Rugby, pop and protest
A decade of protest where equal opportunities, the Vietnam War, the murder of Martin Luther King and Nixon’s troubles were grabbing the world’s attention.
Following Saunders Lewis’ lecture Tynged yr Iaith in 1962, The Welsh Language Society was established to campaign for rights for the Welsh language. It worked to ensure bilingual road signs for Wales.
As the Labour Party won the 1974 election, the debate on home rule for Wales was reignited, and the establishment of organisations such as Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin was proof of the fact that Welsh was not a language for the older generation alone.
The influence of technology was increasingly apparent on Wales and the world, never more so than in 1969 when the majority of Welsh people sat in front of their television sets to witness Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
