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-Sir Williams-Ellis' dream became

-reality when he built Portmeirion.

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-Maintaining the village then

-became an immediate necessity.

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-Over 250,000 tourists visit

-the village every year...

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-..either for one day or overnight.

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-Its shops appeal to all visitors...

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-..and its name is now synonymous

-with the world-famous crockery.

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-More people have heard about

-the place through the crockery...

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-..than through any other medium.

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-The crockery does originate

-from the village...

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-..as my parents were responsible

-for the shops in the village...

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-..during the '50s and '60s.

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-My mother designed the crockery

-to be produced by other companies.

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-The village is the

-crockery's spiritual home.

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-Robin's mother began designing

-the crockery in the late '50s...

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-..and she continues to play

-an important role in the business.

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-We were trying to run the shop

-and we couldn't get anything.

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-It was just plain white,

-utility stuff.

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-So my father said...

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-.."I used to have a friend, Mr Grey

-who ran Grey's Pottery in Stoke."

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-He made plates for the hotel.

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-He said, "Why don't you try them?"

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-We'd been making pottery

-for the shop at Portmeirion...

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-..in the late '50s

-as a hole-in-corner business.

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-When we tried to get more out of

-them and opened a shop in London...

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-..we were very bad

-at ever delivering anything...

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-..so we thought

-we'd better try and buy them.

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-They eventually decided to buy

-Grey's old pottery in Stoke...

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-..and change the name

-to Portmeirion...

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-..as most of the produce

-was being sold in the village.

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-They then began to sell wholesale.

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-In the light of that,

-the situation changed in 1972...

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-..as the venture

-was a complete success.

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-It continues to represent

-half of their sales...

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-..so the business expanded

-a great deal at that time.

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-Today, it is a much larger business

-than the original village...

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-..but the connection remains

-the same through the marketing.

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-Botanic Garden took up

-so much room...

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-..that there wasn't much room

-for anything else.

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-My grandmother

-had a dessert service...

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-..with a different painting

-on each plate.

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-I thought, "Why can't people

-have that sort of thing now?"

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-She wanted to design for a wider

-market - industrial designing.

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-She wanted to see

-every day crockery...

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-..designed in such a way...

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-..that they became

-beautiful in themselves.

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-Susan's very much at the helm.

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-She puts her signature

-on everything that we do...

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-..the designs, the basic design

-or the shapes and the colours.

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-She's always been an inspiration

-although we have other designers.

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-Susan kept us going because of her

-originality and flair for designs.

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-Even if things were not very well

-made, they always looked nice.

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-Susan designed a wide range

-of crockery...

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-..and is responsible

-for all the patterns.

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-Thanks to Susan, the standard has

-improved immensely over the years.

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-I usually do a drawing first.

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-The one I'm doing

-on the lathe now...

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-..is a tall jug to go with this

-coffee pot I did ages ago...

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-..which I was stopped from doing

-much to my rage!

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-I don't do drawings

-much better than that...

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-..otherwise you follow them

-too closely.

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-You've got to think

-what the thing is in the round.

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-So far, I've turned practically

-all of the shapes that we use.

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-God knows how many that is!

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-The factory is in an area...

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-..traditionally associated

-with pottery - Stoke-on-Trent.

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-This is a traditional

-pottery producing area...

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-..so the people in the area

-have the skills to do the work.

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-There are also local companies

-supporting this.

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-Working in a factory might not

-suit everyone in Wales.

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-But the tradition

-here is very strong...

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-..and is reflected in the way

-people take to the work.

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-The clay arrives in a tanker...

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-..and is used in both

-solid and liquid form.

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-Solid clay is used to create

-ordinary shapes such as mugs...

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-..with all the handles

-added by hand.

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-This clay is also used to make

-plates and bowls of all shapes.

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-All unusual shapes are made

-using wet clay and moulds.

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-This is how teapots and

-salt & pepper cellars are made.

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-She's still designing and designed

-the new 'Seasons' collection.

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-After forming the shapes,

-pieces are dried and cleaned...

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-..then baked hard

-before being cleaned again.

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-The next part of the process

-is the colouring...

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-..before the pieces

-are returned to the oven.

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-People were astounded

-by the new collection...

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-..as it's unlike

-the Portmeirion of the past.

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-It would be difficult to guess

-who is responsible for it.

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-The piece is now ready

-for the pattern.

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-Some patterns are placed by machine

-and others are hand-finished.

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-Great care must be taken to ensure

-that each one is perfect.

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-The pieces are then

-fired one last time...

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-..and once cooled,

-taken to quality control.

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-Only the perfect pieces are boxed

-for world-wide distribution.

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-As well as patterns and shapes...

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-..they are also busy developing

-a substantial Visitors' Centre.

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-This is to take advantage

-of the fact...

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-..that so many people

-come to Stoke to buy seconds.

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-Other factories here

-have Visitors' Centres.

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-The Portmeirion factory itself

-has a shop on site...

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-..but we want to develop a dining

-area, information centre...

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-..and a permanent exhibition.

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-There will also be a larger shop.

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-The produce, of course,

-must be marketed and sold.

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-A good place to do this

-is at Birmingham's Trade Show...

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-..a three day event held

-at the beginning of each year.

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-This is

-the

-major event for us...

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-..for showing our products

-to consumers and to the public.

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-We've got a new range here...

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-..and it's been

-a tremendous success so far.

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-It was a wonderful opportunity

-to exhibit the pottery...

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-..and to introduce the new design...

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-..that differs a little from the

-traditional Portmeirion patterns.

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-Everyone expects to see flowers...

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-..but these leaves and seeds

-are very different.

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-Like every business, the designs

-must change from time to time...

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-..to meet the needs of the market.

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-'Seasons' reflects a young,

-fashionable way of life...

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-..with the wider range of pottery

-and additional pieces...

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-..ensuring that every meal

-is a special one.

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-This is generally

-a quiet time at Portmeirion...

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-..yet one of the busiest times

-of year for the shops...

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-..as this is Europe's

-biggest show for purchasing.

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-Order 24 so that you get

-six of each design.

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-I'd say that about 90%

-of the things you'll see in shops...

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-..throughout the year

-have been chosen here this week.

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-The village shops have become

-an attraction in their own right.

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-This is the Ship Shop -

-the village's main shop.

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-It sells all sorts of goods, from

-children's toys to cosmetics...

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-..and Portmeirion pottery,

-of course.

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-There is a wide selection of goods

-here - glassware and pottery...

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-..kitchen furniture and all sorts

-of products for bathrooms.

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-The Golden Dragon sells books,

-postcards and greeting cards...

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-..and what about Pot Jam,

-with its delicious Welsh products?

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-After walking around the shops,

-you can relax at the Beauty Salon.

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-We're in the new Beauty Salon.

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-We offer hairdressing, massage,

-manicures and pedicures.

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-We can also do eyelash tints

-and eyebrow shapes.

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-All the products help you

-to feel relaxed.

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-Every shop is refitted regularly...

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-..and last year, it was the turn

-of The Prisoner Shop.

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-This is where the shelves will be,

-fitted to the curve of the wall.

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-There will be computers

-beneath each of the windows...

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-..with access to the Internet and

-information about 'The Prisoner'.

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-The door is here and the other

-window can be opened.

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-The shelves will continue

-around here, alongside the counter.

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-This door will be sealed

-and the window replaced...

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-..with the doors

-from 'The Prisoner'.

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-After weeks of hard work,

-the shop began to take shape.

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-I did tell you we are only local.

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-The charge is two units.

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-The charge is two units.

-

-Units?

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-The charge is two units.

-

-Units?

-

-Credit units.

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-Pay me next time - be seeing you!

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-Welcome to you all here today

-and thank you for coming.

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-It is appropriate that we open

-The Prisoner Shop today...

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-..on the 12th of the 6th month.

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-Good morning,

-it's another beautiful day.

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-Your attention please -

-here are two announcements.

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-Ice-cream is now on sale

-for your enjoyment.

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-The flavour of the day

-is strawberry.

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-There is a possibility of light,

-intermittent showers later.

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-Thank you for your attention.

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-I first heard about it by a

-gentleman from the Labour Exchange.

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-He came around and was asking

-for extras to appear in the film.

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-We were all quite excited about it.

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-We didn't know what the film was

-about or anything about it at all.

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-We didn't know what it contained

-or what was going on in it.

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-I was the First Assistant

-to the First Unit on 'The Prisoner'.

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-My job

-was to dress and help the locals...

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-..who were here.

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-I was given a call sheet

-every night...

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-..to tell me what I would be doing

-on the following day.

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-No-one really knew what they were

-doing - it was a bit of a mix-up.

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-As time went on,

-it began to gel together...

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-..and we understood

-what they were doing.

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-Finding this village

-and filming the series...

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-..was a vision for Pat McGoohan.

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-I was mainly in the crowd scenes,

-riding the bicycle...

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-..with the canopy above, around the

-village, in the square and so on.

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-I was in the crowd scenes, in the

-voting scenes shouting 'number 6'..

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-..twirling umbrellas around, up and

-down in the air, voting number 6.

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-Mainly those two scenes really.

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-Beautiful day!

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-They didn't settle for ages, now

-they wouldn't leave for the world.

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-I played a swimmer,

-a stunt man for Patrick McGoohan...

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-..and I also looked after

-the black cat.

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-I was one of the extras.

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-We had some great fun

-and good wages!

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-The black cat looked out to sea

-when Patrick McGoohan...

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-..'The Prisoner' had escaped

-and tried to bring him back.

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-You see the cat

-peeping over the parapet.

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-It was hard work

-getting her to do that.

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-The cat was here

-for about three weeks...

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-..but she was killed by a car

-after she left.

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-We came in at 8.00am every day...

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-..not knowing what on earth we

-would have to do on that day.

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-We were very excited, especially

-if you had to wear a bikini!

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-We used to pray it wouldn't rain!

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-It was cold -

-we turned blue in our bikinis!

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-I was much younger then!

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-If we had any clothes, like

-the clothes I'm wearing today...

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-..which are the clothes

-I wore in 'The Prisoner'...

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-..then we could wear these clothes

-in the film...

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-..but they did provide

-capes and some umbrellas.

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-I've borrowed a copy of 'Y Cymro'

-dated September 15th, 1966.

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-I'll read you a small extract.

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-"Portmeirion is a strange,

-terrible place these days.

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-"If it were not for

-the television cameras...

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-..you'd think that the people

-had lost their minds!

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-"The plot is completely secret...

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-..and about 55 locals are helping

-to produce the film".

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-It's wonderful to see

-some of them here today.

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-The shop was opened

-by Lord Elis-Thomas...

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-..Presiding Officer to the

-National Assembly for Wales.

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-The celebrations lasted all day

-with Champagne drunk in abundance!

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-It was also a great opportunity

-to meet old friends.

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-Patrick McGoohan was very sweet

-although he had a lot on his mind.

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-He talked to us every day.

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-Some thirty of us came in every

-day, tripping over everything!

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-He was a lovely man.

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-He was a very religious man.

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-He went to mass every morning,

-before going to work.

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-He was a devout Catholic...

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-..and kept his problems to himself.

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-He didn't suit everyone...

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-..but he was always fair

-and was a great deal of fun.

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-He wrote the scripts and didn't

-get to bed on several nights.

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-We would come in at 8.00am and he'd

-be drinking coffee, still writing.

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-He'd say that they were going

-to change everything.

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-I'm sure he suffered agonies

-thinking about it all.

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-He was very sweet.

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-I'd say that the scheme was about

-ten years ahead of its time.

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-We didn't understand it.

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-We understood some of it

-but not what McGoohan wanted us to.

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-We were only given a certain amount

-of information.

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-I think I'd enjoy watching it more

-today than I enjoyed making it.

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-It's just one of those

-one-off experiences.

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-It was exciting and I didn't think

-this would happen.

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-I didn't think it would snowball

-into anything as big and exciting.

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-It was great fun.

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-The time in Portmeirion was very

-special to those who worked here.

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-There was a feeling of working

-on something memorable.

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-The Prisoner Shop is full of

-memorabilia from the series.

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-They serve to remind us of the

-series which is eternally popular.

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-Join us again next week for our

-final programme on Portmeirion...

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-..when we'll learn about the

-building work at Deudraeth Castle.

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-Portmeirion's restaurant

-is as famous as the village.

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-How do they prepare

-for a big event...

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-..like last year's Millennium Eve?

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