Dinas Powis, The Common c.1965
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The relative tranquillity of this scene belies the common's historic role as a venue for altogether more rowdy activities. Extremely popular in the Vale were 'Gwylmabsant' – days of celebration and revelry of ecclesiastic origin. By the 18th century these boisterous gatherings had become distinctly non-secular and the scourge of Methodism. John Wesley himself bore witness to a 'revel' in Dinas Powis on 14 September 1741.
An extract from Around Penarth Photographic Memories.
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