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Aberavon, where rugby and life were indivisible

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The Rugby Paper Team
6 March 2022

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful

Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 100 The mighty steelworks overlooking the Talbot Athletic Ground
February 19, 1976

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It’s Thursday February 19, 1976 and in the background and along the skyline the massive steelworks at Port Talbot are belching smoke, a satanic scene of industrial hell. A mighty, living, beast that since it was built in 1923 had helped sustain Great Britain during the last years of Empire not to mention World War 2 ...

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