Pennod 4 Wrecsam 'di Wrexham

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-New life has been breathed

-into Wrexham.

-It's a new season for Wrexham FC

-under the ownership of the fans.

-We got off to a good start

-with three points.

-That's what counts.

-But it'll be a long season.

-A local family

-has revived Wrexham Lager.

-It was a good business

-opportunity.

-The beer is going well, fair play.

-The Saith Seren cooperative pub is

-a meeting point for Welsh speakers.

-That's a part of it...

-..to have a place

-where speaking Welsh is the norm.

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-It's Saturday night in Wrexham.

-The town has a reputation

-for live bands and its music scene.

-Candelas are gigging

-in the Saith Seren cooperative pub.

-# Young girls are asleep

-in their beds

-# Lock the door

-it's time to leave the fray #

-Saturday night is our best night.

-We get different bands.

-Many of our regulars

-don't speak Welsh.

-They come if there's a band here...

-..to see what's going on.

-Nia Marshall is the Entertainment

-Committee secretary.

-Three of us met in Marc Jones's

-living room two years ago.

-Marc had the idea

-of starting a Welsh Centre.

-It's incredible

-to think how far we've come.

-People have started

-speaking Welsh again.

-They can socialize in Welsh.

-It's fantastic.

-I've been going out more often...

-..since Saith Seren started

-just over a year ago...

-..than I have in the 20 years

-I've lived in Wrexham.

-It's a brilliant concept...

-..especially for a border town.

-More Welsh is spoken in Wrexham

-than people think.

-CANDELAS PLAY OUT

-Thanks Wrexham and goodnight.

-Where are we going to start, mate?

-Shall we start in Steve's?

-He's not coming back, is he?

-Not by the looks of things.

-It's five metres that way,

-eight that way.

-It's a bit narrow.

-Marc Jones,

-a founding member of Saith Seren...

-..is a Caia Park

-Community Councillor.

-He's in the community allotments

-with Steve.

-We're sorting out the plots

-that haven't been used this year.

-People can take them up next year.

-Some are overgrown. There's

-not a lot we can do about that!

-People have paid for them

-so we do our best.

-We're not having a lot of luck here.

-As long as it stays in place.

-There was a shortage of allotments

-in town.

-Is it going in?

-We acquired the land.

-There are 50 plots on it.

-We took off from there.

-It's hard work!

-It's been going five years now.

-This was a field.

-We're sorting it out, gradually.

-There's about a thousand quid

-coming in. What's going out?

-We've got insurance.

-That's 250.

-It's gone up now. It's a little

-bit more now, I'm sure Sian said.

-Then we've got to buy the compost.

-Then we've got to buy the compost.

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-Petrol for the strimmer.

-I know 20 is not a lot of money,

-but we need it.

-We can't afford to keep...

-unless we get people to help us...

-..to sponsor this and that.

-The nice thing about this is...

-..we are paying our own way

-and making it work.

-We don't need grants.

-It would be nice to have

-a bit of spare cash.

-It's happening.

-What drives me is the idea of people

-doing things for themselves.

-We don't have to wait

-for someone else to do it.

-It's up to us to improve the place.

-In Minera,

-over the mountain from Wrexham...

-..another cooperative pub

-is about to open.

-Eifion Williams

-is the Tyn-y-Capel board chairman.

-The venture began two years ago

-when the pub closed.

-It was the only pub in the village.

-We came together

-to try to form a company...

-..and raise money.

-We've raised enough money for

-the lease and we've saved the pub.

-Two years of hard work

-to get it open again.

-Home life has gone out

-of the window, it literally has!

-People said, "You won't do it."

-Well, we have.

-The community united to be

-a part of the venture.

-The first meeting

-in the school was packed.

-There wasn't enough room

-in the hall.

-People were in the car park!

-More than 80 people

-have invested in the venture.

-We went to see a lot of examples.

-That's what first encouraged us.

-We went to The Raven

-in Llanarmon-yn-Ial...

-..Y Pengwern in Llan Ffestiniog...

-..and Saith Seren in Wrexham

-on our doorstep.

-Seeing the communities

-uniting and succeeding...

-..was a huge boost for our project.

-The enterprise

-is typical of the area...

-..like the Stiwt in Rhos

-and Llay Miners Institute.

-This is following that tradition.

-The community united without

-any help from the government...

-..and there's less

-of that these days...

-..to do something for ourselves.

-Colliers Park

-is the heart of Wrexham FC.

-It's the training ground

-of the team and the Academy.

-The fifteen full-time

-Academy players...

-..were chosen

-out of hundreds from North Wales.

-They all dream

-of playing professionally.

-Three lucky ones are Joe from Bala,

-Jake from Wrexham and Jack.

-I came to Wrexham five years ago,

-when I was twelve.

-I lived in Port

-so I had to travel quite a bit...

-..two or three times a week.

-The scholarship enabled me

-to move here.

-When I played for the Under-16s

-I came three times a week.

-Now I'm here every day at 9.30am.

-We have to be here all the time.

-It was Wrexham or Liverpool.

-If I had to travel

-to Liverpool every evening...

-..I couldn't do my schoolwork

-or see my friends.

-I decided to come here.

-Cledwyn Ashford is a Wrexham

-and Wales scout.

-He's scouted

-for Everton and Liverpool.

-He's an old hand

-at finding new talent.

-I've been here for many years

-and worked with a lot of teams.

-Andy Davies is Wrexham FC's

-Head of Youth.

-Everybody has heard about

-Joey Jones. Joey is a legend.

-He works with Andy.

-Someone like Joey

-has had the experience.

-The lads don't remember

-Joey as a player.

-They don't realize he was

-one of Liverpool's greatest players.

-He tries to make sure

-they come through our system...

-..as "the whole person".

-They have to know how to behave...

-..how to look after themselves

-and their money.

-Many won't make it to the top.

-They'll earn a living

-and enjoy football.

-They won't forget

-what Joey gave them.

-I'm helping

-their development as players...

-..and their characters

-for when they get older.

-There are times when they have to be

-rollocked. We have a laugh as well.

-It's like any job. You have to

-be pointed in the right direction.

-Sometimes that means

-a kick up the backside.

-You pat them on the back when they

-do well, which is how it should be.

-Football is no different

-to anybody else. It's a job.

-It's a glamorous job if you can

-get to the top. It's just a job.

-They are good coaches. Joey does

-most of the talking on the pitch.

-He's the one who shouts the most

-to get us to play better.

-I always remember Bob Paisley, the

-great Liverpool manager saying...

-"..It's nice to be important

-but it's more important to be nice."

-It should be hot enough.

-When are you going home?

-When are you going home?

-

-The weekend, I think.

-I joined at fifteen years of age.

-We used to play just up the road

-at the Colliery pitch.

-We used to get changed

-in the Colliery.

-It toughened us up.

-If they think it's hard now and it

-must have been easy when I played...

-..it wasn't, believe me!

-But I wouldn't change it

-for the world.

-If I had my career over again...

-..I would still start at Wrexham FC

-because it's the place to be.

-After months of waiting, Hannah

-is finally getting her tattoo.

-Yeah, it's enough.

-I feel nervous now.

-I've only had ten minutes before.

-This is a four-hour session.

-I've put numbing cream on

-but I can still feel it.

-MACHINE STARTS

-I could feel it five minutes ago,

-or three minutes ago.

-I can't feel that at all.

-That hurt!

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-Carrie Harper

-and her partner Pol Wong...

-..are familiar figures

-in Caia Park, Wrexham.

-What about the pub and the shops?

-Yes.

-Pol is originally from Gwersyllt.

-I come from Caia Park.

-We live here with the children.

-It's a good, tight-knit community.

-I'm a councillor

-for one ward in the Park.

-We're going around talking to people

-about the County Council cuts.

-I like going out to talk

-and make contact with people.

-A lot of people in Caia Park

-and in Wrexham are like me, really.

-I realize how important it is...

-..to understand where you come from.

-Hiya, are you alright?

-It's a difficult situation now.

-The County Council

-wants to cut services.

-Have you heard about the cuts...

-..to community centres,

-lollipop ladies, play parks?

-It's very important to listen

-to people and hear their opinions.

-The services are very

-important to them.

-Cheers. Thanks very much.

-One thing I have learnt...

-..is that we need to belong

-to a tight-knit community...

-..if we want to be happy.

-It's vital for us as people.

-I want to help to strengthen

-the community spirit...

-..and bring people closer

-to each other as a community.

-Caia Park is one

-of the largest estates in Britain.

-13,000 people live here.

-There are five wards in Caia Park.

-Queensway is one of the most

-deprived wards in Wales.

-It's not easy

-for people here, really.

-But a lot of good things

-happen here too.

-We have the Caia Park Partnership.

-They do a lot in the community...

-..things like teaching people

-how to use a computer...

-..and helping people to find work.

-People work together here...

-..to tackle problems.

-How can you get people to get

-together in a community...

-..doing something

-for their children...

-..getting off their backsides

-and do something about it?

-Everyone here knows

-that things aren't great.

-There isn't a lot of work

-and there isn't a lot of money here.

-People just need opportunities.

-That's the solution.

-Back in Tyn-y-Capel, the opening is

-a big success. The place is packed.

-There are 18

-community pubs in Britain.

-There are three in this area.

-I think there's

-something in the water.

-It was difficult

-for everyone at the beginning...

-..to imagine reaching this point.

-After a while,

-more people came together.

-They saw that the community

-model for running a business...

-..was extremely good.

-With that model, people

-coming together was what counted.

-That's the reason

-why community pubs in Britain...

-..have succeeded in staying open in

-these times of financial pressure.

-We've been coming to Tyn-y-Capel

-for years, really.

-We were very disappointed

-to hear it was closing.

-Now that the community has come

-together to reopen the place...

-..we can stay in the area

-and not have to go to town.

-With our support, Tyn-y-Capel

-will go on for many years.

-The challenge continues.

-We have to prove a point.

-We want to set a good example

-to other communities.

-We've followed people

-who have already done this...

-..in Llanarmon, Wrexham

-and Llan Ffestiniog.

-We can set an example

-to other communities.

-This proves the point.

-Hey, hey, hey!

-APPLAUSE

-Open!

-Tyn-y-Capel pub is open.

-Thank you very much.

-APPLAUSE

-Hello.

-Wrexham defender Mark Creighton,

-or Beast, as the fans call him...

-..is the owner of Raw Ink,

-a tattoo studio in Coedpoeth.

-Whose is that, Hannah?

-Whose is that, Hannah?

-

-Yes.

-MACHINE BUZZES

-I've almost finished now.

-I've been here for three hours,

-forty minutes.

-But it hurts a lot!

-It's the worst pain of my life.

-But I'm very happy with it.

-Oh, that's so sore.

-It feels like sunburn...

-..somebody scratching

-you when you've got sunburn.

-OK. Stand up.

-OK. Stand up.

-

-Thank you so much.

-Wow, look at that!

-It looks beautiful.

-It's good.

-Thank you very much.

-It looks like

-a painting, not a tattoo.

-Cling film.

-Why are they putting cling film on?

-Why are they putting cling film on?

-

-To protect it.

-SHOUTS FROM CROWD

-Top right-hand corner.

-Come on!

-In Colliers Park, the younger boys

-get a chance to impress.

-Scouts have come from afar to watch.

-If you look around, there's a man

-from Manchester United here.

-One has come from Tottenham.

-I've seen someone from Wolves...

-..and there's one from Liverpool.

-They're watching the game.

-I remember going to the first

-meeting in Everton with Ray Hall.

-He gave us a training

-course to be scouts.

-He said that the only person

-he wanted to see in Everton...

-..was the one who made

-a difference on the pitch.

-Age or standard didn't matter, only

-the person who made a difference.

-That's what I always look for.

-Andy Davies runs the Academy.

-He encourages the boys to make

-the most of this rare opportunity.

-When they arrive,

-we tell them it's an opportunity.

-Every time they go,

-it's another opportunity gone...

-..to better themselves.

-As they go through the age groups...

-..we must keep their feet

-on the ground...

-..especially those who end up

-representing national squads.

-It's important we keep their feet

-on the ground. Parents do as well.

-They play a huge part

-in their sons' lives.

-Bringing them to training, taking

-them home, taking them to games.

-Everybody plays a part. The player,

-the parent and obviously ourselves.

-I've worked for Wrexham for years.

-It's nice to be able

-to follow these children.

-I knew a few Wales Under 16 players

-when they were eight years old.

-I don't mind if I go to see Stoke

-playing in the Premiership...

-..or Mold Alex, down the road.

-I enjoy watching football.

-When you see children grow up,

-and still playing football...

-..with a smile on their faces,

-that's what counts.

-Next time on Wrecsam 'Di Wrexham...

-..the toughest judges in the lager

-business visit the brewery.

-Fans try to ensure success on the

-pitch and keep an eye on the debt.

-This season,

-we're planning for a loss...

-..of more than 100,000.

-And Saith Seren

-is feeling the pinch.

-Christmas has to work.

-If it doesn't work...

-..that puts a lot of pressure...

-..on us as an enterprise.

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