9.2.2019
I doubt even my Father, who was a pretty confident person, would have guessed that one day his work would be on display at the World Rugby Museum in Twickenham. Back in the very early days when he nearly accidentally gassed himself building his own kiln in the coal house at No 1 Phillip St, The Graig, his mind was on becoming the Pablo Picasso of Pontypridd, but once the rugby bug bit him in the late sixties his life was changed forever. Although we class the Groggs as being born in 1965 in fact Dad was experimenting and making things much earlier than that and it’s great to see some of those primitive but endearing creations have been chosen for the display to show how much things have moved on in the last 54 years. We hope you get a chance to see the exhibition before it ends in September as it helps to explain the history and technical changes Groggs have been through and the work that still goes into every figure made by us to this day. One thing is for certain Dad would have been so proud to have been acknowledged in this way as are we all here at the Groggshop.
Richard Hughes
March of the Groggs is open from 9th February until 1st September at the World Rugby Museum, Twickenham Stadium, for more information please visit http://www.worldrugbymuseum.com/.
