Dawns Flodau Eisteddfod Mon

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0:00:02 > 0:00:07- Every picture tells a story. - What's the story behind these?

0:00:07 > 0:00:11- Will it be possible to reunite - the group to retake the photo?

0:00:15 > 0:00:19- This week, the dancers - from Ysgol Tynygongl in 1969.

0:00:19 > 0:00:21- Where did they all go?

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0:00:43 > 0:00:45- At her home in Llangefni...

0:00:45 > 0:00:51- ..Eirian Watcyn Jones has just come - home from an unforgettable holiday.

0:00:51 > 0:00:53- We got it into our heads...

0:00:54 > 0:00:57- ..to go to Norway, - to the top of Europe.

0:00:58 > 0:01:00- It was fantastic.

0:01:00 > 0:01:03- The light was entirely different.

0:01:03 > 0:01:06- You felt you were in a vast place.

0:01:07 > 0:01:10- Acre upon acre of nothing but snow.

0:01:11 > 0:01:13- Eirian is celebrating life.

0:01:13 > 0:01:18- For her, life became increasingly - precious in recent months.

0:01:18 > 0:01:22- Five and a half years ago, I didn't - think I'd reach my 50th birthday.

0:01:22 > 0:01:27- It will be the perfect time - to celebrate that birthday soon...

0:01:27 > 0:01:31- ..and celebrate the fact that I've - been given the all clear...

0:01:32 > 0:01:34- ..after having breast cancer.

0:01:36 > 0:01:40- The trip gave her a chance - to celebrate the future.

0:01:40 > 0:01:44- But it also made her - appreciate the past.

0:01:44 > 0:01:47- So much has happened recently.

0:01:47 > 0:01:52- One does reminisce. It's - the happy memories that come back.

0:01:53 > 0:01:57- From that past, one photo - is very close to her heart.

0:01:58 > 0:02:03- I found the photo in one - of my moments of reminiscing.

0:02:04 > 0:02:06- It's a photo of about 14 of us...

0:02:06 > 0:02:10- ..after we'd performed the Floral - Dance at Eisteddfod Mon.

0:02:11 > 0:02:14- We all seem so happy, - and so free of care.

0:02:17 > 0:02:21- One of Eirian's best friends - is in the photo.

0:02:21 > 0:02:23- Hello, flower. Come in.

0:02:23 > 0:02:24- Hello, flower. Come in.- - Hello.

0:02:25 > 0:02:27- How did the trip go?

0:02:28 > 0:02:31- This is Elin, - an intensive care nurse...

0:02:31 > 0:02:35- ..and a good friend to Eirian since - the early years at Ysgol Tynygongl.

0:02:36 > 0:02:37- She's very strong.

0:02:38 > 0:02:42- If I need something, - or if I feel down, I phone Eirian.

0:02:43 > 0:02:47- We've become close - since she fell ill.

0:02:49 > 0:02:53- In 2003, - Eirian found a lump in her breast.

0:02:53 > 0:02:55- She was told she had cancer.

0:02:56 > 0:02:58- I couldn't believe it.

0:02:59 > 0:03:01- Mike and I sat there, both crying.

0:03:03 > 0:03:05- We immediately thought of the girls.

0:03:05 > 0:03:09- We wanted to be there - to see them grow up...

0:03:09 > 0:03:12- ..settle down and have children.

0:03:12 > 0:03:16- I wanted to be a grandmother. - I wasn't prepared, I was only 44.

0:03:19 > 0:03:21- I had a 6-month course of chemo.

0:03:21 > 0:03:23- I went to Bangor.

0:03:24 > 0:03:28- I didn't have a mother to come - with me so my mother-in-law came.

0:03:29 > 0:03:34- I remember her holding my hand when - I was crying which was very often.

0:03:34 > 0:03:37- I lost my hair.

0:03:37 > 0:03:42- But that was the least - of my worries, to be honest.

0:03:46 > 0:03:51- Because I'd made the decision - to remove both breasts...

0:03:51 > 0:03:54- ..I was given the all clear.

0:03:56 > 0:03:57- I probably...

0:03:58 > 0:04:02- ..I will never - get breast cancer again.

0:04:03 > 0:04:07- Hearing that felt like receiving - a gift of millions of pounds.

0:04:10 > 0:04:15- Do you remember me - giving you this as a gift?

0:04:15 > 0:04:17- Yes, when I was 40.

0:04:17 > 0:04:19- Yes, when I was 40.- - I put it in a frame for you.

0:04:20 > 0:04:20- Do you remember us doing it?

0:04:20 > 0:04:22- Do you remember us doing it?- - Yes, I remember doing the dance.

0:04:23 > 0:04:24- Me too.

0:04:24 > 0:04:28- I remember quite a large group, - 14 of us in the photo.

0:04:29 > 0:04:33- It was taken at the Treetops Hotel. - It's a rugby club now.

0:04:34 > 0:04:37- It used to be just a field. - My sister Anwen was there too.

0:04:38 > 0:04:42- I haven't seen them for years. - I've no idea where they are.

0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Which ones do you remember?

0:04:45 > 0:04:47- Stephen, Jenny.

0:04:48 > 0:04:49- I remember Pat.

0:04:50 > 0:04:53- I remember - the busy run up to the Eisteddfod...

0:04:53 > 0:04:56- ..and practising on the schoolyard.

0:04:56 > 0:05:00- We all lived near each other - and went to Ysgol Tynygongl.

0:05:00 > 0:05:02- It'll be quite a task.

0:05:02 > 0:05:04- I haven't seen anyone...

0:05:04 > 0:05:09- ..except for you, your sister - and Lynda since school days.

0:05:09 > 0:05:10- Neither have I.

0:05:10 > 0:05:11- So are you willing to help?

0:05:11 > 0:05:12- So are you willing to help?- - Of course.

0:05:12 > 0:05:13- Great.

0:05:14 > 0:05:16- So Eirian, with Elin's help...

0:05:16 > 0:05:20- ..is going to reunite - the Tynygongl Floral Dance group.

0:05:20 > 0:05:25- Mr Dewi Jones has always - been a kind, friendly man.

0:05:26 > 0:05:28- We all thought the world of him.

0:05:28 > 0:05:28- Hello.

0:05:28 > 0:05:30- Hello.- - Hello. How are you?

0:05:31 > 0:05:32- How are you?

0:05:32 > 0:05:35- One man might remember - better than most...

0:05:36 > 0:05:38- ..the school's former headmaster.

0:05:38 > 0:05:42- Could you help me? - Do you remember this photo?

0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Yes, I think so.

0:05:44 > 0:05:47- That year, 1968-1969...

0:05:49 > 0:05:53- ..I became headmaster - of Ysgol Tynygongl, my old school.

0:05:53 > 0:05:58- I was the first to be - accepted by the former Head.

0:05:59 > 0:06:03- But does he know where Ysgol - Tynygongl's former pupils are now?

0:06:04 > 0:06:07- I haven't heard anything - about Karen.

0:06:07 > 0:06:12- I heard that Jayne - stayed on Anglesey.

0:06:12 > 0:06:16- Who'd have thought?! - I heard she lived on a farm.

0:06:16 > 0:06:17- Where?

0:06:18 > 0:06:19- The Llanddaniel and Gaerwen area.

0:06:19 > 0:06:20- The Llanddaniel and Gaerwen area.- - Really?

0:06:21 > 0:06:25- While Mr Jones helps Eirian - to find a few...

0:06:25 > 0:06:29- ..Elin is on the trail - of other former dancers.

0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Do you remember the Floral Dance?

0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Elin doesn't have - far to go to find one.

0:06:36 > 0:06:38- Her sister was in the group too.

0:06:38 > 0:06:40- I found this photo.

0:06:40 > 0:06:42- This is Anwen.

0:06:42 > 0:06:47- She still lives on the island - and has two children.

0:06:48 > 0:06:50- I was about 7 or 8 years old.

0:06:52 > 0:06:54- It's quite a few years ago!

0:06:55 > 0:06:57- LAUGHTER

0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Fiona was younger than me, I'm sure.

0:07:01 > 0:07:04- I remember Fiona - who stood on the end.

0:07:04 > 0:07:08- She lived at the end of our terrace.

0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Her mother used to cut our hair.

0:07:11 > 0:07:16- I don't remember much - about the Floral Dance itself.

0:07:16 > 0:07:21- But I have a vague memory of having - to wear an ugly skirt and blouse.

0:07:21 > 0:07:25- I remember dancing - and being very nervous.

0:07:26 > 0:07:29- I received a letter afterwards...

0:07:30 > 0:07:34- ..from the winner of the Eisteddfod - chair, thanking us for the dance.

0:07:35 > 0:07:38- It was a very special dance - for me too...

0:07:38 > 0:07:40- ..because I'd won the Chair.

0:07:40 > 0:07:42- I shall remember it for ever.

0:07:45 > 0:07:47- It would be interesting - to see everyone.

0:07:48 > 0:07:50- Maybe I've passed them - on the street...

0:07:50 > 0:07:55- ..not realizing they were with me - in the photo of the Floral Dance.

0:07:55 > 0:07:57- I'm curious - to see how they all look now.

0:07:59 > 0:08:01- So Anwen will take - her place in the photo.

0:08:03 > 0:08:08- After overcoming illness, - Eirian sees the past in a new light.

0:08:08 > 0:08:10- I found the photo and thought...

0:08:11 > 0:08:15- .."Those were the happy, - sunny days of childhood.

0:08:15 > 0:08:17- "Weren't we lucky?"

0:08:18 > 0:08:22- One has more and more thoughts like - that after getting a second chance.

0:08:22 > 0:08:26- After going through a divorce, - Eirian returned to Anglesey.

0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Now remarried, - with a future full of hope...

0:08:30 > 0:08:33- ..school days in Tynygongl - increasingly mean more.

0:08:34 > 0:08:36- I haven't been back here until now.

0:08:37 > 0:08:38- So many memories...

0:08:40 > 0:08:42- GASPS

0:08:42 > 0:08:44- This is the yard where we played.

0:08:45 > 0:08:46- Good heavens!

0:08:52 > 0:08:53- VOICE FALTERS

0:08:54 > 0:08:56- I didn't expect this.

0:08:57 > 0:08:59- The shed is still there.

0:09:00 > 0:09:02- We would sit there in the sun.

0:09:02 > 0:09:06- We learned the Floral Dance - here in the yard.

0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Thanks to the Headmaster....

0:09:18 > 0:09:21- ..Eirian is about to meet - one of her former classmates...

0:09:22 > 0:09:24- ..for the first time in 40 years.

0:09:24 > 0:09:28- I'm on my way to see Jayne Baron.

0:09:30 > 0:09:32- I've been told she lives here.

0:09:32 > 0:09:36- I hope I recognize her - and she recognizes me!

0:09:36 > 0:09:38- I'm very nervous.

0:09:43 > 0:09:44- CATTLE LOW

0:09:44 > 0:09:45- CATTLE LOW- - Hello!

0:09:45 > 0:09:47- EIRIAN LAUGHS

0:09:49 > 0:09:50- Hi.

0:09:50 > 0:09:51- Hi.- - Hiya.

0:09:54 > 0:09:56- It's so nice to see you. Jayne!

0:09:56 > 0:09:57- It's so nice to see you. Jayne!- - Yes.

0:09:57 > 0:10:01- This is Jayne, - who farms in Gaerwen now.

0:10:01 > 0:10:02- Do you remember doing the dance?

0:10:02 > 0:10:03- Do you remember doing the dance?- - Yes, sort of.

0:10:04 > 0:10:06- I remember more after, - and the practising.

0:10:06 > 0:10:07- Do you remember anything?

0:10:07 > 0:10:09- Do you remember anything?- - I remember doing the practising...

0:10:10 > 0:10:10- ..I think, in the playground.

0:10:10 > 0:10:11- ..I think, in the playground.- - With Mrs Hopkin.

0:10:12 > 0:10:16- And I remember a bit about being - very nervous and doing the dance.

0:10:16 > 0:10:17- Yes.

0:10:17 > 0:10:20- We've got this reunion, - hopefully, soon.

0:10:21 > 0:10:22- OK.

0:10:22 > 0:10:23- OK.- - With this picture.

0:10:23 > 0:10:26- It would be fantastic if - you could come, it really would.

0:10:26 > 0:10:28- I'd love to.

0:10:28 > 0:10:30- I'd love to.- - And get everybody together again.

0:10:30 > 0:10:32- The farmer is on her way!

0:10:32 > 0:10:35- But the search continues - for the other dancers.

0:10:35 > 0:10:40- The MacGuinesses were - a large family from Yorkshire.

0:10:41 > 0:10:44- The MacGuinesses lived here - but I've no idea in which house.

0:10:45 > 0:10:47- If I can find a door!

0:10:52 > 0:10:55- There's no-one at home - in any of the houses.

0:10:56 > 0:11:00- We'll try another way - of finding Ann MacGuiness.

0:11:00 > 0:11:02- Will she have more luck online?

0:11:05 > 0:11:09- But, living more than - 200 miles away from Tynygongl...

0:11:10 > 0:11:13- ..Eirian has found - one former dancer.

0:11:13 > 0:11:15- This one can sing too.

0:11:15 > 0:11:17- I did quite a lot of work in Wales.

0:11:17 > 0:11:21- I wasn't as famous as people - like Caryl, but I was very lucky.

0:11:21 > 0:11:24- I sailed around the world - on the Canberra...

0:11:24 > 0:11:27- ..I worked in London, - Dubai and Norway.

0:11:27 > 0:11:32- # What must I do to get - the response I need from you #

0:11:33 > 0:11:35- I've done a lot, I've travelled.

0:11:36 > 0:11:39- I've been on the box a lot - in Wales and on the radio.

0:11:40 > 0:11:42- I've been very lucky.

0:11:44 > 0:11:47- Soon after the photo was taken...

0:11:47 > 0:11:50- ..Fiona Bennett moved - from Anglesey to Cardiff.

0:11:50 > 0:11:53- She runs a music agency in Newbury, - Berkshire.

0:11:54 > 0:11:56- LAUGHS

0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Forty years ago. Oh, god!

0:12:03 > 0:12:05- This is so funny! It looks so old.

0:12:06 > 0:12:11- It looks like something - on Sunday afternoon TV!

0:12:12 > 0:12:16- I remember folk dancing - but I don't remember that occasion.

0:12:16 > 0:12:21- What strikes me is that I look - like Zachary in a frock!

0:12:21 > 0:12:23- We look so alike.

0:12:24 > 0:12:28- Fiona has two sons - who attend Cheam School.

0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Zachary has - I wouldn't - say that he suffers...

0:12:33 > 0:12:35- ..an Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

0:12:36 > 0:12:38- He has an Autistic - Spectrum Disorder.

0:12:38 > 0:12:39- OK!

0:12:39 > 0:12:43- I remember the moment - when I asked the question...

0:12:43 > 0:12:46- .."Are we talking about ASD, - Autistic Spectrum Disorder?"

0:12:47 > 0:12:49- Everyone just looked at me - and went like this.

0:12:50 > 0:12:52- I felt like crying. - I feel like crying now.

0:12:53 > 0:12:55- He's seven now.

0:12:56 > 0:13:00- I've learnt a lot, I've been on - courses to learn about language...

0:13:00 > 0:13:02- ..and the way to talk to him.

0:13:02 > 0:13:07- Fiona's writing a book - about coping with Zachary's autism.

0:13:07 > 0:13:09- IN WELSH- - One, two, three!

0:13:11 > 0:13:12- Wow!

0:13:13 > 0:13:16- Mam and Dad - still live in Benllech...

0:13:17 > 0:13:19- ..which is great - for me and the boys.

0:13:20 > 0:13:23- It's like a different - world up there.

0:13:23 > 0:13:27- It would be very interesting to see - if everyone stayed in Wales...

0:13:27 > 0:13:29- ..or moved to England or Hong Kong.

0:13:29 > 0:13:31- Great, I'm looking forward.

0:13:32 > 0:13:35- So Fiona will get a chance - to see where everyone went.

0:13:35 > 0:13:37- But there are still more to find.

0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Who is this on a beach - the other side of the world?

0:13:41 > 0:13:43- Who is the hidden musician?

0:13:45 > 0:13:48- Will there be dancing - again this year?

0:13:48 > 0:13:49- .

0:13:53 > 0:13:53- 888

0:13:53 > 0:13:55- 888- - 888

0:14:02 > 0:14:06- Eirian and her best friend Elin - are looking for other friends...

0:14:06 > 0:14:11- ..who took part in the Floral Dance - at Eisteddfod Mon 40 years ago.

0:14:11 > 0:14:13- A few have been found.

0:14:13 > 0:14:17- But there's more to do to reunite - everyone to take the photo again.

0:14:18 > 0:14:22- I wouldn't say that - I live in the past at all.

0:14:23 > 0:14:27- But maybe one does - reminisce a little more...

0:14:27 > 0:14:30- ..after receiving such good news.

0:14:31 > 0:14:34- After six years of treatment - for breast cancer...

0:14:34 > 0:14:36- ..Eirian is in good health.

0:14:36 > 0:14:40- She's thinking about the future, - and seeing old friends.

0:14:42 > 0:14:45- One of the girls in the photo - has answered Eirian's email.

0:14:46 > 0:14:48- She lives on the other - side of the world.

0:14:48 > 0:14:52- I'm Ann MacGuiness. - Croeso i Seland Newydd.

0:14:53 > 0:14:56- I think I was very fortunate - growing up in Wales.

0:14:56 > 0:15:00- It was a lovely, safe environment - with beaches, woods...

0:15:00 > 0:15:02- ..and stone circles to explore.

0:15:02 > 0:15:05- It's the place I grew up - - the foundation of who I am today.

0:15:05 > 0:15:09- Ann works as a Pharmacist - in Balmoral, Auckland.

0:15:10 > 0:15:12- She has a childhood memory - of dancing that day.

0:15:13 > 0:15:16- I do remember taking part - in the Flower Dance.

0:15:16 > 0:15:18- I always knew - it was part of an eisteddfod.

0:15:18 > 0:15:21- But I always thought - that we were competing.

0:15:22 > 0:15:25- I do recognize a few - of the faces in the photograph.

0:15:25 > 0:15:27- One is Stephen Greenwood.

0:15:27 > 0:15:30- He was the first vegetarian - I ever came across.

0:15:31 > 0:15:35- I always thought he was quite exotic - because he ate lots of nuts.

0:15:35 > 0:15:38- I think it will be quite - interesting to see the group again.

0:15:39 > 0:15:40- People do change...

0:15:40 > 0:15:43- ..and I haven't seen them since - they were "dipyn bach"!

0:15:45 > 0:15:47- While Ann is on the plane - back to Wales...

0:15:48 > 0:15:50- I'm looking for Heather Richardson.

0:15:50 > 0:15:53- ..Eirian and Elin's search continues - back home.

0:15:53 > 0:15:54- Thank you, anyway.

0:15:56 > 0:15:58- No luck with Robert or Heather.

0:15:58 > 0:16:02- But Elin gets a welcome from - another member of the Floral Dance.

0:16:02 > 0:16:03- Hello.

0:16:04 > 0:16:08- Here is another close friend, Lynda, - who still lives in Tynygongl.

0:16:09 > 0:16:15- My husband Bryn and I run - a company of funeral directors.

0:16:16 > 0:16:21- The children work - in the family business with us.

0:16:22 > 0:16:26- I want to try and retake - this photo. Are you up for it?

0:16:26 > 0:16:30- Yes, but I don't know - if I crouch - down, will I be able to get back up?

0:16:31 > 0:16:33- LAUGHTER

0:16:33 > 0:16:37- I remember practising - and tripping over a chair in class!

0:16:38 > 0:16:42- Apart from that, - the costume is all I remember.

0:16:43 > 0:16:47- The skirt was blue - and the blouse white.

0:16:48 > 0:16:52- Why was Stephen Greenwood there? - He wasn't in the Floral Dance.

0:16:53 > 0:16:55- I'm not at all sure.

0:16:55 > 0:16:57- Very happy memories.

0:16:58 > 0:17:02- It didn't feel like school, - it was more like a family.

0:17:02 > 0:17:04- He was a thingummy, a vegetarian.

0:17:04 > 0:17:05- Yes.

0:17:06 > 0:17:07- He was the first vegetarian I met.

0:17:07 > 0:17:08- He was the first vegetarian I met.- - Really?

0:17:08 > 0:17:10- I was born here.

0:17:10 > 0:17:14- I don't think people locked - their back doors at night.

0:17:14 > 0:17:16- Everyone knew each other.

0:17:16 > 0:17:21- Even if we weren't related, we'd - still call them Auntie or Uncle.

0:17:21 > 0:17:23- No, I'll never move away.

0:17:25 > 0:17:26- They can't all come...

0:17:26 > 0:17:29- ..but Lynda will be there - to retake the photo.

0:17:32 > 0:17:35- After all Eirian and Elin's work...

0:17:35 > 0:17:39- ..the search for the 1969 Floral - Dance group is almost complete.

0:17:39 > 0:17:41- The big day is here.

0:17:42 > 0:17:45- I'm very excited, - I can't wait to see who will come.

0:17:46 > 0:17:47- Hello!

0:17:49 > 0:17:52- The two sisters have returned - to Tynygongl.

0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Great, it's happening at last!

0:17:56 > 0:18:00- It's a chance for Lynda - to see Eirian once more.

0:18:01 > 0:18:02- Lynda Jane!

0:18:04 > 0:18:06- How are you?

0:18:06 > 0:18:08- I haven't seen you for a few years.

0:18:08 > 0:18:13- Three years? Something like that, - when I was in hospital.

0:18:13 > 0:18:18- But none of them have seen - this girl for decades.

0:18:18 > 0:18:19- Who's this?

0:18:19 > 0:18:20- Who's this?- - Hello!

0:18:21 > 0:18:22- Fiona!

0:18:25 > 0:18:27- I thought you were bigger!

0:18:28 > 0:18:29- ALL LAUGH

0:18:29 > 0:18:31- ALL LAUGH- - I am, here! But not in height.

0:18:31 > 0:18:33- You look so like your mother.

0:18:33 > 0:18:34- You look so like your mother.- - Anwen!

0:18:35 > 0:18:38- It's amazing, how much - you are unaware that you remember.

0:18:39 > 0:18:41- But someone says something, - and you're reminded!

0:18:42 > 0:18:45- Does Jayne still remember - the faces from the past?

0:18:45 > 0:18:47- Hello! Do you remember anybody?

0:18:47 > 0:18:48- Hello! Do you remember anybody?- - No, I don't!

0:18:49 > 0:18:51- Lynda? I do now!

0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Everything is starting - to fall into place.

0:18:58 > 0:19:02- And here's the vegetarian. - Everyone seems to remember him.

0:19:03 > 0:19:05- He's just the same!

0:19:05 > 0:19:07- It's nice to have a bloke here!

0:19:08 > 0:19:10- This is Stephen Greenwood.

0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Being in a rural, farming area, - with lots of cattle...

0:19:14 > 0:19:17- ..very much a culture - of eating meat...

0:19:18 > 0:19:20- ..we were seen as pretty strange.

0:19:20 > 0:19:23- And that's, I would imagine, - the reason why...

0:19:23 > 0:19:26- ..we'd probably be remembered.

0:19:26 > 0:19:29- This musician is a piano tuner...

0:19:29 > 0:19:32- ..and a father, living in Cambridge.

0:19:32 > 0:19:36- I didn't plan to live in Cambridge - until I was 50 years old.

0:19:36 > 0:19:40- I just came here - to study music and ended up...

0:19:40 > 0:19:42- ..sort of staying here really.

0:19:42 > 0:19:45- What are his childhood memories - of Anglesey?

0:19:46 > 0:19:50- We lived in this beautiful - farmhouse near Benllech.

0:19:51 > 0:19:55- I remember specific incidents - and the feeling of being there.

0:19:55 > 0:19:57- I remember the walk to school - and the walk home.

0:19:58 > 0:20:00- I remember Dewi Jones quite a lot.

0:20:00 > 0:20:04- He was such a good teacher, - I remember him reading us stories.

0:20:05 > 0:20:07- I'd like to go back to that school.

0:20:07 > 0:20:09- But mostly to see the people.

0:20:10 > 0:20:10- IN WELSH

0:20:10 > 0:20:12- IN WELSH- - Yes, I am looking forward, a lot.

0:20:17 > 0:20:19- Lynda?

0:20:21 > 0:20:26- Forty years have passed - since the group last met.

0:20:26 > 0:20:30- Someone else has returned - to Tynygongl's rugby field.

0:20:30 > 0:20:32- Ann MacGuiness!

0:20:32 > 0:20:35- Ann has travelled thousands - of miles to be here today.

0:20:36 > 0:20:36- Goodness me, you've come from far!

0:20:36 > 0:20:38- Goodness me, you've come from far!- - I have, yes.

0:20:38 > 0:20:39- From where?

0:20:39 > 0:20:40- From where?- - New Zealand.

0:20:42 > 0:20:44- No! Especially for the reunion?

0:20:44 > 0:20:46- No! Especially for the reunion?- - I can't believe you've come so far!

0:20:46 > 0:20:48- That's fantastic!

0:20:48 > 0:20:52- I'm delighted, particularly - as people have come such a long way.

0:20:52 > 0:20:55- I understand that - some people can't come...

0:20:56 > 0:20:58- ..but I'm so glad that these have.

0:20:58 > 0:21:02- There's another surprise for the - crew - here's their former Head.

0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Mr Jones! - We'd better stand up straight!

0:21:07 > 0:21:09- Shall we form a line?

0:21:13 > 0:21:15- Good afternoon, nice to see you.

0:21:15 > 0:21:16- After such a long time.

0:21:16 > 0:21:17- After such a long time.- - Indeed!

0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Do you still sing?

0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Oh! You know that I sing.

0:21:25 > 0:21:27- There's one more surprise.

0:21:27 > 0:21:30- I want you to come with me. - Come along, everyone!

0:21:31 > 0:21:31- Oh...

0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Oh...- - It's like being back in school!

0:21:33 > 0:21:34- What did he say?

0:21:34 > 0:21:36- What did he say?- - Go with him!

0:21:36 > 0:21:38- ALL EXCLAIM

0:21:38 > 0:21:39- HARP MUSIC

0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Forty years after - performing the Floral Dance...

0:21:44 > 0:21:47- ..the group are going - to relive the past.

0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Here are some - of this year's Floral Dancers.

0:21:53 > 0:21:57- Seeing the children dance - was totally unexpected.

0:21:58 > 0:22:00- It was wonderful.

0:22:00 > 0:22:04- As we watched them dance, - I remembered doing it.

0:22:08 > 0:22:10- That was the icing on the cake.

0:22:10 > 0:22:11- Lovely.

0:22:17 > 0:22:20- Watching that, - there was bits of it...

0:22:20 > 0:22:23- ..I don't know - if it's the same dance as we did...

0:22:23 > 0:22:26- ..but there was little bits of it - that I remembered.

0:22:31 > 0:22:33- Excellent!

0:22:35 > 0:22:39- As today's Floral Dancers - leave the field...

0:22:39 > 0:22:43- ..it's the conclusion - of an emotional journey for Eirian.

0:22:48 > 0:22:49- Thank you very much, Mr Jones.

0:22:49 > 0:22:50- Thank you very much, Mr Jones.- - Give my regards to everyone.

0:22:52 > 0:22:56- There's only one more thing to do. - It's time to retake the photo.

0:22:56 > 0:22:59- Let's go, it's this corner, I think.

0:22:59 > 0:23:04- That's the house in the photo, - although it's changed slightly.

0:23:06 > 0:23:10- Fiona here. Someone - should be between you two.

0:23:11 > 0:23:15- The photographer is here - to capture the moment.

0:23:18 > 0:23:19- LAUGHTER

0:23:21 > 0:23:23- And you in the front too.

0:23:23 > 0:23:25- Like this.

0:23:25 > 0:23:28- The same group is back - in the same place.

0:23:28 > 0:23:31- A few have moved to England.

0:23:31 > 0:23:33- One has gone overseas.

0:23:34 > 0:23:36- And a few are still on the island.

0:23:38 > 0:23:40- But for one moment...

0:23:41 > 0:23:44- ..the Tynygongl Floral Dance crew - is back together.

0:23:45 > 0:23:47- That's it - 1, 2, 3!

0:23:56 > 0:24:00- It was great to see everyone. Ann - came all the way from New Zealand.

0:24:00 > 0:24:02- I didn't expect to see her.

0:24:02 > 0:24:06- The experience today has really made - me want to come back to Ynys Mon.

0:24:07 > 0:24:09- I'm sure we will keep in touch.

0:24:10 > 0:24:12- You and your knees!

0:24:12 > 0:24:14- LAUGHTER

0:24:15 > 0:24:19- What did you say? Thank goodness - this didn't happen when we were 60!

0:24:20 > 0:24:24- It was a journey back to childhood - when we were safe and happy...

0:24:25 > 0:24:26- ..free of cares.

0:24:26 > 0:24:30- Isn't it good that we don't - know what's around the corner?

0:24:31 > 0:24:34- But with friends, - you can overcome anything.

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