'My wife Connie deserves the MBE, not me!'.Byline: By Gareth Rogers and Dave James Dave James is an American radio and television presenter who was the winner of QVC’s 2004 Program Host Search auditions. Millions of Americans voted for James, and after months of intensive host training, he joined the ranks as a QVC program host in May 2005. South Wales Echo The South Wales Echo is a daily newspaper distributed in south Wales. It was founded in 1884 and is based in Thomson House, Cardiff city centre. It is published daily, in a tabloid form, by Media Wales Ltd (formerly Western Mail & Echo Ltd), part of the Trinity Mirror group. A former miner who has run a tiny village youth club for 55 years was today rewarded with an MBE MBE (in Britain) Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE n abbr (BRIT) (= Member of the Order of the British Empire) → tÃtulo ceremonial MBE n abbr (Brit) (= . And Stan Norris said being honoured by Her Majesty was the greatest moment of his life. Stan, 74, was honoured for his work running Wyndham Girls and Boys Club, Ogmore Vale For other places, see . Ogmore Vale (Welsh: Cwm Ogwr) is a village in the the county of Bridgend, Wales on the River Ogmore. The village's main source of income came from mining. , for more than half a century. The football coach, who dedicated his time fully to the club after the village pit was closed in the 1980s, says the youngsters he works with keep him young. Stan, a dad of six, says he received the letter from Her Majesty two months ago, but he was not allowed to tell anyone his exciting news. The former soccer centre forward said: "It was the greatest moment of my life. "I first joined the club to play football when I was 19. Then I became a coach and now I do everything. "We have been out canoeing, ice skating, mountaineering, singing and dancing in recent months and I love it. "It is nice to be able to help the children by talking to them, advising them and just being there for them. "Being a youngster has changed a lot over the years because children are growing up so quickly. When they get to 16 or 17 they want to go to the pub and before that they want to play on their PlayStations." But evergreen Stan, who has seven grandchildren, says his wife Connie deserves the MBE instead of him. He said: "She has been so understanding down the years because I have spent so much time out of the house. "I can remember her taking our children to the beach while I was out on exercises with the youth club. "Our boys used to love going to the club and my youngest Robert is training to be a youth leader." Stan, affectionately known as Stan the Man Noun 1. Stan the Man - United States baseball player (born in 1920) Musial, Stan Musial, Stanley Frank Musial , hopes his grandson Ben, seven, will follow in his footsteps. He said: "I grew up in this valley and have seen what good this club does for people. "It has been here since 1939 and hopefully it will still be here in 2039." Mary Eleanor Gillham, from St Fagans, Cardiff, was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list for her work with the County Trust. The 86-year-old agriculture and biology expert has spent much of her life helping people to understand the countryside better and has specialised in taking adult education classes. She said: "It's a wonderful feeling that people noticed what you have been doing all these years. "We have a lot of expeditions. I don't lead so many now but I point out things of interest." Our View: Page 18 |
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