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0:00:05 > 0:00:09- # Hey, hey, hey, - listen to the music
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- # Tonight's a big night
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- # I've got something
0:00:14 > 0:00:17- # Yes, yes, yes, I've got something
0:00:18 > 0:00:21- # Something to say
0:00:24 > 0:00:26- # Tony, Tony, Tony
0:00:26 > 0:00:28- # Aloma #
0:00:29 > 0:00:34- They've sold over 100,000 records - and made six television series.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40- Tony and Aloma are iconic - Welsh figures, the perfect duet.
0:00:40 > 0:00:46- They've shone on our stages - and television sets for 40 years.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48- # Tony, Tony, Tony
0:00:48 > 0:00:49- # Aloma #
0:00:49 > 0:00:54- They have been running - a Blackpool hotel for 20 years.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- The touring is over.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- Their devoted fans travel - to The Gresham to see their heroes.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- Now then, I've lost my voice!
0:01:06 > 0:01:11- I've had a cold.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- I'll try my best. He who dares wins!
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- It's the thought that counts.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- After celebrating New Year - at The Gresham...
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- ..the guests head back to Wales.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- But Tony can't shake off his cold.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- It's panic stations here.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- I've lost my voice.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- In a fortnight...
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- ..Hogia'r Wyddfa are singing here.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- We have to sing.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47- It's panic stations.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01- Blackpool people are healthy! - I'm the only one here.
0:02:04 > 0:02:04- Thomas Jones.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- Thomas Jones.- - Thomas Jones? Yes!
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- She's pretty too.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- What was the verdict?
0:02:15 > 0:02:16- Antibiotics.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- We'll see if they work.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- Did they ask how many you smoked?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Of course. They always ask that.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- Which way do I go?
0:02:37 > 0:02:38- Oh!
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Your piggy nose is in the way!
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- While Aloma and Emma - are kept busy by a full hotel...
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- ..Lia, Aloma's youngest daughter...
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- ..takes Lily - to the Peppa Pig stage show.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- Most of The Gresham's guests - head to the Winter Gardens...
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- ..for Europe's biggest pigeon show.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08- Come along.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- Do you want me to fix this telly?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- I'm taking the lift.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- The hotel is full - and Tony has plenty to do.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32- Having solved the TV problem, - he meets a valuable guest.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- This one's 550.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Flippin' heck.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- Hold him tight.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- I've been asked - why I wear sunglasses.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- I have to explain - it's the tablets I take.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03- I'm receiving treatment - for a skin condition.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- I have to wear sunglasses - for 24 hours.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17- I put them on at 5.30pm and they - come off tomorrow at 5.30pm.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- It's a big day - for a certain gentleman...
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- ..who's leaving Abergele Hospital - after four months.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36- Tony Jones from Rhos-meirch - is the Tony in Tony and Aloma.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- It's nice to see you up.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41- Yes.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Will you miss this place?
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- It's strange to say - I'll miss the hospital.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- No-one wants to go to hospital.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- But I've made friends here.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56- It'll be hard to leave.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- What are you looking forward to?
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- There's so many things, - it's hard to say.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10- I'm glad I won't get an injection - in my behind every morning!
0:05:11 > 0:05:12- Anything else?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- I can go for a walk here and there.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- I won't have to be in bed - by 10.00pm!
0:05:21 > 0:05:26- Tony spent five months in Abergele - Hospital recovering from TB in 1969.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- He has attended Clifton Hospital - regularly for the past year.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- Twenty minutes and 35 seconds today. - You took your five tablets?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- I have, yes.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- I was terribly nervous - the first time.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- A nurse explained what to do.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- "You have to go in naked.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- "You'll have to cover - one part of your body."
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- She laughed when she said it.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- "What people usually do - is use a sock...
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- "..preferably black."
0:06:03 > 0:06:08- "That's alright," I said. - "I always wear black socks."
0:06:08 > 0:06:09- I had a sock.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15- Imagine me starkers in the machine - with a sock hanging between my legs!
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- I'd never felt - like a donkey before.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- Thank goodness, - I was alone and no-one saw!
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- Anyway, it worked, thank goodness.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- # For the gift of life
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- # Thanks to you
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- # For being alive and well
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- # Thanks to you
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- # For a home on the hillside
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- # A mother and father - to hold me tight
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- # What could be better than this?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- # Thanks to you
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- # For the day and night
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- # Thanks to you
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- # For flowers in the meadow
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- # Thanks to you
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- # For the sun and moon
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- # For the earth and skies above
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- # My life has been blessed
0:07:23 > 0:07:24- # Thanks to you #
0:07:30 > 0:07:35- A Welsh cabaret weekend featuring - Hogia'r Wyddfa is approaching.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- The pressure to sing worries Aloma.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- We haven't seen the boys - for a while.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- They were a regular feature - of our Welsh cabarets.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- We always sing - in the Welsh evenings.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59- But sadly, my health isn't as good - as I'd like it to be.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- I don't know how I'll feel - from day to day.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- When I'm poorly, my voice suffers. - Singing is hard.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- But I appreciate having Lia home.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18- I get problems - with my muscles and my back.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Lia gives me massages.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- I'm four inches taller - when she's finished with me!
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- She does reflexology too.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- I'm better after the treatment.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- How do you feel when a coachload - of Tony and Aloma fans comes along?
0:08:40 > 0:08:41- Do you find it weird?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- Do you find it weird?- - No, because I've grown up with it.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- That's just what I'm used to.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- I think it would be weird - if it wasn't, now.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- Yes, I suppose it would be weird - if it wasn't!
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Roy, Tony and Aloma - need to learn a song...
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- ..for the Welsh cabaret - with Hogia'r Wyddfa.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09- Tony and Aloma haven't sung - this classic in many years.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10- # Far from #
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- # Far from #- - No, it goes down.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15- Was that too low?
0:09:16 > 0:09:21- # With a gun in his hand, - his feet in the mud
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- # Fighting bravely for his country #
0:09:26 > 0:09:27- It's too low.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- That has to be the key.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- That has to be the key.- - This is the way you used to sing it.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- That's how - it was originally recorded.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- # There's a place
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- # In the world
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- # For everyone to be together
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- # When the song ends
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- # No-one will be apart
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- # Oh, yes
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- # A place for us all
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- # Oh, yes
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- # A place for us all
0:10:11 > 0:10:16- # Oh, yes
0:10:17 > 0:10:26- # A place for us all #
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- I'm sure the boys - will do a great job of it.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- We'll see how it goes!
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0:10:45 > 0:10:50- Gwynfor Williams has arranged trips - to The Gresham for over 20 years.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- A crowd from Clwyd...
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- ..eagerly await Tony, Aloma - and Hogia'r Wyddfa's cabaret.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- # Pat, Janet, Elsie and Glen #
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- What comes next?!
0:11:06 > 0:11:11- Tudur Jones and comedian - John Sellers are also performing.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- They're familiar - with The Gresham stage.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16- The Gresham tonight?
0:11:16 > 0:11:17- The Gresham tonight?- - Yes.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- How does it feel to perform here?
0:11:20 > 0:11:21- How does it feel to perform here?- - Exciting!
0:11:22 > 0:11:23- What's the plan?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- What's the plan?- - We'll set up and have a soundcheck.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- The rich people have arrived.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- Have you paid for parking?
0:11:33 > 0:11:38- Only the English pay. - You don't have to pay at all, love.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- A gentleman would help me!
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- I'm not holding your didgeridoo!
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- # For a home on the hillside
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- # A mother and father - to hold me tight
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- # What could be better than this?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- # Thanks to you #
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- Most of the crowd arriving today...
0:12:03 > 0:12:08- ..have been Tony and Aloma fans - since the early days.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- This is a ticket - from the 1969 Flint Eisteddfod.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- Tony and Aloma - took part in the concert.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22- In white boots, - that's what I remember.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- Not Tony, mind!
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- I remember Aloma's white boots.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33- We all wore white boots - and mini skirts.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- Was Aloma a trendsetter?
0:12:37 > 0:12:38- Yes!
0:12:40 > 0:12:45- You sleep that way - and you sing this way.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- Is it an odd feeling?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- No. It's great.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- When we first came to Blackpool...
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- ..we travelled everywhere.
0:13:02 > 0:13:08- We carried our stuff everywhere, - speakers, guitars and so on.
0:13:08 > 0:13:14- Often, in a club or pub, - we had to carry the stuff upstairs.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- We'd drive hundreds of miles - all over Wales.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22- Here...
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- ..the audience comes to us.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- We don't go to them.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- Hogia'r Wyddfa have arrived.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- I've only just got up.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- I had a late night.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- We have a cameraman staying here!
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- He kept us up until the small hours!
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- How are you? Nice to see you.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- We got lost.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56- Did you? You haven't changed at all!
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- # You haven't changed at all, - not to me #
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- Watch his whisky!
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Elwyn, can I borrow a comb?
0:14:05 > 0:14:06- You're not nervous, Aloma?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- You're not nervous, Aloma?- - Yes. I'm always nervous.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- If I'm not nervous, - it'll be a poor show.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- You have to be nervous - before doing something like this.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- I'll be raring to go - after a Bacardi and Coke!
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- They rehearse Oes Mae 'Na Le - while the guests are shopping.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- The last time - they sang it together...
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- ..was in 1970 - at the Majestic in Caernarfon.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- Tony was still in hospital.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- You escaped from hospital.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- Aloma didn't know.
0:14:40 > 0:14:46- She was invited on stage - to explain the circumstances.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- I had to say how ill he was, - that he was bedridden.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56- She said, "Tony's in bed, - but he's coming out in a fortnight.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01- Someone asked her, "Are you looking - forward to seeing him, Aloma?"
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- "Oh, yes," she replied.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04- I had to say that!
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- I had to say that!- - I walked on stage. It was great!
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- And Aloma said, "Oh, no!"
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- # Somewhere in the world
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- # There's a boy
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- # Far from his father's home
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- # There's a gun in his hand
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- # His feet are in the mud
0:15:38 > 0:15:42- # Fighting bravely for his country #
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Aren't you singing here?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- Oh, yes! Sorry.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- What's happening?
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- The Gresham cabaret - is due to start.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- John Sellers is the warm-up act.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15- Are you OK?
0:16:15 > 0:16:16- Are you OK?- - CHEERS
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Any Welsh people here?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19- Any Welsh people here?- - Yes!
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- Of course there are! - Anyone from Denbigh here?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25- Anyone here from Llangynhafal?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- I need a lift home!
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- Don't people want to hear Tylluanod?
0:16:36 > 0:16:41- We included it - because it was from that period.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46- But we swapped it - for another song, Y Milwr.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51- You weren't around then. - It's a new song.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53- Do you want Tylluanod?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- Do you want Tylluanod?- - Yes. Do you know why?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- I'm a night owl.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- I like the tu-whit tu-whoo.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- # A pure heart
0:17:05 > 0:17:10- # Full of goodness
0:17:10 > 0:17:15- # Fairer than the pretty lily
0:17:17 > 0:17:23- # Only a pure heart can sing #
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- Back home, Aloma is getting ready.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- She has had new clothes - for the occasion.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- The girls took me shopping.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- The girls took me shopping.- - DOG BARKS
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- The dog thinks he's in the film.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47- I can't stand or walk far in these. - Tony will have to carry me on stage!
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- I think I've got everything.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- The rollers are in, as usual.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- People thought I had someone...
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- ..to remind me to take them out - before going on stage.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- I think I'm almost ready.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- I'm running late, as usual.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16- This is how Beyonce - prepares her hair before a concert.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- I have somebody to carry my clothes!
0:18:21 > 0:18:23- Come on then.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- I've got everything.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- Please give a warm Gresham welcome - to Hogia'r Wyddfa!
0:18:33 > 0:18:37- Thank you for the welcome.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40- It's a very special night.
0:18:40 > 0:18:46- This next song was the first song - of ours to top the Y Cymro charts.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- It was there for a week...
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- ..then Tony and Aloma - released a record.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54- CHEERS
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- The swines took the top slot!
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- # Tu-whit tu-whoo
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- # Whoo
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- # We are Hogia'r Wyddfa
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- # We're imitating an owl
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- # We've come a long way
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- # Since the days of quack-quack, - me-me and moo-moo
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- # And believe us
0:19:28 > 0:19:34- # Making the sound of an owl - is not easy to do #
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- Tonight is the wedding anniversary - of Tony and Aloma's old friends.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Tony is happy to play the fool.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49- She likes chocolates, - but I don't know what to get her.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- "What about laundry... lingerie?"
0:20:02 > 0:20:07- I wouldn't make a fool of myself - in front of anyone else...
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- ..except you.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- Do you want a kiss?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- Come on then!
0:20:15 > 0:20:21- # On my grandad's - penny-farthing bike
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- # We must all stick to that
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- # The crowds will flock - to see me riding
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- # My grandad's - penny-farthing bike #
0:20:34 > 0:20:34- You look really nice.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- You look really nice.- - Group hug.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38- I love you.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39- I love you.- - I love you too.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- You'll be fine.
0:20:41 > 0:20:41- Do you reckon?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- Do you reckon?- - Of course you will.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45- I'm so nervous tonight.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Don't be! There's nothing - to be nervous about.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50- You make me nervous!
0:20:50 > 0:20:51- No crying, OK?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- You'll be fine, - just like a normal night.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Yes, except I'm in a dress - and heels.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- Yes, but you look amazing.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06- # Oh, Lord, if you are listening
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- # Something's troubling me
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- # While we are here
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- # Must we be
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- # So foolish before coming to you? #
0:21:25 > 0:21:30- It's a very nostalgic evening - because Hogia'r Wyddfa are here.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- We have so many memories.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37- It takes us back - to when we were all young.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43- We appreciated the Welsh scene - and the work we were given.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- We enjoyed each other's company.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- # And when our lives are over
0:21:53 > 0:21:58- # Like your son lost his life - on the cross
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- # In our pain, we'll return
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- # And ask your forgiveness
0:22:06 > 0:22:11- # Oh, thank you - for receiving us, Lord #
0:22:11 > 0:22:16- A night like tonight reminds us - about the years that have passed.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18- They'll never come back.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- But we should be grateful.
0:22:21 > 0:22:27- We can still enjoy - what we used to do 40 years ago.
0:22:28 > 0:22:33- The frock doesn't look as good, - the boots aren't white any more...
0:22:34 > 0:22:38- ..but as Dafydd Iwan says, - we're still here.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44- # For the day and night, - thanks to you
0:22:46 > 0:22:50- # For flowers in the meadows, - thanks to you
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- # For the sun and moon
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- # For the earth and skies above
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- # My life has been blessed
0:23:02 > 0:23:03- # Thanks to you
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- # Thanks to you
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- # Thanks to you
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- # The only thing that I can do
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- # Is remember what you have done
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- # I'll never forget it, - and all I'll say is
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- # Thanks
0:23:27 > 0:23:33- # To you #
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- What a pleasure! - Thank you very much!
0:23:46 > 0:23:47- Goodnight.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- Goodnight.- - Oh, great.
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