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-I came here as a child. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:33 | |
-I was born in 1924 -and the shop opened in 1923. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:38 | |
-You could buy everything here. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:42 | |
-I remember my father saying... | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
-..if they didn't have -what you wanted... | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
-..Mr Griffiths would promise to get -it for you by tomorrow - and he did. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
-That's the kind of shop it was. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
-I remember when there were -four petrol pumps outside. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
-I remember coming here -with my brother... | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
-..when petrol was 11d a gallon -in old money. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:09 | |
-I started work here in 1980. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:14 | |
-It was a very busy shop -at that time. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
-But, over the last five years, -business has declined. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:22 | |
-Bigger shops have opened -and they stay open later. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
-The bigger shops are open until ten. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
-But they needn't be so greedy. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:38 | |
-They want all the business. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
-There were over sixty shops -in Talysarn. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
-There were over a hundred -in Penygroes. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
-There were thirty in Llanllyfni. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
-There are no shops -in Llanllyfni now. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:54 | |
-There are none in Nantlle. -There's one shop in Talysarn. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
-There are about twelve shops -in Penygroes. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
-T Griffiths was my grandfather. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
-The 'and sons' refers -to his two sons. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
-One of the sons was my father. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
-The other was Llenyn. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:14 | |
-That's my connection -with Siop Griffiths. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
-Muriau is the name of the house -and the shop. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
-And they are just walls to me, -nothing more. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:27 | |
-The sooner the shop is empty... | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
-..and the probate has come through -on the will, the better. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
-Probate hasn't been granted yet, -though he's been dead four years. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:39 | |
-I will be selling the shop. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:43 | |
-It's been a very happy place. -Everyone helps each other. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:49 | |
-When we were allowed to help them. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:51 | |
-The world has changed completely. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
-At my age, -I've seen so many changes. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
-Transport has changed. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
-The way people live has changed. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
-Television has taken over -everything. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
-All the chapels have closed. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
-It frightens me sometimes. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
-I've never felt -that I don't want to go to work. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
-It never crossed my mind. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
-I've enjoyed every minute. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
-S4C Subtitles by Testun Cyf. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
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