Sunday 9 January 2011

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Monday 3 January 2011

Ray Milland, actor


1905 Ray MILLAND, actor - Oscar winner
Born in Neath, as Reginald Alfred Truscott-Jones, he won an Oscar in 1946 for The Lost Weekend. (d.1986)

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Saturday 1 January 2011

Willie Llewellyn

Born in Tonypandy in 1879, Willie captained Wales & London Welsh and was a member of the Welsh team that beat the 1905 touring All Blacks. Such was the local respect for him, the rioters who sacked Tonypandy High Street in 1910 left his chemist shop unscathed. (d.1973)
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