24 January 2011

PATRIOT PASSES AWAY, The Untimely Death of Rhobert ap Steffan.


  1. See below excellent Obituary in the Independent written
    by Meic Stephens, below credit to Independent and Google.

    1. Rhobert ap Steffan: Tireless campaigner for

    2. Welsh patriotic causes ...


      24 Jan 2011 ... Rhobert ap Steffan (formerly Robert Hinton)
    3. , Welsh patriot: born Hove, Sussex 4 February 1948; married
    4. 1977 Marilyn Walters (two sons, ...
    5. www.independent.co.uk/.../rhobert-ap-steffan-tireless-
    6. campaigner-for-welsh-patriotic-causes-2192368.htm
    7. Rhobert also well known by his nick name of Castro from
    8. wearing a cap usually associated with Fidel Castro Cuban
    9. Revolutionary Leader that was adopted by the Free
    10. Wales Army. Robert when I first met him was a
    11. leading light of young Rhondda patriots who then were
    12. much taken up more by the FWA Cayo Evans than
    13. Plaid Cymru Gwynfor Evans. Rhobert had taken up
    14. course at Pencoed Agricultural College but later went into
    15. Teachers Training and in time became an Art Teacher,
    16. married and settled in Llangadog also home to Gwynfor
    17. Evans and not so far from Lampeter where resided Cayo
    18. Evans. Roberrt was a close acquaintence of both but
    19. became a 'Plaid Man' rather than continue towards
    20. becoming an FWA Volunteer or othrerwise. He was also
    21. along with others of the Young Nationalist Association
    22. to become a keen supporter of CyIG and the 'Sixties'
    23. language campaigning. However, he was also to the
    24. fore in campaigning against the 1969 Investiture,
    25. information on which is provided below, inc the night
    26. Castro and I had a run in with the 'Special Squad' in
    27. Builth Wells post Rali Cilmeri

    28. Alternative Welsh Nationalist Archive: The Anti -

    29. Investiture ...

      - 13 visits - 14 Jan
      26 Apr 2007 ...
    30. If I remember it was at the Cilmeri Rally during the
    31. evening Detectives grabbed Castro and I,
    32. ... Check out http://adfywiad.blogspot.com and ...
      awnms.blogspot.com/2007/.../anti-investiture-struggle
      -1966-1967.html - Cached
    Rhobert remained all his political life a supporter of
    Plaid Cymru and CyIG cultural nationalist organisations
    and never at any time a true political Alternative
    Nationalist by means of membership of organisations
    which he himself believed were a meaningless would
    be Political Patriotic Fringe. This however, did not
    mean that Rhobert was not in support of certain
    favoured Alternative Nationalist Causes and campaigns,
    particularly as noted above that against the Investiture
    in 1969. Rhobert was also a keen supporter of Cofiwn's
    Cymric Consciousness Campaigning as against Sarhad'83
    and was well known as an active Welsh History Enthusiast
    who did much in this area. As well Rhobert was not as many
    Plaidwyr fearful of freindship with radical and militant
    Alternative Nationalists or attending annual rallies associated
    with the Patriotic Fringe as the annual Rali Cilmeri, see blog
    link     below and note the Patriot Roll Call to which now sadly
    Rhobert's name will be added and with others read out at
    Rali Cilmeri hence.

...

- 9 visits - 13/12/2010
1 Jan 2010
... CILMERI
COMMEMORATIONS ADFYWIAD CILMERI
2010? ... will have need to do much more
than that through 2010 and
into and through 2011. ...
coffadcilmeri.blogspot
.com/.../adfywiad-
cilmeri-2010-adfywiad-cymru.html - Cached

Note: Excuse format mess above due to blogger
not I?



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