Thu, 22 Dec 2016 Heno

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-# Christmas came as usual

-# It came as in the days gone by #

-Bois y Fro sounding

-absolutely amazing there...

-..and I look forward

-to chatting with you later.

-We start by congratulating

-our very own Gerallt Pennant.

-This morning, in front

-of his friends and family...

-..Gerallt married

-his fiancee Dwynwen.

-The December sun shone

-on the happy couple...

-..during a memorable

-ceremony and breakfast.

-We wish you the very best wishes

-and enjoy tonight's party...

-..and your first Christmas together

-as husband and wife.

-Many congratulations from all at

-Heno, Prynhawn Da and Tinopolis.

-I've just been handed tonight's

-all-important phone numbers.

-There's an iPad, a hamper of Welsh

-produce and a meat hamper remaining.

-All you have to do is to remember

-these two crucial words.

-This is Angharad from Heno.

-Do you have anything to say to me?

-Christmas Cracker!

-Christmas Cracker!

-Christmas Cracker!

-Yeah!

-Well done to you.

-Stand by your phones for our

-Christmas Cracker Competition.

-Now then, let's find out

-where Elin Fflur is this evening.

-Tonight, I'll be wishing a very

-Happy Birthday to this lady here.

-Tell us how old you will be.

-100.

-It's going to be quite a birthday,

-Dora, and I'll speak with you later.

-Thank you, Elin.

-If you're like me and very

-last minute with your presents...

-..don't worry, because we have some

-great tips for you on the programme.

-Welcome to Heno.

-It's great to welcome these

-three wise men from Bois y Fro...

-..to help me with our

-Christmas Cracker Competition.

-Whilst I'm dialling, Barry will tell

-the viewers what's left to win.

-There's an iPad Mini, a hamper of

-Welsh produce and a hamper of meat.

-Thank you.

-Do you want a job?

-Hello, it's Sian from Heno.

-Do you have something to tell me?

-Christmas Cracker!

-Yes, that's right!

-Who's on the line, please?

-It's Beth Jones.

-Where are you calling from?

-Where are you calling from?

-

-I'm in Newcastle Emlyn.

-Crackers 1, 10, and 28

-are yet to be pulled.

-I'll have number 28.

-Let's pull the cracker

-to see what you've won.

-Congratulations, you've won

-a hamper of Welsh products.

-Thank you very much.

-A very Merry Christmas to you!

-Thank you for entering our

-Christmas Cracker Competition.

-For every prize you win,

-a gift goes to a charity.

-Tonight, we'll give a donation

-to the Golau Cancer Foundation...

-..that helps patients and their

-families here in South West Wales.

-If you didn't win tonight,

-we could be phoning you tomorrow.

-Here is the famous Rhys Ifans

-with tonight's question.

-What do you pull at Christmas?

-1) a muscle, 2) a leg,

-or 3) a cracker?

-Get dialling

-if you've got a free hand!

-Thank you, Rhys.

-Here is that question again.

-What do you pull at Christmas?

-1) a muscle, 2) a leg

-or 3) a cracker.

-Call us with your answer

-on 08443 35 12 44.

-It's 5p a minute plus your telephone

-company's network access charge.

-All entrants must be 18 or over.

-The phone lines close

-at 2.30pm today.

-Don't call after the lines close

-or you may still be charged.

-For full terms and conditions,

-visit www.s4c.cymru

-Good luck to you!

-We're always glad to hear from you,

-our viewers.

-In November, we had an email from

-the secretary of the Y Pentan paper.

-We were here to answer the call

-and Elin Fflur has the story.

-This time of year,

-everyone loves receiving presents.

-It's even better to give them, which

-is what I'm doing in Old Colwyn.

-I'm taking these flowers

-to one very special lady.

-I hope she's at home.

-Hello.

-Are you OK?

-Yes, thanks.

-It's nice and warm in here.

-Hello.

-How are you?

-I know who you are now!

-Are you OK?

-Yes, thanks.

-An early Happy birthday to you.

-An early Happy birthday to you.

-

-Thank you very much.

-We've bought you some flowers.

-We've bought you some flowers.

-

-They're beautiful.

-Do you like flowers?

-Do you like flowers?

-

-Yes.

-What is the secret?

-Good food and plenty of hard work!

-You look amazing.

-What are your plans

-for the birthday celebrations?

-We're having a party.

-A drop of sherry?

-No, some lemonade!

-That's why you look so well.

-Yes.

-She is very obliging and kind.

-She is always happy.

-She has an excellent spirit and you

-feel better after being with her.

-She is always thinking of others,

-not herself.

-She always looks forward

-to seeing the family.

-She takes an interest

-in everyone's lives.

-She wants to know about their family

-and where they're from.

-Mam likes to learn

-about their history.

-She takes a great interest

-in other people.

-I contacted the programme

-because of Dora's 100th birthday.

-I am the secretary of Y Pentan,

-the local community magazine.

-A little bird told me about the

-birthday and has sent me a photo.

-We had to let you know.

-It's nice to be here today.

-It's nice to be here today.

-

-Yes, it's an honour.

-She is quite a lady.

-She can hear us talking about her.

-She has better hearing than me!

-It's a big birthday for you.

-Some people say that I can sing,

-some people anyway!

-That would be nice.

-Everyone in the room has to help.

-# Happy birthday to you

-# Happy birthday to you

-# Happy birthday to Dora

-# Happy birthday to you #

-Hip hip.

-Hooray.

-Happy birthday to you.

-Thank you very much.

-It's been a pleasure to meet you.

-Thank you.

-Many happy returns, Dora.

-Enjoy your Christmas

-and all the celebrations.

-Still to come after the break,

-we'll hear about the sacrifices...

-..made by our forefathers who spent

-Christmas 1916 in the trenches.

-And we'll remind you of our

-Christmas Cracker question.

-There is still an iPad Mini and

-a hamper of meat still up for grabs.

-The lines are open now!

-To take us into the break...

-..here's a last-minute Christmas tip

-from Alison Huw.

-Here's a last-minute food gift

-for a child or friend.

-The dry ingredients for cookies

-or brownies in a jar, ready to cook.

-Weigh the ingredients

-and put them in separate bowls.

-Place them in layers

-inside an attractive jar.

-I've already put in the cocoa powder

-and the sugar.

-Next, the brown sugar.

-Make sure to press

-everything down into layers.

-Close the lid of the jar and put

-the recipe on a Christmas gift tag.

-A wooden spoon and a cinnamon stick

-finishes it off nicely.

-Merry Christmas.

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-Welcome back to Heno.

-Beth Jones from Newcastle Emlyn

-won a hamper of Welsh produce...

-..in our Christmas Cracker

-Competition tonight.

-The phone lines are now open

-and only two prizes remain.

-Here's the crucial question from

-the actor from Ruthin, Rhys Ifans.

-What do you pull at Christmas?

-1) a muscle, 2) a leg,

-or 3) a cracker?

-Get dialling

-if you've got a free hand!

-Here is that question again.

-What do you pull at Christmas?

-1) a muscle, 2) a leg

-or 3) a cracker.

-Call us with your answer

-on 08443 35 12 44.

-It's 5p a minute plus your telephone

-company's network access charge.

-Good luck to you!

-As we look forward to Christmas,

-we should remember the sacrifices...

-..made by our forefathers

-a century ago.

-Christmas on the front line in 1916

-was a horrendous experience...

-..with the First World War

-at its most brutal.

-The National Waterfront Museum

-in Swansea has an exhibition...

-..about the contribution made

-by Welsh miners digging tunnels.

-Rhodri has the story.

-If you imagine the horrors of life

-in the trenches...

-..imagine the hellish lives

-of tunnelling under those trenches.

-This was the reality for 50,000 and

-more miners and British soldiers...

-..during World War I.

-Miners were important

-on the Home Front...

-..because they needed coal to power

-the steam boats and factories...

-..so that the country

-was ready for war.

-They noticed the need for skilled

-workers from Welsh coal mines...

-..to build trenches and tunnels

-for the war.

-Over 250,000 Welshmen joined

-the army and many were miners.

-Soldiers from Monmouthshire were

-the first to undertake this work.

-We think of the trenches

-and running across No Man's Land...

-..whilst people were digging

-underneath No Man's Land.

-It's a Medieval practice when

-people tunnelled under castles.

-It wasn't a new method of warfare...

-..but was reintroduced when the war

-grinded to a halt in the trenches.

-A lot of soldiers thought it would

-be an adventure with friends...

-..and welcomed the idea

-of working on the Front.

-I'm sure the reality struck hard.

-Yes, and especially after their

-first Christmas on the Front.

-This time a century ago, there was

-no romance or adventure in war.

-The Battle of the Somme

-had just come to an end...

-..but Arras and Passchendaele

-were still to come.

-There's that famous Christmas

-from World War I in 1914...

-..when the soldiers played football

-and exchanged food.

-After two years of fighting,

-these people were real enemies.

-The Germans

-were not their friends...

-..and there were orders to prevent

-such an incident.

-The suggestions that the war was

-more relaxed for Christmas 1914...

-..are certainly untrue

-of the Christmas of a century ago.

-By Christmas 1916, the Welsh miners

-faced an added danger.

-There was no sense of comradery

-under the trenches either!

-The Germans

-were following a similar method.

-There were many incidents where

-the two tunnels met underground...

-..and fighting broke out

-with knives and knuckledusters.

-The fighting

-was awful on the surface...

-..but fighting in a claustrophobic

-environment was horrific.

-The miners were paid more

-because of the added dangers...

-..and they earned their wage.

-In a series of explosions

-in June 1917...

-..they caused the death

-of 10,000 Germans.

-It's believed that Lloyd George

-heard these explosions in London!

-We can still see the effects

-of this horrific war to this day.

-The trenches remain

-in many parts of France...

-..but so do the craters

-caused by the explosions.

-The biggest is at Messines

-and was caused in June 1917.

-The physical scars are a reminder of

-the efficiency of the Welsh miners.

-They changed the nature

-of the country...

-..but also changed history...

-..with their important contribution

-to the victory of the Allies.

-The exhibition

-runs until the end of January.

-Bois y Fro are my studio guests.

-Thanks for helping me with our

-Christmas Cracker Competition.

-We've met Barry.

-I'm from Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn.

-Sion and I are from Llanrhystud.

-We've know each other since

-secondary school.

-I started Cor Ger y Lli.

-In 2009, we started

-to form an ensemble...

-..from the Cor Ger y Lli choir.

-It was a bit of a fluke...

-..that our voices sounded so good

-together.

-We started as five...

-..but he moved to Cardiff!

-We try to meet every week.

-All four of us are very busy.

-We meet in various homes...

-..across Wales every week.

-We've been very busy

-in the build-up to Christmas.

-We were recording

-at the start of the month...

-..for a CD that's released

-in the new year.

-What kind of music is on the CD?

-The CD contains all sorts of genres.

-Who decided what was on the CD?

-There was a lot of arguing...

-..about the songs that we were going

-to record.

-We could only choose 12 songs.

-There's the old favourites.

-There's a few songs that

-one or two of us wanted to try.

-We did a version

-of Can't Take My Eyes Off You...

-..for the Euro 2016.

-We expect Wales

-to get to the World Cup.

-The original version of the song is

-on the CD.

-What are you singing for us

-this evening?

-We're going to be singing

-Daeth Nadolig Fel Arferol.

-It's a Plygain song.

-We chose this simple song.

-It's the best song for this time of

-year.

-The phone lines are now open

-and only two prizes remain.

-Here's the crucial question from

-the actor from Ruthin, Rhys Ifans.

-What do you pull at Christmas?

-1) a muscle, 2) a leg,

-or 3) a cracker?

-Get dialling

-if you've got a free hand!

-Call us with your answer

-on 08443 35 12 44.

-Good luck to you!

-Once again this year,

-we'll be seeing in the New Year...

-..with a special programme

-from 10.30pm on New Year's Eve.

-2016 has been a year to remember and

-here are a few of the highlights.

-We'll be on air at 10.30pm

-on New Year's Eve.

-We're back at 7.00pm tomorrow with

-our last programme before Christmas.

-All the presenters and staff will

-wish you a very Merry Christmas...

-..and thank you for your support

-and stories throughout the year.

-We leave you tonight with Bois y Fro

-singing the carol, Daeth Nadolig.

-Enjoy the song and goodnight!

-# Christmas came as usual

-# It came as in the days gone by

-# With its snow, with its coldness

-# With its ice and roaring wind

-# Instead of leaves

-to dress the trees

-# They wear a white cloak

-# And every bird's music

-# In the valley has ceased

-# Christmas came as usual

-# The world is in silence

-# As we remember the story

-# Of the baby in the cradle

-# Remember the shining star

-# Remember the poor manger

-# Remember the angels proclaiming

-# God's birth dressed in flesh

-# Christmas came as usual

-# And there's music everywhere

-# Music of those

-going to the Plygain

-# The church bells' sweet music

-# We must go with the Wise Men

-# And the shepherds

-to catch a glimpse

-# Of the one who's been born

-# In a manger in Bethlehem

-# We rejoice and we praise

-# The Saviour of the world is born

-# Jesus Christ remains

-# A friend to all sinners

-# Jesus is the King of Peace

-# And his appearance is peaceful

-# This is the King of Kings

-# Who taught us to bury the sword #

-APPLAUSE

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