| Carwyn James RIP.. 40 yrs ago 08:55 - Jan 10 with 623 views | onehunglow |
Died on this day in an Amsterdam hotel ,alone at 53 yrs of age .
A gentle and highly intelligent soul who was ,as Clem Thomas opined, a bard among bricklayers.
One who turned down an OBE after being the only coach to see. Lions team win in NZ.
Still revered ,still missed ,still pre eminent as a coach albeit one the WRU couldn’t handle because of pure spite .and pretty minded insularity .
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| Carwyn James RIP.. 40 yrs ago on 11:40 - Jan 10 with 568 views | KeithHaynes |
He was an Mi5 spy as well as a rugby legend. |  |
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| Carwyn James RIP.. 40 yrs ago on 11:43 - Jan 10 with 564 views | onehunglow |
| Carwyn James RIP.. 40 yrs ago on 11:40 - Jan 10 by KeithHaynes |
He was an Mi5 spy as well as a rugby legend. |
Mornin* Keith.
“Allegedly”
It was believed by some when Carwyn was in the Navy.
Obviously in those days,one hide one’s homosexuality especially in small minded villages and that would have seen him suffering from the desperate loneliness of his life .
Sad ending to a gentle soul | |
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| Carwyn James RIP.. 40 yrs ago on 15:42 - Jan 10 with 509 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Carwyn James RIP.. 40 yrs ago on 11:43 - Jan 10 by onehunglow |
Mornin* Keith.
“Allegedly”
It was believed by some when Carwyn was in the Navy.
Obviously in those days,one hide one’s homosexuality especially in small minded villages and that would have seen him suffering from the desperate loneliness of his life .
Sad ending to a gentle soul |
Nothing to do with villages.
It was against the queens law until 1967.
Carwyn was a world class coach almost before the whole concept of coaching existed.
20 years ahead of his time. |  |
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| Carwyn James RIP.. 40 yrs ago on 16:07 - Jan 10 with 500 views | felixstowe_jack |
| Carwyn James RIP.. 40 yrs ago on 15:42 - Jan 10 by Kilkennyjack |
Nothing to do with villages.
It was against the queens law until 1967.
Carwyn was a world class coach almost before the whole concept of coaching existed.
20 years ahead of his time. |
Probably still is in Ireland. I jest it became legal in 1993 only 26 later than forward looking UK
They have only allowed divorce since1995. [Post edited 10 Jan 2023 16:32]
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| Carwyn James RIP.. 40 yrs ago on 18:15 - Jan 10 with 459 views | onehunglow |
| Carwyn James RIP.. 40 yrs ago on 15:42 - Jan 10 by Kilkennyjack |
Nothing to do with villages.
It was against the queens law until 1967.
Carwyn was a world class coach almost before the whole concept of coaching existed.
20 years ahead of his time. |
Are you suggesting the power of the Chapel was not omnipresent in the valley villages
You can’t defend this one Killy,you just cannot. It is fact.
Insularity defined
Rural and village people are utterly different from Urbanites,hence,people from small villages had a different outlook on life as they were confined literally .
Please don’t suggest homosexuality was considered ok in Welsh villages . | |
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