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Thread #44812 Message #1077489
Posted By: Gareth
21-Dec-03 - 07:14 PM
Thread Name: Bells of Rhymny
Subject: RE: Bells of Rhymny
Hmmm ! My previous link don't work now, so here is the current URL Click 'Ere
For information Idris Davies was a native of Rhymney - His poem "The Bells of Rhymney" was written in the 1920's.
As I have said before, there was an old Toast in the South Wales Miners Federation "To the day the last man left the last pit on the last shift"
Don't pray to hard, you may get what you prayed for !!!
Coincidently I was up in Rhymney area last week, wearing my Labour Party hat to scrutinises a selection meeting for our Council Candidates next year. Two were selected, both ex colliers. One is now a clerk with the local health authority, the other sells "Double Glazing". Both excellent candidates, tho thier computer literacy could be better !
Hmmmm ! I feel a touch of the Max Boyce arriving Click 'Ere