Proclamation 1954: National Eisteddfod in Pwllheli 1955
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Artist Charles F Tunnicliffe takes his camera to the Gorsedd of Bards’ Proclamation Ceremony in Pwllheli, June 1954, where it is declared that the National Eisteddfod will inhabit the town the following year, in August. Archdruid Cynan [Albert Evans-Jones], a poet/playwright born and brought up in Pwllheli, enjoys the golden robes and ceremonial accoutrements for what he may have thought was the last time. He crowns his successor, poet Dyfnallt [John Dyfnallt Owen].