--- In RichardBurton@yahoogroups.com, "kbroersen" <kbroersen@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Agree with you Sheila -- I too celebrate the joyousness of Burton every
> day, he really does light up my life with his talent and personality.
>
> Re his family: his brother Graham is still around and living just up
> the road from Pontrhydyfen, and one of his nieces, Sian Owen, daughter
> of his sister Hilda, still lives in Pontrhydyfen itself.
>
> The village erected a memorial to him on his birthday in 2006: it is
> very nice. Aside from Burton the memorial also remembers his parents
> and his sister Edith.
>
> When I visited Port Talbot last year I was lucky enough to have
> breakfast with someone who had been to school with Richard and who knew
> him well as a boy -- he had some great stories!
>
> Cheers to you all, Katinka

>
Much obliged to you,Katinka. It was Hilda I was curious about-as I met
her years ago, think I also met Sian, but cannot be sure.