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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A fantastic final @WEALlanelli talk before the summer break with David Timbrell-Hill of Beer Park on “When Wales Banned Beer”. Huge thanks to Llanelli Rural Community Chair Cllr Michelle Donoghue & consort Stephen Donoghue for their continued support. www.weallanelli.org #Llanelli

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Who would have thought that the first laws exclusively made for Wales was to ban beer! Read about Dave Timbrell-Hill’s talk at WEA Llanelli last week on this subject: www.weallanelli.org/interesting-... #criticalthinking #WelshHistory #welshpolitics #lifelonglearning #Llanelli

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🚨This Thursday 21st of May - Selwyn Samuel Centre 🚨

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Did you know there was a time when Wales banned beer? The very first Act of Parliament that was specifically made just for Wales? 🗓️Thursday, 21st May 📍WEA Llanelli, Selwyn Samuel ⏰Doors open 7pm for 7:30pm start 💵Free entry for all! Details: www.weallanelli.org #criticalthinking #Llanelli

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Anger and frustration at Welsh politics at WEA Llanelli last week… Will Hayward, the multi award winning journalist and Guardian columnist, shared his views at WEA Llanelli expressing his frustrations at the current political system we have in Wales. Review by David Edwards: www.weallanelli.org

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🚨This Thursday 16th of April - Selwyn Samuel Centre 🚨 ‪Come and listen to Will Hayward in #Llanelli talking about his new book on “why people in Wales are being screwed” next week, and ask questions. ⏰ Doors open 7pm for 7:30pm start 💵 Free entry for all! More details: www.weallanelli.org

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WEA LLANELLI | Cultivating curiosity and Critical thinking since 1914

WEA Llanelli is Llanelli's oldest community association, a community group run by volunteers since 1914, empowering working people through lifelong learning to broaden the mind and encourage critical ...

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Come and listen to Will Hayward in #Llanelli talking about his new book on “why people in Wales are being screwed” next week, and ask questions. 🗓️ Thursday, 16th April 📍 WEA Llanelli, Selwyn Samuel ⏰ Doors open 7pm for 7:30pm start 💵 Free entry for all! More details: www.weallanelli.org

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

An outstanding talk from Bethan Mair last week on the life and works of poet and academic Sir TH Parry Williams. Her intimate knowledge of the bard brought him to life and enlightened the audience on his relevance to this day. For updates sign up at www.weallanelli.org #WelshHistory

Bethan Mair standing in front of a lectern speaking at the WEA Llanelli talk, audience members sitting in the in front

Sir TH Parry-Williams siting at a desk in his study with bookshelves in the background

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Are Welsh voters moving away from traditional party politics? Join Dr Jac Larner (Cardiff University) for a discussion on the future of politics in Wales ahead of the Senedd elections. 📅 19 February | Start 19:30 📍 Selwyn Samuel Centre, Llanelli More info: www.weallanelli.org #WelshPolitics

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Picture of Senedd Cymru | Welsh Parliament entrance with a Picture of Dr Jac Larner inset

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Come and join us, change us, make Llanelli into a modern town and have fun doing so. www.weallanelli.org

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

We remain supported by the people of Llanelli in its democratic approach to life-long learning, offering classes and free monthly lectures in a diverse range of subjects from politics, philosophy, economics, international affairs, history, music, science, art and literature. www.weallanelli.org

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Today, WEA Llanelli holds regular talks, looking to the future with optimism, fostering new friendships, community engagement and committed to lifelong learning. The speakers are usually prominent in their field of activity and give us ideas to spawn further work by our current generation.

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

A century and more on, through economic depressions, another World War, the nuclear age and the digital age, the town has undergone monumental shifts in its prosperity. Its days as an industrial powerhouse have been diminished and we live in a cleaner, greener environment. www.weallanelli.org

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The WEA was one of the very first organisations to recognise equal status for women being formed the same year as the British Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), founded by Emmeline Pankhurst, where its members were also known as the Suffragettes. www.weallanelli.org

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

John Thomas outlined that the WEA “it aims not at persuasion, but enlightenment. It does not merely tolerate differences of opinion; it welcomes and respects them.” A tutor of that time, Mr W. King BA, the objective was “to broaden the mind and give men and women a new outlook on life.”

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Secretary of the WEA for Wales, John Thomas outlined through the article that “The WEA is a society of men and women united by the desire to bring within the reach of all workpeople the Higher Education which has hitherto been the privilege of the few” www.weallanelli.org

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

First proposed in the months leading up to the First World War, when a meeting was held on the 20th June, 1914 at the old Town Hall in Hall Street. An article in the Llanelly Mercury provides an insight of that meeting as well as its ambition. www.weallanelli.org

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WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

WEA Llanelli has achieved remarkable status within Wales as one of the oldest and largest branches of the international Workers Educational Association (WEA). During its history it has contributed significantly to the quality of life of the town. Come and take a look www.weallanelli.org

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WEA LLANELLI | Cultivating curiosity and Critical thinking since 1914

WEA Llanelli is Llanelli’s oldest community association, a community group run by volunteers since 1914, empowering working people through lifelong learning to broaden the mind and encourage critical ...

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