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During the 1984-85 miners' strike, Iwan would sing "Yma o Hyd" on the picket lines on numerous occasions, as well as performing it for quarry workers and farmers. Iwan stated that "the effects of Thatcherism were so blatant, so far-reaching. And Welshness was in turmoil. "Yma o Hyd" was a deliberate antidote to that". [4]
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On 22 October 2011, Dafydd and his wife Bethan came to watch the Welsh derby, Wrexham A.F.C. vs Newport County A.F.C. Dafydd sang his hit song "Yma O Hyd" in front of a crowd of 4,000 before the teams came out. He was invited to sing by the new Wrexham FC Supporters Group, who chose their name "Yma O Hyd" after his song.
Iwan noted that choirs and fans inside the stadium would sing Delilah alongside his own folk song, "Yma o Hyd", and the Christian hymns "Cwm Rhondda" and "Calon Lân". Iwan stated that while each song was "great to sing", the four together formed a strange mix. [40]
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In 1985 Tomos won an Academi Gymreig prize for her novel Yma o Hyd about prison life, which she experienced at Risley Prison for actions whilst campaigning for the Welsh language. [1] She had attempted to climb the Crystal Palace TV transmitter to express concern about the lack of television broadcasting in Welsh.
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The company was privately founded by David and Norman Chesky of the audiophile recording company Chesky Records, and is based in New York, NY. [2] The service was launched on March 21, 2008, initially offering only CD-quality 44.1 kHz audio files in AIFF format from a small offering of independent record labels, including audiophile record company catalogs from Chesky Records, Reference ...