Bench

The granddaughter of Richard Burton has unveiled a bench in memory of the actor outside the chapel where a packed service took place in 1984 after he died. Charlotte Ritchie, accompanied by the stage and screen star's niece, Sian Owen, cut the ribbon outside Bethel Chapel - now a cafe - in Pontrhydyfen where Burton was born and raised. The bench was the idea of community organisation Burton Bont Festival Group, which is organising a series of events to mark next year's centenary of Burton's birth.