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Day 11 Codebreaker Frank Whitcombe
- October 22, 2020
- Posted by: Vaughan Gething AM
- Category: Latest News
No CommentsToday’s local ruby hero is Frank Whitcombe Frank was one of 10 children who lived at 52, Wedmore Street, Grangetown. His father, Frederick Whitcombe, was a blacksmith’s striker in the Dry Docks by day and a prize fighter in bare-knuckle boxing in Tiger Bay by night. Frank went to Ninian Park Council School and after leaving at 14
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Day 10 Codebreaker Jim Sullivan
- October 22, 2020
- Posted by: Vaughan Gething AM
- Category: Latest News
Today’s profile is of Jim Sullivan. Wales’ eighth captain, Jim Sullivan was born in Elaine Street, Splott, His father was a butcher from Ireland. He went to St Alban’s School and played rugby union for Cardiff at 16. By 17 he had played for the Barbarians and played in a Welsh Trial. He also excelled