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Title
Max Boyce (b.1943)
Date
2023
Medium
bronze
Accession number
SA11_MRF_S003
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Glynneath RFC, 2020
Work type
Statue
Owner
Glynneath RFC
Custodian
Glynneath and Port Talbot Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
30th September 2023
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque 1 (2 in Welsh): This statue of Mr Max Boyce was unveiled by The First Minister of Wales Mr Mark Drakeford on 30th September 2023 in the presence of His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant Mrs Louise Fleet CStJ, JP and The Band of the Royal Welsh. / The statue was sculpted by local artist Mr Rubin Eynon. / Max Boyce MBE a Freeman of the Borough of Meath and Port Talbot was born in Glynneath on 27th September 1943. A singer / songwriter, entertainer and poet. A modern day folk hero whose legendary songs and stories earned him a place in the Pantheon of Welsh Culture.; plaque 3: DUW IT’S HARD / In our little valley they closed the colliery down, / And the pithead baths is a supermarket now. / Empty journeys red with rust rolled to rest amongst the dust / And the Pithead baths is a supermarket now.; plaque 4: RHONDDA GREY / His father took him by the hand and they walked down Albion Street / Down by the old Rock incline where the council put a seat / Where old men say at the close of day ‘dy’n ni wedi g’neud ein siar’ / And the colour in their faces says ‘The tools are on the bar.’; plaque 5: WHEN JUST THE TIDE WENT OUT / And though those days are over the memories remain / when children painted rainbows and the sun shone through the rain / And I pray we’ll find an answer, for my faith is cast in doubt / And God draws back the heavens and all the stars come out. Plaque 6: HYMNS AND ARIAS / And we were singing Hymns and Arias, / ‘Land of my Fathers’, / ’Ar Hyd y nos’.
High Street, Glynneath
SA11 5AL
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