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0:00:20 > 0:00:22- Welcome to the 2002 04Wal archives.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- The world seems to get smaller - every day.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30- Some people bring back the world - from their foreign adventures.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35- Coming up, we see a combination - of the Welsh and the exotic.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37- Our odyssey begins in Aberystwyth.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40- AFRICAN MUSIC
0:00:48 > 0:00:54- I like colours and putting things - together in a particular way.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58- I don't have an obsession. - I'm perfectly normal!
0:00:58 > 0:01:02- It's not an obsession! - I just like nice things.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- I find them in different places.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09- I collect them - because I like them, aesthetically.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- I like to look at them.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17- The aesthetic now takes precedence - over the associations.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- AFRICAN MUSIC
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- This is the blue room!
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- You've pulled out all the stops.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- What about these beer trays?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- They're peanut trays, - not beer trays!
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- They use them - to hold peanuts in Nigeria.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51- They sell peanuts in the market - on those small trays.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- They put lots of small trays - on a big tray...
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- ..and they carry them - on their heads.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- They walk through the market, - selling peanuts.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- You bought these - from peanut-sellers?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- No, I bought them - in a market in Nigeria.
0:02:09 > 0:02:15- I had visions of peanut-sellers - with no trays to put on their heads!
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- There are lots of ships - and boats in here.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- I buy them when I'm on my travels. - They're all different.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- You get different ships - in different places.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- I had one of those. - I bought mine in Porthcawl.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- These spoons look as though - they've come from around the world.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- I have a keen interest in spoons.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- Spoons reflect the kind of food - that people eat.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Tell me about these pictures.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- They're Tingatinga paintings - from Zanzibar.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- They're stylized - and unique to that area.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07- A man called Tingatinga - lived in Dar es Salaam.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12- He and his family moved to Zanzibar - and they produce these there now.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- They still make them - in Dar es Salaam too.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- What kind of work did you produce - when you were seeing the world?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- I did some painting.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- I painted that in Zanzibar.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- I'm a prolific sketcher - when I'm on my travels.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- The printmaking and pottery - are done when I come home.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- I've seen some prints in here.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- I've seen some prints in here.- - There are lots more upstairs.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- What a fantastic view!
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- You've lived - in all sorts of far-flung places.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- Have you settled here - or will you hit the road again?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- I'll hit the road again, - but this is fine, for now!
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- Do you have any idea - where you will go next?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- No, I don't have a clue.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- Africa, perhaps.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- This may look like - a traditional house...
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- ..but it isn't traditional inside.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- Gwenllian Jones and her family...
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- ..have lived in Kenya, Uganda, - Mauritius and Bangladesh.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- Mementoes of those countries - fill this house.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- I live in this room every day!
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- You do a lot of embroidery work?
0:04:57 > 0:04:58- You do a lot of embroidery work?- - Yes, that's right.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- Did you make - some of the things in this room?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- I made those prayer flags recently.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- I dyed some of the materials myself.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- I like the concept of prayers - flying through the air.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- Like radio waves, they just go - and then they're finished.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24- I took up embroidery - when we lived in Uganda.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- We lived in a hotel, - I had a young baby and I was bored!
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- I just sat in the garden, - with Dafydd in his pram.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37- I took up embroidery. - That was 30 years ago.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39- I really enjoy embroidery.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- Having said that, - I'm a really impatient person.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- I don't know why I enjoy it!
0:05:54 > 0:05:55- BELLS TINKLING
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- When Idi Amin took over in Uganda...
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- ..these spears were confiscated.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- I went to a police station - and I asked if I could buy a spear.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- I bought it for a shilling.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- I got the shield - from the same place.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- They wore those knives on their - arms and attacked each other!
0:06:26 > 0:06:31- Photographs and artefacts - adorn the hall and the stairs.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- The dining room is very light - and full of strong colours.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- I like primary colours.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47- I'm very fond of red.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- There's a lot of red in the house.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51- I like strong colours.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57- People say you must have white walls - or the house will look dark.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- This is a dark house! - It's meant to be dark!
0:07:01 > 0:07:06- Women don't like clutter - in their houses, on the whole.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11- You don't mind putting pieces - of art on the furniture.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- What's the point of having - empty surfaces?
0:07:16 > 0:07:17- That's a coffee table.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- It's too small to hold cups.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- If you don't plan to eat at a table, - then you put stuff on it!
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- I don't see the point of a surface - unless you can put things on it.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- This is very colourful.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52- Yes, it is colourful.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- I'm not sure what happened!
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- It was meant to be - a subdued shade of turquoise...
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- ..but it didn't work out that way!
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- The red accentuates the turquoise.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- Is this picture over here batik?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Yes, that's batik.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- A friend of mine - lived in the Seychelles.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15- She made that batik.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20- It was an early work of hers - and she cringes when she sees it!
0:08:20 > 0:08:21- She's not keen on it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- This seems a bit less exotic.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- Yes, Ynyscynhaearn Church, - by Elis Gwyn.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33- It's been in several rooms. - We move it around the house.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- Is it important for you - to have a varied collection?
0:08:38 > 0:08:39- I don't think about it.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- It's not planned at all.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- Those things are in here, - so I display them together.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- There are countless photographs - and slides in here.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- They form a family history archive.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- Yes, that's right.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- Will you pass these on - to your children...
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- ..or will you get rid of them - at some point?
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- My children are real hoarders, - just like their mother!
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- We keep absolutely everything!
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- They keep memories alive.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Yes, but it's dangerous - to live on your memories.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- Gwenllian enjoys the ethnic pieces - that fill her home.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- Does she yearn to move abroad again - in the future?
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- I enjoy going on holiday, - but I won't leave Caernarfon.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- It's the best place in the world!
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0:10:20 > 0:10:22- Welcome back to 2002.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- Coming up, a wide variety - of homes in Gwynedd...
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- ..with an emphasis on colour - and pattern.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47- I've travelled to this glorious - country house in North Wales.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53- The furniture and materials inside - have travelled much further!
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- The house is called Castellmai - and its owner is Sioned Emrys.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Her sister and nephew, - Nia and Guto, live here too...
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- ..but they'll soon move - to their new home.
0:11:16 > 0:11:21- I was attracted to the house - because I love Georgian features.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- I'm fond of Georgian houses.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Designing and decorating - the house was easy.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- The rooms are all a uniform shape.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35- There are four big rooms downstairs - and four big rooms upstairs.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- I've lived in several houses - over the past 20 years.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46- Decorating and furnishing a house - comes naturally to me.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53- You should live with the rooms - as they are when you move in.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- Pause before you decorate them.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- The collection of furniture - I have in this house...
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- ..is quite eclectic.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- It's riotous in one sense...
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- ..and yet it's a quiet, calm - and relaxing house.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- It's an easy place - in which to live.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- The kitchen is very simple.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- That was intentional on my part.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- This room reminds me - of an old Welsh pantry.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- That was the whole idea.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39- It is also reminiscent - of kitchens in Greece and Spain.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- I've never liked fitted kitchens.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- This is made of bricks and cement, - painted white.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52- These are slabs. The kind of slabs - you'd use to build a patio.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- I think they work perfectly - in a kitchen.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- Patio slabs - are also very, very cheap!
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- Do you spend a lot of time in here?
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- People tend to congregate - in one room more than the others.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09- That's true of every home, I think.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- We tend to congregate - in the kitchen.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18- The kitchen is the room - in which we spend most time.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- This room is completely different.
0:13:34 > 0:13:40- Sioned put shutters on the windows - to create a cosy Oriental ambience.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46- Sioned is a buyer and seller - of ethnic artefacts.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51- Her experience helps her - to find treasures like this rug.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- It once belonged - to a royal family in Rajasthan.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- The bedrooms are up here.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- There's a strong Welsh feel - to this room.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- There are pictures of Welsh ladies - on these cups.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- That's a Welsh hat.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28- This wonderful table - is made of twigs.
0:14:39 > 0:14:45- The room next door - has a completely different feel.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50- This has been designed - for a person who loves their bed!
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- It's a French bed.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- There's another large bedroom - over here.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- The mood changes again in here.
0:15:22 > 0:15:28- There are things in here - that come from the Middle East.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- They enjoy spending time - in their bedrooms.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41- Designing a house - is a never-ending task.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- That's especially true - for someone like me.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- I love to collect things - and I love to shop!
0:15:50 > 0:15:55- My work takes me to the Orient, - especially to India.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01- It's inevitable that I'll add - to my collection of artefacts.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- The house is finished - and I'm happy with it.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26- Artist and designer Cefyn Burgess - grew up in Bethesda.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31- Having studied art in London, - he chose to settle in Penmaenmawr.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- How long have you lived - on Erasmus Street, Cefyn?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- I moved back from England - 14 years ago.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- I moved to Erasmus Street.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- You've lived in the same house - for 14 years?
0:16:47 > 0:16:52- No, I live in Number 28 now, - but I moved to Number 9 originally.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- A friend of mine lives here now.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00- He has decorated it with plants - and put a bench outside!
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- It's very colourful.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- It feels - like a close-knit community.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Yes, everybody knows everybody...
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- ..but we don't live - in each other's pockets.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20- You grew up in a quarry town - and this is a similar area.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25- Yes, the quarry - is just at the end of the street.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- The houses and chapels - are built with local stone.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36- It's still working, - hence the dust on all the cars!
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- Yes, it's definitely - a working quarry!
0:17:39 > 0:17:40- This is your house.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- Yes, Number 28.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45- Come in.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- There are lots of books - about foreign parts.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- Yes, Lonely Planet books mostly.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06- I have a few travel guides.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10- You've used the books - on your travels over the years.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Are these Indian patterns?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- Are these Indian patterns?- - Yes, they're all Indian.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- That's a painting - of the pelmet itself.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- That has then been transferred - to the curtains.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- That's Indian cotton.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35- There's an Indian influence - on the colours throughout the house.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37- This is the bedroom.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39- This is the bedroom.- - It spans the front of the house.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- There are more foreign influences - in here.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- Yes, there are lots of them in here.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Who are these on the wall?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- I bought those - at a market in Mysore.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- They're gods. - Look at their pink tongues!
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- They're papier mache, - so they're quite fragile.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04- You bought them in India?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- You bought them in India?- - Yes, that's right.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- People bring things back for me - if I can't go there myself.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- You designed the fabric - that covers these chairs?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Yes.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- Those hassocks - came from a chapel.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28- I'm sure lots of people - knelt on them before I covered them!
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- Did you design this too?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- Did you design this too?- - Yes, that's right.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- These were made on the machine - in Trefriw, when I worked there.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43- The machinery has now been moved - to Drefach Felindre.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- I made these bedspreads - for a company based in London.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- I also made cushion covers - and pillowcases for them.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57- Do you have trouble sleeping - when you sleep under this?
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- It's too heavy! - I roll it up when I go to bed.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- Are you happy here, Cefyn? - Will you stay here forever?
0:20:05 > 0:20:09- I'm very happy in this street - and I like this house.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- It's very cosy.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- Having said that, I'm about to move.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27- This is the town of Nefyn.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- This was Tom Nefyn's cottage...
0:20:30 > 0:20:34- ..but it is now home - to Joy Brown and her family.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- Her dogs and her horses - live here too!
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- We took our dog with us - whenever we viewed a house.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59- She walked in through the door - of some houses and walked out again.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- She refused to go into some houses!
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- She walked in here, lay down - by the fire and that was it!
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- The dog bought the house!
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- The dog bought the house!- - Yes!
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- There's a wonderful feel - to this place.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18- I'm often here on my own - and it doesn't worry me.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23- A neighbour kept cattle here - and he said he was never scared.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- It was a second home - when we bought it.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- It had been wrecked and patched up.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- The windows - were in a terrible state.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- I'd sit there, looking out - and I'd see nothing but sky.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- The windows were high up!
0:21:45 > 0:21:49- There are two rooms down here - and three bedrooms upstairs.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54- We've only made superficial changes. - I wanted to put my stamp on it.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- I think we all enjoy - creating an ambience.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- I probably enjoy doing it - more than most!
0:22:16 > 0:22:21- I tend to spend more time in here. - The kitchen's a dumping ground!
0:22:22 > 0:22:24- We sit in here.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28- I'm not keen on the television, - so I have a corner to myself!
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- It's a small room, - but a corner of it is all mine!
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- You see something different - wherever you sit.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- If this house - had another life before this...
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- ..it must have been - a woman's handbag!
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- You can fit a lot into it.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- If I need something, - I can't find it.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56- It isn't a big house and I'd love - to find out what its secret is.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- Maybe not, actually, - because its secret makes it magical.
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