tributes
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“There’s a resilience in Machynlleth which says Mark Bridger’s evil will not prevail. That the goodness of a little girl will endure. And that April Jones will always be remembered.” Tribute: ‘APRIL: A WALES THIS WEEK SPECIAL’
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A plaque was due to be unveiled today in memory of Jimmy Murphy, the coach who helped nurture Manchester United’s legendary Busby Babes and led Wales to their only World Cup finals.Murphy, born in the Rhondda of a Welsh mother and Irish father, was the man who stepped into Matt Busby’s shoes after the Munich
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On Friday, the world said goodbye to Studs Terkel.Studs might not have been so well known on this side of the Atlantic but in the United States they are paying tribute to a “true American hero”.Studs was a performer, a journalist, an oral historian and a “rabble-rouser”.McCarthy tried to have him testify against leftist friends;
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Farewell to Tower Colliery – and best wishes to all the miners who made the final march from the pit today.Tower, a workers’ co-operative, was the last deep coal mine in South Wales. It is a remarkable story, which has been told many times. Despite the understandable mythologizing, the colliery has always been about basic
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WALES’ last veteran of the Spanish Civil War has died. Bob Peters, was the last surviving member of a brave generation of Welsh men, who volunteered to fight fascism in Spain in the 1930s.He died on Monday, aged 92, after a brave battle with cancer.Today First Minister Rhodri Morgan paid tribute to Mr Peters, saying
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The Western Mail ran my tribute to Alun this week. It is here .
Greg Lewis 