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-Welcome to the 2002 04Wal archives.

-The world seems to get smaller

-every day.

-Some people bring back the world

-from their foreign adventures.

-Coming up, we see a combination

-of the Welsh and the exotic.

-Our odyssey begins in Aberystwyth.

-AFRICAN MUSIC

-I like colours and putting things

-together in a particular way.

-I don't have an obsession.

-I'm perfectly normal!

-It's not an obsession!

-I just like nice things.

-I find them in different places.

-I collect them

-because I like them, aesthetically.

-I like to look at them.

-The aesthetic now takes precedence

-over the associations.

-AFRICAN MUSIC

-This is the blue room!

-You've pulled out all the stops.

-What about these beer trays?

-They're peanut trays,

-not beer trays!

-They use them

-to hold peanuts in Nigeria.

-They sell peanuts in the market

-on those small trays.

-They put lots of small trays

-on a big tray...

-..and they carry them

-on their heads.

-They walk through the market,

-selling peanuts.

-You bought these

-from peanut-sellers?

-No, I bought them

-in a market in Nigeria.

-I had visions of peanut-sellers

-with no trays to put on their heads!

-There are lots of ships

-and boats in here.

-I buy them when I'm on my travels.

-They're all different.

-You get different ships

-in different places.

-I had one of those.

-I bought mine in Porthcawl.

-These spoons look as though

-they've come from around the world.

-I have a keen interest in spoons.

-Spoons reflect the kind of food

-that people eat.

-Tell me about these pictures.

-They're Tingatinga paintings

-from Zanzibar.

-They're stylized

-and unique to that area.

-A man called Tingatinga

-lived in Dar es Salaam.

-He and his family moved to Zanzibar

-and they produce these there now.

-They still make them

-in Dar es Salaam too.

-What kind of work did you produce

-when you were seeing the world?

-I did some painting.

-I painted that in Zanzibar.

-I'm a prolific sketcher

-when I'm on my travels.

-The printmaking and pottery

-are done when I come home.

-I've seen some prints in here.

-I've seen some prints in here.

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-There are lots more upstairs.

-What a fantastic view!

-You've lived

-in all sorts of far-flung places.

-Have you settled here

-or will you hit the road again?

-I'll hit the road again,

-but this is fine, for now!

-Do you have any idea

-where you will go next?

-No, I don't have a clue.

-Africa, perhaps.

-This may look like

-a traditional house...

-..but it isn't traditional inside.

-Gwenllian Jones and her family...

-..have lived in Kenya, Uganda,

-Mauritius and Bangladesh.

-Mementoes of those countries

-fill this house.

-I live in this room every day!

-You do a lot of embroidery work?

-You do a lot of embroidery work?

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-Yes, that's right.

-Did you make

-some of the things in this room?

-I made those prayer flags recently.

-I dyed some of the materials myself.

-I like the concept of prayers

-flying through the air.

-Like radio waves, they just go

-and then they're finished.

-I took up embroidery

-when we lived in Uganda.

-We lived in a hotel,

-I had a young baby and I was bored!

-I just sat in the garden,

-with Dafydd in his pram.

-I took up embroidery.

-That was 30 years ago.

-I really enjoy embroidery.

-Having said that,

-I'm a really impatient person.

-I don't know why I enjoy it!

-BELLS TINKLING

-When Idi Amin took over in Uganda...

-..these spears were confiscated.

-I went to a police station

-and I asked if I could buy a spear.

-I bought it for a shilling.

-I got the shield

-from the same place.

-They wore those knives on their

-arms and attacked each other!

-Photographs and artefacts

-adorn the hall and the stairs.

-The dining room is very light

-and full of strong colours.

-I like primary colours.

-I'm very fond of red.

-There's a lot of red in the house.

-I like strong colours.

-People say you must have white walls

-or the house will look dark.

-This is a dark house!

-It's meant to be dark!

-Women don't like clutter

-in their houses, on the whole.

-You don't mind putting pieces

-of art on the furniture.

-What's the point of having

-empty surfaces?

-That's a coffee table.

-It's too small to hold cups.

-If you don't plan to eat at a table,

-then you put stuff on it!

-I don't see the point of a surface

-unless you can put things on it.

-This is very colourful.

-Yes, it is colourful.

-I'm not sure what happened!

-It was meant to be

-a subdued shade of turquoise...

-..but it didn't work out that way!

-The red accentuates the turquoise.

-Is this picture over here batik?

-Yes, that's batik.

-A friend of mine

-lived in the Seychelles.

-She made that batik.

-It was an early work of hers

-and she cringes when she sees it!

-She's not keen on it.

-This seems a bit less exotic.

-Yes, Ynyscynhaearn Church,

-by Elis Gwyn.

-It's been in several rooms.

-We move it around the house.

-Is it important for you

-to have a varied collection?

-I don't think about it.

-It's not planned at all.

-Those things are in here,

-so I display them together.

-There are countless photographs

-and slides in here.

-They form a family history archive.

-Yes, that's right.

-Will you pass these on

-to your children...

-..or will you get rid of them

-at some point?

-My children are real hoarders,

-just like their mother!

-We keep absolutely everything!

-They keep memories alive.

-Yes, but it's dangerous

-to live on your memories.

-Gwenllian enjoys the ethnic pieces

-that fill her home.

-Does she yearn to move abroad again

-in the future?

-I enjoy going on holiday,

-but I won't leave Caernarfon.

-It's the best place in the world!

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-Welcome back to 2002.

-Coming up, a wide variety

-of homes in Gwynedd...

-..with an emphasis on colour

-and pattern.

-I've travelled to this glorious

-country house in North Wales.

-The furniture and materials inside

-have travelled much further!

-The house is called Castellmai

-and its owner is Sioned Emrys.

-Her sister and nephew,

-Nia and Guto, live here too...

-..but they'll soon move

-to their new home.

-I was attracted to the house

-because I love Georgian features.

-I'm fond of Georgian houses.

-Designing and decorating

-the house was easy.

-The rooms are all a uniform shape.

-There are four big rooms downstairs

-and four big rooms upstairs.

-I've lived in several houses

-over the past 20 years.

-Decorating and furnishing a house

-comes naturally to me.

-You should live with the rooms

-as they are when you move in.

-Pause before you decorate them.

-The collection of furniture

-I have in this house...

-..is quite eclectic.

-It's riotous in one sense...

-..and yet it's a quiet, calm

-and relaxing house.

-It's an easy place

-in which to live.

-The kitchen is very simple.

-That was intentional on my part.

-This room reminds me

-of an old Welsh pantry.

-That was the whole idea.

-It is also reminiscent

-of kitchens in Greece and Spain.

-I've never liked fitted kitchens.

-This is made of bricks and cement,

-painted white.

-These are slabs. The kind of slabs

-you'd use to build a patio.

-I think they work perfectly

-in a kitchen.

-Patio slabs

-are also very, very cheap!

-Do you spend a lot of time in here?

-People tend to congregate

-in one room more than the others.

-That's true of every home, I think.

-We tend to congregate

-in the kitchen.

-The kitchen is the room

-in which we spend most time.

-This room is completely different.

-Sioned put shutters on the windows

-to create a cosy Oriental ambience.

-Sioned is a buyer and seller

-of ethnic artefacts.

-Her experience helps her

-to find treasures like this rug.

-It once belonged

-to a royal family in Rajasthan.

-The bedrooms are up here.

-There's a strong Welsh feel

-to this room.

-There are pictures of Welsh ladies

-on these cups.

-That's a Welsh hat.

-This wonderful table

-is made of twigs.

-The room next door

-has a completely different feel.

-This has been designed

-for a person who loves their bed!

-It's a French bed.

-There's another large bedroom

-over here.

-The mood changes again in here.

-There are things in here

-that come from the Middle East.

-They enjoy spending time

-in their bedrooms.

-Designing a house

-is a never-ending task.

-That's especially true

-for someone like me.

-I love to collect things

-and I love to shop!

-My work takes me to the Orient,

-especially to India.

-It's inevitable that I'll add

-to my collection of artefacts.

-The house is finished

-and I'm happy with it.

-Artist and designer Cefyn Burgess

-grew up in Bethesda.

-Having studied art in London,

-he chose to settle in Penmaenmawr.

-How long have you lived

-on Erasmus Street, Cefyn?

-I moved back from England

-14 years ago.

-I moved to Erasmus Street.

-You've lived in the same house

-for 14 years?

-No, I live in Number 28 now,

-but I moved to Number 9 originally.

-A friend of mine lives here now.

-He has decorated it with plants

-and put a bench outside!

-It's very colourful.

-It feels

-like a close-knit community.

-Yes, everybody knows everybody...

-..but we don't live

-in each other's pockets.

-You grew up in a quarry town

-and this is a similar area.

-Yes, the quarry

-is just at the end of the street.

-The houses and chapels

-are built with local stone.

-It's still working,

-hence the dust on all the cars!

-Yes, it's definitely

-a working quarry!

-This is your house.

-Yes, Number 28.

-Come in.

-There are lots of books

-about foreign parts.

-Yes, Lonely Planet books mostly.

-I have a few travel guides.

-You've used the books

-on your travels over the years.

-Are these Indian patterns?

-Are these Indian patterns?

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-Yes, they're all Indian.

-That's a painting

-of the pelmet itself.

-That has then been transferred

-to the curtains.

-That's Indian cotton.

-There's an Indian influence

-on the colours throughout the house.

-This is the bedroom.

-This is the bedroom.

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-It spans the front of the house.

-There are more foreign influences

-in here.

-Yes, there are lots of them in here.

-Who are these on the wall?

-I bought those

-at a market in Mysore.

-They're gods.

-Look at their pink tongues!

-They're papier mache,

-so they're quite fragile.

-You bought them in India?

-You bought them in India?

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-Yes, that's right.

-People bring things back for me

-if I can't go there myself.

-You designed the fabric

-that covers these chairs?

-Yes.

-Those hassocks

-came from a chapel.

-I'm sure lots of people

-knelt on them before I covered them!

-Did you design this too?

-Did you design this too?

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-Yes, that's right.

-These were made on the machine

-in Trefriw, when I worked there.

-The machinery has now been moved

-to Drefach Felindre.

-I made these bedspreads

-for a company based in London.

-I also made cushion covers

-and pillowcases for them.

-Do you have trouble sleeping

-when you sleep under this?

-It's too heavy!

-I roll it up when I go to bed.

-Are you happy here, Cefyn?

-Will you stay here forever?

-I'm very happy in this street

-and I like this house.

-It's very cosy.

-Having said that, I'm about to move.

-This is the town of Nefyn.

-This was Tom Nefyn's cottage...

-..but it is now home

-to Joy Brown and her family.

-Her dogs and her horses

-live here too!

-We took our dog with us

-whenever we viewed a house.

-She walked in through the door

-of some houses and walked out again.

-She refused to go into some houses!

-She walked in here, lay down

-by the fire and that was it!

-The dog bought the house!

-The dog bought the house!

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-Yes!

-There's a wonderful feel

-to this place.

-I'm often here on my own

-and it doesn't worry me.

-A neighbour kept cattle here

-and he said he was never scared.

-It was a second home

-when we bought it.

-It had been wrecked and patched up.

-The windows

-were in a terrible state.

-I'd sit there, looking out

-and I'd see nothing but sky.

-The windows were high up!

-There are two rooms down here

-and three bedrooms upstairs.

-We've only made superficial changes.

-I wanted to put my stamp on it.

-I think we all enjoy

-creating an ambience.

-I probably enjoy doing it

-more than most!

-I tend to spend more time in here.

-The kitchen's a dumping ground!

-We sit in here.

-I'm not keen on the television,

-so I have a corner to myself!

-It's a small room,

-but a corner of it is all mine!

-You see something different

-wherever you sit.

-If this house

-had another life before this...

-..it must have been

-a woman's handbag!

-You can fit a lot into it.

-If I need something,

-I can't find it.

-It isn't a big house and I'd love

-to find out what its secret is.

-Maybe not, actually,

-because its secret makes it magical.

-S4C subtitles by Eirlys A Jones

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