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-Every picture tells a story.

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-What's the story behind these?

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-What will happen

-when the same crowd meets up again?

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-In this programme, the football team

-from the Rhondda Fach.

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-Where did they all go?

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-Leighton Jones was last here

-30 years ago.

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-He's looking for one thing in

-particular - his old school steps.

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-The school steps are here somewhere.

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-I haven't seen them in years.

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-Here are the steps.

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-They appear steeper and smaller

-than I remember.

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-Leighton Jones works in St Fagans

-National History Museum.

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-In 1976, he captained Ysgol Gymraeg

-Pontygwaith's football team.

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-It was a happy time.

-No-one worried about anything.

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-I enjoyed it, I wanted

-to go to school. I liked going.

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-I remember the photographer...

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-..but I don't know why.

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-It was around here.

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-How did ten of us fit in here?!

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-The photo was taken 30 years ago.

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-The former captain wants to recreate

-the photo with his old team.

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-Staples, Ian Kemp,

-Michael Lane, Heath.

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-The search gets under way.

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-And you are?

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-Alright, captain?

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-'Course they've gone.

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-'Course they've gone.

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-It wasn't a promising start!

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-It wasn't a promising start!

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-There it is by there,

-and there it is by there.

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-Leighton needs help.

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-He'll find his former teacher

-and football coach...

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-..a few miles away

-in Ysgol Llwyncelyn.

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-How are you?

-I haven't seen you in ages!

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-This is Eurwyn,

-or Mr Jones to his pupils.

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-I've got something else to show you.

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-I'm a bit worried

-about what he's gone to get!

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-The old photo.

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-The old photo.

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-What a photo!

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-Here are the names

-and some of the missing ones.

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-When we started

-the school football team...

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-..we played against English schools

-for the first time.

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-They didn't play football in school

-before I was there.

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-People were slightly opposed

-to the Welsh school.

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-It was felt the children

-were snobbish.

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-They didn't mix well

-with the non-Welsh schools.

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-The opportunity didn't arise.

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-When we started playing football,

-the relationship improved.

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-When we began beating

-the non-Welsh schools...

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-..we earned their respect.

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-It isn't impossible, is it?

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-It isn't impossible, is it?

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-No!

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-Leighton's learned a lot

-from his former teacher.

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-What happened...

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-..to the team that changed the

-Valley's opinion of the language?

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-Apparently, he'll find a couple

-at Ysgol Llyn y Forwyn, Ferndale.

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-Leighton Jones!

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-Leighton hasn't seen Gareth Davies

-since leaving school.

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-How are things?

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-A few years have passed since

-Michael Lane stood in the goal!

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-It was lovely

-to see him after 31 years.

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-It's nice to see him.

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-Which one is Dadi?

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-Which one is Dadi?

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-Do you know anyone there?

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-Which one is Dadi?

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-That's me.

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-Do you know anyone there?

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-It's a mystery

-why only ten are on the stairs.

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-Where were the rest of the team?

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-If I remember rightly,

-three were missing - including me.

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-Also Geraint Anstee

-and Jason Davies.

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-He was the right-back.

-Right back in the changing rooms!

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-I was the right-back.

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-Nothing passed me!

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-# Don't turn away

-from the straight and narrow #

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-Gareth swapped the ball

-for a guitar.

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-The former defender

-loves writing songs.

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-I was in a school band.

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-We were fairly successful

-over the years - but only locally.

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-We never made the big time!

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-By the time we'd learned

-how to do it, we were too old!

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-# Don't turn away #

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-I began to lose my Welsh

-in secondary school.

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-We spoke English with one another.

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-We probably thought

-it was more cool.

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-I competed in Can I Gymru in 2000.

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-I rediscovered my Welsh...

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-..through watching S4C

-and listening to Radio Cymru.

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-And I kept it up.

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-It's come back through my school

-contacts so I've been lucky.

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-What about

-a bit of a friendly kick about?

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-It will have to be very friendly!

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-Gareth the guitarist

-and Michael the plasterer...

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-..will go back to school

-to see their former teammates.

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-But where were the rest of the gang?

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-How will we find him?

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-Gareth still lives in the Valley -

-and he knows everyone.

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-This looks promising.

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-Heath Thomas

-still lives in Ferndale.

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-They've heard he's in

-the local park with his son.

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-How are you?

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-How are you?

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-Leighton? Alright?

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-It's alright in the Juniors,

-but when I went to the Comp...

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-..I was getting travel sickness -

-on the bus all the time.

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-So I went

-to the English school then.

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-Do you remember that?

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-Do you remember that?

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-Yeah, a bit, aye.

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-You ought to, because you're in it!

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-You ought to, because you're in it!

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-Aye, I know.

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-There.

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-I worked in Chubb Fire just

-up the road for nineteen years.

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-That closed down two years ago.

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-I'm now working

-in the other factory now in Gilfach.

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-I've got two kids - one seven

-and a half, and one is 23 months.

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-Two boys.

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-Will you be up for that?

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-Will you be up for that?

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-Yeah, no problem.

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-I'm told

-we can have a little kick about.

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-I see you've had a bit of practice.

-That's cheating!

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-He won't have to travel far

-this time. Heath will be there.

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-The research is thirsty work.

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-Leighton and Gareth are trying

-to find the other two missing boys.

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-Hang on, now...

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-Hang on, now...

-

-Anstee.

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-Geraint Anstee.

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-I know Jason is a GP in Scotland...

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-..Western Scotland, I'm sure.

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-He's an anaesthetist.

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-Really?

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-Deep breath in and out -

-all the way down to your feet.

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-I remember when I was growing up...

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-..Mam always said people

-from the Rhondda didn't move away.

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-But to me, the most important

-thing was to leave...

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-..to go somewhere else,

-somewhere different.

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-# TRADITIONAL GAELIC SONG #

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-I drive to work.

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-Every time I drive down the road,

-it's wonderful.

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-The lochs and glens are fantastic.

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-His work has taken

-Dr Jason Davies all over the world.

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-He lives with his family on the

-shores of Loch Scammadale, Scotland.

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-I like travelling - to see

-new places...

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-..meeting new people,

-doing different things.

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-It's hard. Lindsay and the children

-are really settled here.

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-They want to stay here.

-Everyone's happy.

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-But I come home and say I've seen

-a job in Papua New Guinea.

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-We can't do it.

-The children have grown up now.

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-# TRADITIONAL GAELIC SONG #

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-In his leisure time, the doctor

-sings with the local Gaelic choir.

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-But he wasn't the only Welshman

-in the middle of the Scots!

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-Geraint is the backbone

-of the choir!

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-Thanks for the compliment!

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-Thanks for the compliment!

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-That's OK.

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-He sings bass and I'm a tenor.

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-The Welsh like singing.

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-The Scots are short of good singers!

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-The Scots are short of good singers!

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-Oh, no!

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-The women persuaded us

-to sing for the choir.

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-Some of the sounds are easier

-because I can speak Welsh.

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-It's just a bit of fun.

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-# TRADITIONAL GAELIC SONG #

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-I miss Wales

-and I miss the Welsh way of life.

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-But I don't miss the Rhondda.

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-Rhondda was a depressing place.

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-There wasn't much work around.

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-There are problems there.

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-All I can remember about the

-football team is having a new kit.

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-We wore white shirts and red shorts.

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-Heath Thomas and I were in the back.

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-We were the biggest. Heath was

-8 feet tall, I was 8 feet wide!

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-That's how it worked out.

-The shorts were too small for us.

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-Mr Jones arranged a special delivery

-of two pairs of shorts!

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-One for Heath, the other for me.

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-I was ill the day

-the photo was taken, unfortunately.

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-That's what Mam says, anyway.

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-I'm looking forward to hearing what

-they're doing, where they are...

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-..what their families are like.

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-I haven't seen some of them

-in 30 years.

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-It's a long time.

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-Jason will return to see his old

-school friends thirty years later.

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-But where did the rest of them go?

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-Some refuse to answer the door.

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-Others earn a living as doormen.

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-And one has chosen to live

-in a world of fantasy and horror.

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-This bloke faces quite a challenge.

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-Back in 1976, he captained

-Ysgol Pontygwaith football team.

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-Thirty years later, with

-the help of an old school friend...

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-..they want to reunite the team.

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-I'm not sure where to go from here.

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-I'm not sure where to go from here.

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-Will they find everyone in time?

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-At least Leighton's luck is in.

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-How are you getting on?

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-How are you getting on?

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-Great, thanks.

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-Great, thanks.

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-This is Gary Eggar.

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-Long time no see.

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-Got to be 25 years.

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-Got to be 25 years.

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-Got to be, easy.

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-It was a bit of a surprise -

-but it's nice to see him.

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-He seems like he's very Welshie.

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-He's still speaking Welsh too.

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-Doing a bit of bouncing now.

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-I speak a little Welsh. But I've

-forgotten how to speak properly.

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-So I'd rather speak English!

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-The old striker - Gary Eggar...

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-..doesn't want to miss the chance

-of seeing his former teammates.

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-They've arrived at blinking last.

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-Over in Ferndale,

-Gareth is a very happy man.

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-After knocking all those doors,

-he's found Philip Lewis.

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-It's bringing it all back.

-I haven't seen them in years.

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-I haven't seen them

-since leaving school.

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-I married three years ago.

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-My little boy is four years old.

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-I stayed at home for three years

-to look after my son.

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-Philip gave up his job

-to look after his son.

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-His wife went to work as a nurse.

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-I worked shifts in the factory.

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-It was hard.

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-I was getting up in the middle

-of the night to feed him.

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-I went to work exhausted -

-and I drove a forklift!

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-I was sleeping on the forklift!

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-The boss shouted a lot at me.

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-I decided I'd had enough.

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-But I'm telling you...

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-..babysitting

-is harder than going to work!

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-Work was easier!

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-See you Sunday for a kick about.

-Goodnight.

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-A success for Gareth

-but the night isn't over yet.

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-He's trawling Cardiff nightclubs.

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-It's midnight

-and somewhere on the city streets...

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-..he'll find another

-former Pontygwaith pupil.

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-Geraint Anstee!

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-The doorman is Geraint Anstee.

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-I'm fine! It's been a long time,

-thirty odd years!

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-A long, long, time.

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-Like Gareth, Geraint wasn't in

-the photo on the stairs either.

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-But the missing three are coming

-so the team will be complete.

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-Got any idea

-why me and you are missing?

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-I must have been ill, I expect.

-Or, knowing me - skiving off school.

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-That's what I thought!

-Catch you in the reunion.

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-I will, no problem.

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-Bouncer Geraint Anstee

-is definitely on the list.

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-Leighton can't have an early night

-either.

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-He's heard another lad

-is on a film set in Ebbw Vale.

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-I haven't seen Kevin for 15 years.

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-I've seen him

-more recently than the rest.

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-It'll be nice to see him again.

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-Well, well!

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-How's it going?

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-Good!

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-Leighton hasn't seen his old friend

-Kevin Staples for some time.

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-Here it is.

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-It's funny to see it now.

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-Who would have thought, eh?

-Pontygwaith - where did they all go?

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-I'm working on a film set.

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-I'm working on the TV series,

-Torchwood.

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-Any excuse.

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-Any excuse.

-

-Any excuse to play with his bottom!

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-We've been on nights for six weeks.

-I'm a sound engineer.

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-Here we go. I've waited over

-two hours just to do a little work.

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-It's quite an interesting job.

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-We were looking for Daleks

-yesterday. Today, it's pterodactyls.

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-Next week, we'll be trying to find

-ghosts. Every day is different.

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-Action!

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-SCREAMS

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-As we grow up,

-we go our different ways.

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-I didn't want to stay in

-the Valleys. I had to move away.

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-There was no work, basically.

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-But now I have...

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-..it was nice

-to see the old boy again.

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-Having found Kevin Staples,

-the search is over.

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-Thirty years later...

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-..the football team

-is coming back to Pontygwaith.

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-Here we are - the big day!

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-I've been looking forward to it

-for a while. Did you find everyone?

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-Kevin's coming.

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-The old school has deen demolished

-but the steps remain.

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-It's amazing - but great for us.

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-It'll be interesting to see what's

-happened to everyone over the years.

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-Life is complicated

-with its ups and downs.

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-We've all followed different paths.

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-The old gang starts to arrive.

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-They haven't seen each other

-in 30 years.

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-What happened to your hair?

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-What happened to your hair?

-

-It disappeared!

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-Time for a drink now, is it?!

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-Who's this?

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-Well, well! Ian Kemp has made it -

-or Kempy to his friends.

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-Kempy now lives in Porth. He works

-in a plastic bottle factory.

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-He hasn't spoken Welsh

-since leaving school - until now.

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-I haven't spoken Welsh for 30 years.

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-I remember everyone in that photo.

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-But I can't remember the photo.

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-I'm still in shock.

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-I haven't seen any of the boys,

-apart from Gary Eggar, for 32 years.

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-Shock! Still in shock!

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-After so many years,

-some of the faces look unfamiliar.

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-No, I'm sorry.

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-Leighton!

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-No way! It's an impostor!

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-Most of the lads have arrived,

-expect for the bouncer - Geraint.

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-I've forgotten how to say...

-what's ringing?

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-I'm going to ring Geraint Anstee,

-because he hasn't turned up.

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-I'm going to see where he is.

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-Thirty years later...

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-..and Geraint still

-doesn't want to be in the photo.

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-No, nothing. Orange answerphone.

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-He isn't the only one

-who's missing.

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-Another three failed to make it.

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-It won't prevent the rest

-from playing a friendly match.

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-Go on, Leighton!

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-They're back on the field where

-they played as school children.

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-They were only ten

-when they were teammates...

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-..and it shows!

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-At least there's a doctor

-on the field this time!

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-They needed someone to take charge.

-Cue the old teacher!

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-Who told them

-they could play football?

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-How are you?

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-How are things?

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-How are you?

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-How are you?

-

-Alright! How are things?

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-Hello!

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-Remember me?

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-I remember all of you!

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-Twenty years ago,

-I lost a contact lens here.

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-We all looked for it!

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-Remember?

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-It's been such a journey to find

-everyone, bringing them together.

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-I was shaking a bit

-when I saw Mr Jones.

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-I realized some of them

-were still a bit nervous!

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-I started to tremble.

-"Good Lord, he's here!" I thought.

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-I haven't spoken Welsh in 25 years.

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-But I'm trying.

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-I've had a brilliant time today.

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-It's good to be back

-and the big moment has arrived.

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-The same gang are back

-in the same location.

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-It's been 30 years since the boys...

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-..from Ysgol Pontygwaith's

-football team were all together.

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-Hello there! How are you?

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-It's time to retake the photo.

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-But the school children

-have grown over the years!

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-It'll be an achievement to get

-everyone back in the same places.

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-I can't go any further!

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-Some have travelled the world,

-others stayed in the Valley.

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-But for another brief moment -

-the boys are back together.

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-Now you see what the years

-have done to you!

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-The boys look like a team

-from the present, not the past.

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-Even though it's been 30 years...

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-..it feels like a month ago.

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-It's an amazing feeling.

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