0:00:01 > 0:00:03This is a pack of cards...
0:00:03 > 0:00:07Magician Paul Daniels is coming home to Wales to trace his family's past.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12This is dated 1876.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14He is... "Mainly intelligent."
0:00:14 > 0:00:16"Mainly intelligent."
0:00:17 > 0:00:22The journey will take him back to his Carmarthenshire roots.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Written on these stones is people history.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28To see it just crumbling away, I think is really sad.
0:00:29 > 0:00:35But it won't just be gravestones unearthing some magical surprises.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39"Let me out. Let me out." Did you hear that?
0:00:39 > 0:00:42It's no wonder I grew up confused, is it?
0:00:46 > 0:00:49At his home in Henley, magician Paul Daniels
0:00:49 > 0:00:53has been researching his Carmarthen ancestry for several years.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Recently, he discovered something
0:00:56 > 0:00:59that's made him determined to visit Wales.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01I found this,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04which is a charter roll,
0:01:04 > 0:01:09the seventeenth charter roll of Henry III in 1233.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14The King is basically giving me South Wales.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16HE LAUGHS
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Not really. It's a mill and land,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22but it's in perpetuity.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I think I'll go back there and say,
0:01:26 > 0:01:30"Get off my land. Get out of my mill".
0:01:31 > 0:01:34MUSIC: Magic by Pilot
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Have fun.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42From Paul's research, he knows there were policemen in the family.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Now he's heading to Carmarthen in West Wales,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48where five generations of his family lived,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51hoping to find out much, much more.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56I've always felt a kind of inner pride in being
0:01:56 > 0:02:00of a Welsh nation.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05Welsh, somehow, seems much older than being English.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11WELSH ACCENT: My singing voice is absolutely marvellous.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15And I'm already slipping into the accent, aren't I?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20I should learn that song, really, shouldn't I?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23# We'll keep a welcome in the hillside. #
0:02:23 > 0:02:27I shall sing it as we cross the border.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30MUSIC: We'll Keep A Welcome In The Hillsides
0:02:30 > 0:02:33# We'll keep a welcome in the hillsides
0:02:33 > 0:02:39# We'll keep a welcome in the vales
0:02:39 > 0:02:43# This land you knew will still be singing... #
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Carmarthen genealogist, Greg Howes,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48has been researching the Daniels story.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53He'll be helping Paul delve even further into his family history.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Ah, the man. The man. Good morning.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Are you Greg? I am. Hello, Paul. How are you?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03When I was last in South Wales, I found a book.
0:03:03 > 0:03:09Already, you're there ahead of me. Here's a copy of it, bound.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12And in this, all these charters,
0:03:12 > 0:03:15one says there's a mill round here
0:03:15 > 0:03:19that was given to Daniel in perpetuity.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Now, come on, what are the odds on that Daniel
0:03:22 > 0:03:25being my ancient, ancient, ancient,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28ancient predecessor?
0:03:28 > 0:03:33There's an outside possibility. Very, very outside.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Because you couldn't prove it wasn't, really.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40We're going back about thirty generations. Blimey.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Which is, you know, a hell of a way to get a link.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Most parish registers in Wales start about 1750
0:03:47 > 0:03:50that are now accessible. So for us...
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Despite the difficulties, Greg's prepared to give it a go,
0:03:54 > 0:03:55and has already made a start.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58We've managed to go back five generations.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02The earliest Daniels we've found is 1781.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06We did manage to go back another generation with David Woozley.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09He was baptised in 1786.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13So there may be more leverage there. Right.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18David Woozley is Paul's great-great-great-grandfather.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22It's quite tangled, as a lot of family trees are.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I'd say we can go back five generations with it. Right.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29So I can't go and get the rent on this mill?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32You could try. I will, I will.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34BOTH LAUGH
0:04:34 > 0:04:39Proving a link between Paul and an ancestor from 1233
0:04:39 > 0:04:41is going to be pretty difficult.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45But he's determined to claim his rightful inheritance.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47In the meantime, he sets out to track down
0:04:47 > 0:04:50other characters on his family tree.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54The tree shows five generations of relatives with roots in Carmarthen
0:04:54 > 0:04:57stretching back to 1781.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00According to the records, these were humble people.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Butchers, shoemakers and carpenters.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04But as Paul's going to discover,
0:05:04 > 0:05:09the Daniels kept law and order in Carmarthen for more than 160 years.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14His great-grandfather, David Augustus Woozley Daniel,
0:05:14 > 0:05:17was a policeman in 19th-Century Carmarthen.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22At the local police museum, Paul's delving into the past.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24I bet you can't do tricks with that.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26No, no. But look at that.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Now, that's Victorian. During the Victorian period...
0:05:29 > 0:05:34You'd feel you'd been decorated if you'd been hit with that.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Just slide it in, clip it closed.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Very good. She's ready for exposure.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45I recognise these.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Most magicians have played with them at one time or another.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50I own several sets myself.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52MUSIC: Lovestruck by Hush
0:05:55 > 0:05:58There, you see, I look like Stan Laurel with this one.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03I've been looking through our records
0:06:03 > 0:06:07and I've come across your great-great-grandfather's record.
0:06:08 > 0:06:13Here we've got his name - David Daniel.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Yeah. Twenty-four years, six months.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Height - five-foot-eight and a quarter.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Complexion - fair, eyes - grey. Hair - dark brown.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25That wasn't fair, that's florid.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28You're right, it's florid. It's the old-type writing.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31It is florid, you're absolutely right.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35I'm glad you came, Paul. I'm glad I brought my glasses.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Last employment - fireman and shoemaking.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40I didn't know he was a fireman.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Part of the duty of being a constable
0:06:43 > 0:06:46is that he had to attend a fire as well.
0:06:46 > 0:07:12We've also found a recommendation from the vicarage in Carmarthen.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15"he is mainly intelligent."
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Mainly intelligent?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20That's great, though. That's nice.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22And the other amazing thing is that
0:07:22 > 0:07:25very few of these records have survived.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26That's really great.
0:07:28 > 0:08:53Paul tries on the uniform his great-grandfather would have worn.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Where am I? Eight, seven, six.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Number five, that's what I'm looking for.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Let's see if there's anybody in.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10David Daniel and eight other people all lived together here
0:09:10 > 0:09:13at the turn of the 19th Century.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17That's a bit of a shame, nobody in. Never mind.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24A few years ago, Paul got a letter revealing some shady secrets here.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28PC Daniel was not quite, well, PC.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Oh, it was a pretty wild place, I'll tell you.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37Some time ago, I found out my dad had three living cousins.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39They were in their 80s and 90s.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42They were very good, they gave me some photographs and stuff.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45And then one of them wrote me this letter.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Even these three little old ladies
0:09:49 > 0:09:52didn't know what was going off. It says,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55"My niece, Margaret Price, came here this week.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59"She told me that my eldest sister, Margaret,
0:09:59 > 0:10:04"told her years ago that DAW," my great-granddad,
0:10:04 > 0:10:08"had Auntie Jane and Auntie Margaret both in trouble."
0:10:08 > 0:10:10HE CHUCKLES
0:10:10 > 0:10:14"It was a shock. Why my sisters kept it from us, I can't think."
0:10:14 > 0:10:17And they all lived here. HE LAUGHS
0:10:18 > 0:10:21So my great-grandfather
0:10:21 > 0:10:23married a lady
0:10:23 > 0:10:26who didn't give him a male child.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30So he had a male child with that lady's niece.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33And when that lady died,
0:10:33 > 0:10:37he married the niece's sister.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40That must be this Margaret.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44And Jane was the mother of his son.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I think I've got that right.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51It's no wonder I grew up confused, is it? HE LAUGHS
0:10:54 > 0:10:58So, Paul's great-grandfather was married to Ann Howels,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00but had no children.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03He went on to have an illegitimate child
0:11:03 > 0:11:05with his wife's niece, Jane Price.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09This illegitimate child was Paul's grandfather, Handel Newton.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13When Jane died, David married Jane's sister, Margaret.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16She gave him three daughters, Paul's cousins.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21These colourful domestic arrangements
0:11:21 > 0:11:25didn't stop David Daniel from being a pillar of society.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29At Carmarthen's record office is the original police station logbook
0:11:29 > 0:11:32kept by Paul's great-grandfather.
0:11:32 > 0:11:341893.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38This is a log, isn't it? It's a job log.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41That's right. It's the police station diary.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43I think this is your great-grandfather.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46My great-grandfather? That's interesting.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50He's not using his full name, he's just using the first D.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52He had more names than that.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54HE CHUCKLES
0:11:54 > 0:11:58This is fabulous. This is really good.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Look at how ornate the V and that NE is.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07"Remained there on duty until 9:30am.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10"A lecture being held at Methodist chapel."
0:12:10 > 0:12:15And then he's clocking off at 11:30 at night.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Long days.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22This is all kind of peaceful.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Having said that, look, I've opened up here.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29"Riotous behaviour in church."
0:12:29 > 0:12:32There was a bit of trouble. Yes, there was.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36In fact, there's a document here you might be interested in.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38It's the Felons Register.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40"Stealing two pieces of
0:12:40 > 0:12:42"something and silk."
0:12:43 > 0:12:45That's a woman. Yes. Yes.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50"..And silk handkerchiefs. Value - 10 shillings."
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Off with her head!
0:12:52 > 0:12:57What's this one? That's pretty darn serious, that's a stabbing.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00But then you start to think, "Well, nothing's changed."
0:13:00 > 0:13:05You read the newspapers today, we are still getting stabbings.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07It's sad that in over 100 years,
0:13:07 > 0:13:11we don't seem to have learned the lessons.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17The crimes Paul's great-grandfather dealt with
0:13:17 > 0:13:20inspired him to follow in his footsteps.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22He's joined two modern-day counterparts
0:13:22 > 0:13:25on the very same beat in the centre of Carmarthen.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28MUSIC: The Bill Theme Tune
0:13:32 > 0:13:37It doesn't take long for Paul to start enforcing the law.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Where do you think you're going?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Up there. How are you?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Alright. Where do you think you're going?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46And if you don't mind, it's PC Daniels.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Arrest him.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Let me get all the cards out of here.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59In Carmarthen market, Paul just can't resist putting on a show.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03What I'm going to do to make sure there's no cheating,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05I'm going to shuffle the cards like this.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Once the cards are shuffled,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11you can see they're all as they are and they're all different.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Sylvia, take one of them. Any one. Do you want that one or that one?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Look at it, remember it, shove it in.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Everybody can see it. Happy?
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Yeah. OK. I'm going to get rid of it.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Take the cards and deal them one at a time on there, face up.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33When you get to your card, think, "Stop", but go past it.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37This is a trained officer of the law. Trained in detection.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41She's looking for her card.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Which could be anywhere at all in the pack.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47LAUGHTER
0:14:47 > 0:14:50I've had a card on my mind for some time now.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55SHE LAUGHS
0:14:56 > 0:14:58What?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00APPLAUSE
0:15:00 > 0:15:02MUSIC: A Kind Of Magic by Queen
0:15:08 > 0:15:11It could take some quite spectacular magic, though,
0:15:11 > 0:15:15to conjure up the mill Paul is so desperate to find.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20Greg Howes has discovered a footnote in the 1233 town charter
0:15:20 > 0:15:24from local historian, Alcuin Evans, referencing Pontcarreg Mill.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29On the outskirts of Carmarthen, Paul finds out more.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32We are at Pontcarreg Mill.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35This particular building? That's right. This is it.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Right. Well, quick! These are the maps I've...
0:15:38 > 0:15:41No, no, I need some flags. Some Daniels flags?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44To claim this land in the name of the Daniels clan.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47So I reckon that all that bit there is mine.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52It could well be. But names, like surnames, shift.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Is pont, bridge? Yes. And carreg is stone.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00It wouldn't have been the only sort of stone bridge in this area,
0:16:00 > 0:16:04or perhaps even the only mill with that name.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Would it have looked like that?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08It wouldn't have been much different.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12And certainly, when the footnote was done by Alcuin Evans,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14it would have looked very much the same.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20The problem with the footnote is that it was just a guess.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25In fact, he does say, "It's possible that this is the location for it".
0:16:26 > 0:16:30So Pontcarreg Mill, but it's not the right one.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32While Greg continues his search,
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Paul's keen to find out about another policeman in his family.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40In fact, he was one of the first policemen in Carmarthen.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46Paul knew his great-grandfather, David Daniel, was a policeman.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51His family's association with the boys in blue goes back much further.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55All the way to David Woozley, his great-great-great-grandfather.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59He was stationed at the old police lockup,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02now undergoing building work near the town walls.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07That was the jail? Not the jail.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09It was more like a holding centre
0:17:09 > 0:17:12for a prisoner en route to jail,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16being transported from one part of the country to another.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Here we have the watch and ward constables.
0:17:19 > 0:17:25Amongst them is your great-great- great-grandfather, David Woozley.
0:17:25 > 0:17:281836 - 1866.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32That's a good run. It is quite a good run.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34The interesting thing about this
0:17:34 > 0:17:38is that he died on duty at the age of 82.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Blimey!
0:17:40 > 0:17:42The reasons for leaving -
0:17:42 > 0:17:46this one was dismissed, dismissed, dismissed. Drink. Drink.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Dismissed. Drink. Drink.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Drink, drink, drink, drink, drink. This is typical.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55But my great-great-great-granddad
0:17:55 > 0:17:58was the only one who made it without getting caught.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Well, that's quite true.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04And if you look, it just continues.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09David Woozley not only had an exemplary record as a policeman,
0:18:09 > 0:18:13but was involved in a very important event in Wales's history -
0:18:13 > 0:18:15The Rebecca Riots.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17The story began here.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Who was Rebecca and why was she rioting?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Let's get one thing straight.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27There's no one Rebecca, there are many Rebeccas.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31And the riots are about toll roads and toll gates
0:18:31 > 0:18:34and the prices farmers were being charged.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36I heard a rumour about this.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39There were farmers dressed as women. Yep, absolutely.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42This is about a whole sort of social class.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Farmers, farmers' labourers, tradesmen.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48It's about low agricultural wages,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50low agricultural prices.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52The fact they haven't got a vote.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55They'd had enough. Yes. And, if you like,
0:18:55 > 0:18:57the tolls that were being charged
0:18:57 > 0:19:00was the straw that broke the camel's back.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03And that sparked the whole thing off in 1839.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06When tolls were levied on all the routes into market,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09peasants and farmers took matters into their own hands,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12destroying the toll gates.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15My ancestor somewhere along the line was involved in this.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20The reason your great-great- great-grandfather was involved
0:19:20 > 0:19:23is because he was in the police force in Carmarthen.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27They had to try and to quell the riots in this area.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29So he wasn't in a frock? No.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32I'm pleased to hear that. HE LAUGHS
0:19:38 > 0:19:42So you've brought me out here, into this field,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44the remnants of moo cows are here,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46but why here? Why this field?
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Well, you've got to imagine, in 1843,
0:19:50 > 0:19:55that all this area is a vast agricultural area.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57You get a good feel of it today.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01And they assemble here at the pub, and there's two thousand of them.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03You can't get them all in the bar,
0:20:03 > 0:20:07so all these fields must have been full of people all dressed up,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09200, 300 of them on horseback.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11They'd have been up on the hills.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15They'd have been coming in from the farms and gathering together.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18MUSIC: I Predict A Riot by Kaiser Chiefs
0:20:22 > 0:20:25If you think about it, because you said that
0:20:25 > 0:20:28my great-great-great-granddad and his compatriots
0:20:28 > 0:20:33set out from Carmarthen to come and take them on, as it were.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37It's a bit bold, isn't it? 40-odd. "Oops! Have we made a mistake?"
0:20:37 > 0:20:42They were coming up the road, somebody, amongst these farmers,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46must have gone and told them. There had to be a snitch.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50Basically, once you tell one person, another dozen or so know.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52You couldn't have kept this secret.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56And they knew the magistrates were calling in the troops,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58they new something was about to happen.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03The troops were coming in, along with the special constables.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06So, yes, both sides knew
0:21:06 > 0:21:08the battle lines were being drawn.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12As a result of David Woozley's role in quelling rioters
0:21:12 > 0:21:16and his flawless record, he was a legendary figure.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21When he died, his funeral was so lavish, it was recorded in print.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27"We record the death of a remarkable inhabitant of this town,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29"Mr David Woozley.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31"He was of great height."
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I wonder what happened to me?
0:21:33 > 0:21:37"He was of great height and was 82 years old when he died.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42"Many members of the police force were pallbearers at the funeral,
0:21:42 > 0:21:46"which was, perhaps, the largest and most respectable of its kind
0:21:46 > 0:21:49"ever witnessed in Carmarthen."
0:21:50 > 0:21:53And I think that happened here.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Records show that David Woozley was indeed buried here.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15Finding his headstone in this graveyard may prove difficult.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18I really can't see that.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28No.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37To find out that he was so well known and so well respected,
0:22:37 > 0:22:41and he seems to have been a member of everything in the town
0:22:41 > 0:22:43and had his finger in lots of pies.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46And to come and find it in a state like this,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I feel this, not just about my family,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51but for all the families.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54I feel it's a bit sad
0:22:54 > 0:22:57that they're not preserved, not looked after.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59This is real people history.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Written on these stones is people history.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05And to see it just crumbling away,
0:23:05 > 0:23:07I think is really sad.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18In the surrounding countryside, Paul's got a date
0:23:18 > 0:23:21with one of Carmarthen's oldest-known legends.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Well, I've been sent on this long walk across two fields,
0:23:25 > 0:23:27dodging cowpats.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29I've no idea why.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32It's going to be very interesting.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02He's not the only magician with connections to the town.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Hi, Paul. Hello. And you are?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07My name's Gavin. Gavin Evans.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Nice to meet you, Gavin. You were well secreted behind the rock.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13This is known as Merlin's Stone.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17There is a local story associated with this stone.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19That Merlin, the famous wizard,
0:24:19 > 0:24:23buried his gold beneath this stone. And he told a prophecy,
0:24:23 > 0:24:27that should anyone dig beneath this stone to steal his gold,
0:24:27 > 0:24:29that stone would fall and crush them.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34And funnily enough, a few centuries ago, so the story goes,
0:24:34 > 0:24:36a young man did exactly that.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40And guess what? The stone fell on him and killed him.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46Well, I'll dig and you push that side so it can't fall.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48We'll keep it up. Yeah.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Hang on while I just do something. This is really good. I want a hug.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Hi, Merlin. How you doing?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57"Let me out. Let me out."
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Did you hear that? He's in there. "Let me out."
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Can't do that, Merlin.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06That's really made my trip.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09I find it very exciting.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15I would certainly advise all my fellow magicians now
0:25:15 > 0:25:16to come and pay homage here.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24Before leaving Carmarthen, Paul has one mission left to accomplish.
0:25:24 > 0:25:49He still wants to track down his mill.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54In fact, the one closest to the Tywi was known as the Tywi Mill.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Funnily enough!
0:25:57 > 0:25:59There's an original name.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02It is. And almost certainly, this was the mill
0:26:02 > 0:26:05discussed in the 1233 Charter.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09It was the most valuable mill in the early medieval period.
0:26:09 > 0:27:35It was the one which generated the most revenue.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Paul might not be leaving Carmarthen with a water mill,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44but is he leaving with a new sense of identity?
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Has Paul Daniels come home?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49I just think it's marvellous.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Highlights for me?
0:27:51 > 0:27:57Probably going to the place of the funeral
0:27:57 > 0:28:01of my great-great-great grandfather, and his burial place.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Merlin's Stone, of course, because of the magic connection.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09But generally, the whole package deal
0:28:09 > 0:28:14has been very rewarding. Very good. Very happy.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18And... HE LAUGHS I'll do an Arnold Schwarzenegger.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20I'll be back.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Can we put this on the top for when we go home?
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Upset them as we cross the border.
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