Comments on: Richard Burton on his father and coal mining https://thenewneo.com/2013/01/08/richard-burton-on-his-father-and-coal-mining/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:36:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Don Carlos https://thenewneo.com/2013/01/08/richard-burton-on-his-father-and-coal-mining/#comment-498499 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:36:14 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=23577#comment-498499 What a marvellous yet deeply flawed man.

]]> By: JEB https://thenewneo.com/2013/01/08/richard-burton-on-his-father-and-coal-mining/#comment-498301 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:47:20 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=23577#comment-498301 Thanks for finding and sharing. I’ve been a big Burton fan since childhood, and that was a long time ago. This was very illuminating.

]]> By: vanderleun https://thenewneo.com/2013/01/08/richard-burton-on-his-father-and-coal-mining/#comment-498293 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:40:16 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=23577#comment-498293 ” Men like my father cannot die. They are with me still, real in memory as they were in flesh, loving and beloved forever. How green was my valley then. “

]]> By: vanderleun https://thenewneo.com/2013/01/08/richard-burton-on-his-father-and-coal-mining/#comment-498289 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:35:42 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=23577#comment-498289 And of course we shouldn’t forget the greatest film epic of Wales, How Green Was My Valley.

Not only a great epic but one that had one of the most tear-jerking endings of all time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A12CL1mFp4

]]> By: carl in atlanta https://thenewneo.com/2013/01/08/richard-burton-on-his-father-and-coal-mining/#comment-498288 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:29:46 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=23577#comment-498288 ” They were kings of the underworld…”

God, how I envy those Brits who have mastered the English language (and he’s Welsh, not “really” an Englishman!).

]]> By: vanderleun https://thenewneo.com/2013/01/08/richard-burton-on-his-father-and-coal-mining/#comment-498245 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:47:43 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=23577#comment-498245 “The arrogant strut of the lords of the coal face…”

What a great clip. Simply great!

Thanks for that.

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