This site came about, as a lot of things do, over a conversation in a Pub. We were  shocked to read in the press that the government had reportedly spent £1 million pounds on setting up a website of English Icons and that they had only put 12 Icons on the site so far.

We thought we could do better. Grabbing a pen and paper from behind the bar a group of regulars (pictured below) quickly came up with the first draft list. The idea was not for us to define the list of Welsh Icons but to have a starting point that people could look at before nominating their own Welsh Icons.

Peter Edwards (left), Dawn Hadley, Dom S and Rene Bridger

Over subsequent evening many other people became involved and the most common phrase at the bar (apart from “same again please luv”) was “I’ve got another one”. The list began to grow.

The domain welshicons.org.uk was registered and Dom of 3Cat Design, a local web design company started to piece together the site in his spare time. The site you see before you now is just a starting point. Being a group of locals we acknowledge that this site is in danger of being Cardiff-centric and that is the last thing we want, and ask that you use the polls and forums on this site to make this site truly representative of the Principality.

For those interested in matters fiscal, the site has cost less that £50 to develop against the £1,000,000 the English are reported to have spent.

One final point. We are looking for Welsh speaking volunteers to help translate this site so we can have a bi-lingual version up and running in the next few months. Please get in touch via our ‘Contact Us’ Page.

In the meantime, enjoy the site.

The Welsh Icons Team. April 2006.
 

The original list - spelling mistakes included

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