Demand that Liverpool return the Bardsey crown to Wales


Demand that Liverpool return the Bardsey crown to Wales
The Issue
Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli), once had a monarchy, kings that would govern a small population that lived there.
However, In 1925, at the age of 80, Love Pritchard was interviewed for a 'Nottingham Evening Post' article (Monday 12 October 1925) about his life as a king, within his interview he expressed his concerns over the future of the crown, he wished for the it to be kept at the National Museum Cardiff in Wales.. however, a few years after he passed, like many other native Welsh items, the crown was sold off to the Maritime Museum in Liverpool.
The reason many of Wales' artefacts are in the hands of English museums is because of economic failures placed on Wales by Westminster during and after the industrial revolution, thus; Wales was fundamentally exploited of its riches and identity, therefore I believe that because the Welsh were regarded as second class citizens next to its neighbour, we could not teach our population our history.
Therefore I ask Laura Pye, Director of the Maritime Museum at Liverpool, to return the Bardsey Crown to Wales permanently (and many other important Welsh artefacts) so that our population can learn from its past as there shouldn't be a price on learning.

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The Issue
Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli), once had a monarchy, kings that would govern a small population that lived there.
However, In 1925, at the age of 80, Love Pritchard was interviewed for a 'Nottingham Evening Post' article (Monday 12 October 1925) about his life as a king, within his interview he expressed his concerns over the future of the crown, he wished for the it to be kept at the National Museum Cardiff in Wales.. however, a few years after he passed, like many other native Welsh items, the crown was sold off to the Maritime Museum in Liverpool.
The reason many of Wales' artefacts are in the hands of English museums is because of economic failures placed on Wales by Westminster during and after the industrial revolution, thus; Wales was fundamentally exploited of its riches and identity, therefore I believe that because the Welsh were regarded as second class citizens next to its neighbour, we could not teach our population our history.
Therefore I ask Laura Pye, Director of the Maritime Museum at Liverpool, to return the Bardsey Crown to Wales permanently (and many other important Welsh artefacts) so that our population can learn from its past as there shouldn't be a price on learning.

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Petition created on 26 January 2022