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Merlin's traffic hazard

Nationwide, first broadcast 21 April 1975

A Nationwide report from 1975 from the famous Carmarthen Oak. Legend has it that Merlin prophesised that if tree ever falls or is cut down the town of Carmarthen will fall. Back in the 70s, the local council saw it as little more than a traffic hazard.

Myths and legends


See also

Investiture timeline

Image of investiture timeline

Day-by-day

Take a tour of the 1969 investiture.

The Welsh flag

Image of the Welsh flag

Y Ddraig Goch

The current flag was adopted by royal decree only in 1959.

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Demonstrating miners at the TUC Conference, Brighton, 1984

Miners' strike

BBC content about industrial action affecting the coal industry in the 1980s.


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