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James Henson's Cardiff rugby cap - photo by Jean Moyse These are archive messages - to air your views please visit our new Your Say index page.


Jean Moyse in Winnipeg, Canada, wonders if she's related to our silver-booted rugby hero:

"My dad James Henson played rugby as a young man - he was born in 1895 and I have his cap dated 1922-23 (pictured above). It has the initials C.R.F.C. - Cardiff Rugby Football Club. I have been told it was a junior international club, although he would have been 27 or 28 at the time.

"I also wonder if Gavin Henson might have ancestors related. My dad never missed a rugby match and he was a builder by trade."


Annette O'Hagan in Brisbane, Australia, is puzzled by the name of a former Valleys terrace:

"There used to be a row of houses near Llanover Colliery/pumping station not far from Blackwood in the Sirhowy Valley called Rank Sir Henry. Although long gone I would like to know how the name came about."


Brian Lee in Cardiff asks about a superstar's stand-in:

"Ira Stevens left Cardiff in 1936 to becomeShirley Temple's double. She appeared in Little Princess and A ChristmasCarol? But what happened to her afterwards?"


Richard Palser in Hemel Hempstead asks about a Welsh tenor:

"Does anyone know of or remember Granville Madden who sang at the Newbridge Memo and in Opera before the Welsh National Opera existed?"


Sally Hyman, head of Bedwellty School, is seeking information about a school song as it faces closure:

"Bedwellty School, Aberbargoed, opened in 1921, is to close in July 2005. All past pupils and staff are being asked to contribute to an exhibition and book about the school's history. There is a website celebrating Bedwellty School - www.bedwellty.ik.org. Anyone interested in being put on the school's mailing list to receive details of Open Days and other special events should contact the school directly or via the website.

"The school is currently seeking information on a piece of music written by Anthony Burgess in 1947 called Celebrating Bedwellty - please email bweca@caerphilly.gov.uk or phone 01443 828900."


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