{"id":5482,"date":"2015-03-06T13:25:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T13:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=5482"},"modified":"2015-03-06T13:25:18","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T13:25:18","slug":"cardiffs-greatest-ever-daughters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/06\/cardiffs-greatest-ever-daughters\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff&#039;s greatest ever daughters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With International Women&#8217;s day on Sunday, the Cardiffian looks at some of Cardiff&#8217;s greatest daughters.<br \/>\n<strong>Shirley Bassey (1937 &#8211; )<\/strong><br \/>\nShe is perhaps Cardiff&#8217;s greatest ever daughter. Originally born in Tiger Bay, the Welsh singer-songwriter has written three James Bond theme tunes and has had a host of number ones.<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"This is my life, SHIRLEY BASSEY\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6iCaXTXf1Dw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"This is my life, SHIRLEY BASSEY\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6iCaXTXf1Dw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Charlotte Church (1986 &#8211; )<\/strong><br \/>\nCharlotte Church broke onto the music scene in 2005 and has solid over 10 million records in the UK. She was born in Llandaff and has previously presented the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show.<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Charlotte Church - Call My Name (Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Va0FdsopJSI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Charlotte Church - Call My Name (Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Va0FdsopJSI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Tanni Grey-Thompson (1969 &#8211; )<\/strong><br \/>\nThe only olympian on the list, Baroness Grey-Thompson won 11 gold meals in wheelchair racing before retiring and moving into politics. She is a life peer of the House of Lords.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5487\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Baroness_Tanni_Grey-Thompson.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5487\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Baroness_Tanni_Grey-Thompson-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Wikimedia commons\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5487\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Baroness_Tanni_Grey-Thompson-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Wikimedia commons\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Source: Wikimedia commons<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Cerys Matthews (1969 &#8211; )<\/strong><br \/>\nThe third musician on the list, Cerys Matthews is a BBC Radio 6 presenter most famous for fronting the band Catatonia.\u00a0She has previously headlined Cardiff&#8217;s Big Weekend Festival.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a6Y1AE_c8KM<br \/>\n<strong>Tessie O&#8217;Shea (1913 &#8211; 1995)<\/strong><br \/>\nBorn to a solider, Tessie O&#8217;Shea was a Welsh entertainer and actress who won a Tony award for best featured actress in a musical for <em>The Girl Who Came to Supper. <\/em>She died aged 82 of congestive heart failure.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With International Women&#8217;s day on Sunday, the Cardiffian looks at some of Cardiff&#8217;s greatest daughters. 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