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0:00:04 > 0:00:08- # Join us for a trip back in time, - join us on our journey
0:00:08 > 0:00:11- # Where famous Welsh people - once lived
0:00:11 > 0:00:12- # Famous and renowned
0:00:17 > 0:00:19- # Evan James and James James
0:00:21 > 0:00:23- # Guto Nyth Bran
0:00:24 > 0:00:25- # Mari Jones
0:00:26 > 0:00:29- # The girl from Cefn Ydfa
0:00:29 > 0:00:31- # Saint Dwynwen
0:00:31 > 0:00:33- # Saint David #
0:00:43 > 0:00:47- Hello and welcome to - Enwog o Fri Ardal Ni.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52- This is our school - - Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Evan James.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- "Where in Wales is - Ysgol Evan James?" I hear you ask.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59- Well, it's in Pontypridd, - South Wales.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- Hey, have you ever wondered - who Evan James was?
0:01:12 > 0:01:17- He must've been famous - to have a school named after him.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21- Evan James is his name, - A man who shot to fame.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22- Look!
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- Have you seen a ghost or something?
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- Have you seen a ghost or something?- - A man in strange clothing!
0:01:27 > 0:01:29- Friends.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- You're the ones - in strange clothing, I might add.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38- This is Ysgol Gymraeg Evan James's - school uniform.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- He was from this area - but I don't know who he was.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- Ysgol Gymraeg Evan James, you say?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- A Welsh-medium school?
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- Oh, well, then the land - of my fathers is still dear to me.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- What's he talking about?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- Who are you?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- Who are you?- - Apologies. Let me introduce myself.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- My name is Evan James. I lived - in Pontypridd a long time ago.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- Things have changed a great deal.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- You're Evan James? How on earth...?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- I decided to call by.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- But my story isn't complete - without my beloved son, James James.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- Here he is.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27- Greetings, father, and - greetings, girls. I'm James James.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- Join me - on a journey around Pontypridd...
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- ..to see - how the old place has changed.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- Incredible!
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- Let's start at the very beginning. - I was born in 1809.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- I was one of 12 children.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56- 12 children?
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- 12 children?- - That's a handful. Two handfuls!
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- More than two handfuls!
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- Yes, it was for my poor mother.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- I loved writing poetry - from a very young age.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- Quiet!
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- What noisy children you are!
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- John, William...
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- ..Edward, David...
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- ..Lewis, Daniel, Richard, Mary...
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- ..Evan, Margaret...
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- ..James and Thomas.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Are you - composing poetry again, Evan?
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- But, Mam, I can't stop myself - when the muse is flowing.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51- Beloved Wales is in my heart - You and I shall never part.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- Evan the poet.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- The good old days.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- I wrote poetry at work - in the wool factory.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- But where's the factory now?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15- What's that?
0:04:15 > 0:04:21- I think it stood here, Father, - but the factory has long gone.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- Pontypridd - looked so different back then.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- It was here that I wrote poetry.
0:04:28 > 0:04:34- And it was here that I composed - music. I loved composing melodies.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- I loved singing - and would often sing at the pub.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- # And the cat - has scratched little Johnny
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- # A little saucepan - is boiling on the fire
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- # A big saucepan - is boiling on the floor
0:04:49 > 0:04:55- # And the cat - has scratched little Johnny
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- # Oi! Oi! #
0:05:00 > 0:05:01- The good old days.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- I'm sure the pub used to be here.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- Didn't it? - It looks very different now.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- Yes, it's changed a lot.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31- Goodness me, a museum!
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- Let's take a look around.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Come upstairs. - There's a section all about you.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48- Yes, come on!
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- Who would've thought it!
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- I remember sitting on this. - It was my chair.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07- Father, do you remember the melody I - composed for Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau?
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- It tells the story here - with pictures and everything.
0:06:12 > 0:06:17- Land of bards and singers, - famous men of renown.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- You wrote our anthem?
0:06:20 > 0:06:21- The national anthem of Wales?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- The national anthem of Wales?- - It's the national anthem of Wales?
0:06:24 > 0:06:29- Goodness me, James, I remember - you composing that melody.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- Me too. - It was a cold afternoon in January.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- The year was 1856.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- I was walking beside - the River Rhondda.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- # La-la-la-la-la-la
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- # La-la-la-la-la-la #
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- Hm, yes, I like that.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- # La, la
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- # La-la-la-la-la-la-la
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- # La-la-la-la
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- # La-la-la
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- # La-la-la-la-la
0:07:22 > 0:07:27- # La-la-la-la-la
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- # La-la #
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Whoo! I've got it! Whoo-hoo!
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- You ran to me with the melody...
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- ..and asked me - to write the words at once.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- It was a beautiful melody.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- It was difficult - coming up with the words...
0:07:48 > 0:07:53- ..but I was suddenly inspired when I - received a letter from my brother...
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- ..who lived in America.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Lots of Welsh people - emigrated to America back then...
0:07:59 > 0:08:01- ..in search of work.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- My brother - wanted me to live there too.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- But how could I...
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- ..with the land of my fathers - so dear to me?
0:08:12 > 0:08:17- How could I leave my beloved Wales, - land of bards and singers?
0:08:18 > 0:08:24- The words flowed easily - when I thought about Wales.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Is that how the anthem came about?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- The best anthem in the world.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- And the Welsh nation - still sings my melody.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- And my words.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- We have something to show you.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- It'll come as a shock.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- Come on!
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- What a strange old world!
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- Come with us!
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Come with us!
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Look!
0:09:28 > 0:09:33- Two statues - one representing - music like yours, James.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- And the woman - must represent poetry like yours.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- What's wrong, Father?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- It's our memorial stone.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- Yours and mine, son. - It's a strange old world.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- And Wales will always remember us.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- I'm so happy. - O may our old language endure!
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- Where have they gone?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- James? Evan?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03- Evan? James?
0:10:03 > 0:10:07- Girls! What's wrong? - You look like you've seen a ghost.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12- Mrs Blainey, I'm proud to be - a pupil at Ysgol Evan James.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16- So am I, Mrs Blainey. I love Wales - and I love the language.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- Can we sing the anthem, Mrs Blainey?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- Can we sing the anthem, Mrs Blainey?- - Of course.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- If Evan James and James James were - alive today, they'd be proud of you.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- In we go.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33- # We give thanks - to Evan James and James James
0:10:34 > 0:10:39- # A father and son from Pontypridd
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- # They wrote the anthem
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- # The best anthem of all
0:10:45 > 0:10:50- # It's important and dear to me
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- # On the school's rugby pitch
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- # And all around
0:10:56 > 0:11:01- # It's the anthem of Wales
0:11:04 > 0:11:09- # Mae hen wlad fy nhadau
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- # Yn annwyl i mi
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- # Gwlad beirdd a chantorion
0:11:16 > 0:11:20- # Enwogion o fri
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- # Ei gwrol ryfelwyr
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- # Gwladgarwyr tra mad
0:11:29 > 0:11:36- # Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- # Gwlad, gwlad
0:11:41 > 0:11:47- # Pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- # Tra mor yn fur
0:11:52 > 0:11:56- # I'r bur hoff bau
0:11:56 > 0:12:01- # O bydded i'r hen iaith
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- # Barhau #
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