Window Is a Shining Example of How Wales Really Cares ; the Story of Four Friends Killed by a Bomb in a Church in the Deep South of America in 1963 Touched the World. James Mccarthy Reports On How Awelsh Artist and Thewestern Mail Ensured There Would Be a Lasting Memorial to the Girls

Western Mail › March 10, 2011

Linked as:

Summary

WHEN Carolyn McKinstry picked up a ringing phone in 1963 she could never have imagined the call would change the US forever and leave her intrinsically linked to Wales.

"Three minutes," the voice on the end of the line said.

See the full content of this document

Extract

Window Is a Shining Example of How Wales Really Cares ; the Story of Four Friends Killed by a Bomb in a Church in the Deep South of America in 1963 Touched the World. James Mccarthy Reports On How Awelsh Artist and Thewestern Mail Ensured There Would Be a Lasting Memorial to the Girls

Seconds later an explosion ripped through the 16th Street Church, in Birmingham, Alabama, in the USA, killing four of her best friends.

The 63-year-old, now a minister at the church, said: "The bomb exploded and we tried to find our way out of the building. I looked for my two younger brothers. Other people were looking for children and others were trying to get people out of the building."

The 14-year-old had never heard of Wales. But 4,000 miles away, in the Carmarthenshire coastal ...

See the full content of this document