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Drowning of Tryweryn and Capel Celyn
Footage of the lake as it is today, contrasting the peace of the reservoir with the history of the protests that greeted it when it was first suggested in 1956. Story of the flooding of the Tryweryn Valley with its monoglot Welsh speaking village, Capel Celyn, in order to provide a new reservoir for Liverpool. Archive of huge protests at the site and work building the dam.
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