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FIFTY years ago this week the manthe Echo called "Wales' most famous post-war rugby player" loped into Cardiff Arms Park, scene of so many of his try-scoring triumphs. Fans of the peerless Bleddyn Williams might have disagreed but no-one wrote to the Echo about it.
Noroom for discordonJuly18, 1958, when the most famous strode around the old greyhound track carrying a message from the Queen enclosed in a silver-gilt baton. It started its journey from Buckingham Palace four days earlier, carried across country by a chain of athletes, the name of the final runner kept secret - until Ken Jones, Wales' wonder wing, appeared on that last lap. He handed the baton to Prince Philip, 1,500 competitors and 40,000 spectators cheered, the 1958 Empire Games had begun and Cardiff, we learned, was "Capital of the Commonwealth".See the full content of this document
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When We Were Capital of the Commonwealth ; Looking Back
You could tell it was a big deal because our elders and betters grudgingly allowed the pubs to stay open an extra hour - whew, right up until half past 11. In Cardiff 50 years ago that...
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