On this day in 1869, miners at the Leeswood colliery near Mold march their English manager to the train station in order to send him home. This led to the Mold Riots.
http://leeswoodcommunity.org.uk/history/the-mold-riots/
A very good article on the riots.
http://www.welshnot.com/history/the-mold-riots-the-summer-of-69/
..........................."Ymhob pen y mae 'piniwn."-" In every head there is an opinion."-Welsh proverb....
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