Welsh announcements

[Proud Salopian]

Well Chester doesn't have any Welsh signs or announcements so it can hardly be a blanket policy!

Probably just a bit of confusion when ATW took over as to which side of the border it is in.

Or maybe Chester is the exception on the ATW network?

Not sure how anyone can be confused as to which country a station is located in. A quick glance at a map would inform the person instantly...

 

[Michael.Y]

Just to add my two pence to this thread - in Shropshire we have to put up with Welsh signs at our stations (Welsh first/English second) because of ATW having a blanket "Welsh language" policy across their network, even though good chunks of it are in England.

Or, as is more likely, they just ordered one set of signs from one contractor for the whole network to make replacing them easier.

 

[Proud Salopian]

Well, yes, but that's my point: it's a blanket network-wide policy, even if its basis is just laziness/bean counting.

 

[PHILIPE]

Just to add my two pence to this thread - in Shropshire we have to put up with Welsh signs at our stations (Welsh first/English second) because of ATW having a blanket "Welsh language" policy across their network, even though good chunks of it are in England.

If anyone's wondering, there used to be some Welsh speakers in Shropshire until about 120 years ago. Whilst some placenames are still Welsh (though only small villages, farms, etc) there is simply no Welsh speaking going on here, except for the very occasional Welsh speaker coming across from Wales for business or a family coming shopping etc. And funnily enough, they can speak English perfectly well.

I understand that there are many Welsh speakers in Oswestry which is virtually on the border although in Shropshire.

 

[merlodlliw]

I understand that there are many Welsh speakers in Oswestry which is virtually on the border although in Shropshire.

I often go to Oswestry, just up the road from Gobowen,it is a Border market town,you can hear some Welsh spoken at the cattle market, but in the town it is only from those who travel in to shop, just like Wrexham.

However at Gobowen orthopedic Hospital, all signage is in Welsh & English,this hospital is a catchment for more than half of Wales, I often speak to people in the hospital who have traveled from beyond Aberyswyth,I can only presume WG pays for the signage

 

[507 001]

I know of no-one in Wales who doesn't speak English. Standing on Newport station last year waiting for a Nottingham train was a nightmare listening to a language that practically no-one in Newport communicates in.

I know of a couple who pretend that they don't speak English!

 

[Proud Salopian]

I understand that there are many Welsh speakers in Oswestry which is virtually on the border although in Shropshire.

Well that's just not the case. The countryside around Oswestry did have Welsh speakers until a few generations ago. But it's purely English-speaking now. The town itself is a market town and so many Welsh people do travel there for business and shopping.

 

[tbtc]

Hapus af davids dydd (as they say in Oswestry)

 

[merlodlliw]

Hapus af davids dydd (as they say in Oswestry)

That took a bit of research, Da iawn as they used to say in Croesoswallt

 

[Michael.Y]

Diolch yn fawr i chi. Dydd gwyl Dewi dda i chi bawb.