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Famous Welsh Pirates Photo Contest
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Latest Activity: Oct 9
PIRATE IMPERSONATORS CONTEST - Send us Your Pirate Look-Alike Photos, Win Fifty Bucks, International Infamy and free admission to the Portland, Oregon Left Coast Eisteddfod
Many thanks to Angela for the above graphic.
Show off your inner Pirate! Win $50 and acclaim! We're looking for Pirate Impersonators to send us photos in all their glory! Show us your John Callis, Howell Davis, Robert Edwards, John Evans, privateer Henry Morgan and last but by no means least, the Dread Pirate Bartholomew Roberts. As equal opportunity pirate lovers, we are, of course, also looking for Black Bartinas and Henrietta Morgans!
Members and non-members may submit, you don't have to be a member of this network to participate, but if you're of Welsh ancestry or just like Wales, please do join us. First prize is $100.00 plus international renown/infamy and free admission to the Left Coast Eisteddfod in Portland, Oregon. Runners up prizes to be announced.
Please submit jpegs no larger than 50kb - if you're unable to edit your photo, send it to us and we'll be happy to do it for you. Americymru members may submit directly, by starting a new discussion and posting their photo in it.
Non-members, please send your photos to defnydd@gmail.com and include "Pirate Competition" in the subject line so we don't miss them!
Please include your name and contact information with your photo, and a contestant/user name you'd like us to identify your photo with, as well as a brief bio you'd like submitted on our site with your photo. All images must be the property of the person submitting them and remain the property of the person submitting them but by submitting your image(s), you give us permission to post your image(s) on this site for purposes of this contest.
Closing date for submissions is July 31st 2009.
Discussion Forum
Capn. Pentra Pip 5 Replies
Started by phil_D. Last reply by phil_D Apr 1.
My son, Capt. Bad Brad 1 Reply
Started by Janice. Last reply by Angela Apr 1.
Essential Pirate 4 Replies
Started by Nola Becket. Last reply by Angela Apr 1.
Gracie the Pirate 2 Replies
Started by mona everett. Last reply by Ceri Shaw Jan 20.
Horatio Whistleton - Thynne ( Privateer, Bucaneer, Corsair, Pirate - at your service )
Started by Ian Price Jan 11.
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Comment by Brian y Tarw Llwyd on December 6, 2008 at 12:09pm - Also from Wikipedia: Born John Roberts (May 17, 1682 – February 10, 1722), Bartholomew Roberts was a Welsh pirate who raided shipping off the Americas and West Africa between 1719 and 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy, capturing far more ships than some of the best-known pirates of this era such as Blackbeard or Captain Kidd. He is estimated to have captured over 470 vessels. He is also known as Black Bart (Welsh: Barti Ddu), but this name was never used in his lifetime.
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Comment by Ceri Shaw on December 6, 2008 at 11:30am -
I cannot resist pointing out that I had the privilege of attending the same school as Captain Henry Morgan ( more or less ). I actually went to Jones West Mon in Pontypool whereas he attended Monmouth School. Both were considered part of the same foundation or campus back in the day.
We had a song about Captain Morgan which we sang every prize-giving day. Here are some sample lyrics:-
"Proud I am of Welsh blood born near Monmouth town and border men are roving men to tread the far leagues down."
"When I was a lad boys a beating was no good, the terror and the scourge was I of all the neighbourhood" etc etc
A perfect role model for us lads!
Actually Henry Morgan was a buccaneer rather than a pirate and most of his activities were officially or unofficially sanctioned by the British crown..Many of his exploits are dramatised in the John Steinbeck novel:- Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History (Penguin Classics)
Henry Morgan on the BBC site
Henry Morgan on the Wikipedia
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