Witchy Welcome
I understand this “sign” says “Welcome.”
Croeso means welcome in Welsh? The language they speak in Wales… I am not sure what the lines below welcome mean ..
It says CROESO I CWMGWRACH.
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October 30th, 2007 at 05:00 am
Hi,
CROESO I CWMGWRACH. Means ‘Welcome to Cwmgwrach’, and Cwmgwrach is Welsh for the ‘Valley of Witches’. So the true meaning is:
Welcome to the Valley of Witches
The other side of the village is Blaengwrach which means:
Head of the Valley of Witches.
So from Cwmgwrach, Neath, South Wales welcome and best wishes.
Davy
October 30th, 2007 at 05:49 am
Thanks for the comment and explaination. That is wonderful.
February 26th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Yep im from Cwmgwrach to and this does meen Welcome to the Valley of the witches
February 27th, 2008 at 08:23 am
Craig thanks! It’s nice when people from Cwmgwrach or anywhere in Wales stop by my humble liittle blog.
September 3rd, 2008 at 09:48 pm
Hi Maureen. What a surprise to see your blog while I was searching Cwmgwrach on the web. I am from the village, but emigrated to the States in1969 and moved to Dayton, Ohio from Detroit in 1971.
You may be interested to know that I own a British store in Huber Heights, north of Dayton called Wise Choice British Foods, Gifts & Candies. Wise being an acronym for Wales, Ireland, Scotland & England.
Another point of interest, Wise Choice was honoured to be chosen by Warner Brothers Studios to provide British Foods and Gift items as props for their October 10, 2008 release of Body of Lies starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.
Cwmgwrach, Valley of the Witches was a small mining village of approximately 2500 residents situated in the Vale of Neath, S.Wales. Today most of the mines are closed and the fabric of the village I was brought up in has drastically changed. I and my four sisters started emigrating to the States in 1947 when my eldest sister became a war bride and nencouraged the rest of us to better our lives here in the States.
Come visit our store in Huber Heights and be greeted with a true warm British Welcome.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Harry when I make it over to Huber Heights I will track down your store! Thanks for the comment and the background.
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It’s a small world.