West Glamorgan

American  

[west gluh-mawr-guhn] / ˈwɛst gləˈmɔr gən /

noun

1. a former administrative county in southern Wales.

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West Glamorgan British  

noun

1. a former county in S Wales, formed in 1974 from part of Glamorgan and the county borough of Swansea: replaced in 1996 by the county of Swansea and the county borough of Neath Port Talbot

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Example Sentences

Other Welsh recipients of an OBE include consultant cardiothoracic surgeon Prof Syed Saeed Ashraf, from west Glamorgan; director of national adoption service and foster Wales, Suzanne Griffiths, from south Glamorgan; and foster carer Esther Wilson, from Powys.

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"My theatrical journey began on the stage in Swansea as a member of the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre, so it feels fitting to come full circle to base Welsh National Theatre in the city," he said.

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Andrew Dully, from West Glamorgan Archives, has established that a John F Davies was the head of the household at the address, where he lived with his wife, Maria, and six children.

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One of those people who gave him opportunities was Godfrey Evans, a drama teacher who helped shaped generations of actors through the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre and died in November, aged 82.

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"I knew Russell from when we were at the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre in the '70s," she said.

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