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-I'm Iwan Jones. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
-I'm a toastmaster by trade. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
-I live in Merthyr Tydfil. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
-I was born over the border -in England. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
-My father was a tolls officer -at the time. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:26 | |
-We moved to Holyhead -because of his job... | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
-..when I was -about four years old. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
-I moved to England to work -for a few years. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
-Then I moved back to Wales -and worked in Cardiff... | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
-..for the civil service. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:46 | |
-In the late 1970s, -I joined South Wales Police. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
-When I got to the end -of my police career... | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
-..I decided -I'd like to try and find ways... | 0:00:56 | 0:01:02 | |
-..of earning a living... | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
-..after retiring. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:07 | |
-I wondered what I could do -with the skills I had. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:11 | |
-I looked online... | 0:01:11 | 0:01:12 | |
-..and found there was a guild -of professional toastmasters. - -www.guildoftoastmasters.co.uk/ | 0:01:13 | 0:01:18 | |
-I went on a course and that's how -I became a toastmaster. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:25 | |
-As a policeman, people didn't always -look forward to seeing you arrive. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:30 | |
-But, as a toastmaster, -you're always welcome. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
-I think the red coat suggests -that it's something ceremonial. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:47 | |
-But, to be honest, there is more -organizing work to be done... | 0:01:47 | 0:01:52 | |
-..than anything else. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:54 | |
-Most of my work is at weddings. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:58 | |
-There is quite a lot of scope... | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
-..for things to go wrong -on a wedding day. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
-But my job is to make sure -that everything runs smoothly... | 0:02:06 | 0:02:10 | |
-..throughout the day. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
-I got a phone call -from someone at the Assembly... | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
-..asking if I was available -to be the toastmaster... | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
-..at the opening of the Assembly -in Cardiff last June. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:26 | |
-An opportunity like that only comes -along about once every five years. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:31 | |
-I was lucky because there -is no other toastmaster in Wales... | 0:02:31 | 0:02:36 | |
-..who advertises himself -as being able to work in Welsh. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:40 | |
-Historically, -toastmasters are not a Welsh thing. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
-They're an English tradition... | 0:02:45 | 0:02:47 | |
-..and people see them -in that way. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
-But I'm trying -to change people's minds... | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
-..and make them -see toastmasters as organizers... | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
-..rather than as ceremonial figures. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
-They decided to use me -during the ceremony itself. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
-I had to announce the arrival -of the Queen and the Royal Family. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
-It was very interesting work. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
-Once you've succeeded in doing -something of that magnitude... | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
-..other things come very easily. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
-S4C Subtitles by Testun Cyf. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
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