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0:00:31 > 0:00:33- I came here as a child.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38- I was born in 1924 - and the shop opened in 1923.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42- You could buy everything here.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45- I remember my father saying...
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- ..if they didn't have - what you wanted...
0:00:48 > 0:00:52- ..Mr Griffiths would promise to get - it for you by tomorrow - and he did.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55- That's the kind of shop it was.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59- I remember when there were - four petrol pumps outside.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- I remember coming here - with my brother...
0:01:04 > 0:01:09- ..when petrol was 11d a gallon - in old money.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14- I started work here in 1980.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- It was a very busy shop - at that time.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22- But, over the last five years, - business has declined.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27- Bigger shops have opened - and they stay open later.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- The bigger shops are open until ten.
0:01:32 > 0:01:38- But they needn't be so greedy.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- They want all the business.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- There were over sixty shops - in Talysarn.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- There were over a hundred - in Penygroes.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- There were thirty in Llanllyfni.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- There are no shops - in Llanllyfni now.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- There are none in Nantlle. - There's one shop in Talysarn.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- There are about twelve shops - in Penygroes.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- T Griffiths was my grandfather.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09- The 'and sons' refers - to his two sons.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- One of the sons was my father.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- The other was Llenyn.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- That's my connection - with Siop Griffiths.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- Muriau is the name of the house - and the shop.
0:02:21 > 0:02:27- And they are just walls to me, - nothing more.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- The sooner the shop is empty...
0:02:31 > 0:02:35- ..and the probate has come through - on the will, the better.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Probate hasn't been granted yet, - though he's been dead four years.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- I will be selling the shop.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49- It's been a very happy place. - Everyone helps each other.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- When we were allowed to help them.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- The world has changed completely.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- At my age, - I've seen so many changes.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- Transport has changed.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- The way people live has changed.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06- Television has taken over - everything.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08- All the chapels have closed.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- It frightens me sometimes.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- I've never felt - that I don't want to go to work.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- It never crossed my mind.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- I've enjoyed every minute.
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