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Novocastrian Jun 17th 2012 1:19 pm

Re: Great things that came from Wales...
 

Originally Posted by Sally Redux (Post 10124694)
We once stayed in a the converted garage of Bertrand Russell's holiday home.

Siân Phillips and Anthony Hopkins.

Tut. Our Anthony Hopkins is from Brighton and currently lives in Gatineau.

dbd33 Jun 17th 2012 1:28 pm

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10124698)
Tut. Our Anthony Hopkins is from Brighton and currently lives in Gatineau.

Not Anthony Hopkins, just someone he tried to be.

Novocastrian Jun 17th 2012 1:31 pm

Re: Great things that came from Wales...
 

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 10124702)
Not Anthony Hopkins, just someone he tried to be.

I'm spending the remains of the day getting slightly inebriated, I'll follow up with real McCoy on Friday.

Siouxie Jun 17th 2012 1:34 pm

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Catherine Zeta Jones, Tommy Cooper, Andy Fairweather-Low, Timothy Dalton, Harry Secombe, Anthony Hopkin, Windsor Davis, Laura Ashley, Mary Quant, Charlotte Church.

Oggie Oggie Oggie!

This is a picture of my grandparents in their parlour in the wilds of Wales, back in the day.

:)

feelbritish Jun 17th 2012 1:36 pm

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what no mention of Leeks?

dbd33 Jun 17th 2012 1:43 pm

Re: Great things that came from Wales...
 

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10124711)
I'm spending the remains of the day getting slightly inebriated, I'll follow up with real McCoy on Friday.

Shall we see Stevens? If so I should advise I2C now, she'll need time to still her fast beating heart.

Novocastrian Jun 17th 2012 2:08 pm

Re: Great things that came from Wales...
 

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 10124721)
Shall we see Stevens? If so I should advise I2C now, she'll need time to still her fast beating heart.

I think not. I2C may relax into my gentle arms. As long as you know who is in the loo. Not a moment longer.

PeterF Jun 17th 2012 2:33 pm

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Michael Sheen went to the same school as me, unfortunately a few years after me. Anthony Hopkins was from a different part of the same town, so went to a different school, quite a few years before me and Richard Burton came from a village just outside town.

Mary Hopkin, oh yes, those were the days.

Christian Bale was born welsh but believe brought up in London.

PeterF Jun 17th 2012 2:39 pm

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There is of course William Frost from Tenby who designed and flew a powered flying machine a whole 8 years before the Wright brothers.

MikeUK Jun 17th 2012 3:12 pm

Re: Great things that came from Wales...
 

Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 10124356)
My mums friends sons wife had a cousin who met Tom jones. I shit you not :thumbup:

It was in the newspaper

I've met Toms Jones... and if you chose to drink in the Ivor arms in Brynsadler often enough you might too...

On that note, great things that came out of wales..

Beers such as Brains SA and Felinfoel

Numerous rugby greats.... too many to mention

el_richo Jun 17th 2012 3:17 pm

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I prefer welsh people to scotch people :thumbup:

Tony-the-Tigger Jun 17th 2012 9:24 pm

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What's a Scotch person? Someone who runs a distillery?

Lvh76 Jun 17th 2012 10:08 pm

Re: Great things that came from Wales...
 

Originally Posted by PeterF (Post 10124772)
Michael Sheen went to the same school as me, unfortunately a few years after me. Anthony Hopkins was from a different part of the same town, so went to a different school, quite a few years before me and Richard Burton came from a village just outside town.

Mary Hopkin, oh yes, those were the days.

Christian Bale was born welsh but believe brought up in London.

You must hail from Port Talbot then. I went to Cardiff Uni and most of my friends there were from PT. great people in PT!

dollface Jun 18th 2012 12:04 am

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Originally Posted by Tony-the-Tigger (Post 10125146)
What's a Scotch person? Someone who runs a distillery?

sounds like it eh?:frown:

dollface Jun 18th 2012 12:05 am

Re: Great things that came from Wales...
 

Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 10124815)
I prefer welsh people to scotch people :thumbup:

why even the comparison?:p


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