Cofio gyda Caryl Parry Jones

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0:00:09 > 0:00:12- # Remember

0:00:20 > 0:00:24- # Remember #

0:00:26 > 0:00:31- Good evening and welcome to Cofio, - a programme of shared memories.

0:00:31 > 0:00:36- Tonight's guest is an icon - of the Welsh entertainment industry.

0:00:36 > 0:00:40- She created duos - such as Delyth and Bethan...

0:00:40 > 0:00:43- ..Glenys and Rhisiart, - Lavinia and Enfys.

0:00:43 > 0:00:47- She composed - well-loved, evergreen classics...

0:00:47 > 0:00:50- ..such as Chwarae'n Troi'n Chwerw.

0:00:51 > 0:00:54- Welcome to the show, - Caryl Parry Jones.

0:00:54 > 0:00:55- Thank you, Heledd.

0:00:56 > 0:00:59- Incredible! - Yours is a very impressive CV.

0:00:59 > 0:01:05- I'm glad to say I've been - quite busy over the past 30 years.

0:01:05 > 0:01:07- I was very fortunate...

0:01:07 > 0:01:11- ..to have been able to earn a living - doing what I really enjoy.

0:01:11 > 0:01:13- Yes, it's all important.

0:01:13 > 0:01:17- I mentioned - a few of the characters you created.

0:01:17 > 0:01:22- Back in the 1980s, we saw - those characters interacting...

0:01:22 > 0:01:27- ..when they all landed on Ibiza - in the film Ibiza! Ibiza!

0:01:27 > 0:01:31- Here's a taste of the film which - still makes cult viewing today.

0:01:34 > 0:01:36- Ibiza?!

0:01:40 > 0:01:43- # Passport in my pocket - as I board the aeroplane

0:01:44 > 0:01:47- # Bid farewell to Wales - and the pouring rain

0:01:47 > 0:01:50- # Flying in search of sunshine, - adventure and romance

0:01:51 > 0:01:54- # Feel the heat, hear the beat, - my feet just want to dance

0:01:55 > 0:01:57- # I'll find a Spanish lover, - maybe, more than one

0:01:58 > 0:02:01- # With the senoritas - where sangria flows, there's fun

0:02:02 > 0:02:05- # We can mix a cocktail, - not one but two or three

0:02:05 > 0:02:09- # And Manuel - what a hunk! - He's the one for me

0:02:12 > 0:02:14- # Ibiza! Ibiza! Off we go together

0:02:15 > 0:02:18- # Ibiza! Ibiza! - Forget about manana

0:02:19 > 0:02:22- # Ibiza! Ibiza! - Lying on the beaches

0:02:22 > 0:02:25- # A land of sun that's full of fun

0:02:26 > 0:02:28- # That's Ibiza #

0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Was there a mass exodus of people - when you landed on Ibiza?

0:02:40 > 0:02:43- Ibiza was just starting - to get crazy, back then.

0:02:43 > 0:02:46- Maybe we put the tin lid - on the whole concept!

0:02:46 > 0:02:51- That's one of the most enjoyable - projects I've ever undertaken.

0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Shooting that film was great fun.

0:02:54 > 0:02:55- It's a nice film.

0:02:56 > 0:03:00- It's still popular and people come - up to me quoting lines from it...

0:03:00 > 0:03:03- ..such as, - "Oh, my God - she's dead!"

0:03:04 > 0:03:08- It was great to see all - the characters together in the film.

0:03:09 > 0:03:13- Had those characters been - on the back boiler for a while...

0:03:14 > 0:03:16- ..waiting to burst into life?

0:03:16 > 0:03:20- We needed variety - for television shows.

0:03:20 > 0:03:23- Just singing would have been boring.

0:03:24 > 0:03:26- I could do a few impersonations...

0:03:26 > 0:03:29- ..and that's why - we created these characters.

0:03:30 > 0:03:33- They're based on people - everyone knows.

0:03:33 > 0:03:36- They're not based - on anyone in particular.

0:03:36 > 0:03:42- Everyone knows someone like Lavinia, - like Delyth or like Glenys.

0:03:43 > 0:03:48- I think that's why - the characters worked so well.

0:03:48 > 0:03:53- People had a real affinity with them - because they were so familiar.

0:03:54 > 0:03:56- Lavinia had lovely flicks!

0:03:56 > 0:03:58- Lavinia had lovely flicks!- - Yes - flicks are good!

0:03:58 > 0:04:02- Flicks were all the rage in the - 1970s but I had them in the 1980s!

0:04:02 > 0:04:07- I was too young to have them in the - 1970s, so I had them in the 1980s!

0:04:08 > 0:04:09- You never lose it!

0:04:09 > 0:04:10- You never lose it!- - No.

0:04:11 > 0:04:15- Let's move towards flicks, - as we see more 1970s hairstyles.

0:04:16 > 0:04:20- This is the group Sidan - performing in 1974.

0:04:23 > 0:04:25- # Deio I Dywyn #

0:04:35 > 0:04:39- # On Friday morning we went roaming - fah-lah lah-lah lah-lah-lah

0:04:39 > 0:04:43- # Reaching Mawddwy in the gloaming - fah-lah lah-lah lah-lah-lah

0:04:43 > 0:04:47- # There we had a lovely supper - fah-lah lah-lah lah-lah-lah

0:04:48 > 0:04:52- # Bowls of porridge and rich butter - fah-lah lah-lah lah-lah-lah

0:04:53 > 0:04:57- # Go through Abergynolwyn - fah-lah lah-lah lah-lah-lah

0:04:57 > 0:05:01- # And on to Craig y Deryn - fah-lah lah-lah lah-lah-lah

0:05:01 > 0:05:06- # When we reached Ynys Maengwyn, - fah-lah lah-lah lah-lah-lah

0:05:07 > 0:05:11- # Deio shouted, "There's Tywyn!" - fah-lah lah-lah lah-lah

0:05:12 > 0:05:14- # Fah-lah-lah

0:05:14 > 0:05:16- # Fah-lah-lah lah-lah-lah lah! #

0:05:18 > 0:05:22- That was the Celtic period - in Sidan's history!

0:05:22 > 0:05:23- It didn't really work!

0:05:24 > 0:05:27- Ac Eraill and Alan Stivell - played Celtic music...

0:05:28 > 0:05:30- ..and we jumped on the bandwagon!

0:05:30 > 0:05:32- Hey nonny-nonny!

0:05:32 > 0:05:34- Hey nonny-nonny!- - Yes. It was daft, really!

0:05:35 > 0:05:37- No, it was - the start of something big.

0:05:37 > 0:05:40- Is composing your first love?

0:05:40 > 0:05:41- Is composing your first love?- - Yes, very much so.

0:05:42 > 0:05:45- Composing music is what - drives the blood around my body.

0:05:46 > 0:05:48- I love the process - of creating a song...

0:05:49 > 0:05:51- ..and seeing it through - to production.

0:05:52 > 0:05:53- I love the whole process.

0:05:54 > 0:05:57- I really enjoy - working in all sorts of genres too.

0:05:57 > 0:06:01- If I could make a living - doing nothing but that...

0:06:02 > 0:06:04- ..I'd be a very happy person.

0:06:04 > 0:06:08- You're a singer, an actor, a - composer and a television presenter.

0:06:09 > 0:06:14- Let's take a look at Caryl's - early days as a presenter...

0:06:14 > 0:06:17- ..in a series called Ser, - back in 1981.

0:06:17 > 0:06:22- The task features the search - for the New Romantic music and style.

0:06:32 > 0:06:35- One style of music - which is yet to reach Wales...

0:06:35 > 0:06:37- ..is the New Romantic style.

0:06:38 > 0:06:41- People such as Spandau Ballet, - Duran Duran and so on.

0:06:41 > 0:06:44- I went to London to find out more.

0:06:45 > 0:06:47- # You don't know just what I mean

0:06:47 > 0:06:49- # You should be a beauty queen

0:06:53 > 0:06:55- # Got to get you ready fast

0:06:55 > 0:06:57- # Who knows - how long your looks will last?

0:07:02 > 0:07:04- # Look in the mirror

0:07:06 > 0:07:08- # Believe that it's true

0:07:10 > 0:07:12- # The face of an angel

0:07:13 > 0:07:15- # Is looking at you

0:07:16 > 0:07:17- # Looking at you

0:07:17 > 0:07:19- # Angel face

0:07:20 > 0:07:21- # Angel face

0:07:22 > 0:07:25- # You've got the cutest - angel face... #

0:07:26 > 0:07:27- Did you enjoy yourself?

0:07:27 > 0:07:28- Did you enjoy yourself?- - Yes, Arfon.

0:07:29 > 0:07:29- Will you come back next week?

0:07:29 > 0:07:31- Will you come back next week?- - Yes, I'd love to.

0:07:31 > 0:07:33- I'm glad to hear it.

0:07:33 > 0:07:36- See you the same time, - the same place next week.

0:07:36 > 0:07:37- Bye-bye!

0:07:42 > 0:07:44- Caryl - the pink pipe!

0:07:44 > 0:07:46- I was thin, wasn't I?

0:07:46 > 0:07:48- Yes, as thin as a rake.

0:07:49 > 0:07:50- I was young.

0:07:50 > 0:07:55- In a career which places emphasis - on the way someone looks...

0:07:56 > 0:08:01- ..ironically, you had an illness - which affected your skin.

0:08:01 > 0:08:03- Yes, it's called Pemphigus.

0:08:03 > 0:08:05- How did you deal with that?

0:08:05 > 0:08:08- You had to - take a course of steroids.

0:08:08 > 0:08:11- They altered the way you looked.

0:08:11 > 0:08:15- Yes. The steroids caused me - more pain than the disease itself.

0:08:16 > 0:08:19- The disease itself can be painful...

0:08:19 > 0:08:23- ..because it's a disease - which causes the skin to blister.

0:08:23 > 0:08:26- It isn't something - which can be cured.

0:08:26 > 0:08:31- I have it for life but it's possible - to keep it under control.

0:08:31 > 0:08:35- I'm delighted to say I'm not - taking medication at the moment.

0:08:35 > 0:08:39- I'm in remission and long may that - continue to be the case.

0:08:40 > 0:08:45- To get to this point, I had to take - a long course of strong steroids.

0:08:45 > 0:08:50- One of the side-effects of the - steroids is dramatic weight gain.

0:08:50 > 0:08:51- I gained four stones.

0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Not only do steroids - cause weight gain...

0:08:55 > 0:08:57- ..they also change facial features.

0:08:58 > 0:08:59- My face was really round.

0:09:00 > 0:09:06- To be honest, it was - quite a difficult period of my life.

0:09:06 > 0:09:10- Being a public figure - made it doubly difficult.

0:09:10 > 0:09:12- It became intolerable.

0:09:12 > 0:09:16- I decided not to attend - the 2005 National Eisteddfod...

0:09:16 > 0:09:20- ..to avoid explaining to people - why I looked like that.

0:09:20 > 0:09:24- I'm better now - and it's all water under the bridge.

0:09:24 > 0:09:27- It happened to me - and I learned from it.

0:09:27 > 0:09:30- It's strange - what assumptions people make.

0:09:30 > 0:09:35- Many people thought I'd sat on my - backside eating chips for months...

0:09:36 > 0:09:38- ..to make myself look like that.

0:09:39 > 0:09:43- I still need to lose weight - but my health is much better.

0:09:45 > 0:09:47- You're a positive, strong person.

0:09:48 > 0:09:51- You got through it - and you can shut the door on it.

0:09:52 > 0:09:56- My supportive friends and family - got me through it.

0:09:56 > 0:10:00- Let's change the mood completely - and talk about Christmas.

0:10:00 > 0:10:03- You're obsessed with it, aren't you?

0:10:03 > 0:10:05- You're obsessed with it, aren't you?- - Yes, I love Christmas!

0:10:05 > 0:10:08- You can depend on Christmas, - unlike the summer.

0:10:09 > 0:10:10- That's true enough.

0:10:10 > 0:10:12- That's true enough.- - Spring blows hot and cold too.

0:10:13 > 0:10:15- You can rely on Christmas.

0:10:15 > 0:10:20- On the first of December every year, - and I'd do it sooner if I could...

0:10:20 > 0:10:22- ..the tree goes up!

0:10:22 > 0:10:26- There's no such thing - as too many fairy lights!

0:10:26 > 0:10:29- I filmed - a lot of Christmas programmes...

0:10:29 > 0:10:35- ..so I'd get a taste of Christmas in - October when we recorded the shows.

0:10:35 > 0:10:37- I inherited it from my mother.

0:10:37 > 0:10:40- She's a Christmasophile too!

0:10:40 > 0:10:44- We have a hilarious Christmas clip - to show to you.

0:10:44 > 0:10:47- Sit back, kick off your shoes...

0:10:47 > 0:10:51- ..and enjoy the sultry singing - of the sex god himself - Ricky Hoyw.

0:10:55 > 0:10:57- Merry Christmas, Wales!

0:10:59 > 0:11:02- # Rudolph the Red knows rain dear

0:11:03 > 0:11:05- # Had a very shiny nose

0:11:06 > 0:11:09- # And if you ever saw it

0:11:10 > 0:11:12- # You would even say it glows

0:11:14 > 0:11:17- # Rudolph the Red knows rain dear

0:11:18 > 0:11:21- # Had a very shiny nose

0:11:22 > 0:11:25- # And if you ever saw it

0:11:26 > 0:11:29- # You would even say it glows

0:11:30 > 0:11:34- # You would even say it glows #

0:11:35 > 0:11:36- Yeah!

0:11:37 > 0:11:38- Yes, indeed.

0:11:38 > 0:11:42- Rudolph the Red, like Ricky, - appeals to everyone.

0:11:43 > 0:11:46- # You better watch out - you better not cry

0:11:47 > 0:11:50- # You better not pout - I'm telling you why

0:11:50 > 0:11:54- # Santa Claws is coming to town

0:11:57 > 0:12:02- # Santa Claws is coming to town #

0:12:04 > 0:12:06- Yeah!

0:12:09 > 0:12:10- You can't beat it!

0:12:12 > 0:12:16- Ricky Hoyw is one of the best - creations to hit our screens.

0:12:17 > 0:12:20- It was part - of an innovative period in comedy.

0:12:20 > 0:12:25- Yes, it was an innovative period - and HTV was at the forefront of it.

0:12:25 > 0:12:27- Most of the comedy worked!

0:12:28 > 0:12:30- We'll take a break.

0:12:30 > 0:12:32- Join us after the break...

0:12:32 > 0:12:36- ..when we take a look - at Caryl's upbringing in Rhyl.

0:12:40 > 0:12:42- # Remember #

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0:12:44 > 0:12:44- 888

0:12:44 > 0:12:46- 888- - 888

0:12:47 > 0:12:48- # Remember #

0:12:54 > 0:12:57- Welcome back to Cofio, - with Caryl Parry Jones.

0:12:58 > 0:13:01- Caryl, we'll now - focus on your upbringing.

0:13:02 > 0:13:05- You were raised just outside Rhyl.

0:13:06 > 0:13:08- Yes, in Ffynnongroyw...

0:13:08 > 0:13:12- ..the village where the - Point of Ayr colliery once operated.

0:13:12 > 0:13:15- It's between Holywell and Rhyl.

0:13:16 > 0:13:18- Let's go back to 1965.

0:13:18 > 0:13:22- Rhyl tried to boost the Welshness - of the town and the area...

0:13:23 > 0:13:25- ..by staging a week of Welsh events.

0:13:26 > 0:13:30- Who better to report - on a controversy...

0:13:30 > 0:13:33- ..than the legendary Gwilym Owen?

0:13:39 > 0:13:42- The thing which strikes me...

0:13:42 > 0:13:46- ..is the totally un-Welsh atmosphere - which exists here.

0:13:46 > 0:13:51- Those responsible for promoting Rhyl - are worried about it.

0:13:51 > 0:13:53- This year, for the first time...

0:13:54 > 0:13:58- ..a week of Welsh events - has been planned.

0:13:58 > 0:14:02- Those special events - will take place in the coming days.

0:14:03 > 0:14:06- The festival is called Welsh Week.

0:14:11 > 0:14:17- Some people think of Rhyl - as a beer, bingo and chips town.

0:14:17 > 0:14:20- Is that why - Welsh Week was organized?

0:14:21 > 0:14:22- Yes, to a great extent.

0:14:23 > 0:14:29- We realize people who visit Rhyl - want bingo, beer and chips...

0:14:31 > 0:14:37- ..but many local residents feel Rhyl - has much more than that to offer.

0:14:39 > 0:14:42- I think - this week will make a difference.

0:14:43 > 0:14:45- We're all looking to the future...

0:14:46 > 0:14:51- ..in the hope this has sown a seed - deep in the hearts of Welsh people.

0:14:52 > 0:14:53- As far as I can see...

0:14:54 > 0:14:59- ..Welsh Week had very little impact - on life in Rhyl.

0:14:59 > 0:15:03- It may be unfair to criticize - local people for that...

0:15:03 > 0:15:08- ..as their livelihoods depend - on the visitors who flock here.

0:15:08 > 0:15:11- It seems - their idea of a happy holiday...

0:15:11 > 0:15:14- ..is plenty of bingo, - beer and chips.

0:15:17 > 0:15:19- As a local girl...

0:15:20 > 0:15:24- ..was what we saw in that clip - a fair representation of Rhyl?

0:15:24 > 0:15:27- It's fair, - in that Rhyl attracts tourists.

0:15:28 > 0:15:29- Or, at least it did in 1965.

0:15:30 > 0:15:31- It was a very happy town.

0:15:32 > 0:15:34- I keep telling people this...

0:15:34 > 0:15:38- ..but there's more to Rhyl - and north-east Wales...

0:15:38 > 0:15:40- ..than meets the eye.

0:15:40 > 0:15:43- We're not - a bunch of uncultured Scousers!

0:15:43 > 0:15:45- It's a hive of cultural activity.

0:15:46 > 0:15:50- Ysgol Glan Clwyd, the first - Welsh medium secondary school...

0:15:50 > 0:15:53- ..was established in Rhyl in 1956.

0:15:53 > 0:15:57- That contributed a great deal - to the Welshness of the area.

0:15:58 > 0:16:01- There's no denying the fact - it's more anglicized...

0:16:01 > 0:16:04- ..than more western areas of Wales.

0:16:04 > 0:16:07- The people of Rhyl are remarkable...

0:16:07 > 0:16:10- ..and the cultural life - of the area...

0:16:10 > 0:16:14- ..doesn't get - the publicity it deserves.

0:16:14 > 0:16:18- The school certainly has - a strong musical tradition.

0:16:19 > 0:16:21- You also got music at home.

0:16:21 > 0:16:25- Yes, Dad is a composer, - a pianist and a choirmaster.

0:16:26 > 0:16:28- Mam is a singer.

0:16:28 > 0:16:31- She won at the - National Eisteddfod five times.

0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Yes, she won - the mezzo-soprano competitions.

0:16:35 > 0:16:38- There was music in our house - constantly.

0:16:38 > 0:16:40- I was very fortunate.

0:16:40 > 0:16:44- You couldn't have avoided music, - even if you wanted to!

0:16:45 > 0:16:46- No, but my brother succeeded!

0:16:47 > 0:16:51- You asked to see this next clip - and we'll find out why in a minute.

0:16:52 > 0:16:56- This clip features a foal being born - on Mil o Alwadau...

0:16:56 > 0:17:00- ..a series about the working life - of vet, Huw Geraint.

0:17:02 > 0:17:05- We could give her - a little bit of help.

0:17:05 > 0:17:07- I'm sure that would benefit her.

0:17:29 > 0:17:31- It's alive anyway, Huw.

0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Yes, it's a palomino.

0:17:33 > 0:17:34- It has a nice head.

0:17:35 > 0:17:37- How will this one fare in the shows?

0:17:40 > 0:17:41- We'll leave them alone now.

0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Is it female or male?

0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Who wants to take a look?

0:17:47 > 0:17:48- I don't know.

0:17:49 > 0:17:51- It's certainly breathing.

0:17:51 > 0:17:54- Its hind quarters - are still in the sac.

0:17:54 > 0:17:58- I wonder what its mother will do - when she sees the foal.

0:17:58 > 0:18:02- It's only now she realizes - she has a foal.

0:18:02 > 0:18:04- She had no idea what was happening.

0:18:05 > 0:18:07- The foal's quite alert.

0:18:07 > 0:18:11- Yes, but it needs to be left - in peace to get up onto its feet.

0:18:14 > 0:18:16- Why did you choose that clip?

0:18:16 > 0:18:19- It reflects - my love of all things medical.

0:18:19 > 0:18:22- Animal, human... - well, animal and human!

0:18:23 > 0:18:26- I love medical programmes - of all varieties.

0:18:26 > 0:18:29- I watch medical television shows...

0:18:29 > 0:18:32- ..and I read medical reports - on the Internet.

0:18:33 > 0:18:37- If I could live my life again, - I'd love to go into medicine.

0:18:37 > 0:18:38- I'd have a good bedside manner.

0:18:38 > 0:18:40- I'd have a good bedside manner.- - You could sing too!

0:18:40 > 0:18:44- Yes, it hurts, Heledd, - but we'll do our best for you.

0:18:44 > 0:18:46- I'd be good, wouldn't I?

0:18:47 > 0:18:51- If someone transplanted - a scientific brain into my head...

0:18:52 > 0:18:53- ..I could be on the wards!

0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Caryl, the Singing Doctor!

0:18:57 > 0:18:58- Mil o Alwadau was great.

0:18:59 > 0:19:00- Nature at its best.

0:19:01 > 0:19:02- Yes, indeed.

0:19:03 > 0:19:07- Let's focus on the period when - I had a poster of you on my wall.

0:19:08 > 0:19:12- I had posters of you - and Y Brodyr Gregory, by the way!

0:19:12 > 0:19:17- Yes, the Caryl a'r Band era saw you - film some groundbreaking videos.

0:19:17 > 0:19:21- Here's a taste of those videos - for the album Shampw.

0:19:26 > 0:19:29- # You whisper in my ear

0:19:29 > 0:19:33- # Want to lie down, - have to sit I fear

0:19:34 > 0:19:35- # Ooh-ooh!

0:19:35 > 0:19:37- # Ooh-hoo! Shampoo

0:19:41 > 0:19:44- # Once my hair's dry you can bet

0:19:45 > 0:19:48- # These lips will soon get wet, yeah

0:19:49 > 0:19:50- # Ooh-ooh!

0:19:51 > 0:19:52- # Ooh-hoo!

0:19:52 > 0:19:54- # Shampoo

0:19:55 > 0:19:56- # Ooh-ooh!

0:19:56 > 0:19:58- # Shampoo

0:19:59 > 0:20:01- # Oh

0:20:02 > 0:20:04- # Your smile is beautiful

0:20:05 > 0:20:08- # Pina Colada tastes good

0:20:08 > 0:20:11- # Come with me in my Sidecar

0:20:12 > 0:20:14- # Laugh over a Grasshopper

0:20:15 > 0:20:17- # Full throttle - in a Golden Cadillac

0:20:18 > 0:20:20- # Drunk on the taste - of a Black Russian

0:20:21 > 0:20:23- # Between the Sheets with you

0:20:25 > 0:20:26- # Don't want to take any more

0:20:29 > 0:20:31- # Get out of my sight!

0:20:31 > 0:20:33- # I want so much more #

0:20:39 > 0:20:41- Don't tut-tut and laugh at that!

0:20:41 > 0:20:43- Don't tut-tut and laugh at that!- - What were those noises I made?!

0:20:43 > 0:20:46- Those videos were groundbreaking.

0:20:46 > 0:20:47- Those videos were groundbreaking.- - Yes, they were.

0:20:48 > 0:20:50- Endaf Emlyn was a gifted director...

0:20:50 > 0:20:54- ..after working on Ser, - a series I co-presented.

0:20:54 > 0:20:57- When he left the company, - Shampw was his first project.

0:20:57 > 0:21:02- Shampw was a Bando album, not a - Caryl a'r Band album, by the way.

0:21:02 > 0:21:07- We shot a programme about Shampw - which included all those videos.

0:21:07 > 0:21:09- It was quite a new genre, - at the time.

0:21:10 > 0:21:12- Yes, you were very innovative.

0:21:13 > 0:21:17- We saw your husband, Myfyr Isaac, - in that clip.

0:21:17 > 0:21:22- You now live in the Cowbridge area - and have raised five children.

0:21:24 > 0:21:28- Did you struggle to combine - show business and family life?

0:21:29 > 0:21:30- It's my job.

0:21:30 > 0:21:33- There are countless mothers - out there...

0:21:33 > 0:21:37- ..who hold down a job - and raise their family.

0:21:37 > 0:21:40- It's no different - from what my own mother did.

0:21:40 > 0:21:44- She was a busy teacher - and she sang a lot in the evenings.

0:21:44 > 0:21:48- If you choose to have a family, - you find a balance.

0:21:48 > 0:21:50- Family comes first, of course.

0:21:50 > 0:21:53- My children - are used to our lifestyle.

0:21:53 > 0:21:56- They couldn't live - with an accountant!

0:21:56 > 0:21:59- Had you - planned on having a big family?

0:21:59 > 0:22:02- No, and I don't know - how it happened!

0:22:02 > 0:22:04- I do know, of course!

0:22:04 > 0:22:07- I had Elan, then I couldn't stop!

0:22:07 > 0:22:09- I already had Gideon, my stepson.

0:22:10 > 0:22:13- Once I started giving birth, - I was like that horse!

0:22:13 > 0:22:17- Elan and Miriam - are following in your footsteps.

0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Elan is a dancer - and Miriam is a singer.

0:22:21 > 0:22:24- Yes, and Moc is a guitarist, - like his dad.

0:22:24 > 0:22:28- Greta likes a bit of everything - but she's also a good singer.

0:22:28 > 0:22:31- My children - won't do anything useful!

0:22:31 > 0:22:37- I haven't raised - doctors, architects or plumbers!

0:22:37 > 0:22:38- Who cares?

0:22:38 > 0:22:40- It's in the genes!

0:22:40 > 0:22:43- "Get a proper job!" as my gran said!

0:22:43 > 0:22:45- "Get a proper job!" as my gran said!- - There's no chance of that!

0:22:45 > 0:22:48- Their parents - have never had a proper job!

0:22:49 > 0:22:50- Thank you, Caryl.

0:22:50 > 0:22:55- It was interesting to watch - history come alive in the clips.

0:22:55 > 0:22:57- I really enjoyed it.

0:22:58 > 0:22:59- Thank you, Heledd.

0:23:00 > 0:23:04- Our trip down memory lane - with Caryl Parry Jones is over.

0:23:04 > 0:23:08- Join us next week, when we meet - another famous Welsh face.

0:23:08 > 0:23:10- Thank you. Bye-bye.

0:23:22 > 0:23:23- # Remember

0:23:32 > 0:23:34- # Remember #

0:23:37 > 0:23:40- S4C subtitles by Eirlys A Jones

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