Tarsans Trawsfynydd Lle Aeth Pawb?

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-Every picture tells a story.

-What's the story

-behind this picture?

-Will it be possible to organize

-a reunion to retake the picture?

-Tonight, the 1980

-Trawsfynydd Tarzans competition.

-Where did they all go?

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-# We'll drink every teardrop

-# Of your Beaujolais wine #

-It's a Thursday night

-in Trawsfynydd.

-It's choir rehearsal

-for some of the village lads.

-# You're more beautiful every day #

-It's a chance for Rhys Williams

-to meet friends...

-..and practise his singing.

-But almost 30 years ago...

-..the sound this bassist produced

-was slightly less harmonious!

-He was also

-wearing a little less clothing!

-Thirty years ago,

-Rhys and his school friends...

-..took part in a Tarzans

-competition in Traws carnival.

-As a farmer,

-Rhys is still close to nature.

-He lives in Cwm Prysor

-with his wife and two children.

-Look at Tarzan

-swinging through the trees!

-Do you recognize someone?

-Where's Dad?

-There.

-A long time ago,

-we held a competition...

-..Tarzan.

-To find the best Tarzan.

-There was a carnival here

-many years ago.

-Selecting the district queen

-was one competition.

-They dreamt up a butch

-Tarzan competition for the boys!

-Everyone wanted

-to be Tarzan in Trawsfynydd!

-We stood in trunks,

-shouting like Tarzan!

-It definitely

-got us out of our shells!

-That's me on the end.

-I've got a monkey and his food.

-I was eight.

-Most were in my school year.

-Mark O'Neil was younger than me.

-Tim was a year older.

-I don't know how old

-the tall one is.

-I'd guess he was older than me -

-or he ate a lot!

-The first step

-is to visit Geraint Jones.

-Mr Jones was the headmaster

-of Trawsfynydd primary school.

-How are you?

-How are you?

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-It's been a long time!

-He was also the compere

-of the Tarzan competition.

-Nice to see you.

-What can I do for you?

-I need your help

-to find some friends.

-Would you like to come in?

-Would you like to come in?

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-Thank you.

-I'll need to wear spectacles.

-Can he help his former pupil?

-I wonder where they all are?

-My task is to find them.

-Have you any idea where they are?

-Elfed.

-Elfed.

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-Yes?

-He moved to Anglesey but he

-now lives in the Manchester area.

-Does he?

-Who better than the former

-headmaster to find the Traws pupils?

-That's been a lot of help.

-Thanks for your time.

-I hope you find them all.

-I hope you find them all.

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-I hope so!

-Bye, Rhys.

-Rhys has his work cut out

-to organize the Tarzans reunion!

-Richard was also one of them.

-The boys sound good tonight.

-We shouldn't say that,

-standing outside!

-They sound worse when we join in!

-Do you remember this?

-That's a long time ago now.

-That's a long time ago now.

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-Yes, 1980.

-There I am. Look at that big mouth!

-Rich works

-for a local demolition company.

-I married 8 years ago.

-I have two girls -

-one is 11, the other is 8.

-They attend the school I went to.

-Richard won the Mechanic of the Year

-certificate in college.

-I had the opportunity to work

-for companies in the London area.

-I came home.

-After living away,

-I appreciated my home more.

-Traws isn't very big.

-But there are characters here!

-We all know each other. I love going

-away - but it's nice to come home.

-I remember the picture being taken

-and the carnival.

-The carnival was a big event

-back then. They took a group photo.

-But look how long ago it was!

-I still think of myself

-as being a youngster!

-I fancy arranging a reunion.

-Can you find Tim?

-Where is Tim?

-He's in Porthmadog or Blaenau.

-I'll leave that with you -

-and we'll take it from there!

-I'll be in touch. We'd better

-go back in or we'll have a row!

-The former Tarzans will share the

-burden of reuniting the monkeys...

-..and their old jungle friends

-back in Traws hall.

-Richard's on board.

-But the search has only just begun.

-Despite

-a heavy workload on the farm...

-..Rhys needs

-to shepherd a gang of Tarzans.

-Are you free to come to the reunion?

-Where better to start the search

-in Traws than the local pub?!

-This regular might bring some luck.

-This regular might bring some luck.

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-Are you OK? How are you, Rhys?

-I'm OK.

-This is Elfyn.

-Do you recognize these?

-Yes! It's a good picture!

-I farm at home.

-I do contracting work -

-building walls...

-..machine and fencing work.

-A bit of everything.

-I was born and bred here.

-Perhaps I was the stupid one,

-in not leaving!

-I don't know.

-I lost my hair in my twenties.

-It was one of those things -

-stress related.

-I began to wear

-a baseball cap instead...

-..to replace the hair!

-It's not a trademark, I'm used

-to wearing it, just like trousers!

-The bloke in the cap

-can remember the fashion too.

-I vaguely remember a piece

-of fur around my waist, shorts...

-..and some top or other.

-I wasn't good enough for the float.

-I wasn't first, second or third.

-It would be good to see everyone

-from the photo again.

-I don't think we've met

-since the picture was taken.

-The wall builder

-will return for the reunion.

-Several jungle creatures

-are still avoiding capture.

-In Porthmadog,

-Richard helps with the search.

-I'm looking for Timothy.

-Rhys heard he's working in a garage.

-Timothy.

-Rich! It's been ages!

-Here's Tim - and he's in shock!

-Remember this?

-Oh, Rich!

-Good heavens!

-Good heavens!

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-It's a good picture, isn't it?

-Where are you?

-Where are you?

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-There!

-We want to arrange a reunion.

-Would you like to join us?

-Sure!

-It would be nice to see everyone.

-It would be nice to see everyone.

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-Yes, to see each other once again.

-We'll find out

-what happened to everyone.

-This mechanic will be there.

-Rhys is determined

-to find the competition winner...

-..so he can take his place

-in the back row.

-Are you OK?

-Thanks for agreeing to see me!

-Welcome!

-Welcome!

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-Could I see the school register?

-It's in the staff room.

-It's in the staff room.

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-Lovely!

-Will he find the name

-in the old school register?

-It looks old!

-It is old!

-The earliest date is 1915.

-I think you're towards the end!

-I'm looking for pupils

-who were my age.

-The picture was taken in 1980.

-According to the photo,

-we're all roughly the same age.

-I don't recognize two

-in the picture.

-Perhaps I should go back a year.

-They might have been older than me.

-Look - Malawi. His father

-worked in the Foreign Office.

-Michael Morris Evans, his father

-was Brian Evans - from Malawi.

-He was only here for three months.

-Could he be the one we don't

-recognize? I wouldn't remember him.

-That was great.

-Thanks for your time.

-You're welcome. Good luck.

-You're welcome. Good luck.

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-Great! Thanks!

-They're one step nearer

-in their search.

-Michael was the name

-of the Traws Jungle King!

-Will Rhys find him in time?

-Is that you?

-Is that you?

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-Yes!

-There is one Tarzan

-who's far easier to find.

-Over the road from

-Trawsfynydd in Stesion village...

-..a lorry driver

-relaxes with his son.

-How are you?

-Is this where you're hiding?!

-Yes!

-Yes!

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-It's a nice day.

-This is Llion.

-My girlfriend

-is expecting a baby next week.

-With a baby on the way,

-Llion is a busy man!

-Will you come to the reunion?

-Will you come to the reunion?

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-Yes.

-I'll ring you. Nice to see you!

-I'll ring you. Nice to see you!

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-And you.

-Llion will try his best to be there.

-Rhys has given himself a task and

-a half. Finding everyone isn't easy.

-And there are a few left to find.

-Who's this jet-setter?

-Where is

-the former King of the Tarzans?

-Who owns these African sculptures?

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-This farmer faces quite a challenge.

-Rhys Williams

-is looking for fellow Tarzans...

-..who competed

-in the 1980 Traws carnival.

-The winner left a long time ago.

-Michael Morris Evans.

-Michael Morris Evans.

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-At least Rhys discovers his name.

-This Tarzan roams airports

-as part of his everyday life.

-It's nice that my work

-is in millions of people's homes.

-I've been to Berlin for a few days

-and Turkey a fortnight ago.

-He is responsible for technology

-some would call essential.

-One of the chips I worked on...

-..controls the Sky Plus system

-which is inside your box.

-Perhaps some of my work

-is inside it!

-Elfed lives in Cheshire

-with his wife and two sons.

-I've been fortunate

-to have travelled the world.

-It's interesting

-for my young children.

-When it's midday here

-and midnight in China...

-..I'll say I'm going to bed

-when they're getting up.

-It's good for them.

-They see there's more to life

-than just our little town.

-My father was the minister

-at Moreia in Trawsfynydd.

-He believed the carnival

-united the community.

-Seeing the minister

-in fancy dress was fun.

-He was the minister there

-for 13 years.

-By the time he left in 1980,

-he was gravely ill, unfortunately.

-I remember a few of the faces.

-I was friends with Rhys because

-we attended the same nursery school.

-I was quite shy. I teased him

-and he would turn on me.

-I probably

-just wanted to be his friend.

-I last saw them

-when I was 7 or 8 years old.

-Elfed will face

-a trip back to Traws.

-There are more to find. What became

-of Michael, the competition winner?

-Rhys has some information.

-We're in the Llangollen area.

-I'm here to meet Michael's mother.

-I hope to confirm

-he's the boy in the picture.

-Hello. Mrs Evans?

-Hello. Mrs Evans?

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-Yes?

-You don't know me.

-You don't know me.

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-No!

-I'm Rhys Williams from Trawsfynydd.

-I'm Rhys Williams from Trawsfynydd.

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-Oh, yes?

-I'm looking for Michael Evans.

-My son?

-Hopefully!

-If Rhys is looking for Tarzan...

-..there are a few objects

-from the jungle in this house.

-It's hardly surprising

-no-one recognized this boy.

-The register says he only came

-to the school for three months.

-We were living in Malawi.

-We'd come over

-for an extended holiday.

-Michael went to Traws school.

-We were staying with my mother.

-Do you remember the day?

-Not really.

-Memories came flooding back

-when I look at the photo.

-I remember one incident

-in particular.

-Michael had been saying

-that he lived in Malawi, in Africa.

-He must have mentioned

-how much he liked the country.

-I happened to be standing

-in the back of the hall.

-A lady in front of me said,

-"Is he telling the truth?"

-What is Michael doing nowadays?

-We returned to Malawi

-a month or so after the carnival.

-We came back to this country

-eighteen months later.

-Michael went to boarding school.

-He's living in Edinburgh now.

-He's working in IT.

-Michael is back

-in Britain from Africa.

-Is it a step closer for the King

-of the Jungle to return to Traws?

-The big day arrives,

-the search is over.

-Rhys hopes the Tarzans

-will return to Traws hall.

-Someone arrives, armed with a snack!

-Look what he's got!

-I've brought a banana for you, Rhys!

-I've brought a banana for you, Rhys!

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-Elfyn has arrived.

-It's changed since I was last here.

-The hall is still the same.

-Tim is back.

-Congratulations.

-You're a father again.

-Since Rhys last saw Llion...

-..he's become

-a father for the second time.

-But a couple still need persuading.

-Hi, Owain? It's Rhys.

-We're in the reunion.

-I thought you were coming.

-Elfed returns to Traws

-for the first time in 30 years.

-That was Dad's chapel.

-That's Hedd Wyn over there.

-Hello, how are you?

-Are you OK?

-Rhys, isn't it?

-Rhys, isn't it?

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-Yes. It's been a long time!

-Nice to see you.

-Nice to see you.

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-You haven't changed!

-Nor you - apart from the hair!

-Tim.

-Elfyn.

-We went on stage from here?

-We came up from the cellar once.

-Some of the Tarzans

-are running late.

-And who is this who's sneaked in?

-Peter John has found his way here.

-I rubbed gravy browning over myself.

-It's not a sunny place!

-I used gravy browning, and

-my mum's fur coat as a loin cloth!

-I'd wanted to join the army

-since I was a little boy.

-I was in the army for a few years.

-I went back to Afghanistan

-and Kosovo as a reservist.

-But I still come back to Traws.

-There's nowhere like it.

-After all the phone calls,

-Owain finally arrives.

-I'm quite nervous -

-I haven't seen them in years.

-I'm looking forward

-to seeing who's there.

-The lorry driver won't miss

-the chance to be a Tarzan again!

-How are you all?

-Are you OK?

-Little do they know a surprise

-awaits them outside the hall.

-Shall we go in? I wonder

-if they'll be glad to see me!

-Mr Jones has brought a few

-mementoes from the jungle along.

-Here we are. How are you?

-How are you?

-We need to wear these now -

-as you were, more or less.

-There's a pair of shorts each.

-There are still a couple missing.

-There are still a couple missing.

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-Who's this?

-Mark O'Neil.

-Mark O'Neil.

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-Of course!

-One of the old Tarzans

-still likes to perform.

-The whole rock and roll thing

-was Mum's fault.

-She called me

-Elvis Aaron Presley O'Neil.

-# Hello, hello #

-Mark O'Neil

-now lives in Oxfordshire.

-Tonight,

-he's performing in Aberystwyth.

-On my first day in Traws school...

-..the headmaster said, "Right,

-children! What shall we sing today?"

-I yelled, "Rock and roll!"

-When I first saw the photo

-I thought it was a wind-up.

-I didn't recognize myself at all!

-It looks like me.

-I can't remember the competition,

-why I went, nor when it happened.

-I thought Trawsfynydd was OK -

-but I was 7.

-What I'm trying to say is,

-everything's OK when you're 7.

-Traws is quite grey,

-when I think about it.

-It's not a good place, in my mind.

-Will the rocker

-return to the Traws hall stage?

-We're not sure who this one was.

-That's my cousin, Dylan.

-Work commitments

-prevent Dylan from coming.

-Rhys receives a text message.

-"There's a reason

-why the past is the past...

-"..and I'd like

-to keep it that way."

-Mark O'Neil.

-Shame.

-I was looking forward to seeing him.

-Going back in time

-doesn't suit everyone.

-The rest of the lads

-enter into the spirit of it all...

-..as the photographer prepares.

-There is one final surprise

-for the Tarzans.

-It took him

-6 hours to get here today.

-My life is completely

-outside of Trawsfynydd now...

-..but my roots are still here.

-This is Michael.

-I spent time here,

-went to the local school.

-Learnt - and forgot - a little bit

-of Welsh. I entered the competition!

-That was the highlight

-of my time in Traws...

-..winning the competition

-against all the local talent.

-Who's this?

-Who's this?

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-I'm Mike.

-Rhys's detective work paid off.

-Mr Tarzan 1980 is back in Traws.

-I was the winner.

-The Tarzans are one gang once again.

-I had the snake last time!

-There you go, then.

-Are you in the same places?

-They were 8-year-olds when they

-stepped on stage thirty years ago.

-Are you removing the t-shirts?

-Well done, Owain!

-I won't do it on my own! No way!

-They just need

-to get the costume right.

-Tarzan didn't put his hands

-in his pocket!

-The same crowd are back

-in exactly the same place.

-But Tarzan wouldn't

-be Tarzan without...

-One, two, three.

-FEEBLE TARZAN CRY

-It's not as good as it was!

-It's a bit harder

-for the lads today.

-One, two, three.

-LOUD TARZAN CRY

-Some have moved away,

-others are closer to home.

-But for one brief moment, the 1980

-Trawsfynydd Tarzans are reunited.

-It's been a fun day.

-I had the same trouble with

-the schoolchildren many years ago.

-Some wouldn't listen, others talked

-non-stop. I'd tell them to be quiet.

-Thinking back

-to when we were in school...

-..our personalities

-haven't changed that much.

-We're still Traws lads.

-We're older and uglier.

-It's amazing to see the lads again.

-We were young and shy -

-now we're old, noisy...

-..and embarrassed!

-People hardly change

-when they grow up!

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