Pennod 2 Pobol Port Talbot

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-It's the afternoon in Port Talbot.

-The M4 is relatively calm.

-Between the M4 and the sea,

-work continues in the steelworks.

-The steel produced here

-is high quality and is used...

-..in the automobile industry.

-The steel industry

-has a long history here.

-Richard Davies has a keen interest

-in the industry.

-I graduated from Swansea University

-with a History degree.

-I wanted to enrol on an

-apprenticeship in Port Talbot...

-..because my family

-had worked in the steelworks.

-Last year, unfortunately, it was

-hit by the pensions' crisis...

-..and that put me off doing an

-apprenticeship at the steelworks.

-I then decided to become a teacher.

-The steelworks

-has been an integral part...

-..of the history

-of heavy industry in South Wales.

-Steel was first produced here

-in 1901-02.

-After the Second World War, 1951,

-the Steel Company of Wales...

-..established the Abbey Works,

-as it was known then.

-It was the largest steelworks

-in Europe at the time.

-During the 1960s, the Port Talbot

-workforce rose to 20,000.

-In 1988,

-the industry was privatised.

-For a youngster

-like Ashley Paige Heywood...

-..the steelworks

-has always been part of her life.

-She's a Year 7 pupil

-in Ysgol Ystalyfera.

-The steelworks

-is important for Port Talbot...

-..but for me, it's very important

-because Mam works there.

-If it closes, Mam will lose her job.

-Her mother, Linzi,

-is one of the first people...

-..visitors to Tata Steel see.

-I started working

-for a contracting company on site.

-With the blast furnace

-full rebuild...

-..there was a mobile canteen

-down there so I got to run that.

-Somebody saw something in me

-and I was offered this job.

-OK, this is the induction room.

-This is where we do

-all the inductions...

-..for Health & Safety

-just before they go on site.

-As a place to work,

-I thoroughly enjoy it.

-I wouldn't see myself anywhere else.

-I've worked here for nine years.

-I'm hoping to retire here.

-Hopefully.

-Carmel is an important meeting place

-in the centre of Port Talbot.

-It is also the local food bank.

-Bethan Davies is a Christian worker

-and manages the food bank.

-We rely on the entire town

-to help us with the food bank.

-We have contributions

-from churches and schools.

-Businesses help us out,

-individuals bring food in to us.

-We also have a permanent location

-in Tesco...

-..where people can donate food

-to the food bank.

-We work with 40 different agencies

-within the community.

-They visit the homes and witness

-the problems people face.

-They're responsible

-for the food tokens.

-They give people who they believe

-need food the food tokens.

-The people can join us on Fridays

-between 1.00pm and 3.00pm...

-..and their food token

-allows them to take three meals...

-..for three days.

-We volunteer

-with the food bank every Monday.

-The students date the food and

-sort them into different categories.

-The children benefit greatly

-from being here.

-It's an opportunity to see

-how the system works.

-Helping out in the community

-gives them a sense of achievement.

-The food bank is situated in Carmel

-but we have a problem with the roof.

-We have to raise almost 200,000...

-..to keep the food bank open.

-The Trussell Trust have said if the

-food bank moves from Port Talbot...

-..it won't be as effective.

-We must keep it in the town centre.

-There is no other building.

-We'll have to raise money

-to fix the roof.

-It's a busy afternoon

-in the Aberavon Beach Hotel.

-There's a wedding reception.

-The happy couple, Abigail and Laura

-from Cymmer, pose for the cameras.

-Daniel Thompson

-is one of the hotel's managers.

-We're in the heart of the community.

-We get a lot of weddings, birthday

-parties, functions, week on week.

-What we see here is that...

-..a lot of our rooms and auxiliary

-business is based on the steelworks.

-They produce thousands of rooms

-for us each year...

-..which is the backbone

-of our business.

-Mrs & Mrs.

-My son works there, so, yeah,

-it's a bit of worry, really, innit?

-With the location,

-we get a lot of tourism as well.

-A lot of people come to South Wales

-to sample the scenery.

-Port Talbot is more than just steel.

-Port Talbot is far more than that.

-Cleif Harpwood is

-a television director and musician.

-He was born and raised locally.

-He moved back here 10 years ago.

-He's very proud of this area.

-I see people now appreciating nature

-and the rural area that exists here.

-Walking in Afan Argoed

-and all the cycling paths.

-The Richard Burton Trail.

-You can travel in all directions

-by road or rail very easily.

-These are all factors...

-..which keep people in this area.

-We're very defensive of this area.

-When people ask me,

-"Why do you live in Port Talbot?"...

-.."What's wrong with that then?

-"Why? What's the difference?"

-You know the car you drive along

-the M4 when you pass the steelworks?

-Someone needs to make the steel

-to build that car.

-Not on our doorstep.

-The truth is, it doesn't matter.

-Places like this

-pull people together.

-We keep communities alive.

-All the activities continue.

-The RNLI's base

-is on Aberavon Beach.

-This is an important year for them

-and today is a day of celebration.

-Kyle James is a volunteer.

-I've been with the RNLI

-for five years.

-I volunteered because I've lived

-in Aberavon my whole life.

-I've worked as a lifeguard

-in the leisure centre...

-..and then started volunteering

-down here.

-Today is our press day.

-It's 50 years since the

-first lifeboat on Aberavon Beach.

-There are many current volunteers

-here and past volunteers.

-It's been very interesting

-talking to them all.

-Listening to the stories

-from the old station has been great.

-The first coxswain was Tommy Boyd.

-An old sea captain,

-plenty of experience...

-..and he was able to transmit

-that experience to the crew.

-Because we're on call every day,

-we could be at home, sleeping...

-..that's happened many times...

-..but when you hear your pager...

-..you rush down to the station.

-We change into our kit

-and do whatever needs doing.

-A lot of people help out here.

-We're all volunteers.

-We're not paid to do the work.

-Two of Tata's staff volunteer here.

-They're here

-when they're not on shift.

-One has just started training

-to be a helm.

-We're on call every day.

-It's very important because of the

-time it takes us to get to casualty.

-The nearest station is Mumbles.

-It takes them 20 minutes

-to get here.

-It's important to get us out to sea

-whenever we're needed.

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-If you want to know anything about

-an area, ask a local taxi driver.

-It's great driving a taxi.

-I meet new people every day.

-In the morning, people head to work,

-to the train station...

-..and some people

-visit the hospital in the morning.

-It calms down by the afternoon.

-Then comes the nightshift!

-We see a lot of things

-we don't want to see.

-It's nice seeing people going out

-and enjoying themselves...

-..and it's up to us

-to take them home safely.

-Port Talbot at night is great.

-The thing with Port Talbot,

-everyone knows everyone.

-It's nice to go out because

-it's like going out with family.

-Station Road is the place to go -

-there's a Wetherspoon there.

-Jimmy's Bar, B2M.

-It's nice, it's where people meet

-and go out to enjoy themselves.

-In Rhosafan, they're preparing

-a radio show about the area.

-Everyone has a job to do.

-A radio programme.

-We do it every month. This month,

-we'll do a new programme.

-Thank you for the welcome.

-Welcome to the Rhosafan news

-with me, Maddie...

-And me, Eleri.

-We're the report team. We'll discuss

-the Tata Steel Wizard League...

-..netball and rugby.

-We're preparing a quiz

-about Euro 2016.

-We're the jokes team and we're

-writing jokes for Radio Rhosafan.

-This is our best joke.

-What do you call alien money?

-Starbucks!

-Thank you. You've all worked

-particularly well.

-Now is our opportunity

-to listen to our radio show.

-Do you want to listen

-to the show you made?

-Yes.

-This will be on the school website

-and everyone can listen to it.

-I'll press the button and we

-can listen to your radio show.

-Hello and welcome

-to Radio Rhosafan.

-Presented today by me,

-Kyla and Maddie.

-There is one obvious advantage

-to living next to the beach and sea.

-I'm Ashley Paige Heywood.

-I live in Sandfields,

-near to the sea.

-We go surfing every Friday night.

-Three people coach my group

-of friends and children of my age.

-I like coming here.

-We're learning how to stand up

-and not fall off.

-When I've done my homework...

-..I head to the beach

-with my friends.

-I like surfing in the sea,

-swimming in the Afan Lido...

-..and visiting Cafe Remos.

-My name is Gareth Jenkins.

-I'm a funeral director in Baglan.

-I started organising funerals

-when I was 16.

-Thrown in at the deep end!

-I was a carpenter

-and we built the coffin in the shed.

-It's different now -

-we buy in all the coffins.

-All I wanted to do

-was be a funeral director.

-We built this place in 2000.

-We're a large business in town now.

-If someone comes

-from outside the area...

-..what they notice about

-Port Talbot funerals is their size.

-A lot of the funerals we organise

-attract 200-300 mourners...

-..especially if they come from a

-little village in the Afan Valley...

-..Cymmer, Blaengwynfi, Glyncorrwg.

-Almost the entire town

-attends the funeral.

-That's a sign of respect.

-Energie fitness club

-is near Sandfields.

-I'm Emily. I live in Port Talbot.

-I was raised her.

-I work as an accountant in Swansea

-for WBV Ltd.

-My husband and two other lads were

-looking for somewhere to keep fit...

-..and do something new in the area.

-I'm James Taylor.

-I'm the gym's manager

-and a partner in the business.

-I was raised in Port Talbot

-but I emigrated to Neath!

-We have plenty of cardio, plenty

-of weights in the weights room...

-..powerlifting, Olympic lifting

-and plenty of functional activities.

-I come here to exercise.

-I run, cycle, attend the classes.

-There are a lot of classes

-in the evenings.

-I try to keep fit.

-The steelworks is important

-to the area.

-We all know someone who works there.

-We all know someone who works there.

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-A lot of Tata's staff work out here.

-We run our business

-around the shifts of the staff.

-We open around 5.30am.

-On Baglan Energy Park,

-other businesses have sprung up...

-..including Vizolution

-which sells specialist software...

-..to the financial sector

-across Europe.

-Huw Rees is one of its founders.

-We started the company in 2008.

-Two of us - one working in London

-and myself working near Ammanford.

-As the company grew...

-..we realised we had to move

-to a more populated area...

-..to work with more people.

-We moved to this area to be

-closer to Cardiff and South Wales.

-We're two minutes from the M4.

-We're also close

-to the train station.

-That helps our co-workers

-who travel from Bristol and London.

-Port Talbot

-is a convenient place to work.

-In some ways, it's

-a better location than Swansea...

-..or Cardiff city centres because

-we have both in our catchment.

-Ella Walker-Hunt

-is a Port Talbot girl.

-She's keeping the local tradition

-of performing and dancing alive.

-I started with the TDM dance group.

-In 2012...

-..we appeared on Britain's

-Got Talent and reached the final.

-We had huge support from the local

-community when we reached the final.

-I live in Cardiff now...

-..but I return to Port Talbot

-to help my father sell T-shirts.

-My father used to have a shop

-selling T-shirts...

-..but then he moved to work

-in the steelworks.

-He's now back selling

-San Portablo T-shirts.

-Port Talbot's a bit of a ghetto.

-I always thought it's been

-a bit of a ghetto.

-A lot of people don't like it

-because of the industry.

-Calling it Port Toilet

-is quite derogatory.

-So, you know, one of the names we

-call it ourselves is San Portablo.

-It's for those

-who know the soul of the town.

-I thought let's put a punt

-on this T-shirt, see what happens.

-People are buying it.

-Today, I've had a big order come in

-from Sydney, Australia.

-I've been able to pay my bills.

-I'm really happy with that.

-Margaret Jones, a retired teacher...

-..is busier now than she ever was.

-What's that? Let me see.

-A bag? How wonderful.

-Whose party was it?

-One of the nicest parts of my life

-is looking after my grandchildren.

-Can you tell me one of the stories

-you always tell me?

-A story.

-You like my stories, don't you?

-I picked Oliver up

-from Ysgol Tyle'r Ynn.

-I took him to the dentist today.

-His teeth were fine, thank goodness.

-Then we went to the park in Baglan.

-Living in Port Talbot,

-what can I say?

-It isn't always a bed of roses

-because there's so much pollution.

-Seeing the smoke

-rising from the steelworks.

-My husband worked there.

-He said don't worry

-about the stuff you can see.

-The stuff you can't see

-is the most poisonous.

-On the other hand, when

-you're walking along the beach...

-..and you're walking towards

-the Mumbles end...

-..people say it's so lovely and you

-can watch the sun set over there.

-You turn the other way

-and you see the cranes...

-..the three cranes.

-That's special for me.

-We have the seaside and where else

-can you have this great beach...

-..and three cranes so close to you?

-Someone asked recently what picture

-would you give for Port Talbot.

-I think almost everyone

-voted for the cranes.

-Emyr Harris,

-a pie maker from Port Talbot...

-..has travelled up the M4

-to Cowbridge to sell his vegan pies.

-There's no meat or dairy in them.

-No dietary cholesterol.

-Very healthy for a pie.

-It's going OK. I cooked 700 pies

-for this weekend.

-I hope I sell them all.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

-Some don't realise they're vegan.

-You're gonna run now, aren't you?!

-When they do,

-some run away and some try them.

-They realise they're delicious.

-Black seeds on top.

-I'm vegetarian and it's unusual

-for me to come to a food festival...

-..and get the choice of four pies.

-Where are you based?

-Where are you based?

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-Port Talbot.

-You're not in the steel industry.

-Good for you.

-Thank you.

-I'm not surprised

-he came from Port Talbot.

-A lot of small communities

-produce different foods.

-Somewhere like this

-is the place to try things.

-Ten pounds. Thank you very much.

-I've sold about 600 pies

-so I'm happy now.

-The hustle and bustle of

-the afternoon fades into the night.

-In our next programme,

-we'll sample the nightlife.

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