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WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH VAUGHAN (1940 - 2010), journalist and gay activist Griff Vaughan Williams was born on 9 November 1940 in Bangor, Gwynedd, the only child of Griffith Williams (b. 1910), and his wife Katherine (née Turner, 1910-1968). He was educated at Friars grammar school in Bangor before studying journalism in Cardiff, and then worked for a number of magazines and provincial newspapers around the country until he joined the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
GALLIE, MENNA PATRICIA (1919 - 1990), writer gratifying reviews both at home and in America - she produced two other novels in quick succession: Man's Desiring (1960) and The Small Mine (1962). A campus novel, Man's Desiring lightheartedly explores the differing cultures of Wales and England through Griff Rowlands's academic career at an English university. It was less successful than Strike, but she returned to form with The Small Mine set, like

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