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This group of deserve a LOT of love.
#Pembrokeshire Sanctuary group formed as a rapid response to the hundreds of people being held in the woefully inadequate Penally Barracks.
The local community were horrified. 150+ people came together to offer support & friendship
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#Pembrokeshire Sanctuary group formed as a rapid response to the hundreds of people being held in the woefully inadequate Penally Barracks.
The local community were horrified. 150+ people came together to offer support & friendship
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They organised distributions of supplies, ran classes, befriending sessions, sports & wellbeing trips & coordinated a bike scheme.
In March last year Penally barracks finally closed.
The @ukhomeoffice wanted hostility, but this community made sure that love won.
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In March last year Penally barracks finally closed.
The @ukhomeoffice wanted hostility, but this community made sure that love won.
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Now this group feel it's the right time to close their own doors.
"We are all volunteers. For some it has been the most demanding work of our lives. But the friendships we've made, both with volunteers & with 'the boys' who were once in Penally, will last a lifetime."
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"We are all volunteers. For some it has been the most demanding work of our lives. But the friendships we've made, both with volunteers & with 'the boys' who were once in Penally, will last a lifetime."
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1\Bore da @inthelandscape #HiddenLandscapes! Here’s my Twitter paper about a linguistic boundary in West Wales.
Beyond Little England Beyond Wales: questioning the existence of the Landsker Line
#pembrokeshire #linguisticlandscapes #landsker #littleenglandbeyondwales #cymraeg
Beyond Little England Beyond Wales: questioning the existence of the Landsker Line
#pembrokeshire #linguisticlandscapes #landsker #littleenglandbeyondwales #cymraeg
2\I’m a PhD student @ysgolygymraeg researching pronunciation in adult learners of Welsh. This paper looks at 1 focus area, Pembrokeshire. I aim to challenge the received & widely accepted idea Pembs is neatly linguistically divided a long an invisible line #HiddenLandscapes
3\Positionality statement! Welsh-speaker raised in N Pembs to 🏴 parents, attended Welsh-medium primary & bi-ling secondary schools. Grandma from S Pembs. I consider Pembs as home & my connection to the county to be an important aspect of my identity #westisbest #HiddenLandscapes
