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CAMPBELL, RACHEL ELIZABETH (1934 - 2017), teacher and community activist died at the age of eighty-two on 13 October 2017. Hundreds of people lined the streets of Cardiff to pay their respects. She had touched many lives and inspired so many. The First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones described her as 'a true pioneer' and an 'inspiration to other black and ethnic minority people'. In 2019 BBC Wales held a public vote to decide who should be the subject of Cardiff's first
GRIFFITHS, JAMES (JEREMIAH) (1890 - 1975), Labour politician and cabinet minister Wales division where the potentially strong, attractive Plaid Cymru candidate was to be the rugby international Carwyn James. But in May 1967 Griffiths announced that he would not stand for re-election to parliament at the next general election. Griffiths married on 19 October 1918 Winifred (' Winnie ') Rutley (1895-1982), daughter of William Rutley of Overton in Hampshire. She penned a slim volume of
JAMES, CARWYN REES (1929 - 1983), teacher, rugby player and coach Carwyn James was born on 2 November 1929 in Cefneithin, Carmarthenshire. He was the youngest of four children born to David Michael James (1891-1972) and his wife Annie (née Davies, 1893-1974). He had two sisters, Gwen (1914-1996) and Eilonwy (1918-2005), and a brother Dewi (1927-2015). His mother's family were carpenters and his father was a farm hand who moved from Cardiganshire's rural poverty
MORGAN, HYWEL RHODRI (1939 - 2017), politician convinced hitherto-hostile observers that 'we in Wales could deal with things by ourselves' (Carwyn Jones). This impression was reinforced by the change in Rhodri Morgan's official title to 'First Minister'. Morgan used his retitled office to provide clear-sighted leadership following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Aware of their potential to ferment ethnic and religious tensions in Wales, he quickly brought
PASK, ALUN EDWARD ISLWYN (1937 - 1995), rugby player and teacher around the country. He was also a sports producer for BBC TV and worked with both Carwyn James and Peter Walker on their Sunday afternoon telecasts. Alun Pask died of smoke inhalation following a fire at the family home in Lon Pennant, Cwm Gelli, Blackwood, on 1 November 1995. The funeral ceremony was held at St. Augustine's Church, Pontllanfraith, and at the Gwent Crematorium on 8 November.
RICHARDS, ALUN MORGAN (1929 - 2004), screenwriter, playwright, and author Waves: An Anthology of Sea Stories in 1978. A second Book of Sea Stories for Penguin followed in 1980. These were joined by his Mumbles-set Ennal's Point (1977) and his adventure set in South America, Barque Whisper (1979). Richards's rugby writing was best known from his sensitive biography of his friend Carwyn James, Carwyn (1984), and his popular centenary study A Touch of Glory (1980) but had been

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