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Perthyn i Gangstar: Darlith gan Dafydd Wigley

A gangster in the family: A lecture by Dafydd Wigley

This lecture will be delivered in Welsh, but English simultaneous translation is available. (Thanks to the translation company, Lingo Cyf for their support).

Story of Llywelyn Humphreys:

• Al Capone’s successor as Mob Boss
• Chicago’s Public Enemy No1, 1933                     
• St Valentine’s Day Massacre plotter       
• Architect of Las Vagas
• Corruptor of Holywood
• Chief of US Organised Crime

Yet this man was:

• Raised in a Welshspeaking family  
• A Sunday school/chapel goer
• got pension for gangsters widows    
• Food and cash donor to poor;   
• Daughter studied piano in Rome.

And the BIG QUESTION…        …………. DID HE PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT KENNEDY?

Entertainment from some of CGWM’s students shall follow the lecture.

Proceeds from this event shall go to Cyfeillion CGWM (Friends of CGWM) charity who support the work of CGWM Music Centre and its students. To learn more:www.cyfeillion.cgwm.org.uk