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-The Valleys

-have always been my home.

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-Each valley with its industrial

-scars and colourful characters...

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-..have left

-a lasting impression on me.

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-Over the coming weeks...

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-..I'll revisit the Valleys...

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-..and meet characters

-who are naturally welcoming.

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-Why not jump on board my ride?

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-I'm shifting gear

-and heading for the horizon!

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-The Cynon Valley lies between

-the Rhondda and Merthyr.

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-It's home to Aberdare

-and Mountain Ash.

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-The coal industry has left its scars

-on this outskirts of this valley...

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-..with Ynysowen and Aberfan

-being the worst affected areas.

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-My journey commences up the road,

-along an old drovers route.

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-I pass St Cynog's Church...

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-..and head to the Lamb Hotel

-in Penderyn.

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-This is a historic place, Phil.

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-How old is it?

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-There's been a pub in this village

-for over 400 years.

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-Really?

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-Really?

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-Yes.

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-There are references of an inn

-on this site dating back to 1620.

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-We have a Blue Plaque

-on the exterior of the pub.

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-It commemorates a historical event

-that occurred here.

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-Lewis 'The Huntsman',

-or Lewis Lewis...

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-..was with his comrades in Merthyr.

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-Events unfolded

-and a riot broke out.

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-It's believed that Lewis

-was seized and escorted here.

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-Yes, he was caught in a forest

-between here and Ystradfellte.

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-It was late in the night...

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-..and they didn't want

-to take him back to Merthyr...

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-..in case they were ambushed.

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-Therefore, he was incarcerated...

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-..in the cellar beneath us.

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-As you walk down the steps...

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-..you can feel a chill

-that sends shivers down your spine.

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-It makes you feel uncomfortable.

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-There's are lights here now...

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-..but Lewis was thrown

-into a dark, cold cellar...

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-..and left to face

-an uncertain future.

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-What would be his fate?

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-Would he be sent back to Merthyr

-or Cardiff?

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-Fortunately,

-Lewis escaped execution...

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-..and was extradited

-to the other side of the world.

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-He never returned,

-but his life was spared.

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-Another local attraction is one of

-the world's smallest distilleries.

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-Penderyn Whisky

-was founded 15 years ago.

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-It exports

-the golden tipple worldwide.

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-The earliest record for whisky

-distillation occurred in Wales.

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-But the Welsh

-weren't natural entrepreneurs...

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-..so the custom reached

-Ireland and Scotland...

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-..in the same way as stout.

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-At the turn of the last century,

-there was a distillery at Frongoch.

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-But it closed

-due to a lack of funds...

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-..and pressures of the

-Welsh Revival led by Evan Roberts.

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-They preached against rugby

-and drinking alcohol.

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-I was almost a director

-of this company.

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-My accountant said

-"Welsh whisky? You must be mad!

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-"On a risk factor of one to ten,

-it's a twelve!"

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-I've regretted it ever since.

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-This isn't a jalopy

-but definitely a Ferrari.

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-The distillery was the aspiration of

-three gentlemen at a pub in Hirwaun.

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-But it didn't evolve overnight.

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-There are several regulations

-in the process of making whisky.

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-The whisky

-has to mature in an oak cask.

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-Maturation takes three years.

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-And a day.

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-And a day.

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-Yes.

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-We transfer the whisky

-from a bourbon cask...

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-..to an old wine cask...

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-..such as bourbon,

-Madeira, port or sherry.

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-It enriches the flavour.

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-This is the original

-Madeira single malt whisky.

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-The whiskies are presented

-in a specially designed package.

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-Yes, they are.

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-It's unique.

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-Yes, we employ a Welsh designer

-from Barry who is based in London.

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-He's a board member who also designs

-the bottles, packaging and branding.

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-It's a powerful brand.

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-This worldwide brand

-hasn't forgotten its roots...

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-.and this is reflected

-in their produce.

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-There are buttons and levers

-everywhere but I won't touch them!

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-Take us through the process.

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-Where do you start?

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-The initial stage

-is similar to brewing.

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-We produce a barley wash

-or a strong beer that's 8% alcohol.

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-First, we grind the barley...

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-..then place it in a mash tun

-and add some water.

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-The barley releases a sugar.

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-We drain off the liquid and

-it goes into a fermentation tank.

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-The yeast ferments for three days...

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-..and the sugar

-is converted into alcohol.

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-It's like a brewery.

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-The final step in the process is

-that the spirit is stored in casks.

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-The company has developed.

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-We sell in France and Germany...

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-..across Europe,

-America and the Middle East.

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-It's exciting how we've evolved.

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-This place is fantastic and raises

-your spirits in more ways than one!

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-The Cynon Valley

-is proud of its Welsh character...

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-..but the number of people

-speaking Welsh has fallen.

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-It's inspired one gentleman

-to return to the area.

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-It's an impressive looking school

-from the main road.

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-How big is it?

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-We teach around 1,000 pupils

-but the school is expanding.

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-There are more children

-in our local primary schools.

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-It seems that more people

-have returned to the Valleys.

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-Mountain Ash Comprehensive

-isn't a Welsh-medium school.

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-No, it's an English school.

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-As a supporter

-of the Welsh language...

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-..isn't it natural for you to work

-as a headmaster in a Welsh school?

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-I'm often asked this question.

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-I've been involved in teaching

-second-language Welsh for years.

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-I feel comfortable

-in this type of school...

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-..and it also inspires me.

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-I want to teach Welsh

-as a second-language...

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-..and foster

-a Welsh ethos in the school.

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-I've tried to implement this

-from the onset.

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-Great.

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-Well done, boys! Carry on.

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-Huw is active in the community and

-coaches football to under elevens.

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-There are three coaches

-and fifteen players.

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-The team is named after this pub,

-The Llwyncelyn Inn.

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-It's a bilingual establishment

-with a Welsh-speaking landlord.

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-It acts as our base.

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-What position do you play, Emyr?

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-What position do you play, Emyr?

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-I'm a midfielder.

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-You've got two jobs.

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-You move forward, back

-as well as defend.

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-What position are you, Dafs?

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-What position are you, Dafs?

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-I'm a right-winger.

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-This is your father, Dave.

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-You've moved to this area.

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-Where do your origins lie?

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-I'm from the Conwy Valley

-and met my wife at university here.

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-Do you like it here?

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-Do you like it here?

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-Yes, we're happy here.

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-Do you coach the team in Welsh?

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-Yes, they attend Welsh schools

-and are all friends.

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-How many children do you coach?

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-How many children do you coach?

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-There's a dozen to fifteen.

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-Yes, fifteen.

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-It's great to chat with you.

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-It's great to chat with you.

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-Thank you.

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-Have you been to Greece at all?

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-Down the road in Aberdare...

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-..another tutor

-actively promotes the language.

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-But her roots lie further afield.

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-How do you say,

-"more friendly than"?

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-Are you from the capital of Iran?

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-Yes, I was born in Tehran.

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-I was raised in Tehran

-until we moved when I was ten.

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-I couldn't speak English

-when we moved to Cambridge.

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-Did your interest in Welsh derive

-from your background in languages?

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-When we decided to move

-to Aberdare...

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-..both of us were eager

-to learn the Welsh language.

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-In my opinion, if I moved to Russia

-I'd learn Russian...

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-..so it seemed like

-a natural step to take.

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-I do share an interest

-in languages...

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-..but I also wanted

-to feel part of both cultures.

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-You speak perfect Welsh.

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-It's so good

-that it puts me to shame!

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-It really does.

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-We're in the Cynon Valley

-and this is the River Cynon.

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-The locals aren't ostentatious

-as you can see from the iron bridge.

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-There are longer iron bridges in

-the world, but this is the oldest.

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-It was constructed in 1811

-at the Abernant Ironworks...

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-..to carry iron from Llwydcoed.

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-Freight trams ran across this bridge

-and were unloaded onto canal boats.

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-They set sail for Abercynon, the

-Glamorganshire Canal and to Cardiff.

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-This bridge is short,

-old and willing.

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-It's just like me!

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-Trecynon has certainly changed.

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-It's beautiful.

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-Hidden on an industrial estate

-between Aberdare and Mountain Ash...

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-..stands a huge building that

-fills a vast area like a hangar.

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-This enormous shed stores

-the lavish costumes and sets...

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-..for The Royal Opera House in Londo

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-The paraphernalia in the building

-is worth a small fortune.

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-The props tour the world for

-the Royal Opera House's productions.

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-Where are these items sent?

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-Where are these items sent?

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-Everywhere.

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-They're sent to Australia,

-the United States and Spain.

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-Wherever. Russia.

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-And back and forth to London.

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-And back and forth to London.

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-Yes.

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-We arrive and might have received

-an email from Sarasota...

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-..requesting a set

-for an Alice In Wonderland ballet.

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-It's removed from storage, cleaned,

-assembled and packed into boxes.

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-We send it to the performances

-in Sarasota, Madrid or France...

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-..or anywhere else.

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-Nobody's listening, so can you

-tell me if you get cheap tickets?

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-Yes, they're free. Hush!

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-The costumes usually tour the world

-with the performances.

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-Today,

-the performance has come home.

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-It's exactly 150 years...

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-..since the Mimosa set sail

-for The Colony in Patagonia.

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-Many passengers were from the Cynon

-Valley, Mountain Ash and Aberdare.

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-Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru,

-National Theatre Wales and S4C...

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-..have collaborated

-for a special drama.

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-"Sweetly, to fill our mind."

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-You're the creative spirit

-behind this project, Marc.

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-Why choose this building?

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-It wasn't the building

-but the location...

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-..as 66 of the original pioneers

-came from Mountain Ash or Aberdare.

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-It's a huge amount when you think

-the Mimosa only had 153 passengers.

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-We wanted a chapel but needed

-somewhere with a lot more space.

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-We almost gave up looking...

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-..until we drove past

-the Royal Opera House sign.

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-It happened like that.

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-Sian, the producer and me

-knocked the door and that was it.

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-It's flying the flag for the area

-as many locals don't know it's here.

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-I think the Royal Opera House...

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-..realizes that it needs

-to work at this relationship.

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-It needs to open its doors.

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-They have supported us because it

-means that locals can come here...

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-..to see our drama

-and admire the location.

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-The crew is local

-and part of this production.

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-I felt that it was important for us

-to gain local support for the show.

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-It's interesting how valley folk

-in their close communities...

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-..naturally support each other

-and share a history.

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-As I travel to the Taff Valley...

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-..there are echoes of a period that

-united the valley with the world.

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-I was the director of the daily

-television programme called Heddiw.

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-I was in the office at 10.00am

-discussing the day's programme...

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-..that aired in the afternoon.

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-But we received a phone call...

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-..and I darted over to Aberfan.

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-I vividly recall

-the unsettling silence.

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-Everything was still and quiet.

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-The nearby colliery

-had come to a complete standstill.

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-I couldn't see the school

-but suddenly spotted a large mound.

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-You could only see men

-tunnelling through the debris...

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-..with picks, shovels

-and even their hands.

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-An outside broadcast unit

-arrived at the scene...

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-..and was able to get

-a signal back to Cardiff.

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-Owen Edwards

-arrived shortly after me.

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-Mr S O Davies, you've been a MP

-for Merthyr Tydfil for 30 years.

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-Have you witnessed

-anything like this before?

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-I've never seen anything like it

-in this country.

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-During the week, we asked ourselves

-"what are we going to say?"

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-What was there to say?

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-These were children

-and it was completely unexpected.

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-I remember Owen was able

-to compose a few words...

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-..that referred to the children

-rather than the disaster.

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-Do you know how many of your Sunday

-School children have been lost?

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-I haven't counted yet

-but I'll know by tomorrow.

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-In the afternoon,

-a host of reporters arrived.

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-There were representatives from

-America, Japan and other places.

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-From a journalistic point of view...

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-..I was just breaking

-into television reporting.

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-But following the tragedy...

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-..I decided that

-I wasn't cut out for the role.

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-I don't think

-that I was objective enough.

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-Throughout the week...

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-..I just wanted to grab a shovel

-and do something...

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-..instead of standing there

-and reporting about it.

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-I'll never forget

-seeing a long line of fathers...

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-..standing outside

-Bethania Chapel...

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-..waiting to go inside

-to identify their children...

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-..who were laid out in the chapel.

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-It's the saddest thing

-I've ever witnessed...

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-..and it will haunt me

-for the rest of my life.

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-At 4.00pm on that Friday,

-I received a message.

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-My second child had been born...

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-..in a hospital in Cardiff.

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-I set off towards Cardiff...

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-..whilst reeking of coal dust.

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-I held my second-born in my arms.

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-Her birthday...

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-Siwan's birthday

-is more than just a celebration.

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-Yes, it is.

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-It's a remembrance.

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-And that's...

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-Can we do this again?

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-To commemorate the tragedy...

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-..a memorial garden was opened

-on the site of Pantglas School.

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-The garden's design replicates

-the classroom layout from 1966.

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-Geoff Edwards

-was one of the final survivors...

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-..and the horrific memories

-continue to haunt him today.

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-This is the sight of the school.

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-This is where Pantglas School was...

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-..and where it was destroyed

-on 21 October 1966.

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-The green areas

-represent the classrooms.

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-And this classroom here?

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-This was Standard 2

-which was the class I was in.

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-We came in and registered.

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-I went to the windows on

-the far side nearest to the tip...

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-..and picked up

-Herge's Adventures of Tin-Tin.

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-I walked back

-through the corridor of desks...

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-..and sat down for Maths,

-our first lesson of the day.

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-Next, we saw the lights

-swinging from one side to the other.

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-It was a Victorian school

-with high ceilings.

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-Then, I remember waking up

-covered in all this material.

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-My right leg was in the radiator...

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-..and there was a girl

-on my left shoulder.

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-I was trapped with

-a desk against my stomach.

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-From the hall here...

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-..the fire brigade broke into

-the classroom via the windows.

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-They came in

-and spotted my white hair...

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-..and started to dig around me.

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-The roof had fallen through

-and you could see the sky.

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-There were shouts and screams

-that became less and less.

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-I was fortunate as I had a pocket

-of air around me and could breathe.

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-Had I been changing my library book

-when the tip came down...

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-..I wouldn't be here today

-giving you this interview.

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-# Sleep, my child

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-# Upon my bosom

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-# Warm and cosy

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-# It will prove #

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-"There is an ancient legend

-told about Hamelin town

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-"A mysterious piper visited

-in a brightly coloured gown

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-"The children were enchanted

-by the tune the piper played

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-"They followed him up a mountain

-where he locked them all inside

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-"Hamelin's homes were silent

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-"Parents grieved

-and cried in melancholy

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-"Mourning every day and night

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-"No smiles, no carefree laughter

-of happy children in play

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-"Favourite toys lie still

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-"No footsteps heard running away

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-"A tragic tale of a generation lost

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-"The sweet, innocent children

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-"Of Hamelin long ago

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-"Today lie in Aber-fan."

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-# Smile quietly

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-# In my bosom

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-# On the angels

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-# White yonder #

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-In memory of Geraint Stanley Jones

-1936 - 2015

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