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-Death is the final act for us all.

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-But for some,

-death is a way of life.

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-A means of upholding a tradition,

-supporting a family...

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-..and forging a business.

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-Dealing with

-and handling uncomfortable issues...

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-..with sympathy and a smile.

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-Helping us

-depart this world with dignity.

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-Let us escort you

-to the world beyond the curtain...

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-..and the closed door.

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-The world of the living

-among the dead.

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-The world of Traed Lan.

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-Funeral director Gareth Jenkins

-lives in Baglan near Port Talbot.

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-The Afan Valley native is visiting

-the Czech Republic capital, Prague.

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-There we go.

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-Driving a car in Prague...

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-Sorry!

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-..is a bit different

-from driving in Port Talbot.

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-There are no trams in Port Talbot.

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-We're driving on the other side

-of the road. Sorry, tourist!

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-The sat nav is Czechoslovakian.

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-I don't know where to go.

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-With or without

-the aid of the sat nav...

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-..Gareth is heading towards an area

-world famous for its fine crystal.

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-CZECHOSLOVAKIAN SAT NAV

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-But the company he's visiting

-specializes in encasing ashes...

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-..in crystal.

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-In Gareth's case, the ashes

-of Wayne Davies from Port Talbot.

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-The driving's a worry but is he

-worried how they're coping at home?

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-I'm not at all worried. I haven't

-thought about it, to be honest.

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-I'm enjoying driving out here.

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-The sun's out. I'm looking forward

-to the drive into the countryside.

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-But as the journey progresses...

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-..Gareth is reminded that this

-countryside is a little different.

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-It's a little bit like Wales

-because the road is dreadful.

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-I'm sure the sat nav's sent me the

-wrong way. We're on a dirt track.

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-This can't be right.

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-It's like the RAC Rally here!

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-Crikey!

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-Matthew Simms works for

-Green Willow Funerals in Cardiff.

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-The company offers impartial

-assistance with burial arrangements.

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-The profits

-go towards the work of the YMCA.

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-This is one of

-our offices in Cardiff.

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-We pick up the car from here in

-the morning and visit the families.

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-In addition to arranging funerals

-and doing all the background work...

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-..Matthew's familiar

-with the city's concert hall...

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-..because he's also

-a professional tenor.

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-I'm either on stage singing...

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-..or walking in front of the hearse.

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-Both jobs

-require a lot of preparation.

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-Many people

-choose not to sing in funerals...

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-..so the singing

-tends to call a bit flat.

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-When someone at the back gives

-the singing a bit of a boost...

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-..people are inspired to join in

-and raise the roof.

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-OPERATIC ARIA

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-APPLAUSE

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-"I don't usually

-like climbing ladders."

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-It's a new type of funeral for me.

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-I'll be riding in a coach

-led by two black horses.

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-If you attend a funeral in the south

-led by a horse-drawn hearse...

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-..it's possible that this gentlemen,

-coachmaster Mark Evans...

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-..will be holding the reins.

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-This is a Marston drawn hearse.

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-The most well-known are Marston of

-Birmingham and Dottridge of London.

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-This one was built

-at the beginning of WWI in 1914.

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-On the way to the cemetery...

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-..a brass band will play, so

-hopefully the horses will behave.

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-Traffic isn't a problem.

-The horses are used to everything.

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-A band won't affect them.

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-A traditional hearse

-is used to transport the coffin...

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-..before the horse-drawn hearse

-takes over the responsibility.

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-I'm looking forward to the ride

-but I'm also a little nervous.

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-OK, Mark?

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-Thank you.

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-I don't usually like climbing

-ladders and things like that...

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-..but it'll be fine.

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-Aidi Hickey

-lives in Llanrug near Caernarfon.

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-She's a mother

-who wants to become an undertaker.

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-"A child's death is what concerns

-me the most. Where do you start?"

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-Aidi moved to Wales nine years ago.

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-A former careers' therapist..

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-..she helped people

-back to work after illness.

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-Now her children are at school...

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-..she works as a carer,

-looking after people once again.

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-She's also decided

-to embark on a new challenge.

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-Caring for the dead.

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-I've been to many funerals

-over the past two years...

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-..and they didn't focus

-on the deceased.

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-They were just all the same.

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-I thought, 'Surely it's possible

-to do it differently.'

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-In the midst of it all...

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-..a cousin of mine died suddenly.

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-I said, "I think I can do this."

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-My brother and husband

-went down to London to fetch him...

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-..and drove him back home

-where we tended to him ourselves.

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-The funeral was lovely. I thought,

-'I've done one, I can do another.'

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-Her personal experience prompted her

-desire to become a funeral director.

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-Her intention has been made public.

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-What's this I've heard about you?

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-Are you chancing a new venture?

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-You've heard then?

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-You've heard then?

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-Yes.

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-When I tell people

-what I want to do...

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-..they think it's morbid.

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-But I don't think

-it's morbid at all.

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-It'll be good.

-We'll have everything in Llanrug.

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-A butcher's, a hairdresser's...

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-I hope I won't need your services!

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-Well, I'm here whenever you need me.

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-I think it's important...

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-..to have memorable funerals.

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-To spend time with the family

-and reminisce about the deceased...

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-..so that everything

-is centred around them.

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-Aidi's long-term goal is to turn

-this garage into a chapel of rest.

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-Husband Gwion is keen

-to become her business partner.

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-Here we are.

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-That room

-is where we'll prepare the body...

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-..and this room

-will be the chapel of rest.

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-It'll be homely and plain

-with vases of flowers.

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-Great. Ideal.

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-I my head, I think I'll be better

-with people than him.

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-So I'll take care

-of that side of things...

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-..and Gwion will concentrate

-more on the arrangements...

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-..and the actual funeral day itself.

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-The thing

-I'm most worried about...

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-..is the death of a child.

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-Where do you start?

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-You can't imagine

-what it must be like.

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-There's a lot of work to be done

-before launching the business...

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-..including deciding on a name.

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-How about this effort from Gwion?

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-"The Burial Business."

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-I like the sound of that.

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-It does exactly

-what it says on the tin!

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-That's right, it does.

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-There are other suggestions too...

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-..but none

-that obviously stand out for her.

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-"Doing something different stays

-in the memory for a long time."

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-# "When The Saints Go Marching In"

-by James Milton Black #

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-In Barry, the jazz band...

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-..sets a celebratory tone,

-fulfilling the wishes of the family.

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-The jazz band was good -

-we were walking in front...

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-..and tapping our feet

-at the same time.

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-But as they arrive at the church...

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-..the traditional jazz

-is replaced by quiet reverence...

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-..despite this funeral's

-less-customary format.

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-It's been a good day.

-The family was very happy.

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-Doing something different

-stays in the memory.

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-It was a nice family to deal with.

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-I wouldn't

-change a thing about today...

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-..and I'm sure family would agree.

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-Despite losing his way...

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-..Gareth has reached

-the town of Novy Bor...

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-..the Czech crystal capital.

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-Hello, Gareth.

-Nice to see you again.

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-After a long journey,

-he's pleased to see Dalibor...

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-..owner of Memory Crystal, a company

-which encases ashes in its designs.

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-The pair first met

-at a funeral exhibition in England.

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-The purpose of Gareth's visit is to

-ensure that his client's ashes...

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-..aren't mixed with

-strangers' ashes.

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-We engrave the special code

-on the bottom of every product.

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-There is a very strict process

-so we are not able to mix.

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-There's no way

-they could get mixed up.

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-Having witnessed

-the careful registration...

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-..Gareth entrusts Wayne Davies'

-ashes in Dalibor's care.

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-I've brought Wayne from Wales.

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-I'll take you home again tomorrow,

-Wayne, in crystal.

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-OK, Gareth, let's start

-to produce the crystal for you.

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-For a crystal heart...

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-..Wayne's ashes are added

-to the first layer of glass.

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-Next, it's turned...

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-..and heated for a second time...

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-..before it's wrapped

-in pure gold leaf.

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-It's turned again...

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-..and heated a third time...

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-..before the shape emerges.

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-I can see

-the heart taking shape now.

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-The heart develops organically.

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-You know

-it's the only one in the world.

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-He's placing it in the oven

-to reduce the heat gradually.

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-There's a nice atmosphere here.

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-It's a family business

-and they live here too.

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-I feel like they're

-going to look after the remains.

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-Keep it turning?

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-Keep it turning?

-

-Keep turning, yes.

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-Before he leaves,

-Gareth gets the opportunity...

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-..to create

-his own unique piece of crystal.

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-Much to his surprise,

-a little miracle happens.

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-Well, well. Fascinating.

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-I'm pleased with that.

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-That's a good job. Really nice.

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-Having risen to Dalibor's challenge,

-Gareth sets a challenge of his own.

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-Llanfair...

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-..pwllgwyngyllgogery...

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-..chwyrndrobwll...

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-..llantysilio...

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-..gogogoch.

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-..gogogoch.

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-Excellent!

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-You can keep that.

-Put it on your fridge.

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-It will be here forever!

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-While the craftsmen finish their

-work, Gareth returns to the hotel.

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-"I'd like to be buried

-somewhere exactly like this."

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-In Gwynedd, Aidi Hickey, who

-wants to be a funeral director...

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-..has come

-to a forest near Pwllheli...

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-..to meet Bella,

-a lady who arranges funerals...

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-..at this peaceful site.

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-Hi. Hi, kids.

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-We've got lots of people

-with chainsaws, just making it safe.

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-The idea

-of being buried among the trees...

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-..aptly complements the less-uniform

-service Aidi is hoping to provide.

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-I sometimes come here

-to help her maintain the site.

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-My children asked about the place,

-so I brought them here.

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-It was beautiful and quiet.

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-Butterflies were flying around

-and birds were singing.

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-Bella's reason

-for coming up with this place...

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-..is the same reason as I want

-to become a funeral director.

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-I want

-to do something more personal.

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-Gwen Pritchard Jones helps

-with the forest's maintenance work.

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-She has already considered...

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-..what the majority of us

-will have to consider.

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-I've considered my own burial

-and chosen this forest in Boduan.

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-I've chosen a resting place...

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-..that'll be ready for me one day.

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-For the past five years, I've been

-helping Bella to run this forest.

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-Around 84 people

-are already buried here.

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-Pets are buried here too.

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-A special resting place

-has been set aside...

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-..for the burial of infants.

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-Among the infants buried here

-is Arron...

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-..Llinos Hughes' baby.

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-This special grave

-is very dear to her.

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-We had trouble

-finding a suitable place.

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-Dad came home from work...

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-..having heard about this place

-and we came here the following day.

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-I fell in love with this place.

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-I couldn't think of

-a better resting place.

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-On the day of his funeral...

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-..as he was lowered

-into the ground...

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-..the trees above swayed in the

-breeze and a leaf fell on him...

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-..and a leaf fell on me,

-and I still have it to this day.

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-I think he's saying,

-"I like it here, Mam."

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-As Aidi and Gwion start planning

-an alternative funeral service...

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-..the possibilities

-for this burial ground excite them.

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-I'd like to buried

-in somewhere exactly like this.

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-It's just so lovely.

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-I hope Boduan will work with us too.

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-I hope the people

-who use our services...

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-..will want to use

-this forest too, and vice versa.

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-For Aidi and Gwion...

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-..their journey is just beginning.

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-Will they sustain a living

-in the world of the dead?

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-"The sea and I don't get along."

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-Matthew Simms

-from Green Willow Funerals...

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-..has an earlier than usual start

-today in order to catch the tide.

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-Ashes scattered at sea.

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-Due to the ebb and flow of

-the tide, we have to get up early.

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-The sea and I

-don't get along, to be honest.

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-I'll be as green

-as Green Willow Funerals today!

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-Green Willow was founded as an

-extension of Cardiff YMCA's work...

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-..assisting the poor

-and people in need.

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-They will scatter the ashes

-of a homeless person at sea today...

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-..to fulfil his last request.

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-Good morning.

-Don't drop him before it's ready.

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-Poor thing! Matthew

-wasn't cut out to be a sailor.

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-They're trying

-to put a life jacket around me...

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-..if it's big enough.

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-We'll find out in a minute.

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-Like a glove!

-I'm a mere slip of a thing!

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-We've got to do it up now, Matt.

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-Maybe not!

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-The homeless person's remains aren't

-the only ashes to be scattered.

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-Frank was a crewmember of

-this vessel for more than 20 years.

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-He was a close friend

-of John the captain.

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-Psalm 23. "The Lord

-is my shepherd. I shall not want.

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-"He makes me lie down..."

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-Words aren't always necessary

-whilst scattering the ashes...

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-..but the crew wants to bid farewell

-with respect and dignity.

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-Go forth in peace.

-In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

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-"I hope to see my pilot's face."

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-A few heartfelt words from John...

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-..before Frank's ashes

-are committed to the sea.

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-It's always sad

-when a person dies...

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-..but I'm glad we've fulfilled

-their wishes after they've departed.

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-Frank will be at one with the sea...

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-..and his spirit

-will ebb and flow with the tide.

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-Cheers, Frank! All the best, mate.

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-It's Gareth's last day

-in the Czech Republic.

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-His friend Dalibor is adding the

-finishing touches to the crystal.

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-Hello? Dalibor?

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-Hello? Dalibor?

-

-Good morning, Gareth.

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-Gareth's masterpiece awaits him.

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-It looks good.

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-It looks good.

-

-It's perfect. You can take it home.

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-But the crystal heart with Wayne

-Davies' ashes encased inside...

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-..is not yet complete.

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-The edges where the heart

-was gripped must first be smoothed.

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-Next, the surface

-must be completely smooth.

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-I think this is about the fifth

-process the heart has been through.

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-Lastly,

-the all-important polishing.

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-This is the final process...

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-..to create Wayne's heart.

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-He's been on a long journey.

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-There it is - Wayne's ashes have

-been crystallised for an eternity.

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-Gareth is so impressed, he takes

-home samples to show his customers.

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-I've enjoyed the trip.

-I've learnt a lot.

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-Wayne and I have had a great time.

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-He's now immortalized in crystal...

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-..and it's made me decide...

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-..that I'd like my remains

-to go up in a rocket...

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-..and some of them to be encased

-in Dalibor's crystal for eternity.

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-Next time, while it's

-easy-does-it for the father...

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-It adds character.

-Nothing much goes wrong.

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-..how does the son cope

-in the fast lane?

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-I'll have lost my accent!

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-Having taken your last breath,

-is your coffin on standby?

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-I'm quite proud of myself.

-I don't know what people will say.

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