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-Every picture tells a story.

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-What's the story behind these?

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-What will happen

-when the same crowd meets up again?

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-Tonight, 1980s pool champions.

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-Where did they all go?

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-Wellmans working men's club,

-Llangefni...

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-..has seen its share

-of pool games over the years.

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-One game stands out for

-brothers David and Tink.

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-Back in 1982,

-the Anglesey team was unbeaten.

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-One of the players still boasts

-about it to this day.

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-We won the League Champions Cup.

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-We had an excellent team.

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-All our opponents

-had heard about us.

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-It was a good challenge for them.

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-We looked forward to going out

-every Tuesday night...

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-..for a game of pool

-in various places.

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-Menai Bridge,

-Llanfair PG, Brynsiencyn.

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-We went everywhere.

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-It was nice to go out together

-for a pint and chat.

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-We met all sorts of people.

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-I'd like to get us back together

-for another game...

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

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-We could have a pint and a laugh,

-and talk about the 1982 win.

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-This is one journey Tink's Taxi

-can't refuse. The search is on.

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-At least three of the team

-live locally.

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-Dafydd works in Glandwr,

-the Llangefni Bakery.

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-Brian will be out and about,

-collecting rent.

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-I'll check out the bookies first.

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-Does he want to bet on

-the whereabouts of one of the lads?

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-Hello! How are you? Is Ronnie in?

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-Perhaps not. Lucky Tink

-has Ronnie's phone number!

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-Where are you? Ibiza?!

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-He didn't expect to pay

-for an international call!

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-This won't be easy.

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-Since Ronnie can't make it,

-Tink heads for the local bakery.

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-The top pool player back in

-the 1980s was Dafydd, the baker.

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-How are you?

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-Remember it?

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-Yes!

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-Dave Parry, Alan Buses.

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-How come we got two trophies each?

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-We were the best players!

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-Weren't we doubles partners?

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-I think we were.

-We won the doubles that year.

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-Let's get together

-for a laugh and game of pool.

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-A reunion would be great.

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-I'll be there.

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-Twenty-five years

-after taking the photograph...

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-..Dafydd will return

-to see the old crowd.

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-Why is there a gap in the back row?

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-The team captain wasn't there

-when the photograph was taken...

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-..Tink's brother, David Taylor.

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-He'd gone to the Isle of Man

-TT Races.

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-I would have lost my deposit

-if I hadn't gone.

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-The boys didn't mind

-that I went to the Isle of Man.

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-They enjoyed themselves without me.

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-I lost out.

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-I've been going to Wellmans

-for years, since I was eighteen.

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-We all love it there,

-and the beer's good.

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-It beats the other pubs...

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-..and there's more fair play

-on the pool table.

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-David was the pool captain in 1982.

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-He still plays for the Wellmans'

-team today - but not as often.

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-We need to give youngsters a chance.

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

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-I've played almost every week!

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-I see them from time to time,

-but I only see Owie in passing.

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-We haven't spoken in a while.

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-It would be great to have

-a reunion for a night.

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-It would be great.

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-He couldn't be there

-back in the eighties.

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-He has a second chance to be in the

-photograph more than 25 years later.

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-Re-taking the photograph will be

-difficult for Tink and David.

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-Their sister won't be there.

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-Our sister, Joanne, died that year.

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-Joanne was a bit of a tomboy.

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-She was a great girl.

-She'd help anyone.

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-It's a great shame that she died.

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-She fell off a bike.

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-A doctor examined her

-and said she had a lump on her hip.

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-In hospital,

-they discovered she had bone cancer.

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-Joanne came here every day,

-every night and every weekend.

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-She played pool with us.

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-Like her brothers, the Wellmans was

-an important part of Joanne's life.

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-She played darts for the club.

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-She came with us to our pool games.

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-But there was quite

-a character in the team.

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-This is Owain, but the Wellmans'

-crowd didn't call him Owain.

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-They called me Owie Gloman

-years ago because I kept pigeons.

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-I gave up years ago.

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-It was a great hobby at the time.

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-It took up a lot of my time.

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-But I enjoyed it,

-especially sending them far away...

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-..and seeing them come home.

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-It was a great achievement,

-especially sending them to France.

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-I bought a boat and then I started

-fishing. That's my hobby now.

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-Time has flown since this photograph

-was taken. But he remembers it well.

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-It was a close game.

-Head-to-head all the way.

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-The final game was to be

-played by either Alan or me.

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-We decided Alan should play. I was

-glad because I was a bag of nerves!

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-I don't go out

-to play pool often any more.

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-Not many pubs

-have pool tables nowadays.

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-The players are better than us now.

-We don't stand a chance!

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-I haven't been in the Wellmans

-in years though I'm still a member.

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-I haven't been there in years.

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-It would be good

-to see everyone again.

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-Owie Gloman looks forward

-to the reunion.

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-But Tink is back on the road with

-his sights on another team member.

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-I'm on my way to see

-Brian Gerrard in Aberffraw.

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-We lived next door

-to one another many moons ago.

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-We grew up together.

-We've done a lot together.

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-We're best mates.

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-We've been mates since we were kids.

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-The local rent collector

-waits for Tink in Aberffraw.

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-It pays to be on time

-when you're meeting Brian Gerrard.

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-Remember this?

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-Remember this?

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-This is going back a bit!

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-We've all gained weight since then!

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-Nons had hair!

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-Nons had hair!

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

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-Will Brian be there?

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-Take care.

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-Tink is turning into quite

-a detective on his travels!

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-I'd like to show you something.

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-Searching is thirsty work - back at

-Wellmans, over a couple of pints...

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-..the locals want to help Tink.

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-The members own the club.

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

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-Which is my corner?

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-Which is my corner?

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-Out through the door!

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-Out through the door!

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-Jo-Jo, bless her.

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-Wellmans was unbeatable.

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-It's him!

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-What d'you want now?

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-What d'you want now?

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-We played bingo for a shilling.

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-We played bingo for a shilling.

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-Who's that?

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-Him.

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-After quenching his thirst...

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-..Tink turns his attention

-to cutting grass...

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-..the job of someone else

-in the photograph - Wil.

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-Wil works in Ty Croes.

-He's on the tractor.

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-Hello, Wil. Remember this picture?

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-Yes. It's years ago, now.

-It must be over twenty years ago.

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-1981-1982.

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-This is Wil.

-He's grown a moustache by now.

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-Remember him?

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-Remember him?

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-Yes, it was on the Wellmans stage.

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-It would be nice to see them again.

-You've changed a lot!

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-I haven't seen Alan in years.

-Nor Owie, come to that.

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-Great! Thanks very much.

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-Wil,

-a pool champion in the eighties...

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-..will return to Wellmans

-for the reunion...

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-..twenty-five years

-after lifting the cup.

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-What will happen when they meet

-twenty-five years later?

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-Will they share their memories

-of that great night?

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-Will the shock be too much for some?

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-Is the Wellmans ready for this?!

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-This team was unbeaten

-many years ago.

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-What's happened

-to the Anglesey pool champions?

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-Where did they all go?

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-One is sitting in a lay-by,

-waiting for a taxi.

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-Nonsy! How are you?

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-This is Ronald,

-or Nons to his mates.

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-Who have you contacted?

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-Who have you contacted?

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-Wil.

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-Wil.

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-Well done.

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-Dafydd Parry.

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-Nons still lives in Llangefni.

-He loves to polish his trophies.

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-I've got loads of darts trophies.

-It's my game.

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-I've gone back to playing pool.

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-I enjoy playing pool too.

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-But life has lost

-some of its sparkle.

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-At the turn of the century, one

-of Nons's sons was killed aged 21.

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-He lived in a Bangor hostel.

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-He'd come through everything

-quite well.

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-Young lads are too much

-into this drugs nonsense.

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-It's hard to steer them

-away from it.

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-He wasn't a serious drug taker.

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-He was clean at the time.

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-He was due to come home.

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-Just before he came home,

-he got hold of some drugs again.

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-He took them. It's a shame.

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-He took an overdose.

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-We lost him.

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-It hit us hard.

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

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-All we can do is live with it.

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-You have to live with it.

-But we will never forget.

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-His second son wants to follow

-his Dad's pool successes.

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-He's mentioned he wants to be

-a part of the team this year.

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-Perhaps he can. But he's got a

-long way to go to beat the old man!

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-Yes, he has!

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-His love of the game

-is as real as ever.

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-Nons helped Tink to find

-another former team member.

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-Who have you tracked down?

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-Who have you tracked down?

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-I had quite a job. Some are working.

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-But I found Alan Buses.

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-Alan Buses, the tallest man

-in the photograph, now sprays cars.

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-Why did they call him Alan Buses?

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-Why did they call him Alan Buses?

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-His father worked for Crossville.

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-How are you, Alan?

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-Nons has caught his bus.

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-Do you remember any of these?

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-Yours truly.

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-Yours truly.

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-I had more hair then!

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-A reunion might be fun

-after all these years.

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-No problem.

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-Thanks! Carry on with your work.

-Thanks, sir.

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-Fancy helping me?

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-Fancy helping me?

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-Not today - I'm too busy!

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-Alan will drop his paintbrush

-and pick up his pool cue...

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-..as he makes his way

-to the reunion.

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-See you later.

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-See you later.

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-Ta-ra, Tink.

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-The research has come to an end.

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-The eighties' pool champions

-will return to the Wellmans...

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-..for one final game.

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-..for one final game.

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-Blimey!

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-Blimey!

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-Dafydd, the baker, arrived first.

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-The conversation, and beer,

-soon flowed.

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-THEY GREET ONE ANOTHER

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-You were the serious one.

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-You were the serious one.

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-No! I was the best, you mean!

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-No! I was the best, you mean!

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-You were serious, weren't you?

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-Nons was the serious one.

-How are you keeping?

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-Who was our best player?

-You can't pick yourselves!

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-Tink.

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-Tink.

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-I'll pick Dave.

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-Look who's here!

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-THEY CHAT

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-The last time I played

-was here with you.

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-Glyn, one of the eighties' team

-won't be in today's reunion.

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-Eight children, nine with Glyn.

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-We lost Glyn.

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-Tragically, Glyn died a few years

-after the photograph was taken.

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-I'll never get over it.

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-No.

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-I knew there was something.

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-Depression or something.

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-He was quiet.

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-He probably had plenty to say

-to the lads when they were together.

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-I don't know what he did

-in Wellmans! He lived there!

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-I thought Glyn went there

-too often for his own good.

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-But there you go.

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-He liked it there.

-He thought the world of Wellmans.

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-That's where the lads would meet.

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-They were always together

-as a gang.

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-They were almost raised together.

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-I didn't see much of them.

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-But I knew they'd miss him.

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-He was with them

-more than he was with me!

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-I'm sure he'll be there,

-watching them!

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-Shame the old team

-can't still be together.

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-A game of pool was a 1 back then,

-fifteen years ago.

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-Years later,

-it's good to be back.

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-How do the eighties' champions

-shape up nowadays?

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-Unaware to the lads, there's

-another pool team in the building...

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-..including Tink's son.

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-Ready for a challenge?

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-INAUDIBLE CHATTER

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-The young guns will challenge

-the old stagers. Who will win?

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-Ready?

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-Tink demonstrates his skill

-from the first shot.

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-The tension grows.

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-The baker's skills aren't stale!

-But what about the others?

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-You're out of practice, Owie.

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-But Owie Gloman won't give up.

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-The old stagers lead by two games.

-Nons is ready for action.

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-Red?

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-Shot!

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-CHEERS

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-CHEERS

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-3 - 0!

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-It was great.

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-We annihilated them!

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-3 - 0 to the old men.

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-We haven't lost our touch!

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-They've got the experience,

-fair play.

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-They're slightly passed it,

-but it's been fun.

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-They changed the rules

-as they went on!

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-CHEERS

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-The old team has a lot of

-experience and we've still got it.

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-We've shown that tonight.

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-We've shown that tonight.

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-CHEERS

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-We've shown that tonight.

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-It's been a good night.

-We've enjoyed ourselves.

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-We've discussed getting

-the old team back together.

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-We haven't played

-for twenty-five years.

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-We're going to try

-to form a team in Wellmans...

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-..to play once again.

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-CHEERS

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-CHEERS

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-It's great to see everyone.

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-We're thrilled to be back together.

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-We've had a lot of fun.

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

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-The stage is set.

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-We're on the floor.

-It's just Nons and Joanne there.

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-They have to stand in exactly the

-same place as the original photo.

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-THEY DISCUSS

-THEIR ORIGINAL POSITIONS

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-It causes unexpected problems.

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-DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE

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-Most were in their early twenties

-when the photo was taken in 1982.

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-Alan seems much taller.

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-A quarter of a century later...

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-..they all live locally and

-still display their flair for pool.

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-One, two, three.

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-For another brief moment,

-the team, including their captain...

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-..are reunited.

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-We hadn't seen one another in ages.

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-We worked hard to contact everyone.

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-We've all enjoyed ourselves here.

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-We haven't been

-together 'til tonight.

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-Being together has been fantastic.

-Fantastic.

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-Spot on.

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