Fire in Llŷn Poster
Ever heard of the Fire in Llŷn?
You might’ve heard of Penyberth - or the “Fire in Llŷn” - but do you know why it burned?
In 1936, the British government chose the Llŷn Peninsula as the site for a new RAF bombing school - not because it was empty land, but despite half a million Welsh voices protesting. Penyberth wasn’t just a farmhouse - it was a cultural landmark, a cradle of Welsh language, literature, and pilgrimage. But that didn’t matter to the UK government. They’d already been forced to scrap similar plans in England. Wales was easier to ignore.
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin refused to even hear the Welsh case. Instead, the state bulldozed ahead - desecrating yet another part of Wales in the name of British military ambition. As Saunders Lewis put it, they were turning one of the “essential homes of Welsh culture” into a school for war.
Three principled men - D.J. Williams, Lewis Valentine, and Saunders Lewis - said dim mwy. On the night of 8 September 1936, they set fire to the site. Then walked to the police station in Pwllheli and calmly confessed.
This poster marks a moment when Welsh resistance roared into flame. The night Wales refused to stay quiet.
“Let's light a fire like the fire in Llŷn?” - Ann Fychan
Large A2 size poster (420mm x 594mm) on quality thick paper.
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