673&#8243; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; media_ratio=&#8221;nine-sixteen&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;50&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;7&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;7&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-prif&#8221; back_image=&#8221;942&#8243; overlay_color=&#8221;color-prif&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1626185616320{margin-top: 70px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;900&#8243;][vc_icon icon_image=&#8221;606&#8243; media_size=&#8221;40&#8243; heading_semantic=&#8221;h6&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h5&#8243; title=&#8221;LET&#8217;S TALK&#8221; el_class=&#8221;iconbox&#8221;][\/vc_icon][vc_separator sep_color=&#8221;color-uydo&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-xsdn&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;h6&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;424280&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]Need to hire a room? 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