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0:00:02 > 0:00:05- New life has been breathed - into Wrexham.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10- It's a new season for Wrexham FC - under the ownership of the fans.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14- We got off to a good start - with three points.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15- That's what counts.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19- But it'll be a long season.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26- A local family - has revived Wrexham Lager.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29- It was a good business - opportunity.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33- The beer is going well, fair play.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39- The Saith Seren cooperative pub is - a meeting point for Welsh speakers.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42- That's a part of it...
0:00:42 > 0:00:48- ..to have a place - where speaking Welsh is the norm.
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0:01:17 > 0:01:20- It's Saturday night in Wrexham.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24- The town has a reputation - for live bands and its music scene.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30- Candelas are gigging - in the Saith Seren cooperative pub.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35- # Young girls are asleep - in their beds
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- # Lock the door - it's time to leave the fray #
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- Saturday night is our best night.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- We get different bands.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- Many of our regulars - don't speak Welsh.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55- They come if there's a band here...
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- ..to see what's going on.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- Nia Marshall is the Entertainment - Committee secretary.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07- Three of us met in Marc Jones's - living room two years ago.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- Marc had the idea - of starting a Welsh Centre.
0:02:11 > 0:02:16- It's incredible - to think how far we've come.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- People have started - speaking Welsh again.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- They can socialize in Welsh.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25- It's fantastic.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- I've been going out more often...
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- ..since Saith Seren started - just over a year ago...
0:02:33 > 0:02:38- ..than I have in the 20 years - I've lived in Wrexham.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- It's a brilliant concept...
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- ..especially for a border town.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49- More Welsh is spoken in Wrexham - than people think.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- CANDELAS PLAY OUT
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- Thanks Wrexham and goodnight.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- Where are we going to start, mate? - Shall we start in Steve's?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- He's not coming back, is he?
0:03:13 > 0:03:17- Not by the looks of things.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- It's five metres that way, - eight that way.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- It's a bit narrow.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- Marc Jones, - a founding member of Saith Seren...
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- ..is a Caia Park - Community Councillor.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- He's in the community allotments - with Steve.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49- We're sorting out the plots - that haven't been used this year.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- People can take them up next year.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58- Some are overgrown. There's - not a lot we can do about that!
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- People have paid for them - so we do our best.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- We're not having a lot of luck here.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- As long as it stays in place.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26- There was a shortage of allotments - in town.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- Is it going in?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- We acquired the land.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- There are 50 plots on it.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- We took off from there.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- It's hard work! - It's been going five years now.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49- This was a field. - We're sorting it out, gradually.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- There's about a thousand quid - coming in. What's going out?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- We've got insurance.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- That's 250.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04- It's gone up now. It's a little - bit more now, I'm sure Sian said.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06- Then we've got to buy the compost.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Then we've got to buy the compost.- - Petrol for the strimmer.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14- I know 20 is not a lot of money, - but we need it.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19- We can't afford to keep... - unless we get people to help us...
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- ..to sponsor this and that.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- The nice thing about this is...
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- ..we are paying our own way - and making it work.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- We don't need grants.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- It would be nice to have - a bit of spare cash.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- It's happening.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43- What drives me is the idea of people - doing things for themselves.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- We don't have to wait - for someone else to do it.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- It's up to us to improve the place.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- In Minera, - over the mountain from Wrexham...
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- ..another cooperative pub - is about to open.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06- Eifion Williams - is the Tyn-y-Capel board chairman.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- The venture began two years ago - when the pub closed.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- It was the only pub in the village.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- We came together - to try to form a company...
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- ..and raise money.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26- We've raised enough money for - the lease and we've saved the pub.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- Two years of hard work - to get it open again.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- Home life has gone out - of the window, it literally has!
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- People said, "You won't do it." - Well, we have.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43- The community united to be - a part of the venture.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- The first meeting - in the school was packed.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- There wasn't enough room - in the hall.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- People were in the car park!
0:06:53 > 0:06:58- More than 80 people - have invested in the venture.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- We went to see a lot of examples.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- That's what first encouraged us.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- We went to The Raven - in Llanarmon-yn-Ial...
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- ..Y Pengwern in Llan Ffestiniog...
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- ..and Saith Seren in Wrexham - on our doorstep.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23- Seeing the communities - uniting and succeeding...
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- ..was a huge boost for our project.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- The enterprise - is typical of the area...
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- ..like the Stiwt in Rhos - and Llay Miners Institute.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- This is following that tradition.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- The community united without - any help from the government...
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- ..and there's less - of that these days...
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- ..to do something for ourselves.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Colliers Park - is the heart of Wrexham FC.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03- It's the training ground - of the team and the Academy.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- The fifteen full-time - Academy players...
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- ..were chosen - out of hundreds from North Wales.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- They all dream - of playing professionally.
0:08:17 > 0:08:23- Three lucky ones are Joe from Bala, - Jake from Wrexham and Jack.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28- I came to Wrexham five years ago, - when I was twelve.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34- I lived in Port - so I had to travel quite a bit...
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- ..two or three times a week.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- The scholarship enabled me - to move here.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46- When I played for the Under-16s - I came three times a week.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- Now I'm here every day at 9.30am.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- We have to be here all the time.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- It was Wrexham or Liverpool.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01- If I had to travel - to Liverpool every evening...
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- ..I couldn't do my schoolwork - or see my friends.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- I decided to come here.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- Cledwyn Ashford is a Wrexham - and Wales scout.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- He's scouted - for Everton and Liverpool.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- He's an old hand - at finding new talent.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35- I've been here for many years - and worked with a lot of teams.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- Andy Davies is Wrexham FC's - Head of Youth.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Everybody has heard about - Joey Jones. Joey is a legend.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47- He works with Andy.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Someone like Joey - has had the experience.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- The lads don't remember - Joey as a player.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- They don't realize he was - one of Liverpool's greatest players.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- He tries to make sure - they come through our system...
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- ..as "the whole person".
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- They have to know how to behave...
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- ..how to look after themselves - and their money.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- Many won't make it to the top.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- They'll earn a living - and enjoy football.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- They won't forget - what Joey gave them.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- I'm helping - their development as players...
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- ..and their characters - for when they get older.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37- There are times when they have to be - rollocked. We have a laugh as well.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42- It's like any job. You have to - be pointed in the right direction.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Sometimes that means - a kick up the backside.
0:10:45 > 0:10:51- You pat them on the back when they - do well, which is how it should be.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56- Football is no different - to anybody else. It's a job.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01- It's a glamorous job if you can - get to the top. It's just a job.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07- They are good coaches. Joey does - most of the talking on the pitch.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12- He's the one who shouts the most - to get us to play better.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- I always remember Bob Paisley, the - great Liverpool manager saying...
0:11:17 > 0:11:22- "..It's nice to be important - but it's more important to be nice."
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- It should be hot enough.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27- When are you going home?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- When are you going home?- - The weekend, I think.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- I joined at fifteen years of age.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- We used to play just up the road - at the Colliery pitch.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- We used to get changed - in the Colliery.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- It toughened us up.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- If they think it's hard now and it - must have been easy when I played...
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- ..it wasn't, believe me!
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- But I wouldn't change it - for the world.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- If I had my career over again...
0:11:58 > 0:12:03- ..I would still start at Wrexham FC - because it's the place to be.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14- After months of waiting, Hannah - is finally getting her tattoo.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27- Yeah, it's enough.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- I feel nervous now. - I've only had ten minutes before.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- This is a four-hour session.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44- I've put numbing cream on - but I can still feel it.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- MACHINE STARTS
0:13:19 > 0:13:24- I could feel it five minutes ago, - or three minutes ago.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26- I can't feel that at all.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- That hurt!
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0:13:45 > 0:13:48- Carrie Harper - and her partner Pol Wong...
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- ..are familiar figures - in Caia Park, Wrexham.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- What about the pub and the shops?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57- Yes.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- Pol is originally from Gwersyllt. - I come from Caia Park.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- We live here with the children.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- It's a good, tight-knit community.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14- I'm a councillor - for one ward in the Park.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19- We're going around talking to people - about the County Council cuts.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24- I like going out to talk - and make contact with people.
0:14:26 > 0:14:32- A lot of people in Caia Park - and in Wrexham are like me, really.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- I realize how important it is...
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- ..to understand where you come from.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Hiya, are you alright?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- It's a difficult situation now.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- The County Council - wants to cut services.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- Have you heard about the cuts...
0:14:54 > 0:14:57- ..to community centres, - lollipop ladies, play parks?
0:14:58 > 0:15:03- It's very important to listen - to people and hear their opinions.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- The services are very - important to them.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Cheers. Thanks very much.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- One thing I have learnt...
0:15:14 > 0:15:19- ..is that we need to belong - to a tight-knit community...
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- ..if we want to be happy.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- It's vital for us as people.
0:15:27 > 0:15:33- I want to help to strengthen - the community spirit...
0:15:34 > 0:15:40- ..and bring people closer - to each other as a community.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46- Caia Park is one - of the largest estates in Britain.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- 13,000 people live here.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- There are five wards in Caia Park.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57- Queensway is one of the most - deprived wards in Wales.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02- It's not easy - for people here, really.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06- But a lot of good things - happen here too.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- We have the Caia Park Partnership.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- They do a lot in the community...
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- ..things like teaching people - how to use a computer...
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- ..and helping people to find work.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- People work together here...
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- ..to tackle problems.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- How can you get people to get - together in a community...
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- ..doing something - for their children...
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- ..getting off their backsides - and do something about it?
0:16:39 > 0:16:44- Everyone here knows - that things aren't great.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49- There isn't a lot of work - and there isn't a lot of money here.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54- People just need opportunities. - That's the solution.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04- Back in Tyn-y-Capel, the opening is - a big success. The place is packed.
0:17:05 > 0:17:11- There are 18 - community pubs in Britain.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- There are three in this area.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- I think there's - something in the water.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- It was difficult - for everyone at the beginning...
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- ..to imagine reaching this point.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- After a while, - more people came together.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34- They saw that the community - model for running a business...
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- ..was extremely good.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- With that model, people - coming together was what counted.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- That's the reason - why community pubs in Britain...
0:17:46 > 0:17:51- ..have succeeded in staying open in - these times of financial pressure.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- We've been coming to Tyn-y-Capel - for years, really.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- We were very disappointed - to hear it was closing.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- Now that the community has come - together to reopen the place...
0:18:06 > 0:18:11- ..we can stay in the area - and not have to go to town.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16- With our support, Tyn-y-Capel - will go on for many years.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- The challenge continues.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21- We have to prove a point.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- We want to set a good example - to other communities.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30- We've followed people - who have already done this...
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- ..in Llanarmon, Wrexham - and Llan Ffestiniog.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- We can set an example - to other communities.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- This proves the point.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42- Hey, hey, hey!
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- APPLAUSE
0:18:44 > 0:18:45- Open!
0:18:46 > 0:18:51- Tyn-y-Capel pub is open.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- Thank you very much.
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0:19:04 > 0:19:05- Hello.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13- Wrexham defender Mark Creighton, - or Beast, as the fans call him...
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- ..is the owner of Raw Ink, - a tattoo studio in Coedpoeth.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18- Whose is that, Hannah?
0:19:18 > 0:19:19- Whose is that, Hannah?- - Yes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- MACHINE BUZZES
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- I've almost finished now.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31- I've been here for three hours, - forty minutes.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- But it hurts a lot!
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- It's the worst pain of my life.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- But I'm very happy with it.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Oh, that's so sore.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- It feels like sunburn...
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- ..somebody scratching - you when you've got sunburn.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54- OK. Stand up.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55- OK. Stand up.- - Thank you so much.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- Wow, look at that!
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- It looks beautiful.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- It's good.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- Thank you very much.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- It looks like - a painting, not a tattoo.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24- Cling film.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Why are they putting cling film on?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31- Why are they putting cling film on?- - To protect it.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- SHOUTS FROM CROWD
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- Top right-hand corner.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59- Come on!
0:21:00 > 0:21:05- In Colliers Park, the younger boys - get a chance to impress.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- Scouts have come from afar to watch.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14- If you look around, there's a man - from Manchester United here.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16- One has come from Tottenham.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- I've seen someone from Wolves...
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- ..and there's one from Liverpool.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- They're watching the game.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29- I remember going to the first - meeting in Everton with Ray Hall.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34- He gave us a training - course to be scouts.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39- He said that the only person - he wanted to see in Everton...
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- ..was the one who made - a difference on the pitch.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49- Age or standard didn't matter, only - the person who made a difference.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- That's what I always look for.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- Andy Davies runs the Academy.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00- He encourages the boys to make - the most of this rare opportunity.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- When they arrive, - we tell them it's an opportunity.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- Every time they go, - it's another opportunity gone...
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- ..to better themselves.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- As they go through the age groups...
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- ..we must keep their feet - on the ground...
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- ..especially those who end up - representing national squads.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22- It's important we keep their feet - on the ground. Parents do as well.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- They play a huge part - in their sons' lives.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- Bringing them to training, taking - them home, taking them to games.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35- Everybody plays a part. The player, - the parent and obviously ourselves.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- I've worked for Wrexham for years.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- It's nice to be able - to follow these children.
0:22:43 > 0:22:49- I knew a few Wales Under 16 players - when they were eight years old.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- I don't mind if I go to see Stoke - playing in the Premiership...
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- ..or Mold Alex, down the road.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- I enjoy watching football.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- When you see children grow up, - and still playing football...
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- ..with a smile on their faces, - that's what counts.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- Next time on Wrecsam 'Di Wrexham...
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- ..the toughest judges in the lager - business visit the brewery.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- Fans try to ensure success on the - pitch and keep an eye on the debt.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29- This season, - we're planning for a loss...
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- ..of more than 100,000.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- And Saith Seren - is feeling the pinch.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- Christmas has to work.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- If it doesn't work...
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- ..that puts a lot of pressure...
0:23:46 > 0:23:49- ..on us as an enterprise.
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