{"id":87559,"date":"2024-11-12T15:16:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T15:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=87559"},"modified":"2024-11-13T13:46:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T13:46:51","slug":"the-national-anthem-was-louder-in-welsh-at-whitchurchs-first-bilingual-remembrance-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/11\/12\/the-national-anthem-was-louder-in-welsh-at-whitchurchs-first-bilingual-remembrance-service\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The national anthem was louder in Welsh’ at Whitchurch’s first bilingual Remembrance service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The bilingual service came after concerns at the English-only service were raised last year<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

THE national anthem was sung “louder in Welsh than in English” at Whitchurch’s first bilingual Remembrance service, according to organisers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year marked the first time the event was delivered in English and Welsh, following concerns raised to local councillors over a lack of Welsh being included in proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welsh speaker Si\u00e2n Eleri Richards attended last year\u2019s event and was \u201csaddened to find not a word of it was in Welsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was scanning the names engraved on the war memorial and wondering how many of our local lads who gave their lives would have been Welsh speakers at the turn of the last century, and whether we were truly honouring their memory as we should,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt kept preying on my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Jamie Green agreed to Ms Richards’ idea of incorporating more Welsh into the event and worked with Father John Davis and Ceri Stennett of the Remembrance Sunday Planning Team to deliver an inclusive Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This included an order of service booklet that was in both Welsh and English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Richards volunteered to translate the service, as her business works in translating and editing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was quite the undertaking,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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