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Unearthed pictures that have lain untouched for 70 years in archive show King George VI s state funeral on the 70th anniversary of his death as the country mourned his loss and welcomed a new Queen. ....
Dr William Donald Hoskins MBE who has died aged 88 Tributes have been paid to a prominent musician from Abertillery who died has died aged 88. Dr William Donald Hoskins MBE was born in the Abertillery area in June 1932, the son of William and Olive Hoskins. He was delivered by the local midwife Granny Poore, who was paid two shilllings and sixpence (12.5p today). He attended nursery school on the mountain side near his home and accompanied his Aunt Annie Dowden to the Methodist Chapel every Sunday. He was a pupil of Six Bells Junior Mixed, obtaining a scholarship to Abertillery Grammar School. His parents were determined for Donald to pursue his dreams and bought a second-hand grand piano, with his piano lessons beginning at the age of seven years. Theory lessons were often at the local coal pit. ....