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In 1958 the unemployed men from the Nantlle Valley marched to Caernarfon to protest against the plight of 3,000 workless men in the area. This photograph shows the men setting off from Penygroes carrying banners and slogans on their seven mile march to Caernarfon in 1958.

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Iesgob, tydi Penygroes heb newid dim!

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