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Gwersyll Penychain p4

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This is the second page of the Welsh version of the leaflet, published in 1940s. This page republishes a Memo first printed in April 1944 and sent to local councillors in Lleyn and Caernarvonshire. You can see the original Memo also on Peoples Collection Wales. The Memo uses the arguments of sectional interests versus the public good, monopoly versus co-operative principles, motives of profit versus service.
The Defence Committee was formed in April 1944 in response to the sale by the government of "a tract of Welsh coast to an exploiting Company" without any consultation with the local community. Originally sold to the Admiralty for a Training Camp in 1941, the land at Penychain was proposed to be sold onto Butlin to become one of his holiday camps. The Committee wanted the site to be used for the "best and highest interests of the locality, the county and of Wales with regard to natural beauty, culture and the Christian religion".
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Reproduced by permission of Gwynedd Archives
Gwynedd Archives XM/1088
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Gwynedd Archives 2011
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museumwales.ac.uk/media/15298
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13/6/2011
Date originally created:
1/1/1938 - 1/1/1944
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