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-It's nearly the end of August. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
-I'm in the beautiful area -of St David's in Pembrokeshire. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:16 | |
-Over the centuries... | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
-..local people have been -closely connected with the sea... | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
-..and with lifeboats in particular. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
-Jeff Davies -was raised in St David's. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
-At one time he he sold meat locally -from his butcher's van. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:37 | |
-Nowadays -he's the secretary of the Lifeboat. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
-Is St David's a town or a city? | 0:00:42 | 0:00:46 | |
-A city, of course. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
-A city, of course. - -Really? | 0:00:48 | 0:00:49 | |
-About five years ago, the Queen -came here to grant it city status. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:55 | |
-It must be the smallest city -in existence. | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
-The second-smallest. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:02 | |
-The Vatican City is the smallest. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
-St David's is the smallest city -in this country. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:10 | |
-Were you born and raised here? | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
-What words do you use - -"crwtyn" and "roces"? | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
-Do you use those words? | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
-Have you always lived here? | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
-Yes. Six of us were born -in the City Hotel... | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
-..and Peter and Polly -were born in Y Ffald, up there. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:31 | |
-The place is called Y Ffald. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
-That's what it's called - I see. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
-You must have seen many changes. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:38 | |
-You must have seen many changes. - -Yes. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
-You must have seen many changes. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:40 | |
-Lots of houses -have been built here recently. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:40 | |
-Lots of houses -have been built here recently. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
-Your brother -still runs the butcher's shop... | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
-..that's named after your father -and your brothers. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
-Yes. Father had a van and a shop. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
-The first shop -was in the High Street. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
-Peter came home -when rationing ended... | 0:01:58 | 0:02:02 | |
-..and started working here. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
-This used to be -Gilbert Martin's shop. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
-I came home after being injured -while working at sea. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:13 | |
-I joined the company... | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
-..and that's how -I started speaking Welsh. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
-We had a mobile shop back then... | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
-..and I had to speak Welsh because -customers couldn't speak English. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:26 | |
-That's how I learned Welsh. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
-That's how I learned Welsh. - -How long were you at sea? | 0:02:28 | 0:02:29 | |
-How long were you at sea? | 0:02:29 | 0:02:30 | |
-Six years. I broke my shoulder, -so I had to come home. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:36 | |
-Was the lifeboat a way -for you to go back to the sea? | 0:02:36 | 0:02:41 | |
-I wanted to work on the boat... | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
-..but I couldn't -because I didn't live in St David's. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
-You have to live in St David's. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
-When the maroons go off... | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
-..the boat must be launched -immediately. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:58 | |
-It has to go straight away. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
-Here it is - the City Inn. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
-Here it is - the City Inn. - -It used to be the City Hotel. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:05 | |
-It used to be the City Hotel. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
-Is this where you were born -and raised? | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
-Yes. I was born up there, -in bedroom number three. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
-Six of us were born there. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
-I'll tell you their names. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
-Eight children. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:23 | |
-# Polly, Peter, Eira, Tony, -Muriel, Jeffrey, Isabel and Pat! # | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
-They called us the City kids! | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
-Where are we now? | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
-Is that Ramsey Island over there? | 0:03:44 | 0:03:45 | |
-Is that Ramsey Island over there? - -Yes. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:46 | |
-Yes. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:47 | |
-That's Ramsey Island. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:49 | |
-There's been a farm there -for many years. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:53 | |
-One of my relatives -worked on the farm. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
-Elfed Griffiths -was the most recent farmer there. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
-Elfed's dead now. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:02 | |
-The man who farms there now -used to be with the lifeboat crew. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
-Yes, Derek Rees. He looks after -the land, and he builds stone walls. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:13 | |
-He keeps sheep and horses there. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
-Someone told me -there are deer there. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
-Yes, there are. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:24 | |
-Lots of people visit the island -at this time of year. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
-Can you take a boat across? | 0:04:30 | 0:04:31 | |
-Can you take a boat across? - -Yes. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:32 | |
-Yes. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:33 | |
-There are about 15 boats that go -across from the lifeboat station. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:38 | |
-Boat trips. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
-Visitors have a really special -time there. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
-The lifeboat station -is down below us. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
-The boat is kept in that shed. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
-Yes, down there. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
-What's this area called? | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
-We're about two miles -from the centre of St David's. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:01 | |
-It's two and a half miles -to the station. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
-The lifeboat has been based here -since 1936... | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
-..though they started building -the big shed in 1928, I think. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:18 | |
-Before that, -the lifeboat was a small sail boat. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:24 | |
-Its name was Gem. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
-But it went out one night -and got swept by the Bitches rapids. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:34 | |
-We lost three crewmen... | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
-..but we saved the men -from a ship called the Democrat. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:40 | |
-But you lost -some of the lifeboat crewmen? | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
-We lost three men that time. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
-That was many years ago. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
-More recently, the lifeboat went -to the aid of a French trawler... | 0:05:49 | 0:05:54 | |
-..during a terrible storm, -and saved eight men. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
-The trawler was called -the Notre Dame de Fatima. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
-The storm was too violent -for them to return here... | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
-..so they headed for Milford Haven. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
-But as they came around St Ann's -Head, they lost Ieuan Bateman... | 0:06:09 | 0:06:14 | |
-..a young man, only 21 years old. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
-Many people don't realize -that the crew are volunteers. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:22 | |
-They don't have to do this. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:24 | |
-But they do it, -and it's very dangerous work. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
-It can be terribly dangerous. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
-HELICOPTER ENGINE AND ROTORS | 0:06:31 | 0:06:33 | |
-It's a very busy morning here. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
-Apparently, a woman had an accident -further along the coast... | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
-..and the lifeboat -has brought her in. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
-The helicopter's arrived -and an ambulance too. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
-Things happen -when you least expect them to... | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
-..so the lifeboat is always on call. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
-I heard that it happened -not far from Grassholm. | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
-Apparently, they hit a wave, -the boat shot up... | 0:07:00 | 0:07:04 | |
-..and the woman landed on her back. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:07 | |
-The boat contacted the operations -room in Milford... | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
-..and the Coastguard, -then they called us in. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
-Are you on call all day? | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
-May I ask what's your occupation? | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
-I work at the cathedral. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
-Do you mow the lawns and so on? | 0:07:25 | 0:07:25 | |
-Do you mow the lawns and so on? - -Yes, I cut the grass. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
-Yes, I cut the grass. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:28 | |
-I used to work inside... | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
-..but that didn't suit me -so they sent me back outside! | 0:07:30 | 0:07:35 | |
-You were both raised -in St David's weren't you? | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
-Yes, both of us -were born in St David's. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
-Tony - Tony Pearce, MBE - -has been with the Coastguards... | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
-..for 40 years, isn't it? | 0:07:48 | 0:07:49 | |
-..for 40 years, isn't it? - -45. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:50 | |
-45. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:51 | |
-It must give you -a lot of satisfaction. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:55 | |
-I know someone's had an accident -today... | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
-..but the fact that you can help -must be satisfying. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
-Yes, as I was telling you, it's -nice when someone's been injured... | 0:08:04 | 0:08:09 | |
-..to see people -from the hospital arriving... | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
-..the ambulance -and the air ambulance. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
-They do such good work. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
-They treat people -even before they get to hospital. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
-We don't realize... | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
-..how important this air ambulance -is nowadays, do we? | 0:08:25 | 0:08:29 | |
-It's based in Swansea, -but it got here within 15 minutes. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:34 | |
-It was here almost before -I'd arrived from St David's. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:39 | |
-There's so much traffic -on the roads. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
-Well done, boys. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:43 | |
-Make sure you go inside -the cathedral at least once a week! | 0:08:44 | 0:08:48 | |
-CHORAL SINGING | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
-You can't visit St David's -without visiting the cathedral. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:58 | |
-Henry Griffiths is a local farmer... | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
-..and he's been worshipping here -ever since he was a child. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:06 | |
-He's now the Vicar's Warden. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
-We get large congregations here -at Easter and Christmas. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:13 | |
-About 1,000 people -come here every day. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
-Very large congregations. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
-They get larger every year. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
-I notice there are lots of tourists -here today. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:26 | |
-They come from all over the world. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:28 | |
-They come from all over the world. - -That's right. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:30 | |
-They come here and they enjoy -visiting the cathedral. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:35 | |
-Do they hold any Welsh services here? | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
-Yes, at 9.30 every Sunday morning. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
-Eucharist every Sunday morning. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
-There's usually 20 or more -people there. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
-Do you attend that service -on Sundays? | 0:09:48 | 0:09:52 | |
-I go about once a month -to the Parish Eucharist. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:57 | |
-That's what I usually do. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
-What are your duties as a warden? | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
-I make sure that people -have chairs to sit on... | 0:10:05 | 0:10:10 | |
-..and I welcome people. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:12 | |
-I put the books out -and collect them afterwards... | 0:10:13 | 0:10:17 | |
-..and count the collection money. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:18 | |
-..and count the collection money. - -Cardis like counting money! | 0:10:18 | 0:10:19 | |
-Cardis like counting money! | 0:10:19 | 0:10:20 | |
-Does the cathedral benefit -from all the visitors who come here? | 0:10:21 | 0:10:26 | |
-It does quite well. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
-It would be running at a loss -if it wasn't for all the tourists. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:35 | |
-I really admire your cattle, Henry. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
-They're not bad. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
-You don't often see -so many Hereford cattle together. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
-Are Herefords -the only breed you keep? | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
-I like them -because they come on very quickly. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:59 | |
-They don't need much feeding either. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
-No - all they get -is silage and grass. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
-They do particularly well -if it's dry. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
-Yes - I can see -that your heifers are fat. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:12 | |
-Some are too fat. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
-Do you sell them all as fatstock? | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
-Do you sell them all as fatstock? - -Yes, when they're 20 months old. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:17 | |
-Yes, when they're 20 months old. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
-They're ready to go -when they're 20 months old. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
-Any particular mart? | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
-I send them all to Pontefract -in Yorkshire, for Waitrose. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:30 | |
-They pay the best prices. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
-We've been with them now -for about seven years. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
-I really like your cattle. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
-And they're... | 0:11:41 | 0:11:42 | |
-I've got over 100 of them. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
-When does calving take place? | 0:11:45 | 0:11:47 | |
-It starts -towards the middle of February... | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
-..and it continues for about -eight weeks, and then it's all over. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:57 | |
-Do you put the calves out -fairly early in the year? | 0:11:57 | 0:12:01 | |
-I like to move the cows -and the young calves outside... | 0:12:02 | 0:12:06 | |
-..about the beginning of April. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
-Your wife told me that your son is -the fourth generation to farm here. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:16 | |
-The family has been here -for, let's see, 122 years. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:21 | |
-My grandfather, John. -My father, Ivor. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:24 | |
-I've farmed here too. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:26 | |
-I've retired, -though I still do some work. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
-Don't retire - it's dangerous! | 0:12:30 | 0:12:32 | |
-Dangerous! | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
-But it's such a pleasure that David -is so interested in the farm. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:39 | |
-David's also with the lifeboat -crew, though you've given it up now. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:45 | |
-And all four generations -have been with the lifeboat. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
-That's right. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:51 | |
-I left school in the late 1950s -and started farming. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:56 | |
-I also began helping out -at the lifeboat station. | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
-I started by working on the small -rowing boats, getting the ropes out. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:05 | |
-In the late 1960s, or rather in -the early 1960s, I joined the crew. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:11 | |
-I was a crewman for ten years, then -I worked the winch in the boathouse. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:17 | |
-You must have seen -some terrible sights. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
-Yes. But everyone felt the same... | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
-..if a life needed saving, -a life is a life. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
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-We can't leave St David's without -meeting Malcolm Gray and the boys. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:58 | |
-They're here -at the lifeboat station. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
-The weather's quite calm -this evening. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
-When the callout comes, -day or night... | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
-..the crew gets ready to launch, -whatever the weather. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:15 | |
-First they have to put on -their oilskins and life jackets. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:20 | |
-I feel like a horse -being tacked up for a show! | 0:14:25 | 0:14:30 | |
-I'm not saying anything! | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
-Where's that thing I blow if... | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
-Be careful - -don't pull that too tight! | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
-Are you alright? | 0:14:42 | 0:14:42 | |
-Are you alright? - -Yes, I'm alright. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:43 | |
-Yes, I'm alright. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:44 | |
-THE BOAT'S ENGINE RUMBLES AND REVS | 0:14:52 | 0:14:54 | |
-A HOOTER SOUNDS | 0:14:57 | 0:14:58 | |
-A HOOTER SOUNDS | 0:15:03 | 0:15:05 | |
-Malcolm Gray -is about to stand down... | 0:15:08 | 0:15:11 | |
-..after 12 years -as the boat's coxswain. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:16 | |
-His association with the lifeboat -goes back many years. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:19 | |
-I remember coming down here -and helping the boys get kitted out. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:25 | |
-Joseph Soar worked on the boat then. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
-The routine's the same. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
-That's how everyone starts out. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:32 | |
-They help on the slipway -and then on the boat. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:38 | |
-The work is vital. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
-I see that the lifeboat -in St David's... | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
-..has saved nearly 500 lives -over the years. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:49 | |
-Yes, well, you can look at that -in many different ways... | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
-..but it's not rocket science. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
-That's my job, and I do it. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
-Does any particular night -stand out... | 0:16:01 | 0:16:05 | |
-..when you wondered -whether you'd survive? | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
-Christmas 1999. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
-A ship - the Blackfriars, -ran on to the beach... | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
-..and we had to drag it back. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
-It was terribly stormy -and I was a bit frightened. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:22 | |
-All the crew members -are great friends. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
-You all live in the same village - -or city, rather. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
-Family, too. -My son and daughter are on the boat. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:35 | |
-And my grandfather was the first -coxswain at our present station. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:40 | |
-After the Gem was lost -out here in 1910... | 0:16:40 | 0:16:44 | |
-..our present station -was opened in 1912 or 1913... | 0:16:44 | 0:16:48 | |
-..and he was its first coxswain. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
-It runs in families. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
-Will you still be calling in -occasionally... | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
-..for a cup of tea and a chat -after you retire? | 0:16:56 | 0:17:01 | |
-Oh, yes. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
-I'm just standing down. -I'm not giving it up completely. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
-The family, here at the station, -means a lot to me. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:11 | |
-I look forward to coming down -to help out. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:17 | |
-I'll still help with the launch -and come down for a chat. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
-Don't forget to bring some biscuits! | 0:17:21 | 0:17:23 | |
-It's the retired men -who bring the biscuits! | 0:17:23 | 0:17:27 | |
-And there's one more thing -that's important - the medicine. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:31 | |
-On your return, you must have -a drop of medicine in your coffee! | 0:17:31 | 0:17:37 | |
-I like your attitude! | 0:17:37 | 0:17:39 | |
-I'll let you in on a secret - -I'm no sailor! | 0:17:41 | 0:17:44 | |
-Even having a bath makes me nervous! | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
-You don't often get the chance -to steer a powerful lifeboat. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
-Keep away, dear seal! | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
-One click and it's in gear... | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
-..then accelerate - the more -you push it, the faster it goes. | 0:17:56 | 0:18:01 | |
-Which is the throttle? | 0:18:01 | 0:18:02 | |
-Which is the throttle? - -Push this down. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:03 | |
-Push this down. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:03 | |
-It all goes together? | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
-It's not difficult. -You do it like that. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
-The more it goes down, -the faster it goes. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:13 | |
-Where are we going? | 0:18:13 | 0:18:14 | |
-Where are we going? - -Head for Pen Dinas. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:15 | |
-Head for Pen Dinas. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:17 | |
-Put it into gear first. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
-You can feel it go into gear. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
-You can feel it go into gear. - -Both together? | 0:18:21 | 0:18:22 | |
-Both together? | 0:18:22 | 0:18:22 | |
-That's right, keep going. -And a bit more. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
-There - there's the click. -You're in gear now. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:30 | |
-Push down the throttle. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:32 | |
-THE ENGINE RUMBLES LOUDER | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
-Go for it, go for it. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
-Right down - go on, right down. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:40 | |
-That's it - -right down to the bottom. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
-Let it stay like that. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
-It's the same as a car - -you turn the wheel to steer... | 0:18:47 | 0:18:52 | |
-..but just head straight -for Pen Dinas. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:56 | |
-Where's the garage? | 0:18:56 | 0:18:57 | |
-Where's the garage? - -There's one over there... | 0:18:57 | 0:18:57 | |
-There's one over there... | 0:18:57 | 0:18:58 | |
-No, the garage. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
-Where's the garage -that you keep it in? | 0:19:00 | 0:19:04 | |
-Porthstinan, you mean? -Back there, near those caravans. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
-That's Whitesands Beach, -and Pen Dinas is over there. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:11 | |
-Whitesands and Carn Llidi. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
-We'll go a bit further, -then turn back. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
-Shall I turn now? | 0:19:17 | 0:19:18 | |
-Shall I turn now? - -Yes, turn. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:19 | |
-Yes, turn. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:19 | |
-I won't turn too sharply. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
-This is rough! | 0:19:25 | 0:19:26 | |
-No, it's fine. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:28 | |
-Are you sure it won't turn over? | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
-Where's the garage, then? | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
-Where's the garage, then? - -Carry on - it's further on. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:34 | |
-Carry on - it's further on. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
-Do you see that boat over there? | 0:19:36 | 0:19:39 | |
-It's over there. Take it out a bit. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:43 | |
-That's right - keep it like that. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
-"I smile at every storm -because my Father is at the helm." | 0:19:48 | 0:19:53 | |
-Or as we say in English, "Never mind -the rolling wave, bend to the oar!" | 0:19:54 | 0:20:00 | |
-Have you seen it fly up in the air? | 0:20:00 | 0:20:01 | |
-Have you seen it fly up in the air? - -Oh, right up, and right down. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
-Oh, right up, and right down. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:04 | |
-Really? | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
-It's rougher over here. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:07 | |
-It can be a problem -when we're out at night. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:12 | |
-We can't see the waves coming. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
-We go up, -and I wonder what'll happen next. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
-Everyone has to get inside then. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
-It's strange how friendship grows -as you rescue other people. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:29 | |
-Well, yes. That's what we try to do, -but sometimes it's impossible. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:34 | |
-That must be very sad. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:35 | |
-That must be very sad. - -We can only pick up the pieces. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
-We can only pick up the pieces. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:38 | |
-These men -are the salt of the earth. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:44 | |
-Back on dry land, -I met Anona Gray, Malcolm's wife. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
-She works in the tourism centre, -which is extremely busy in August. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:54 | |
-We get about 1,500 people a day -at this time of year. | 0:20:54 | 0:21:00 | |
-Really? | 0:21:00 | 0:21:01 | |
-Really? - -Yes. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:01 | |
-Yes. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:02 | |
-Lots of families come to stay in the -area, in cottages or caravan parks. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:08 | |
-What's your job? | 0:21:09 | 0:21:11 | |
-Do you try to make sure -that everyone has a place to stay? | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
-Yes. -We help people find accommodation... | 0:21:14 | 0:21:18 | |
-..and things to do, -especially if it's raining. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
-We need to keep them entertained. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:24 | |
-The August Bank Holiday -is nearly upon us. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
-I'm sure the place is buzzing. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:29 | |
-I'm sure the place is buzzing. - -Yes. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:30 | |
-I'm sure the place is buzzing. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:30 | |
-People will turn up -without pre-booking accommodation. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:35 | |
-It'll be difficult -to find places for them. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
-This building is amazing. -It has a tower. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
-There are lots of towers -like that around St David's. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:47 | |
-What's inside? | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
-We've been here about seven years. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
-We hosted the Eisteddfod... | 0:21:52 | 0:21:54 | |
-..which was situated -between here and Solva in 2002. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:58 | |
-Since then, there's been a surge -of interest in the Welsh language... | 0:21:58 | 0:22:04 | |
-..and Welsh lessons -take place in that tower. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:08 | |
-There are people in St David's... | 0:22:08 | 0:22:12 | |
-..who have forgotten their Welsh -and want to learn it again... | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
-..and incomers want to learn Welsh. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:18 | |
-English people are interested too. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:20 | |
-As the wife of a man who's in -a very important position... | 0:22:21 | 0:22:25 | |
-..and who does a dangerous job... | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
-..it must be tough for you when -you're at home and he's called out. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:34 | |
-It is, especially at night. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
-When he goes out on a dark night -and the wind's roaring. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:42 | |
-When he was just a crewman, -it was different. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:47 | |
-But when he became a coxswain, he -was responsible for everyone else... | 0:22:48 | 0:22:53 | |
-..the boat's crew, and the people -they've gone out to help. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:58 | |
-It's completely different. -He has a lot more responsibility. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:02 | |
-He's been doing it for years, and -his grandfather did it before him. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:08 | |
-That must be some comfort -when he goes out. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:12 | |
-They tell me he's very capable. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:13 | |
-They tell me he's very capable. - -But it must be a relief... | 0:23:13 | 0:23:15 | |
-But it must be a relief... | 0:23:15 | 0:23:15 | |
-..to hear him coming home. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:16 | |
-..to hear him coming home. - -Yes, indeed, and I'm so glad. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:18 | |
-Yes, indeed, and I'm so glad. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:19 | |
-Can I tell you, -before we go any further... | 0:23:19 | 0:23:23 | |
-..I don't think I've heard -the name Anona before. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:27 | |
-It's an unusual name. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:28 | |
-It's an unusual name. - -Yes, it is. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:29 | |
-Yes, it is. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:29 | |
-My aunt wanted to call me Morfudd. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
-My aunt wanted to call me Morfudd. - -Morfudd, yes. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:34 | |
-Morfudd, yes. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:34 | |
-It's a proper Welsh name. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
-But my mother didn't like Morfudd. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:40 | |
-After I was born, she was listening -to a radio programme... | 0:23:40 | 0:23:45 | |
-..I think it was -'Twenty Questions'... | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
-..and there was a woman on it -called Anona Wynn. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:51 | |
-So my mother chose Anona Morfudd, -to keep my aunt happy. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:56 | |
-She had a will to think about! | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
-How many children do you have? | 0:24:00 | 0:24:01 | |
-How many children do you have? - -Four - two sons and two daughters. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:02 | |
-Four - two sons and two daughters. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:04 | |
-That's great. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:06 | |
-Our eldest son works at sea -and he's also with the lifeboat. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:11 | |
-And our youngest daughter -works with Stena... | 0:24:11 | 0:24:14 | |
-..and she's with the lifeboat too. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:16 | |
-..and she's with the lifeboat too. - -So you have two at sea... | 0:24:16 | 0:24:17 | |
-So you have two at sea... | 0:24:17 | 0:24:18 | |
-..and two on dry land. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:19 | |
-..and two on dry land. - -One is in the army. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:21 | |
-One is in the army. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:22 | |
-He's out in Afghanistan -at the moment. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
-He should be coming home -at the end of the month. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:30 | |
-It's been nice talking to you. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
-The crowds are still coming. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:34 | |
-The crowds are still coming. - -I'd better get back to work. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:35 | |
-I'd better get back to work. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:36 | |
-They'll be calling out for you! | 0:24:36 | 0:24:37 | |
-They'll be calling out for you! - -I'll find plenty to do! | 0:24:37 | 0:24:39 | |
-I'll find plenty to do! | 0:24:39 | 0:24:39 | |
-Welcome to St David's! | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
-Anona! | 0:24:42 | 0:24:43 | |
-. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:50 | |
-888 | 0:24:53 | 0:24:53 | |
-888 - -888 | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
-The scenery around St David's -is lovely... | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
-..the finest in the world. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:11 | |
-The people are welcoming -and the city itself is very lively. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:16 | |
-Dai was in his element. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:19 | |
-I've travelled a short distance -down the road from St David's... | 0:25:20 | 0:25:24 | |
-..and I'm in a smallholding -called Treginnis. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
-With me are the Treginnis boys, -or the Bateman boys. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:32 | |
-Byron here is the eldest... | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
-..John is the second brother, -and Roland is the youngest. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:39 | |
-Is this where you were born? | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
-Is this where you were born? - -Yes, this is where we were born. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:43 | |
-Yes, this is where we were born. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
-It was pouring with rain -when I was born! | 0:25:45 | 0:25:49 | |
-I remember it well! | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
-Have you been away much, John? | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
-Have you been away much, John? - -No. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:54 | |
-No. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:54 | |
-We were born and raised here. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
-I worked with a butcher for -two years, then I became a farmer. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
-I grew potatoes for many years. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:07 | |
-I was also a lifeboat mechanic... | 0:26:07 | 0:26:09 | |
-..until I reached my sell-by date, -and it was all over! | 0:26:10 | 0:26:15 | |
-Roland, -you work all around this area... | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
-..and you live here, don't you? | 0:26:18 | 0:26:19 | |
-..and you live here, don't you? - -Yes, I live here. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
-Yes, I live here. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:21 | |
-I do business with farmers. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:24 | |
-I've worked on a farm -since I was at school. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:29 | |
-When my boss turned 75, I went -to work as a travelling salesman... | 0:26:29 | 0:26:34 | |
-..selling minerals -and things to farmers. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
-Have you ever considered -moving away, John? | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
-No. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:42 | |
-At one time -I considered going away to sea. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
-But my parents wouldn't let me, -after we lost our brother... | 0:26:46 | 0:26:51 | |
-..so I remained a farmer. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
-Growing potatoes? | 0:26:55 | 0:26:56 | |
-Growing potatoes? - -Early potatoes, mostly. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:58 | |
-I used to dig up 150 tons a day. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:02 | |
-I grew over 200 acres each year. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
-Seed potatoes in the -Preseli Mountains, in Tufton. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:10 | |
-I also produced beef and corn. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
-After I finished farming, -I joined the lifeboat full-time. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:19 | |
-You've retired, -but you still keep in touch. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:22 | |
-I work there as a launcher when -the boat goes out and comes back in. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:29 | |
-As soon as that's over, I'm done. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:32 | |
-Because of my age. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:33 | |
-Because of my age. - -The whole family... | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
-..has been involved -with the lifeboat. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
-Yes, -but I'm not involved with it now. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:42 | |
-I gave up working with the lifeboat -back in 2001, I think. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:48 | |
-I had an accident on the boat. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
-What do they call it? -A fractured pelvis. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:57 | |
-Good gracious! | 0:27:58 | 0:27:59 | |
-Yes. We'd been called out, -though it was a false alarm. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:04 | |
-I had to stop after the accident. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
-How long did it take you -to get to the lifeboat? | 0:28:08 | 0:28:12 | |
-It's the other side of the hill. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:15 | |
-When I was young, -it didn't take long. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
-But I live in St David's now. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:22 | |
-Did you get there on foot, John? | 0:28:23 | 0:28:26 | |
-Yes. We'd run from here across the -fields and down to the boathouse. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:31 | |
-Dewi, our neighbour, did the same. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:35 | |
-You've met the Griffiths family. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:39 | |
-The father, Ivor, fired the maroons. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
-Day or night, -when the maroons went off, we went. | 0:28:43 | 0:28:47 | |
-Even if you were in town -on a Saturday night? | 0:28:47 | 0:28:51 | |
-Yes, you had to go, -wherever you were. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:55 | |
-This area has character. | 0:28:55 | 0:28:57 | |
-But you must have seen many changes. | 0:28:57 | 0:29:00 | |
-When your father was here, -did he have touring caravan pitches? | 0:29:00 | 0:29:05 | |
-A few caravans. -He also kept a few sheep. | 0:29:05 | 0:29:09 | |
-That's when the caravans -started coming. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
-They're everywhere these days. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:14 | |
-They're everywhere these days. - -Yes, they're everywhere. | 0:29:14 | 0:29:15 | |
-Yes, they're everywhere. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:16 | |
-Farming has declined. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:17 | |
-No-one grows potatoes round here -nowadays. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
-All these farms -used to produce milk... | 0:29:21 | 0:29:24 | |
-..but no-one produces milk any more. | 0:29:24 | 0:29:26 | |
-I don't think many people -grow potatoes either... | 0:29:27 | 0:29:30 | |
-..in this area nowadays. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:32 | |
-We changed from potatoes to -cauliflowers, we tried everything. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:36 | |
-But it's all finished. | 0:29:36 | 0:29:38 | |
-Roland, you travel away with your -work, but you come back every night. | 0:29:39 | 0:29:44 | |
-Yes. There's plenty of work -to do here. | 0:29:44 | 0:29:48 | |
-I'm a keen gardener. | 0:29:48 | 0:29:50 | |
-I also keep an eye -on the caravans and tents. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:53 | |
-You're with the lifeboat too. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:55 | |
-Yes. I joined as a member in 1970. | 0:29:56 | 0:29:59 | |
-I've been with them for 36 years. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:02 | |
-Was your father involved? | 0:30:03 | 0:30:04 | |
-Was you father with the lifeboat? | 0:30:05 | 0:30:07 | |
-He never went out with the lifeboat -but he was a launcher. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:12 | |
-I was there with them -the other night. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:17 | |
-Many of the people there... | 0:30:17 | 0:30:18 | |
-..are still part of the community, -even though they've retired. | 0:30:19 | 0:30:23 | |
-Yes, I like to go down there -and have a chat with the boys. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:29 | |
-I enjoy it. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:30 | |
-I enjoy it. - -I'm thinking about the evenings... | 0:30:30 | 0:30:31 | |
-I'm thinking about the evenings... | 0:30:31 | 0:30:32 | |
-..when you're in the pub -having a drink... | 0:30:32 | 0:30:36 | |
-..you must have a lot of enjoyment, -chatting away. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:40 | |
-Yes, though not so much nowadays. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
-When we started, -it was a big part of our lives. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:47 | |
-There wasn't much to do in the -evening, so everyone met in the pub. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:51 | |
-Did you have trouble walking back -after a few drinks?! | 0:30:52 | 0:30:56 | |
-I remember once, when I'd been down -to the St Non's for a few drinks. | 0:30:56 | 0:31:03 | |
-It was pouring with rain when I left -and too dark to see anything. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:09 | |
-I found my way home slowly. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:12 | |
-I fancied a smoke - I smoked -a pipe - so I decided to light up. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:18 | |
-I was walking into the wind... | 0:31:18 | 0:31:21 | |
-..so I had to turn round -to light my pipe. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:25 | |
-I pulled the hood of my duffle coat -up over my head. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:28 | |
-After lighting my pipe, -I kept on walking... | 0:31:28 | 0:31:32 | |
-..and walked straight back -to St David's! | 0:31:32 | 0:31:35 | |
-What about you, John? | 0:31:37 | 0:31:38 | |
-What about you, John? - -When he was married... | 0:31:38 | 0:31:40 | |
-What about you, John? | 0:31:40 | 0:31:40 | |
-..and living on the other side -of St David's... | 0:31:40 | 0:31:44 | |
-..he was always losing his keys. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:46 | |
-His wife gave him a clip -to attach his keys to his belt. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:52 | |
-He went to the club, -had a few pints. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:56 | |
-When he got home, -he couldn't unclip his keys. | 0:31:56 | 0:32:00 | |
-Later, a car came by... | 0:32:00 | 0:32:03 | |
-..and the driver noticed, -as he passed the house... | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
-..a pair of trousers -hanging from the door latch! | 0:32:07 | 0:32:10 | |
-Two sisters live here -in the middle of St David's... | 0:32:19 | 0:32:24 | |
-..Edna Morgan and Eunice Smith. | 0:32:24 | 0:32:26 | |
-One's 96 and the other's 99. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:29 | |
-I've brought them some flowers. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:31 | |
-Hello! | 0:32:32 | 0:32:33 | |
-Hello! - -Hello! | 0:32:33 | 0:32:34 | |
-Hello! | 0:32:34 | 0:32:35 | |
-Where are you? | 0:32:35 | 0:32:36 | |
-Where are you? - -How's the holiday going? | 0:32:36 | 0:32:36 | |
-How's the holiday going? | 0:32:36 | 0:32:37 | |
-Holiday?! | 0:32:38 | 0:32:39 | |
-Holiday?! - -A working holiday! | 0:32:39 | 0:32:39 | |
-A working holiday! | 0:32:39 | 0:32:40 | |
-How are you? | 0:32:41 | 0:32:42 | |
-I've brought you some flowers - -share them between you. | 0:32:42 | 0:32:46 | |
-Right, who's Edna and who's Eunice? | 0:32:46 | 0:32:50 | |
-This is Edna - she's the elder, -she's 99. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:53 | |
-I'm Eunice. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:55 | |
-You're not much younger than her. | 0:32:56 | 0:32:57 | |
-You're not much younger than her. - -That's right. | 0:32:57 | 0:32:58 | |
-That's right. | 0:32:58 | 0:32:59 | |
-I'll be 96 before long. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:01 | |
-You speak good Welsh, as I'd expect -- you've lived here all your lives. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:08 | |
-St David's Welsh! -It's not like north Wales Welsh. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:12 | |
-Did you speak Welsh at school? | 0:33:12 | 0:33:15 | |
-We spoke a lot of English, -didn't we? | 0:33:15 | 0:33:18 | |
-English, mostly. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:20 | |
-There was Miss Green. -She spoke English. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:23 | |
-She was a little old lady -who wore a full-length skirt. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:28 | |
-She was very strict, -and she didn't like Welsh. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:32 | |
-She didn't approve of you -speaking Welsh in front of her. | 0:33:33 | 0:33:37 | |
-The children of the County School... | 0:33:38 | 0:33:40 | |
-..put the Welsh Dragon out -on St David's Day... | 0:33:40 | 0:33:44 | |
-..but when Miss Green arrived - -"Go and take that flag down." | 0:33:44 | 0:33:49 | |
-She wouldn't do that today. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
-No, not nowadays. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:54 | |
-When you were young... | 0:33:54 | 0:33:56 | |
-..was there plenty to do in town, -in the evening and so on? | 0:33:56 | 0:34:02 | |
-You're laughing - -you remember it well! | 0:34:02 | 0:34:05 | |
-Was there a lot going on? | 0:34:07 | 0:34:09 | |
-Well, not for us children. | 0:34:10 | 0:34:12 | |
-We had to go to prayer meeting -on Monday evening... | 0:34:13 | 0:34:18 | |
-..and chapel meeting on Thursday -evening to recite a Bible verse. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:23 | |
-A few concerts did take place -in the City Hall. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:29 | |
-Were you ever involved -with the lifeboat? | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
-The lifeboat's -an important institution. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:36 | |
-Not on the boat, but we were members -of the Ladies' Guild. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:40 | |
-Eunice and I were on the first -committee of the Ladies' Guild. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:46 | |
-But sadly, it's wound up now. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:49 | |
-It had about 200 members -at one time. | 0:34:50 | 0:34:54 | |
-The women organized -all kinds of activities... | 0:34:55 | 0:34:59 | |
-..in aid of the lifeboat. | 0:35:00 | 0:35:01 | |
-But this year they said, -"No more coffee mornings. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:06 | |
-"No more Ladies' Guild." | 0:35:06 | 0:35:07 | |
-Finished | 0:35:08 | 0:35:09 | |
-We're very sad to hear that. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:13 | |
-We're very sad to hear that. - -I'm sure you are. | 0:35:13 | 0:35:13 | |
-I'm sure you are. | 0:35:13 | 0:35:14 | |
-At 99 and 96, it can't have been -a bad life for you two. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:21 | |
-No. She goes to bed, -but I watch 'Rasus'. | 0:35:21 | 0:35:25 | |
-You know that Dai Jones Llanilar? -I watch him! | 0:35:25 | 0:35:29 | |
-I couldn't leave St David's -without calling to see you. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:35 | |
-Thank you for coming. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:37 | |
-Thank you for coming. - -I'll see you again next time. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:39 | |
-I'll come to see you -when you're 99 too! | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
-I'll look forward to it! | 0:35:46 | 0:35:48 | |
-I'll make Welsh cakes for you! | 0:35:48 | 0:35:51 | |
-Yes, quite right! | 0:35:52 | 0:35:53 | |
-. | 0:35:57 | 0:35:58 | |
-888 | 0:36:05 | 0:36:05 | |
-888 - -888 | 0:36:05 | 0:36:07 | |
-I've come to this harbour to catch -a boat to take me to Ramsey Island. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:25 | |
-Derek Rees farms there. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:27 | |
-I want to see what's on the island -- they say there are animals there. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:34 | |
-It's just a 20-minute trip -across the sound... | 0:36:34 | 0:36:38 | |
-..from the lifeboat station to -Ramsey Island - 'Ynys Dewi' in Welsh. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:43 | |
-Tourists flock here -at this time of year. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:47 | |
-Good morning! | 0:36:47 | 0:36:49 | |
-Derek was raised in St David's. | 0:36:49 | 0:36:52 | |
-He looks after the animals -and miles of stone walls on Ramsey. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:57 | |
-It's a nice, mild morning. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:02 | |
-It's a nice, mild morning. - -Yes, isn't it lovely? | 0:37:02 | 0:37:04 | |
-When it's stormy, -this must be quite exposed here. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:08 | |
-You wouldn't believe it. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:10 | |
-I've seen the sea -coming up over these rocks... | 0:37:10 | 0:37:14 | |
-..all white. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:16 | |
-The froth and the foam -blow all over the island. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:20 | |
-When there's a raging storm. | 0:37:20 | 0:37:22 | |
-It's not very far from here -to St David's harbour over there. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:26 | |
-A mile exactly. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:29 | |
-The sea can be rough at times, -though. | 0:37:29 | 0:37:32 | |
-Yes, so different from today. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:34 | |
-Looking at it now, -it's what we call slack. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:38 | |
-Between the flow of the tide -and the ebb. | 0:37:39 | 0:37:42 | |
-It's just turned. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:44 | |
-It's just turned. - -Do you go back and forth each day? | 0:37:44 | 0:37:44 | |
-Do you go back and forth each day? | 0:37:44 | 0:37:47 | |
-Most days. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:49 | |
-Sometimes I hear the wind and I know -there's no need to get out of bed. | 0:37:49 | 0:37:56 | |
-The wife gives me hell! | 0:37:56 | 0:37:57 | |
-The wife gives me hell! - -Are you taking me round the island? | 0:37:57 | 0:37:58 | |
-Are you taking me round the island? | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
-It's very bare. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:01 | |
-It's very bare. - -There are lots of rabbits here. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:02 | |
-There are lots of rabbits here. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:04 | |
-About 20,000 rabbits, so they say. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:07 | |
-We've had myxomatosis here -for the fourth time. | 0:38:07 | 0:38:11 | |
-It kicks in about every 15 years. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:14 | |
-Some of the rabbits -have caught it already. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:18 | |
-I could see the sultanas - -I thought sheep, maybe! | 0:38:18 | 0:38:22 | |
-Let's walk on a bit. | 0:38:22 | 0:38:24 | |
-Yes, good stuff! | 0:38:25 | 0:38:26 | |
-An old farm enclosure. | 0:38:32 | 0:38:33 | |
-Yes. I've had to replace -most of the roofs over the years. | 0:38:34 | 0:38:38 | |
-You've done a lot of repairs. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:41 | |
-Yes, I try to maintain them. | 0:38:41 | 0:38:43 | |
-Yes, I try to maintain them. - -Well done. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:44 | |
-Well done. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:44 | |
-The last farmer must have kept lots -of pigs - look at all those sties. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:51 | |
-That was Bertie Griffiths, -a local man, back during the war. | 0:38:52 | 0:38:56 | |
-He even produced milk and butter. | 0:38:56 | 0:38:59 | |
-How many acres is the island? | 0:38:59 | 0:39:02 | |
-About 650. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:05 | |
-About 650. - -Is it? That's quite big. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:05 | |
-Is it? That's quite big. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:07 | |
-But he had stiff competition -from the rabbits. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:10 | |
-Are there any mice here? | 0:39:11 | 0:39:12 | |
-Are there any mice here? - -There used to be huge rats... | 0:39:12 | 0:39:13 | |
-There used to be huge rats... | 0:39:13 | 0:39:14 | |
-..but they got rid of them -six years ago by trappings. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:20 | |
-They laid pipe traps every 50 yards -and placed bait blocks in them. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:26 | |
-They ate a ton of bait. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
-They ate a ton of bait. - -Really?! | 0:39:28 | 0:39:29 | |
-Really?! | 0:39:29 | 0:39:30 | |
-They've gone. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:31 | |
-They've gone. - -Look at these stone walls. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:32 | |
-Look at these stone walls. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:33 | |
-They're superb. | 0:39:34 | 0:39:35 | |
-They're superb. - -They're like the Forth Bridge. | 0:39:35 | 0:39:35 | |
-They're like the Forth Bridge. | 0:39:35 | 0:39:37 | |
-I repair them and the rabbits -pull them down again. | 0:39:37 | 0:39:41 | |
-They dig holes. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:42 | |
-They dig holes. - -Lots of stones in these walls. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:43 | |
-Lots of stones in these walls. | 0:39:43 | 0:39:45 | |
-This is the first one, -that I started eight years ago. | 0:39:45 | 0:39:50 | |
-It's still standing. | 0:39:50 | 0:39:52 | |
-There's netting on the top to stop -the rabbits digging into them. | 0:39:52 | 0:39:57 | |
-The rabbits must be a plague. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
-It really surprises me -that they keep this place so bare. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:05 | |
-There's a good reason for that. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:08 | |
-They want the grass kept very short -for the choughs. | 0:40:08 | 0:40:12 | |
-The birds are doing well here. | 0:40:13 | 0:40:14 | |
-The birds are doing well here. - -We saw people with scythes here. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:17 | |
-Are they tourists who come here -just to cut the bracken? | 0:40:17 | 0:40:21 | |
-They come for a week or two. | 0:40:21 | 0:40:22 | |
-They come for a week or two. - -And they're volunteers, are they? | 0:40:22 | 0:40:24 | |
-They're not paid. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:26 | |
-They make no money! | 0:40:26 | 0:40:28 | |
-They stay on the island -for a week or two... | 0:40:28 | 0:40:32 | |
-..and they enjoy doing these jobs. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:35 | |
-It helps the island. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:37 | |
-They swim them back and forth. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:46 | |
-Swim a stallion across. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:48 | |
-Swim a stallion across. - -Good gracious! | 0:40:48 | 0:40:48 | |
-Good gracious! | 0:40:48 | 0:40:49 | |
-Yes, behind a boat. | 0:40:49 | 0:40:51 | |
-They put head collars on them. | 0:40:51 | 0:40:54 | |
-A man in a rowing boat -leads the stallion... | 0:40:55 | 0:40:58 | |
-..and a boat with an engine -tows the rowing boat... | 0:40:59 | 0:41:03 | |
-..just in case... | 0:41:03 | 0:41:05 | |
-There's a dip there. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:09 | |
-Are there fish down there? | 0:41:12 | 0:41:13 | |
-Are there fish down there? - -Yes. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:14 | |
-Yes. | 0:41:14 | 0:41:14 | |
-A good place to fish. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:17 | |
-If you know the right time -you can be very lucky. | 0:41:17 | 0:41:20 | |
-Bass. | 0:41:21 | 0:41:22 | |
-There are kayakers over there. | 0:41:23 | 0:41:25 | |
-Canoes. | 0:41:27 | 0:41:28 | |
-Good gracious! -Where have they come from? | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
-They've come right around the bay. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:34 | |
-In canoes?! | 0:41:34 | 0:41:36 | |
-They probably stopped to eat. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:38 | |
-Or a rest. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:40 | |
-A short rest. | 0:41:41 | 0:41:43 | |
-This part is called Y Garn, is it? | 0:41:44 | 0:41:46 | |
-This part is called Y Garn, is it? - -This is Garn Ysgubor. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:47 | |
-This is Garn Ysgubor. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:48 | |
-You said all the fields -have Welsh names. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:52 | |
-Yes, that's right. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:54 | |
-Starting down there, next to those -buildings, there's Parc y Ffald... | 0:41:54 | 0:41:59 | |
-..Parc y Sownd... | 0:41:59 | 0:42:01 | |
-..Parc Capel. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:03 | |
-Then, moving up, there's Congrwn -Mawr, Congrwn Bach, Parc Newydd... | 0:42:03 | 0:42:08 | |
-..Parc yr Hyrddod. | 0:42:08 | 0:42:09 | |
-Most people have forgotten them, -but I've written them down on a map. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:16 | |
-Imagine them, years ago... | 0:42:16 | 0:42:19 | |
-..coming out here to lift swedes -and mangolds and potatoes. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:23 | |
-They must have grown potatoes here. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:24 | |
-They must have grown potatoes here. - -Yes, they did. | 0:42:24 | 0:42:26 | |
-Bertie Griffiths, -in his last year here... | 0:42:26 | 0:42:29 | |
-..grew ten acres of Pembrokeshire -potatoes - early potatoes. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:34 | |
-He took them by boat -to the mainland. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:37 | |
-That's hard work for you! | 0:42:37 | 0:42:39 | |
-Imagine if they were in the shops - -"Ramsey Island Potatoes!" | 0:42:39 | 0:42:43 | |
-People would eat them like pigs! | 0:42:44 | 0:42:44 | |
-People would eat them like pigs! - -They couldn't get enough of them! | 0:42:44 | 0:42:46 | |
-They couldn't get enough of them! | 0:42:46 | 0:42:47 | |
-You've given me an idea now, Dai! | 0:42:47 | 0:42:50 | |
-Will you come and help me pick them? | 0:42:50 | 0:42:52 | |
-Will you come and help me pick them? - -I'll help you spend the money! | 0:42:52 | 0:42:54 | |
-I'll help you spend the money! | 0:42:54 | 0:42:55 | |
-It's a hell of a job, picking -potatoes - bending over all day. | 0:42:55 | 0:43:00 | |
-But chips are very nice! | 0:43:01 | 0:43:03 | |
-Yes, eating them is better! | 0:43:04 | 0:43:06 | |
-What's that estuary? | 0:43:06 | 0:43:08 | |
-That's Abermawr. | 0:43:08 | 0:43:10 | |
-I must say, -I admire your walls very much. | 0:43:15 | 0:43:19 | |
-These were built originally -by Welsh people 250 years ago... | 0:43:21 | 0:43:25 | |
-..and they've been rebuilt -by a Welshman. | 0:43:25 | 0:43:28 | |
-My hands have handled -most of these stones. | 0:43:29 | 0:43:32 | |
-They add character to a place. | 0:43:33 | 0:43:36 | |
-They're important. | 0:43:36 | 0:43:37 | |
-They make a place look cared for. | 0:43:38 | 0:43:41 | |
-When walls are still standing, you -feel someone's looking after them. | 0:43:41 | 0:43:46 | |
-Exactly. | 0:43:47 | 0:43:48 | |
-"Things change as time passes," -according to one poem. | 0:43:57 | 0:44:00 | |
-Changes have happened -at many of these farms. | 0:44:01 | 0:44:04 | |
-Where there used to be cattle -and silage, buildings are empty... | 0:44:04 | 0:44:09 | |
-..but some people turn it -to their advantage. | 0:44:09 | 0:44:13 | |
-Hello, boys. | 0:44:23 | 0:44:24 | |
-Are you alright? | 0:44:24 | 0:44:26 | |
-Hello, how are you? | 0:44:26 | 0:44:27 | |
-Hello, how are you? - -How are you? Busy? | 0:44:27 | 0:44:28 | |
-How are you? Busy? | 0:44:28 | 0:44:28 | |
-Yes, we're trying to do a bit. | 0:44:30 | 0:44:32 | |
-Yes, we're trying to do a bit. - -It's strange... | 0:44:32 | 0:44:33 | |
-It's strange... | 0:44:33 | 0:44:33 | |
-..looking up at such a big boat. | 0:44:33 | 0:44:36 | |
-There's a lot of work to do. | 0:44:36 | 0:44:38 | |
-There's a lot of work to do. - -A lot of work. | 0:44:38 | 0:44:39 | |
-There's a lot of work to do. | 0:44:39 | 0:44:39 | |
-What are you doing? | 0:44:39 | 0:44:41 | |
-This is a renovated boat, is it? | 0:44:41 | 0:44:44 | |
-This is a renovated boat, is it? - -We're re-caulking the seams. | 0:44:44 | 0:44:44 | |
-We're re-caulking the seams. | 0:44:44 | 0:44:47 | |
-This is caulking cotton. | 0:44:48 | 0:44:50 | |
-All the old cotton is taken out -because it's rotten with age... | 0:44:51 | 0:44:56 | |
-..and then we replace it. | 0:44:57 | 0:44:59 | |
-What was this boat -before you renovated it? | 0:44:59 | 0:45:02 | |
-A trawler, in Brixham. | 0:45:02 | 0:45:04 | |
-That's what it was. | 0:45:04 | 0:45:06 | |
-A Brixham trawler. A stern trawler. | 0:45:07 | 0:45:09 | |
-What will it be -when you've finished with it? | 0:45:10 | 0:45:13 | |
-A pleasure boat. | 0:45:14 | 0:45:15 | |
-A motor cabin cruiser. | 0:45:15 | 0:45:17 | |
-I see. Tell me, Gerald, -how much time will it take, all told? | 0:45:19 | 0:45:24 | |
-You're not rushing. | 0:45:26 | 0:45:27 | |
-You've got a nice place to work. | 0:45:28 | 0:45:31 | |
-Renovating it is a pleasure. | 0:45:31 | 0:45:32 | |
-Renovating it is a pleasure. - -Yes, it is. | 0:45:32 | 0:45:33 | |
-Yes, it is. | 0:45:33 | 0:45:33 | |
-How long will it take -from start to finish? | 0:45:34 | 0:45:37 | |
-Well... it must be -about three years. | 0:45:38 | 0:45:41 | |
-Is it all done by hand, -by just the two of you? | 0:45:43 | 0:45:48 | |
-I work alone most of the time. | 0:45:48 | 0:45:50 | |
-Someone helps me -for just three hours a day. | 0:45:51 | 0:45:54 | |
-You and your dog, -enjoying yourselves! | 0:45:55 | 0:45:58 | |
-She enjoys it here. | 0:45:58 | 0:45:59 | |
-She enjoys it here. - -I'm sure she does. | 0:45:59 | 0:46:00 | |
-I'm sure she does. | 0:46:00 | 0:46:01 | |
-Was this a silage shed, years ago? | 0:46:01 | 0:46:04 | |
-Was this a silage shed, years ago? - -Yes. | 0:46:04 | 0:46:04 | |
-Yes. | 0:46:04 | 0:46:06 | |
-Were you ever involved -with the St David's lifeboat? | 0:46:06 | 0:46:10 | |
-Yes, I was on the boat -for about 15 years. | 0:46:11 | 0:46:15 | |
-When was that? | 0:46:16 | 0:46:17 | |
-I finished when I got too old. -You have to retire when you're 55. | 0:46:18 | 0:46:24 | |
-But it's wonderful how much -the lifeboat means to local people. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:29 | |
-They appreciate that they save -the lives of people who come here. | 0:46:29 | 0:46:35 | |
-The sea's so important too. | 0:46:35 | 0:46:37 | |
-Someone has to work on the boats. | 0:46:38 | 0:46:41 | |
-That's how we make a living -half the time. | 0:46:42 | 0:46:46 | |
-No-one knows -when the lifeboat might be needed. | 0:46:46 | 0:46:50 | |
-You're right. | 0:46:50 | 0:46:51 | |
-You must feel quite nervous -when you go out on a call... | 0:46:51 | 0:46:57 | |
-..especially if it's rough. | 0:46:57 | 0:46:59 | |
-Yes, that's true. -It has to be said. | 0:46:59 | 0:47:02 | |
-What goes through your mind -when you're out there? | 0:47:02 | 0:47:06 | |
-You have a family, -but when you're out there... | 0:47:06 | 0:47:10 | |
-..do you just focus on the job? | 0:47:10 | 0:47:13 | |
-That's all we think about. | 0:47:14 | 0:47:16 | |
-Getting the job done, -and home to bed! | 0:47:16 | 0:47:20 | |
-That's what I think! | 0:47:20 | 0:47:21 | |
-Unless the weather is very rough. | 0:47:22 | 0:47:25 | |
-Are you from St David's originally? | 0:47:25 | 0:47:27 | |
-Yes, from St David's. -This is where I was born. | 0:47:28 | 0:47:32 | |
-My father was from Solva -and my mother was from St David's. | 0:47:32 | 0:47:37 | |
-Was your work -something to do with the sea? | 0:47:37 | 0:47:41 | |
-I was a carpenter. | 0:47:42 | 0:47:43 | |
-I was a carpenter. - -No wonder you're doing this, then! | 0:47:43 | 0:47:44 | |
-No wonder you're doing this, then! | 0:47:44 | 0:47:46 | |
-I worked as a carpenter -with my father at the cathedral. | 0:47:46 | 0:47:51 | |
-That's where I served my time -as a carpenter. | 0:47:51 | 0:47:55 | |
-In the cathedral. | 0:47:55 | 0:47:56 | |
-And now you combine your work -and your hobby. | 0:47:57 | 0:48:02 | |
-That's right. | 0:48:02 | 0:48:04 | |
-My grandfather in Solva built boats. | 0:48:05 | 0:48:08 | |
-I learned a bit from him... | 0:48:09 | 0:48:12 | |
-..and I learned from my father -at the cathedral. | 0:48:13 | 0:48:17 | |
-You might make it as a carpenter -in heaven! | 0:48:20 | 0:48:24 | |
-You trained in a good place! | 0:48:24 | 0:48:25 | |
-You trained in a good place! - -I don't think I'll get in! | 0:48:25 | 0:48:27 | |
-I don't think I'll get in! | 0:48:27 | 0:48:28 | |
-I've enjoyed every moment -here in St David's. | 0:48:38 | 0:48:42 | |
-I'm now at Penlan Farm, -right next to the cathedral... | 0:48:42 | 0:48:46 | |
-..and this is the Tyddewi herd -of Welsh Blacks. | 0:48:47 | 0:48:50 | |
-I've enjoyed meeting -local residents. | 0:48:51 | 0:48:53 | |
-There are characters, -there's beautiful scenery. | 0:48:53 | 0:48:56 | |
-The family has been here -for over 100 years. | 0:48:56 | 0:49:00 | |
-I'd stay here myself for 100 years, -God willing! | 0:49:00 | 0:49:03 | |
-St David's, -August 2006 | 0:49:05 | 0:49:07 | |
-S4/C subtitles by TROSOL Cyf. | 0:49:27 | 0:49:29 | |
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