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-Every picture tells a story.

-What's the story behind these?

-What will happen

-when the same crowd meets up again?

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-Tonight, 1980s pool champions.

-Where did they all go?

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-Wellmans working men's club,

-Llangefni...

-..has seen its share

-of pool games over the years.

-One game stands out for

-brothers David and Tink.

-Back in 1982,

-the Anglesey team was unbeaten.

-One of the players still boasts

-about it to this day.

-We won the League Champions Cup.

-We had an excellent team.

-All our opponents

-had heard about us.

-It was a good challenge for them.

-We looked forward to going out

-every Tuesday night...

-..for a game of pool

-in various places.

-Menai Bridge,

-Llanfair PG, Brynsiencyn.

-We went everywhere.

-It was nice to go out together

-for a pint and chat.

-We met all sorts of people.

-I'd like to get us back together

-for another game...

-..and to see how much we've changed.

-We could have a pint and a laugh,

-and talk about the 1982 win.

-This is one journey Tink's Taxi

-can't refuse. The search is on.

-At least three of the team

-live locally.

-Dafydd works in Glandwr,

-the Llangefni Bakery.

-Brian will be out and about,

-collecting rent.

-I'll check out the bookies first.

-Does he want to bet on

-the whereabouts of one of the lads?

-Hello! How are you? Is Ronnie in?

-Perhaps not. Lucky Tink

-has Ronnie's phone number!

-Where are you? Ibiza?!

-He didn't expect to pay

-for an international call!

-This won't be easy.

-Since Ronnie can't make it,

-Tink heads for the local bakery.

-The top pool player back in

-the 1980s was Dafydd, the baker.

-How are you?

-Remember it?

-Yes!

-Dave Parry, Alan Buses.

-How come we got two trophies each?

-We were the best players!

-Weren't we doubles partners?

-I think we were.

-We won the doubles that year.

-Let's get together

-for a laugh and game of pool.

-A reunion would be great.

-I'll be there.

-Twenty-five years

-after taking the photograph...

-..Dafydd will return

-to see the old crowd.

-Why is there a gap in the back row?

-The team captain wasn't there

-when the photograph was taken...

-..Tink's brother, David Taylor.

-He'd gone to the Isle of Man

-TT Races.

-I would have lost my deposit

-if I hadn't gone.

-The boys didn't mind

-that I went to the Isle of Man.

-They enjoyed themselves without me.

-I lost out.

-I've been going to Wellmans

-for years, since I was eighteen.

-We all love it there,

-and the beer's good.

-It beats the other pubs...

-..and there's more fair play

-on the pool table.

-David was the pool captain in 1982.

-He still plays for the Wellmans'

-team today - but not as often.

-We need to give youngsters a chance.

-If they're stuck, I'll play.

-I've played almost every week!

-I see them from time to time,

-but I only see Owie in passing.

-We haven't spoken in a while.

-It would be great to have

-a reunion for a night.

-It would be great.

-He couldn't be there

-back in the eighties.

-He has a second chance to be in the

-photograph more than 25 years later.

-Re-taking the photograph will be

-difficult for Tink and David.

-Their sister won't be there.

-Our sister, Joanne, died that year.

-Joanne was a bit of a tomboy.

-She was a great girl.

-She'd help anyone.

-It's a great shame that she died.

-She fell off a bike.

-A doctor examined her

-and said she had a lump on her hip.

-In hospital,

-they discovered she had bone cancer.

-Joanne came here every day,

-every night and every weekend.

-She played pool with us.

-Like her brothers, the Wellmans was

-an important part of Joanne's life.

-She played darts for the club.

-She came with us to our pool games.

-But there was quite

-a character in the team.

-This is Owain, but the Wellmans'

-crowd didn't call him Owain.

-They called me Owie Gloman

-years ago because I kept pigeons.

-I gave up years ago.

-It was a great hobby at the time.

-It took up a lot of my time.

-But I enjoyed it,

-especially sending them far away...

-..and seeing them come home.

-It was a great achievement,

-especially sending them to France.

-I bought a boat and then I started

-fishing. That's my hobby now.

-Time has flown since this photograph

-was taken. But he remembers it well.

-It was a close game.

-Head-to-head all the way.

-The final game was to be

-played by either Alan or me.

-We decided Alan should play. I was

-glad because I was a bag of nerves!

-I don't go out

-to play pool often any more.

-Not many pubs

-have pool tables nowadays.

-The players are better than us now.

-We don't stand a chance!

-I haven't been in the Wellmans

-in years though I'm still a member.

-I haven't been there in years.

-It would be good

-to see everyone again.

-Owie Gloman looks forward

-to the reunion.

-But Tink is back on the road with

-his sights on another team member.

-I'm on my way to see

-Brian Gerrard in Aberffraw.

-We lived next door

-to one another many moons ago.

-We grew up together.

-We've done a lot together.

-We're best mates.

-We've been mates since we were kids.

-The local rent collector

-waits for Tink in Aberffraw.

-It pays to be on time

-when you're meeting Brian Gerrard.

-Remember this?

-Remember this?

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-This is going back a bit!

-We've all gained weight since then!

-Nons had hair!

-Nons had hair!

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-And me - and you! We all had hair!

-Will Brian be there?

-Take care.

-Tink is turning into quite

-a detective on his travels!

-I'd like to show you something.

-Searching is thirsty work - back at

-Wellmans, over a couple of pints...

-..the locals want to help Tink.

-The members own the club.

-Look who's there! It's Nons!

-Which is my corner?

-Which is my corner?

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-Out through the door!

-Out through the door!

-Jo-Jo, bless her.

-Wellmans was unbeatable.

-It's him!

-What d'you want now?

-What d'you want now?

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-We played bingo for a shilling.

-We played bingo for a shilling.

-Who's that?

-Him.

-After quenching his thirst...

-..Tink turns his attention

-to cutting grass...

-..the job of someone else

-in the photograph - Wil.

-Wil works in Ty Croes.

-He's on the tractor.

-Hello, Wil. Remember this picture?

-Yes. It's years ago, now.

-It must be over twenty years ago.

-1981-1982.

-This is Wil.

-He's grown a moustache by now.

-Remember him?

-Remember him?

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-Yes, it was on the Wellmans stage.

-It would be nice to see them again.

-You've changed a lot!

-I haven't seen Alan in years.

-Nor Owie, come to that.

-Great! Thanks very much.

-Wil,

-a pool champion in the eighties...

-..will return to Wellmans

-for the reunion...

-..twenty-five years

-after lifting the cup.

-What will happen when they meet

-twenty-five years later?

-Will they share their memories

-of that great night?

-Will the shock be too much for some?

-Is the Wellmans ready for this?!

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-This team was unbeaten

-many years ago.

-What's happened

-to the Anglesey pool champions?

-Where did they all go?

-One is sitting in a lay-by,

-waiting for a taxi.

-Nonsy! How are you?

-This is Ronald,

-or Nons to his mates.

-Who have you contacted?

-Who have you contacted?

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-Wil.

-Wil.

-Well done.

-Dafydd Parry.

-Nons still lives in Llangefni.

-He loves to polish his trophies.

-I've got loads of darts trophies.

-It's my game.

-I've gone back to playing pool.

-I enjoy playing pool too.

-But life has lost

-some of its sparkle.

-At the turn of the century, one

-of Nons's sons was killed aged 21.

-He lived in a Bangor hostel.

-He'd come through everything

-quite well.

-Young lads are too much

-into this drugs nonsense.

-It's hard to steer them

-away from it.

-He wasn't a serious drug taker.

-He was clean at the time.

-He was due to come home.

-Just before he came home,

-he got hold of some drugs again.

-He took them. It's a shame.

-He took an overdose.

-We lost him.

-It hit us hard.

-It's hard to get over such a thing.

-All we can do is live with it.

-You have to live with it.

-But we will never forget.

-His second son wants to follow

-his Dad's pool successes.

-He's mentioned he wants to be

-a part of the team this year.

-Perhaps he can. But he's got a

-long way to go to beat the old man!

-Yes, he has!

-His love of the game

-is as real as ever.

-Nons helped Tink to find

-another former team member.

-Who have you tracked down?

-Who have you tracked down?

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-I had quite a job. Some are working.

-But I found Alan Buses.

-Alan Buses, the tallest man

-in the photograph, now sprays cars.

-Why did they call him Alan Buses?

-Why did they call him Alan Buses?

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-His father worked for Crossville.

-How are you, Alan?

-Nons has caught his bus.

-Do you remember any of these?

-Yours truly.

-Yours truly.

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-I had more hair then!

-A reunion might be fun

-after all these years.

-No problem.

-Thanks! Carry on with your work.

-Thanks, sir.

-Fancy helping me?

-Fancy helping me?

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-Not today - I'm too busy!

-Alan will drop his paintbrush

-and pick up his pool cue...

-..as he makes his way

-to the reunion.

-See you later.

-See you later.

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-Ta-ra, Tink.

-The research has come to an end.

-The eighties' pool champions

-will return to the Wellmans...

-..for one final game.

-..for one final game.

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-Blimey!

-Blimey!

-Dafydd, the baker, arrived first.

-The conversation, and beer,

-soon flowed.

-THEY GREET ONE ANOTHER

-You were the serious one.

-You were the serious one.

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-No! I was the best, you mean!

-No! I was the best, you mean!

-You were serious, weren't you?

-Nons was the serious one.

-How are you keeping?

-Who was our best player?

-You can't pick yourselves!

-Tink.

-Tink.

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-I'll pick Dave.

-Look who's here!

-THEY CHAT

-The last time I played

-was here with you.

-Glyn, one of the eighties' team

-won't be in today's reunion.

-Eight children, nine with Glyn.

-We lost Glyn.

-Tragically, Glyn died a few years

-after the photograph was taken.

-I'll never get over it.

-No.

-I knew there was something.

-Depression or something.

-He was quiet.

-He probably had plenty to say

-to the lads when they were together.

-I don't know what he did

-in Wellmans! He lived there!

-I thought Glyn went there

-too often for his own good.

-But there you go.

-He liked it there.

-He thought the world of Wellmans.

-That's where the lads would meet.

-They were always together

-as a gang.

-They were almost raised together.

-I didn't see much of them.

-But I knew they'd miss him.

-He was with them

-more than he was with me!

-I'm sure he'll be there,

-watching them!

-Shame the old team

-can't still be together.

-A game of pool was a 1 back then,

-fifteen years ago.

-Years later,

-it's good to be back.

-How do the eighties' champions

-shape up nowadays?

-Unaware to the lads, there's

-another pool team in the building...

-..including Tink's son.

-Ready for a challenge?

-INAUDIBLE CHATTER

-The young guns will challenge

-the old stagers. Who will win?

-Ready?

-Tink demonstrates his skill

-from the first shot.

-The tension grows.

-The baker's skills aren't stale!

-But what about the others?

-You're out of practice, Owie.

-But Owie Gloman won't give up.

-The old stagers lead by two games.

-Nons is ready for action.

-Red?

-Shot!

-CHEERS

-CHEERS

-3 - 0!

-It was great.

-We annihilated them!

-3 - 0 to the old men.

-We haven't lost our touch!

-They've got the experience,

-fair play.

-They're slightly passed it,

-but it's been fun.

-They changed the rules

-as they went on!

-CHEERS

-The old team has a lot of

-experience and we've still got it.

-We've shown that tonight.

-We've shown that tonight.

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-CHEERS

-We've shown that tonight.

-It's been a good night.

-We've enjoyed ourselves.

-We've discussed getting

-the old team back together.

-We haven't played

-for twenty-five years.

-We're going to try

-to form a team in Wellmans...

-..to play once again.

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-It's great to see everyone.

-We're thrilled to be back together.

-We've had a lot of fun.

-It's time to re-take the photograph.

-The stage is set.

-We're on the floor.

-It's just Nons and Joanne there.

-They have to stand in exactly the

-same place as the original photo.

-THEY DISCUSS

-THEIR ORIGINAL POSITIONS

-It causes unexpected problems.

-DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE

-Most were in their early twenties

-when the photo was taken in 1982.

-Alan seems much taller.

-A quarter of a century later...

-..they all live locally and

-still display their flair for pool.

-One, two, three.

-For another brief moment,

-the team, including their captain...

-..are reunited.

-We hadn't seen one another in ages.

-We worked hard to contact everyone.

-We've all enjoyed ourselves here.

-We haven't been

-together 'til tonight.

-Being together has been fantastic.

-Fantastic.

-Spot on.

-Spot on.

-THEY COMMENT ON THE PHOTOGRAPH

-LAUGHTER

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