T. Glynne Davies - Work and Legacy

Work and Legacy

During the Second World War Davoes worked at a colliery in Oakdale near Caerphilly as a Bevin Boy.

Davies worked as a news reporter for BBC Radio from 1957 and presented the popular Welsh language radio programme Bore Da ("Good morning") from 1970 to 1976.

In 2011 Welsh television channel S4C announced the T.Glynne Davies Scholarship for the year 2011-12.

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