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The Merthyr Rising, also referred to as the Merthyr Riots, [1] [2] of 1831 was the violent climax to many years of simmering unrest among the large working class population of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales and the surrounding area. The Rising marked the first time the red flag was used a symbol of working class rebellion in the United Kingdom. [3] [4]
Richard Lewis (1807/8 – 13 August 1831), known as Dic Penderyn, was a Welsh labourer and coal miner who lived in Merthyr Tydfil and was involved with the Merthyr Rising of 3 June 1831. In the course of the riot he was arrested alongside Lewis Lewis , one of the primary figures in the uprising, and charged with stabbing a soldier with a bayonet .
Various other characters are also travelling to Merthyr, attracted by the coal and iron industries. They include the genteel Miss Thrush the Sweets who has sold her shop in Pontypridd, and is secretly enamoured of Gideon, even though she only sees him about once a year. Annie Hewers and Megsie Lloyd are lusty young girls out for adventure, Many ...
In politics, a red flag is predominantly a symbol of left-wing ideologies, including socialism, communism, anarchism, and the labour movement. The originally empty or plain red flag has been associated with left-wing politics since the French Revolution (1789–1799). The red flag and red as a political colour are the oldest symbols of socialism.
In the 1990s the league operated with three senior divisions, and a second tier division operated up until the 2016–17 season. Following on from this the league suffered from a lack of clubs, with only seven clubs completing the 2018–19 season, and ten, including two reserve sides making up the league for the 2019–20 season.
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• The History of Merthyr Tydfil (1867, [1] 1908 [2]) • The History of the Literature of Wales from 1300 to 1650 (1884) [3] • The South Wales Coal Trade and Its Allied Industries (1888) [4] • The History of the Iron, Steel, Tinplate and Other Trades of Wales (1903) [5] • The Red Dragon (1882–1887, writer and founding editor)
Merthyr Saints remained in Welsh League Division Two for ten successive seasons with the highest finishing place of fifth in 2003/04. Merthyr Saints were relegated to Division Three at the end of the 2006–07 and in season 2008-09 were again relegated and back in the South Wales Amateur League for the following season.