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Does he speak Welsh?John Scott

Does he speak Welsh?

2008226 pages
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"Suddenly they were all talking about me. Then came the phrase that I would come to hear so often that it became burned into my soul, "Ydy e'n siarad Cymraeg?" (Does he speak Welsh?)" In this delightful, childhood memoir the author takes us back to the time when he was evacuated from wartime Newcastle, with his mother, to stay with an elderly aunt in Wales. It was a time when the local people all conversed fluently in their own native tongue, and the diverse characters he met were a fascination for him. Not least, was his Uncle Bob the local baker who introduced him to bread-making. A year or…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 2009
    ISIS · 248 pages · 9780753184004
  • Other · English · 2008
    Red'n Ritten · 203 pages · 9781904278689
ChildrenEvacuation of civiliansWorld War, 1939-1945Childhood and youthBiography