I have remarked before about the propensity for oddness in South Wales.
...and its fondness for fighting. In fact so popular is this particular pastime that its hard to imagine how the English ever beat them.
The latest example of this fighting spirit comes from outside the Pandy Inn, Tonypandy in Rhondda Cynon Taff, where a wedding party got involved in a mass brawl with pub regulars.
The row had erupted, inside the bar when one of the women had her backside slapped in the bar. Whether she was with the wedding party or one of the regulars no one seems to know .... much alcohol had been consumed by the wedding party and the incident seemed to kick everything off.
The fighting spilled out on to the street and being a digital age, videos of much of it were so made available to social media.
They show one of the pub regulars stamping on the head of the brides brother in law, and the bride herself trying to stop the fighting in her wedding dress.
Daniel Morgan, from Tonypandy was filmed 'deliberately, maliciously and forcefully' jumping in the air to maximise the injuries to the victim's face, who suffered a fractured cheekbone and swelling to his head and eye socket. He was unconscious for several minutes before an ambulance arrived to take him to hospital.
Morgan, who had bravely run away from the fighting after the stamping, was jailed for three years at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, after admitting attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent. The court heard that there exists a macho culture in that part of Wales that some view as the way of life, but Mr Morgan cried in court when sentenced.
I once met a young woman from around there. I quite fancied her and during the chat up I asked about a bump on her nose. She informed me that she got it when someone hit her in the face with a bottle during a fight. I assumed it was with another woman, but no, she blithely informed me that she had been fighting a man.
Enough said. Its a very different country from the rest of the UK, and no mistake.
 |
| Edward I Defeats The Welsh .... Odd Result. |
...and its fondness for fighting. In fact so popular is this particular pastime that its hard to imagine how the English ever beat them.
The latest example of this fighting spirit comes from outside the Pandy Inn, Tonypandy in Rhondda Cynon Taff, where a wedding party got involved in a mass brawl with pub regulars.
The row had erupted, inside the bar when one of the women had her backside slapped in the bar. Whether she was with the wedding party or one of the regulars no one seems to know .... much alcohol had been consumed by the wedding party and the incident seemed to kick everything off.
The fighting spilled out on to the street and being a digital age, videos of much of it were so made available to social media.
They show one of the pub regulars stamping on the head of the brides brother in law, and the bride herself trying to stop the fighting in her wedding dress.
Daniel Morgan, from Tonypandy was filmed 'deliberately, maliciously and forcefully' jumping in the air to maximise the injuries to the victim's face, who suffered a fractured cheekbone and swelling to his head and eye socket. He was unconscious for several minutes before an ambulance arrived to take him to hospital.
Morgan, who had bravely run away from the fighting after the stamping, was jailed for three years at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, after admitting attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent. The court heard that there exists a macho culture in that part of Wales that some view as the way of life, but Mr Morgan cried in court when sentenced.
I once met a young woman from around there. I quite fancied her and during the chat up I asked about a bump on her nose. She informed me that she got it when someone hit her in the face with a bottle during a fight. I assumed it was with another woman, but no, she blithely informed me that she had been fighting a man.
Enough said. Its a very different country from the rest of the UK, and no mistake.
A few more of your south Wales story's please. They make me laugh.
ReplyDeleteActually I do have a few more from this strange land. I will try and post sometime over the summer. Thanks for the comment.
Delete