Word: merthyr
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Taffy Was a Welshman ..." In Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Ronald George was fined ?5 and costs for stealing margarine from the table of Ellis Samuel, his host...
...Clare Street in the little Welsh town of Merthyr, an old man sits before a glowing fireplace. Aberdare Mountain rises just opposite the front porch and the River Taff flows by the back garden. At 79, old Jim Horner, sometime foremen at the Merthyr railroad station, is as clear of speech and keen of wit as ever. He is also as stoutly devoted as ever to his son Arthur, old Jim's pride and pain. Arthur has gone far since his childhood in Merthyr. Today he holds the fate of the nation in his clenched fists...
...Preacher. When Arthur Horner was born in Merthyr 53 years ago, Britain was mighty and coal was at the core of her might. Old Jim Horner raised his son to fear God. Young Arthur forgot much of what old Jim taught him, but Arthur never forgot that coal meant power...
...always, old Jim Horner, in his house at Merthyr, is sticking up for his son. Last week, putting his worn velvet slippers carefully on the blacklead fender before the fireplace, he declared stoutly: "They've had our Arthur in prison four times-but he never did do anything wrong...
...Lord Merthyr revised his estimate, regretfully conceded a slight edge to discretion. With proper resignation the peers returned to dotting i's, took what solace they could from doing with their h's what they jolly well pleased...