Helo bawb - last week of school term here in Oxford & only 3 weeks to go now to the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2023 Llŷn ac Eifionydd - some of are planning to be there and hoping to meet up with friends old and new. Meanwhile Oxford group meetups will be continuing through the summer - if you’re planning to visit Oxford over the holidays you’d be very welcome to come along to one of them. This week’s meetups are:
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12:00 Tuesday 18th July / dydd Mawrth 18fed Gorffenaf ( via
- do get in touch for login details if you’d like to join in )
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12:00 Friday 21st July / dydd Gwener 21ain Gorffenaf ( ‘Space for Reading’, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford - inside entrance hall to the right, next to windows & opp. side from the excellent cafe)
All welcome, as always! 
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
Helo bawb - first week of school holidays in Oxfordshire, and although some of us may be away we’re planning to continue with regular meetups over the summer: Don’t forget, should you be visiting Oxford over the holidays you’d be very welcome to join one of our Friday meetups:
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12:00 Tuesday 25th July / dydd Mawrth 25ain Gorffenaf ( via - do get in touch for login details if you’d like to join in )
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12:00 Friday 28th July / dydd Gwener 28ain Gorffenaf ( ‘Space for Reading’, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford - inside entrance hall to the right, next to windows & opp. side from the excellent cafe)
Newcomers & new learners especially welcome!
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
PS Diolch @ruth-connor 
PPS Don’t forget it’s the Royal Welsh Show this week - a great opportunity to practise a bit of Welsh, especially if you might be planning to visit the National Eisteddfod in a fortnight’s time
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Helo bawb - gorffen Gorffennaf (end of July) already but although some of us will be away we’ll be continuing with our weekly meetups throughout the summer. Also, to repeat last week’s message, should any of you be visiting Oxford over the holidays you’d be very welcome to join one of our Friday meetups:
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12:00 Tuesday 1st August / dydd Mawrth 1af mis Awst ( via - do get in touch for login details if you’d like to join in )
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12:00 Friday 4th August/ dydd Gwener 4edd mis Awst ( ‘Space for Reading’, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford - inside entrance hall to the right, next to windows & opp. side from the excellent cafe)
All welcome, as always - do get in touch here or via PM if you have any questions.
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
Helo bawb - as I said in last week’s post we’re continuing with our usual weekly meetups throughout the summer:
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12:00 Tuesday 8th August / dydd Mawrth 8fed mis Awst ( via - do get in touch for login details if you’d like to join in )
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12:00 Friday 11th August/ dydd Gwener 11eg mis Awst ( ‘Space for Reading’, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford - inside entrance hall to the right, next to windows & opp. side from the excellent cafe)
All welcome, as always!
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
Helo bawb - back now from the Eisteddfod and looking forward to this week’s meetups. Also another walk+sgwrs on Sunday 20th (details to follow on Oxford Walks thread):
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12:00 Tuesday 15th August / dydd Mawrth 15fed mis Awst ( via - do get in touch for login details if you’d like to join in )
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12:00 Friday 18th August/ dydd Gwener 18fed mis Awst ( ‘Space for Reading’, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford - inside entrance hall to the right, next to windows & opp. side from the excellent cafe)
Newcomers & new learners especially welcome! And do please get in touch if you’ve any questions
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
Helo bawb - no changes for this week’s meetups:
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12:00 Tuesday 22nd August / dydd Mawrth 22ain mis Awst ( via - do get in touch for login details if you’d like to join in )
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12:00 Friday 25th August/ dydd Gwener 25ain mis Awst ( ‘Space for Reading’, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford - inside entrance hall to the right, next to windows & opp. side from the excellent cafe)
All welcome!
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
Helo bawb - it’s the last week already of the school holidays here in Oxford and the weather’s starting to feel a bit autumnal. The end of the summer holidays does though offer a good opportunity to look afresh at our regular meetup schedule and it may be that different times or days might allow more people to join in the meetups. Do get in touch via this thread or PM me if the current schedule means you haven’t been able to join us regularly or at all - it may be that we can adjust things to allow more people to join in while still suiting current ‘regulars’
Meanwhile for this week the pattern of meetups is staying the same:
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12:00 Tuesday 29th August / dydd Mawrth 29ain mis Awst ( via - do get in touch for login details if you’d like to join in )
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12:00 Friday 1st September / dydd Gwener 1af mis Medi ( ‘Space for Reading’, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford - inside entrance hall to the right, next to windows & opp. side from the excellent cafe)
Let me know if you have any questions - and, as always, newcomers welcome!
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
Helo bawb - here in Oxford just as the school holidays finish, and rather cruelly for plantos and those among us returning to work, an indian summer / haf bach Mihangel is starting 
No changes though for our meetups this week:
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12:00 Tuesday 5th September / dydd Mawrth 5ed mis Medi ( via - do get in touch for login details if you’d like to join in )
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12:00 Friday 8th September / dydd Gwener 8fed mis Medi ( ‘Space for Reading’, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford - inside entrance hall to the right, next to windows & opp. side from the excellent cafe)
Don’t forget, though…
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
How nice to see New College Oxford has produced a Welsh version of their prospectus 
https://www.new.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-03/NEW%20COLLEGE%20-%20WELSH%20V3.pdf
and also a video in Welsh introducing the college to prospective students from Wales: https://www.new.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-03/NEW%20COLLEGE%20-%20WELSH%20V3.pdf
(part of an initiative by New, Jesus & St Catherine’s Colleges hoping to increase the proportion of students from Wales)
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Mae 'na ddigon o “gwadrangl” yn y coleg, dw i’n gweld!
John - it looks like you accidentally posted the same link twice. I think this is the video:
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Thanks, Chris - yes, that was the video I meant to post - am dwpsyn fi! 
I did not know this! Forwarded to all
My Welsh colleagues!
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Helo bawb - just to confirm that we’ll be sticking with our current meetup schedule for the rest of the month, at least (not too late, though, to suggest changes for the weeks after that ), so for this week:
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12:00 Tuesday 12th September / dydd Mawrth 12eg mis Medi ( via - do get in touch for login details if you’d like to join in )
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12:00 Friday 15th September / dydd Gwener 15fed mis Medi ( ‘Space for Reading’, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford - inside entrance hall to the right, next to windows & opp. side from the excellent cafe)
… and same days and times for the rest of September
Hwyl a chadw’n saff
John
A reprise of Mark Davies’s talk on Oxford’s Welsh connections, Wednesday 20 September, £3: https://littlemorelocalhistorysociety.wordpress.com/
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Bother. I’m required to be at a College open day in Witney. 
Celtic Research Seminar Poster v2.pdf (220.6 KB)
This term’s Celtic seminars, with several talks of Welsh interest
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Just seen this in the thread on gigs… No mention of it on the café’s website, but I’ve emailed to ask for more details. Welsh Gigs - DATES AND LOCATIONS! 🎸 - #350 by robbruce
That seems to be the London show - here’s the link to buy tickets for Oxford (Friday 20 October):
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