Events
Unveiling of The Railway Strike Plaque
The 19th. August 2011, one hundred years to the day, saw the unveiling of a Blue Plaque in memory of The Railway Riots.
"... Major Stuart arrived on the scene with 80 soldiers of the Worcester Regiment. They cleared the track at bayonet point and the crowd scrambled up the embankment. As a result of some stone throwing, Stuart ordered a firing squad to shoot at the young men sitting on a low wall in the garden of 6, High Street. Two men, Jack John and Leonard Worsell, were killed, one severely injured and one shot in the hand" (an extract from Remembrance of a Riot by John Edwards)
Brief talks were given by John Edwards, Linda Steadman (Llanelli Town Mayor) and Jane Hutt AM. The Plaque was unveiled by John Edwards and Carol Slade, a niece of John John.
Llanelli Community Heritage Chairman, John Wynne Hopkins, called for a minutes silence followed by the closure of the ceremony with the reading of the Riot Act by the imposing Rev. Howard Jones.![]()

