October 21st, 1984 - 41 years ago, Welshman Steve Jones ran 2:08:05 to break the world record at the 1984 #ChicagoMarathon 🏴🇺🇸
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“Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night” - read by Winston Evans - Dylan Thomas Centenary Night at the Woodlawn Tap, Chicago - October 26th, 2014
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Humboldt Park Welsh Union Church, 3222 Wabansia, Chicago, was built in 1888, and merged with Hebron Welsh Presbyterian Church, 5916 West Rice Street, Chicago in 1954.
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Blast from the Past - Cerys Matthews at the St. David’s Day party - fadó Irish Pub & Restaurant - Chicago - February 24, 2007.
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William John Trevor Evans aka “Jack Evans” and “Tex”, was born in Garnant, Wales on April 21, 1928.
He played for the New York Rangers from 1954 to 1958 and Chicago Blackhawks from 1958 to 1964.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ev...
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Penblwydd Hapus to Llewellyn Morris Humphreys aka Murray Humphreys aka Murray the Hump.
The notorious Welsh-American gangster and Al Capones right hand man.
Born on April 20, 1899 in Chicago, Illinois to parents from Carno, Wales 🏴
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_...
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Welsh history in Chicago.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones from Llandysul 🏴
He fought in the Union Army in the American civil war, became an outspoken pacifist and civil reformer, he founded the Abraham Lincoln Center and All Souls Unitarian Church.
www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findi...
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A great article about Dylan Thomas from 2014 by @neilsteinberg.bsky.social
www.everygoddamnday.com/2014/10/dyla...
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Apparently this nice video about the Chicago Tafia was posted on TikTok and Instagram yesterday!
www.tiktok.com/@lukedaviesp...
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Zulu Night - January 23, 2011 at The Red Lion Pub Lincoln Square.
Bill Parry, the chap in the full South Wales Borderers uniform, dropped a replica Zulu assegai on (through) his foot later that evening, which impaled him to the wood deck outside his house 😂
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Blast from the past - The Chicago Tafia's "International Links Association" Award from Rhondda Cynon Taf council from 2004 following the Pendyrus Male Choir concert in Chicago!
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Blast From the Past - Gruff Rhys ‘American Interior’ tour - November 14, 2014 at Schubas Tavern, Chicago.
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2011 - Outside Murray the Hump's old house on at 7710 Bennett Avenue, Chicago, with a couple of lads from Newport who were studying at Columbia College.
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1999, while reading Mr. Nice and working on asbestos abatement at the Sears on State Street, I came across the name of Howard Mark’s gang in London. I was searching for a name for our Welsh society, and thus "The Chicago Tafia" was born. The name also nods to Murray Humphreys.
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The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville "Live at the Hall" series, featuring Jon Langford 🏴
watch.countrymusichalloffame.org/videos/jon-l...
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Daniel Protheroe (5 November 1866 – 25 February 1934), was a Welsh composer and conductor, born in Cwmgiedd, Wales.
In Chicago he conducted various choirs, taught at the Sherwood Music School, and mentored Rhys Morgan ("The Welsh Tenor" 1892–1961).
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Daniel Protheroe was a Welsh composer and conductor who immigrated to to Scranton, Pennsylvania, at age 19 and became one of the most popular Welsh musicians in America and Wales. He later lived and worked in Milwaukee & Chicago, where he conducted choirs & composed many hymns.
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Blast from the past - Welsh flick ‘Pride’ at ChiTown Movies drive-in, Chicago. July 1, 2021.
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The Eisteddfod chair from the International Eisteddfod at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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A ‘Welsh history in Chicago’ flyer that was used at the North American Festival of Wales, Chicago Celtic Fest and various St. David's day events years ago.
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Blast from the past - Welsh band CVC at the Hideout, Chicago - June 12, 2023.
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Blast from the past - The Tafia with Welsh band 'They Walk Among Us' - January 21st, 2004 at Subterranean, Chicago.
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Saint David’s Episcopal Church, Aurora, Illinois
The groundbreaking ceremony was held on March 1, 1958. A cornerstone of gray Cambrian limestone, shipped from Saint David’s Cathedral in Wales, was laid and sealed on the eve of Saint David’s Day, February 28, 1959.
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September 11, 2018 - The Stereophonics performed a surprise cover of Sweet Home Chicago at the end of their gig in Chicago.
youtu.be/stutTq2P8sk
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September 24, 2023 - Excellent afternoon out with the Australians in Chicago at Fado for the Wales 🏴 v Australia 🇦🇺 game!
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September 30, 2023 - Day drinking and a fine feature film in Chicago at Delilah's.
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Chicago was incorporated as a town on August 12, 1833.
Thomas Jefferson Vance Owen, whose grandparents were from Wales, is considered “The True Founder of Chicago”. He became the first president of the Town of Chicago in 1833.
rpwrhs.org/w/index.php?...
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Back in the days when phones had holsters and we both had black hair...
The Welsh tent at Celtic Fest Chicago - September 16 & 17, 2007.
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September 15 & 16, 2007.
Welsh band ‘Here Be Dragons’ at the Hideout and Celtic Fest Chicago.
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