A campaign has been launched to save the old house of a couple who refused to pay their tax demands as they weren't bilingual. Menter Cwm Gwendraeth Elli have put an offer in for the former home of Eileen and Trefor Beasley in Llangennech near Llanelli.
The initiative hopes to use the house to educate the children and young people of the area, as well as highlight the importance of campaigning for the Welsh language. In the 1950s, wife and husband Eileen and Trefor refused to pay their tax bills as they were all in English, despite the fact that they lived in a strong Welsh-speaking community.
For eight years, the couple appeared in court 16 times and even had some of their personal properties taken away from them by bailiffs, including their treasured wedding gifts. At one point, the couple was left with little but an empty house to show their fight to put Welsh on an equal footing with English.
