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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 6h

Chief Railways in Wales and England In 1898

Man, even back then the trip from Aberystwyth to Carmarthen was way shorter than it is now 😂

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 6h

On this day in 1997, Joe “The Pride of Wales” Calzaghe stepped into the ring in Sheffield to face boxing legend Chris Eubank for the WBO super-middleweight title.

In a career-defining performance, Calzaghe emerged victorious, marking the beginning of his long reign as world champion.

Joe Calzaghe vs Chris Eubank full fight

YouTube video by Boxing Exposure

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 21h

Penblwydd hapus to the Chicago/Newport legend Jon Langford

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 1d

CPAC strategy. There isn’t even going to be an election for 3-4 years.

Labour had to get its shit together and look after the working and middle class, and stop pandering to the already rich.

We need votes on independence for Scotland, Wales, and Irish reunification ahead of the next election.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 2d

Let them make mistakes, drink booze, vape nicotine, vape some THC, do some magic mushrooms..

Do we want a fucking generation of fucking boring Jared Kushner lookalike wankers?

Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 2d

As a former heavy smoker, who had tried and failed to quit many times, vaping is the way I managed to kick the fags once and for all.

Is vaping 100% safe? No.

Is it a damn side better than smoking with way fewer health risks? Yes.

What do we expect our kids to be? Bloody puritans?

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 2d

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 2d

Maintaining reliable contact between the orbiting American and Soviet spacecraft during this mission was among his final contributions to NASA's manned spaceflight efforts.

www.nasa.gov/people-of-na...

NASA Goddard Honors an Apollo-era Pioneer, His Legacy - NASA

Hailing from humble beginnings in rural Wales, Tecwyn Roberts came to be one of the key players in the space race that left us with the legacy of Apollo.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 2d

In 1972, he was appointed Director of Networks at the Goddard Space Flight Center. There, he oversaw communications for the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, the first international crewed spaceflight, conducted in July 1975.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 2d

His leadership was also central to building NASA’s global tracking and communications network, an essential backbone for all spaceflight operations.

In recognition of his work on the Apollo 8 mission, Roberts received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1969.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 2d

During the Apollo era, Roberts served as Chief of the Network Engineering Division, where he was instrumental in ensuring the success of the Moon landing. He was a key figure in the design and development of NASA’s Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 2d

Born on this day in 1925: Tecwyn Roberts 🚀 🌕

A pioneering Welsh spaceflight engineer from Rhos-y-bol, Ynys Môn, Tecwyn Roberts played a crucial behind-the-scenes role in some of NASA’s most historic missions.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 2d

Bought a couple of new fancy passport covers from Driftwood Designs

driftwooddesigns.co.uk

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 3d

The base would make excuses even if the girls were 15 “they can get married in Kansas at..”.

Nah, with his private school background, he was buggering little boys on the island.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 3d

‘An American Werewolf in London’ was filmed in various locations, with the moor scenes shot in the Black Mountains. The village of East Proctor, featured in the film, is actually Crickadarn, a small village located approximately six miles southeast of Builth Wells.

#WelshHorrorFilms 🎃👻🧛🧙🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 3d

The Plaid-Green alliance broke the Liberal stronghold in Ceredigion in 1992.

Left wing parties have to find common ground, make strategic alliances and make compromises to fend off Reform.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 3d

That was a long hard day sitting on an uncomfortable floor in the gym when we watched live of TV in school that ship raised from the seabed.

Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller is a creepy fuck who wants s probably going to cherish a trans skin lampshade at some point.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder where less brain power would have gotten us in the 40’s. Student grants (yes they were abused), but it gave Britain a cutting edge in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and into the 00’s. Paying for university has stifled the potential of Britain.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 4d

‘Countrycide’ - Owen Teale is fantastic in this tense flat out horror episode of ‘Torchwood’, and of course it’s set in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Available on HBO Max

#Torchwood #NosGalanGaeaf #Halloween

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 4d

Horror flicks with Welsh connections for the season of the witch.

‘The Feast’ (Gwledd) is a 2021 Welsh language folk horror film directed by Lee Haven Jones. It premiered at the Official Selection of the 2021 SXSW in Texas. It is available on AMC+

#NosGalanGaeaf #Halloween #WelshHorrorFilms

Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 4d

Postcards is what I meant by physical mail. Emails are worth the paper they are written on.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 4d

Where are we going to get the shit ton of oil from 😂

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 4d

It’s the same damn people, with the same objectives. Just look at Farage, Truss et al at CPAC.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 4d

Physical mail is better. Less easily ignored.

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