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Film crew recording the last service held at the Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Capel Celyn, 28 September 1963

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Photographed by Geoff Charles. This photograph shows Gwyn Williams, BBC, leaning across the wall, with his film crew. They had been filming the last minutes of Capel Celyn Calvinistic Methodist chapel on 28 September 1963.

It was in 1955 that it was first announced that Liverpool Corporation was intending to build the new reservoir in the Tryweryn valley, drowning the village of Capel Celyn, north of Bala. Although a fierce protest campaign was launched by local residents, authorities, individuals and national institutions, all efforts to halt the building of the new reservoir ultimately failed. On 1 August 1957 the Liverpool Corporation Act was passed. Work began on the site three years later and was completed in August 1965.

Owner:
The National Library of Wales
Creator:
Charles, Geoff
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Reproduced by permission of The National Library of Wales
Copyright Details:
The National Library of Wales 2001
Publisher Ref:
GTJ11795
Item uploaded:
24/7/2009
Date originally created:
28/9/1963
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