1977 Dai the Dare, a Baby for Brucie, and Much More Made the News 32 Years Ago This Week
South Wales Echo › November 03, 2009
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with an extraordinary exhibition of acrobatics.
Spina bifida victim, David Powell, aged 15, now goes through as the amateur intermediate champion to the national finals of the BBC TV Nationwide competition in London. He will compete against finalists from other regions.See the full content of this document
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1977 Dai the Dare, a Baby for Brucie, and Much More Made the News 32 Years Ago This Week
David, of Clovis Crescent, Newton - who is known locally as Dai the Dare - wears a caliper on his completely paralysed right leg and is 40% paralysed in the left.
He has been defying doctors' predictions from the day he was born. Despite their warnings, David learned to walk, ride a bike, surf and do all the things that a normal youngster would do.In the heats he was up against 13 other youngsters aged 14 to 17 years who all showed remarkable...See the full content of this document
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