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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice The interesting letter from Barrie Roberts about National Service (
TWWW , February 20) rekindled memories of my time serving in the Royal Army Dental Corps (RADC).
Like Barrie, not long after arrival at barracks, I stood in line at the camp barbers awaiting the customary âshort back and sidesâ even though I had visited Jack Deakinâs barber shop in Silverdale the previous day.
John Barnard Jenkins RIP (1933 – 2020) A Welsh Hero John Jenkins who has died was one of the most significant figures in the Welsh independence movement militant national struggle of the twentieth century.
Jenkins headed Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru (MAC) – the Movement for the Defence of Wales – which together with the Free Wales Army and later Mebion Glydwr carried a torch for Welsh Freedom from the 1960s. MAC Carried out a bombing campaign from 1966-69.
My own personal view is that MAC and John Jenkins were the most significant players in the 1960s and certainly up until the Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, a move that was regarded with disdain by many Welsh people, they ran rings around the British Security Forces.