Kirjahaku

(A history of the Labour party in Welsh by one of its longest standing activists)A hithau wedi dominyddu Gwleidyddiaeth Cymru ers dechrau'r ugeinfed ganrif, y Blaid Lafur Gymreig yw un o'r pleidiau gwleidyddol fwyaf llwyddiannus mewn unrhyw wlad, ac mae ganddi ran hollol ganolog yn hanes Cymru dros y ganrif a hanner ers ei sefydlu. Mae gan Gymru ei hun lle hynod bwysig yn hanes y Blaid Lafur, gan mai yng Nghymru yr ennillodd y Blaid ei buddugoliaethau etholaethol cyntaf, a Chymru fu ei chadarnle hynaf a chryfaf erioed.Serch hynny, cyn nawr ni fu ymdrech i olrhain a chrynhoi hanes cyflawn y Blaid Lafur yng Nghymru yn yr Iaith Gymraeg, o'i rhagflaenwyr ymysg Cristnogion sosialaidd fel Robert Owen drwy at fuddugoliaethau ffurfiol cyntaf y blaid ar ddechrau'r ugeinfed ganrif, cyfnodau cythryblus mewn llywodraeth ac fel gwrthblaid, a'i chyfnodau o lwyddiant ac o fethiant yn ystod ail hanner yr ugeinfed ganrif. Telir sylw teilwng i ffigyrrau Cymreig blaenllaw'r blaid ac i'r cwestiynau hynny oedd o ddiddordeb neilltuol iddynt megis datganoli a'r Iaith Gymraeg. Mae D. Ben Rees wedi bod yn weithgar gyda'r Blaid Lafur ers y 1950au ac eisoes wedi cyhoeddi bywgraffiadau i amrywiaeth o unigolion ag iddynt ran flaenllaw yn y gyfrol hon, fel Cledwyn Hughes a Jim Griffiths.

There is no doubt among the experts that Jimmy Wilde of Wales in the United Kingdom must be the greatest fighting man between 1911 and 1923, indeed some maintain that he was the greatest boxer that has ever lived. He was a huge sensation and the various names that were bestowed on him tell a fascinating story. The best known of these must be THE MIGHTY ATOM and THE GHOST WITH A HAMMER. Brought up in a miner's cottage in the Rhondda Valley he was taught his craft while working as a coal miner with his father and in the evenings in the boxing booth . He was fortunate in his family, his wife Elizabeth, his father-in-law Dai Davies and his trainer Ted Lewis. Jim Driscoll, another boxing giant from Cardiff taught him the finer points of the craft As he was so thin and never exceeded seven stones he always fought with great deal disadvantage before heavy boxers . Wilde provided every boxing venue from Edinburgh to Dublin, London to New York, Philadelphia to Liverpool with drama and excitement . The fans were dazzled by his speed, skill and dexterity. Seen in action in his Army service in the First World War, he travelled everywhere with plenty of energy Wilde would never shirk from his challenger and exhibited at all times superb courage and knock out punches He was unique in his day . Professor Dr. D Ben Rees has produced a readable, well produced account which will be of a huge interest to those who love reading of the golden age of boxing, and how Wilde was able to show his ability in the home of boxing, the United States of America.