[Poppy_EONNext]

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

St David's Day is celebrated on March 1st to honour the life of St. David, the patron saint of Wales. It's a day to celebrate Welsh culture and identity 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The day is celebrated by wearing daffodils, dressing in traditional welsh clothing, eisteddfodau (a competitive festival of music and poetry in Wales) 🎵, parades and eating lots of welsh foods! 🍲




In light of today being St David's day I thought it would be fun to see how many famous Dave's we could name 🧐
I will start..

Sir David Attenborough - his work has helped raise awareness of environmental issues and inspire action to protect the planet 🌍 His works also tackles deforestation and the inadvertent harm to wildlife due to human activities 💜




Which David will be named next 👀

[Tommysgirl]

@Poppy_EONNext

A few famous Davids I can name:

David Lloyd-George- former Prime Minister (The Welsh Wizard);

David Jason- actor (best known as Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, Pop Larkin in Darling Buds of May, and Inspector Frost);

David Beckham- Footballer;

David Mitchell - Comedian, writer and actor (WILTY, and Ludwig);

David Niven- film-star;

David Tennant- actor, (Dr Who, Broadchurch, etc);

David Gower-England cricketer;

David Hockney-artist;

David Starkey-historian;

David Bowie, and David Essex- singers.

[WizzyWigg]

@Tommysgirl @Poppy_EONNext

Don't forget David Walliams - actor, writer, producer 😎

If any one remembers the 1970's TV show Kung Fu there is of course David Carradine.

[retrotecchie]

@WizzyWigg

Dave Gorman - Comedian
David Soul - Singer and Actor
David Gray - Singer and songwriter - born in Cheshire but spent most of his childhood in Pembrokeshire.
David Davies - Former politician and 'Brexit Bulldog'
David Hasselhoff - A ham shank actor and musician, but he married a Welsh lass and lives in Wales.
David Roberts CBE - Paralympic swimmer and one of the most decorated paralympians with 11 gold medals to his name.
David Emmanuel - Fashion designer who created Lady Diana's wedding dress.
The Edge - from U2. His real name is Dave Evans.

And who could forget Del Boy's younger brother Rodney, who Trigger always used to call Dave.

[WizzyWigg]

@retrotecchie

David Schwimmer - Friends
David Eric Grohl - Foo Fighters
David Copperfield - Magician
David Gilmour - Pink Floyd

And not to forget my good lady's heart throb David Thomas Jones - The Monkees. 😉

[retrotecchie]

@WizzyWigg

I used to have my Sunday breakfast with Davy Jones, back in the 90s. After he retired from the music scene, he bred and trained horses just outside Wickham in Hampshire. My then missus was the cook at Wickham Tea House and used to do the breakfast shift on a Sunday morning. We had to share one car back then, so I'd take her to work at 8am, have a full English breakfast to get my day off to a good start and then toddle off to my job for 11am. Davy Jones was a regular on a Sunday morning.

He was also a licenced amateur jockey and won his first race, on Digpast, in the one-mile Ontario Amateur Riders Handicap at Lingfield in Surrey in February 1999.

He also played Ena Sharples' grandson, Colin Lomax, in Coronation Street and appeared in an episode of Z Cars.

[WizzyWigg]

@retrotecchie Wow the Davy Jones 😳? I'll tell my good lady, she'll be totally jealous 🌞.

[Tommysgirl]

@WizzyWigg @retrotecchie

I've thought of another few:

David Bowie, (real name David Jones);
Dave Myers, (the Hairy Biker);
David Cameron,(former P.M);
David Owen, (former Labour MP and founder member of the SDP).

[retrotecchie]

@Tommysgirl

If you're chucking in David Owen, I'll raise you David Steele. I seem to remember that they were known as 'The Two Davids', especially on Spitting Image.

And we can't forget Dave 'May your God go with you' Allen in the list of famous David's.

[Tommysgirl]

@retrotecchie @WizzyWigg @Poppy_EONNext

On or two more I've thought of:

King David, (the original David from the Old Testament in the Bible, who killed Goliath with a sling-shot);
David McCallum-actor, (The Man From UNCLE, Colditz, and more);
David Dickinson- ('the Duke', Dickinsons Real Deal);
David Ginola- former Newcastle United footballer, (adored by Newcastle fans).