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-Bryn versus Dwyran...

-..chronicles an important football

-match played in the early fifties.

-The film-maker, Dr John Glyn Jones,

-lived in Brynsiencyn.

-He was a GP in this part of

-Anglesey for almost thirty years.

-The doctor

-made numerous short films.

-They provide an unique insight

-into the villagers' everyday lives.

-He brought his camera along

-on his doctor's round.

-He filmed everything that happened.

-I was interested

-in one film in particular.

-The Brynsiencyn v Dwyran game.

-Shout if you recognize someone,

-and I'll stop it.

-That's Brynsiencyn's team.

-Elfed lived in Llanrug.

-Gwyn from Llanfairpwll, Dei Bach.

-Llew Jones, Glyn King.

-Do you remember the game?

-Do you remember the game?

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-I was there. That's John.

-I think that was Margaret Williams.

-I think that was Margaret Williams.

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-The singer? Never!

-That was Busby, the manager.

-Jones the paper.

-My grandfather.

-As the bar filled, I met Idris,

-the former Brynsiencyn goalkeeper.

-I played for two years

-before joining the Army.

-I played for Newborough

-for three years after coming home.

-I returned to Bryn in the sixties.

-Did you witness the team's demise?

-Did you witness the team's demise?

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-Yes.

-What year was that?

-1960, I think.

-Have the villagers

-lost interest in football?

-We don't have a team,

-but everyone watches it on TV.

-Derby games still pull crowds

-in Brynsiencyn...

-..as long as

-it's Everton and Liverpool.

-Some of the older boys

-saw the film at half-time.

-Gavin Hughes was one.

-Would they like to make a new film?

-This is the Dwyran team. Bryn

-was the previous team, in squares.

-The old film seemed

-to capture their imagination.

-Creating a new film

-on the same theme posed a problem.

-We'd need to assemble a team

-to do something similar today.

-Would you be interested

-to play a one-off?

-Yes.

-The packed pub proves that

-football is still popular.

-It's taken a different direction.

-It might kick-start a village team.

-The lads were keen to reform a team.

-We collected names.

-I was optimistic that a Brynsiencyn

-team could be filmed once again.

-But I faced another challenge.

-Dwyran doesn't have a team, either.

-Hello, Gus Williams?

-Hello, Gus Williams?

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-How are you?

-I found your number

-on the Anglesey Council website.

-You're the

-Football Development Officer.

-Yes.

-Bryn versus who would it be?

-Where's the closest team?

-The closest team in that area

-would be Newborough.

-Newborough? Right.

-Gus gave me the Newborough manager's

-name and address, Paul Hamson.

-Would they play

-against Brynsiencyn's new team?

-He agreed immediately.

-Gus is a football historian.

-I wanted to establish

-exactly when the game was played.

-Dwyran first played in

-the Anglesey league in 1947-48.

-That's Dwyran and Brynsiencyn.

-Do you know the year

-of the Dwyran-Brynsiencyn game?

-No.

-According to this...

-..Dwyran and Brynsiencyn

-were last in the league in 1950-51.

-Their last encounter

-would have been in 1951.

-Yes.

-We looked at

-the Anglesey League tables...

-..to compare Newborough

-and Brynsiencyn's records.

-They headed the table that year.

-The old players mentioned a rivalry

-between Brynsiencyn and Newborough.

-Is that still there today?

-I don't know.

-Perhaps not so much today!

-They complained Newborough

-stole their best players.

-They didn't want

-to play for a bad side!

-I returned to Brynsiencyn

-to meet up with Gavin Hughes.

-He agreed to be one

-of the new team's organizers.

-Have you been training yet?

-Have you been training yet?

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-No.

-We're playing on Sunday

-just down the road.

-Will you get a chance

-to film what's going on?

-Some sort of record

-would be handy...

-..like the doctor's film.

-I wanted to know

-more about the doctor...

-..who documented the Brynsiencyn

-area so extensively.

-I arranged to meet one

-of his daughters, Annes Glyn.

-We visited

-their first home in the village.

-It's hardly changed at all,

-apart from the colour.

-I remember the little

-bedroom window and the shutters.

-It's almost sixty years ago!

-It's one

-of my father's famous films.

-It's been sought after recently.

-I think it does portray

-a bygone era.

-Everyone went

-on the Sunday School trip.

-People tended to take their own

-cars, but there were buses too.

-Pritchard Niwbwrch buses.

-Pritchard Niwbwrch buses.

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-They were our school buses.

-He began filming

-after we started walking.

-He inherited his uncle's equipment.

-That's how he started.

-That's Mam.

-That's Mam.

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-And your father.

-Someone else must have filmed it.

-Was that their car?

-It looks like their first car,

-the one they had when they married.

-Annes took me

-to Horeb chapel in the village...

-..where her father

-screened his films.

-After the first session,

-a second crowd came in.

-Was there a second sitting?

-Was there a second sitting?

-

-Yes.

-People were thrilled to see

-loved ones, relatives and friends...

-..moving across the screen.

-People became emotional.

-They could see their relatives...

-..coming back to life on the screen.

-I returned the following day

-to meet Rev Geraint Roberts.

-These are the Assembly Rooms.

-This is where

-the films were screened.

-What end were they shown?

-What end were they shown?

-

-I assume on the stage.

-Could we show our film here?

-I can't see why not.

-It would trigger

-a lot of happy memories.

-Football is part of the history.

-I'm looking for

-a playing field for the game.

-There's a newly-opened

-astro-turf in the village.

-Oh, right?

-That's for the youngsters.

-This is great

-for filming the supporters...

-..watching the game.

-It's ideal for a five-a-side game.

-If we get a full team,

-we'd need a full-size field.

-The next question is... Can

-Brynsiencyn assemble a full team?

-I met Gavin in Bangor

-after his shift in the bookies.

-How's it going?

-How's it going?

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-There's plenty of interest.

-Is there enough for a full team?

-Yes, and substitutions.

-I've got 15 at the moment,

-perhaps a few more.

-Right, OK.

-The village all-weather pitch

-would be good.

-But that's a five-a-side pitch.

-What are

-your earliest football memories?

-Playing in the park

-on cold Saturday mornings.

-The ball was so hard,

-it hit our legs and heads!

-All we did was play football,

-all day, every day.

-What if you couldn't play football?

-I'd watch telly,

-or play on the Xbox.

-Perhaps that's why I'm single!

-Football is what

-it's all about around here.

-There's nothing else much

-to do around here.

-According to Gavin,

-the village lads were football-mad.

-But when Gavin

-reached the all-weather pitch...

-..for the first training session...

-..it was as silent as the grave.

-Gav's been to the park, and no-one's

-there. He's been there half an hour!

-Get out of bed!

-Hello. Are you getting up?

-I've just phoned Rich.

-He's ill in bed!

-Rich was meant to phone Huw.

-He's still in bed.

-It's all Rich's fault.

-It didn't matter whose fault it was.

-But without a team,

-Gavin wouldn't have a film, either.

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-Rich eventually got out of bed.

-They started

-to discuss the opposition.

-I watched Newborough recently,

-and they lost.

-They're tough. They're in the lead.

-I'm quite confident.

-I left the lads training.

-I went to meet Terry Roberts.

-From Brynsiencyn, he has

-several links to the old team.

-That's my father.

-Well, well. Can I compare?

-The same chin and face.

-When did you start

-marking the field?

-When I was eleven.

-I had a bag of chalk and a bucket.

-We didn't use water, just our hands.

-Hand in the bucket.

-It was miserable

-in cold, wet weather.

-According to Terry, supporting

-football wasn't exclusive to men.

-The girls came on buses.

-It was fun whether we won or lost.

-Ann Williams Groeslon

-was one of the girls on the buses.

-I went over to her house next.

-Edwen and I went every Saturday.

-The bus would be packed!

-Newborough was our greatest enemy.

-Everyone turned out

-for the Bryn and Newborough games.

-That was always a big game.

-The Bryn and Newborough derby

-attracted crowds many years ago.

-I had to ensure

-a worthy turnout for our derby.

-Take one!

-Have you heard

-about tomorrow's game?

-No.

-DOG BARKS

-If you haven't got

-anything better to do...!

-Do you live in Bryn?

-Do you live in Bryn?

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-No. We built the pitch.

-Watch it!

-I thought it was Bryn versus Dwyran.

-I thought it was Bryn versus Dwyran.

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-That was the plan.

-It was hard

-enough getting one new team!

-The reaction in Brynsiencyn

-was quite promising.

-But things were

-quieter in Newborough.

-Never mind!

-I'd arranged to visit

-Brynsiencyn junior school...

-..to get the youngsters interested.

-Would you rather

-collect cards or play football?

-Both of them.

-Would you collect

-Anglesey team cards?

-Yes.

-Are you coming to the game tomorrow?

-Where is it?

-Where is it?

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-Newborough.

-Can I give you one?

-Can I give you one?

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-Of course, we're coming tomorrow.

-The day of the big match arrived.

-Paul Hamson marked the field,

-just like Terry Roberts before him.

-The latter kept a watchful eye.

-Our goal was to bridge the years...

-..weaving memories of yesteryear...

-..with Gavin and our material.

-The battlefield

-was ready for the old enemies.

-Tic Tacs?

-I'll have one!

-Name and number.

-Name and number.

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-Two.

-Gavin Hughes, Number 8.

-Gavin Hughes, Number 8.

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-Steven Owens, Number 11.

-What number are you?

-What number are you?

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-Ten.

-Fifteen.

-It took ten minutes

-to reach the Newborough pitch.

-The pre-match tension

-was beginning to take effect.

-Don't keep pointing that thing

-at me! Point it that way.

-Point the camera at yourself!

-TEAM TALK

-The lads discussed

-last-minute tactics.

-I noticed they weren't all lads.

-Karen Parry Jones was playing

-in the goal for Brynsiencyn.

-And then, quite a coincidence.

-So, your great-uncle

-held the sign in the original.

-Yes.

-WHISTLE

-Even though Dr John Glyn Jones

-filmed a football game...

-..very little

-of the game itself is featured.

-The doctor preferred

-to film the supporters.

-We'd have to reflect

-that in our version, too.

-Half-time score

-Football is a game of two halves.

-Filming and organizing

-the game was only the first half.

-The second half

-was a few weeks later...

-..at the Brynsiencyn screening.

-# QUANDO LE SERE AL PLACIDO #

-Verdi

-We had various teams for years.

-They played down the lane here.

-We sat on a hillock

-to watch them play.

-We followed them regularly.

-FINAL WHISTLE

-Final score

-The first half was against the wind.

-I thought we'd be better with

-the wind. But they play every week.

-It was fun.

-# QUANDO LE SERE AL PLACIDO #

-Verdi

-Not bad at all.

-Families came along.

-Their great-grandfathers

-were in the original team.

-# QUANDO LE SERE AL PLACIDO #

-Verdi

-They're talking

-about starting a team.

-We may as well carry on

-to keep the community together.

-# QUANDO LE SERE AL PLACIDO #

-Verdi

-Annes Glyn and her sister Mared

-attended the screening.

-Would the new film match

-Dr John Glyn Jones's original?

-APPLAUSE

-I didn't expect anything like that.

-I hope we'll get a team out of it.

-We need more films like this!

-We need more films like this!

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-We started with excellent material.

-It worked well

-with the original pictures.

-The best thing about

-the screening was the reaction.

-The smiles, laughter

-and moments of recognition.

-Dr Glyn Jones' films

-captures his community...

-..in such a natural way.

-I can only hope our

-new film is true to his vision.

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