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0:00:00 > 0:00:03- There are two kinds - of young farmers.
0:00:03 > 0:00:07- The organizers - who enjoy sitting on committees.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- And those who find a husband.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14- Or someone like me, - who likes a bit of everything.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18- Entertainment, tug-of-war, - judging stock...
0:00:18 > 0:00:19- When did you judge stock?!
0:00:19 > 0:00:21- When did you judge stock?!- - I have!
0:00:21 > 0:00:24- I can't remember - what I wanted to say.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27- That we've enjoyed it.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- Enjoyed what?
0:00:29 > 0:00:32- Being a member - of a Young Farmers Club.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37- I'm delighted to have - the chance to wish...
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- The cake, Joy! The cake!
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- I've burnt the cake.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46- Da-ra!
0:00:46 > 0:00:48- Look at you.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50- Look at you.- - Isn't it good?
0:00:50 > 0:00:51- Great.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55- Happy Birthday - Wales Young Farmers' Clubs!
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- Eighty years old.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- Yes, Wales YFC was established 1936.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Don't tell me, by men in suits.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- No!
0:01:23 > 0:01:23- From seed.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- From seed.- - Seed?!
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- In 1929, - the seed was Clunderwen YFC.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- Welcome to Clunderwen!
0:01:33 > 0:01:38- The sun shines as they celebrate - being Wales's oldest club.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- We joke about it, - but we should be proud.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48- A little village in West Wales - is Wales's oldest club.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53- There was a dark cloud - over the Preseli 80 years ago.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59- A generation was lost in WW1 - and farm product prices dropped.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- It was difficult to make ends meet.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07- But farmer ER Phillips - planted a seed of hope.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12- It would gradually spread - to every part of Wales.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- What did he have in mind?
0:02:17 > 0:02:22- No-one can tell the story better - than his own daughter.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27- My father's aim really - was to bring to the fore...
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- ..the young people - who lived in the countryside...
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- ..so that they could - express themselves...
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- ..in whatever way they wanted to.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Where did he get the idea?
0:02:42 > 0:02:47- Here it is. "The first YFC - opened in Hemyock, Devon in 1921."
0:02:48 > 0:02:49- In England?
0:02:49 > 0:02:50- In England?- - Yes.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- Something as Welsh - as the YFC started in England?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- Yes and no.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Society had changed.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07- In the west, - Britain and North America...
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- ..had to adapt to post-war life...
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- ..following WW1.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- There were local farmer co-ops, - and so on...
0:03:21 > 0:03:25- ..to counteract - the economic crisis.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- Many new memorial halls were built.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- The YFC offered a solution...
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- ..to young people.
0:03:36 > 0:03:42- It's not a coincidence that - a large co-op, and the first club...
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- ..started in the same place.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45- ..started in the same place.- - Mmm.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- Why are we celebrating - the 80th birthday, and not the 87th?
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- There were ten or twelve club - in Wales.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00- They first came together in 1936.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01- There were only a dozen?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- There were only a dozen?- - Yes.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- When did it take off?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- You'll never get this.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- In the forties.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- By the end of WW2...
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- ..there were 193 clubs in Wales...
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- ..and more than 10,000 members.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- The Ministry Of Agriculture...
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- ..set money aside for youth work.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Petrol was rationed...
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- ..during the war.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42- There was a small petrol allowance - to attend YFC events...
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- ..lectures about cultivating crops, - and so on.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- Typical Cardiganshire!
0:04:51 > 0:04:56- Going to the YFC was - a way round petrol rationing!
0:04:56 > 0:05:01- If you ask me, something - more than petrol got things going.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02- What do you mean?
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- What do you mean?- - Boys, girls, blackouts, hello!
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- Will you marry me?
0:05:17 > 0:05:18- I'm here!
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- I'm here!- - Give your Doris Day a kiss!
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- I'd do anything for you!
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- Anything?
0:05:30 > 0:05:31- Anything?- - Anything.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- That's what the YFC was for you, - but for me...
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- But nothing. - Where did Mr and Mrs Cornock meet?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43- The YFC.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- Where did my parents meet?
0:05:45 > 0:05:46- Where did my parents meet?- - The YFC.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- Where did half our parents meet...
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- ..especially in wartime?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- It was the place to be.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- Wasn't it, Mrs Owen?
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- Oh, yes, of course!
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Several of us...
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- ..joined the Land Army.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- We were away from home.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- I worked and lived on a farm.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- The clubs were my social life.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27- She enjoyed herself, - despite the war.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- Did you see the spark in her eyes?
0:06:29 > 0:06:30- Did you see the spark in her eyes?- - Yes.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- Girls started that club.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35- No!
0:06:36 > 0:06:41- Three or four of us decided - we'd start a YFC.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- We needed volunteers.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- We formed the Llanystumdwy YFC...
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- ..in the old Caernarfonshire.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57- Rhian, and her contemporaries, - left their mark on rural Wales.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03- Rhian was the first Denbighshire - organizer, then Caernarfonshire.
0:07:03 > 0:07:09- It's surprising how many - became national leaders.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- Like who?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- Like who?- - Sir Meuric Rees.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- The Meuric Rees?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- The NFU, the Royal Welsh?
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- There was little to do locally.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- There was a lot of talent - in the area.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- The club encouraged these talents.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34- It met every fortnight to start, - then weekly.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- The area was ready - for something like that.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- Llew Jones is another one.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- He was present at the early - stormy FUW meetings.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52- It wasn't plain sailing - when Cil-y-cwm YFC started, either.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- The old folk weren't happy - because it was a club.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02- "Club" was a bad word in those - days. They thought we were sinners.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- They were right, too - - all those girls and boys together.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- It's not the only reason - to go to the YFC!
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- What else did they do?
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- It's similar to what goes on now.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24- Perhaps there was more emphasis - on the agricultural side.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30- Was the YFC a place where - they could try to forget the war?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- Oh, no.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- Quite the opposite.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- We paid more attention - to world events.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- We formed an opinion, - and expressed that opinion.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- It was educational.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- It was better than college.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- You get an education in college.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- We have common sense.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- But what were they doing?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- They just told you!
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- They mentioned education.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12- What were the competitions? - It must say in one of these books!
0:09:12 > 0:09:13- I know that without looking.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- I know that without looking.- - Do you?
0:09:15 > 0:09:20- What's the first listed competition - every year?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22- Stock judging.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23- Stock judging.- - Full marks.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- The first thing that they - had to do when it was formed...
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- ..was to either rear something - or grow something.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- In wartime.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43- Stock judging was very important, - and one of the main activities.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- The sixties and seventies.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- Stock judging.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Recognizing and comparing breeds...
0:09:52 > 0:09:57- ..and presenting - an assessment to judges.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- And present day.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08- You have to judge - four sheep, cows, or pigs...
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- ..and place them from one to four.
0:10:11 > 0:10:17- Then you have two minutes - to explain your choice to judges.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- She makes it sound easy.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- She was brought up on a farm!
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- She was brought up on a farm!- - That means nothing.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- There was a dairy cattle - competition in Pontsian...
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- ..with three Friesians - and three Jerseys.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37- I was told I didn't have - to give reasons for the Jerseys.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- I only had to place them...
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- ..from one to four.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- A minute before I went on, - a bloke said...
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- "..Do you have your reason - for the two breeds?"
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- "I only have to do the Friesians," - I said.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- "No, you have to do both!"
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- I'd placed the Jerseys.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- I gave the same reasons - for the Friesians...
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- ..only back to front.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11- That's true.
0:11:11 > 0:11:17- I had higher marks - for the Jerseys than the Friesians.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- That's a true story.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- You have to take this seriously!
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- Do I?!
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- I didn't know what to do.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- I prodded the sheep.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- I didn't have a clue - what I was doing!
0:11:37 > 0:11:38- That's the way.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- Have fun.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45- You're right, Elen. But stock - judging can lead to big things.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Simon looks thrilled.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- Sprite Rosina, - the champion two years ago...
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- ..goes through.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- You're not into stock judging?
0:12:01 > 0:12:02- You're not into stock judging?- - No.
0:12:02 > 0:12:08- I know a story about Dai Jones - and stock judging that you don't.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- One of his cows - won in Builth Wells.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13- No.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- Do you know what it is?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- Find out after the break.
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0:12:22 > 0:12:24- Hurry, it's starting!
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- Let's hear Dai's story.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40- I was shy with girls, to be honest.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46- One of the main reasons I joined - the YFC was to meet girls.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51- I met my wife, Olwen, - in a competition.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57- It was a dairy cattle competition - in Trawsgoed farm.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- Believe it or not, - I correctly placed the cows.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- But I had my eye on her.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- I still do to this day!
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- At least she was still there - when I left the house!
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- He's a romantic!
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- Put that in your marriages file!
0:13:16 > 0:13:17- OK.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- That's only the 1950s.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23- Eh?!
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- They were young - when the clubs started.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30- They're married now.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- Who was the first to marry?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Oh, Llew!
0:13:35 > 0:13:40- Llew Jones from Cil-y-cwm - and Buddug from Dinas Mawddwy.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- Carmarthenshire - meets Merionethshire!
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- With the help of a lad - from Breconshire and his wife.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54- Gwenllian was in a conference - in Bangor. He was there.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- That's where he met Buddug.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- It was kaput on you then. - You were caught.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Well, she had the catch.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11- Did many couples meet like that, - from all over Wales?
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- They still do. - Just take John from Breconshire.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- Our eyes met across the table - at a YFC committee.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- It was in Builth Wells, I think.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26- Yes.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- The one that got away.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- The one that got away.- - What do you mean?
0:14:31 > 0:14:35- They say that - the Felin-fach YFC members...
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- ..marry each other.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43- There's no need to whisper. - It's no secret, they just said it!
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- We recently celebrated - the club's 75th birthday.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- We have fourteen or fifteen - married couples.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- Joss and Nel, Glyn and Beth...
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- ..Gareth and Margaret, - Eira and Gwynfor...
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- ..Eric and Angela, - Carol and Ashley...
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- ..Aeron and Glenys...
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- ..and their children, - Eurig and Sian.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15- Eirian and Carwyn and Emyr and Elin - are marrying this year.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- Further back, - there's Sion and Angharad...
0:15:21 > 0:15:26- ..and my grandparents in the 1940s.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- It's an effective dating agency.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34- Isn't it just?! - Are the North Walians at it, too?
0:15:34 > 0:15:35- Of course!
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- Loads have met in the YFC.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39- Jack and Eirian.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- Jack and Eirian.- - Dei and Jane, Geraint and Jane.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43- Gwenno's parents.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44- Mam and Dad.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- My fiance is a YFC member.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- How many are there? I didn't.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- I sold her an alcohol drink - in a rally.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Rhiryd and Angharad.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59- Heulwen and John.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00- Idris and Mari.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01- Idris and Mari.- - Glyn and Hafwen.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02- Sion and Gwawr.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- Sion and Gwawr.- - Mari and Gareth.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- Emlyn and Catrin.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07- Emlyn and Catrin.- - Edward and Caryl.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11- Our friends married in the summer.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- There's hope for us all!
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- Between the courting and weddings...
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- ..where do they get time - to carry on with the clubs?
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- They had the help of - county organizers in the 1950s.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- That's when they hit the scene.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35- The job was advertised - in Montgomeryshire.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- I applied.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- I almost passed out...
0:16:42 > 0:16:46- ..when I opened the door - to go in to the interview.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- There were 60 people there.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51- Who were they all?
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- Representatives - from all the county clubs.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01- That's the difference between - the YFC and other youth movements.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- The members decide.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Everyone happy with that?
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- They've succeeded in doing...
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- ..what every youth movement - should strive for.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- The members do things themselves.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24- It's sustained by the young people - who also sit on committees.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- They organize everything.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- I remember thinking that.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- I didn't realize the significance - while I was there.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- Shush!
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- When I was in charge - of a youth club...
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- ..I hardly ever saw the parents.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- If the YFC stage a play...
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- ..the hall is full of people.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55- They have a lot - of support in the community.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00- That helps sustain the movement.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- Why put themselves through it?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07- Think of the public speaking.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12- The members, parents - and organizers are all stressed.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Especially the Braintrust.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18- They don't know - what they'll be talking about!
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- Honourable chairman.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Thank you - on behalf of Dyffryn Tywi YFC.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- I've learnt a lot about rugby.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36- I remember my first - public speaking competition.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40- The contestant ahead of me said...
0:18:40 > 0:18:45- "..I didn't say much last year. - I'll say even less this year."
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- My subject was "Egg".
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- I said everything I could think of - about eggs.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- I boiled and roasted them.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01- The hen laid them - in the garden hedge...
0:19:01 > 0:19:03- ..and the barn...
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- ..and how I couldn't find the eggs.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- I hadn't given it enough thought.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15- It was a test, and - I had to come up with something.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- Thanks for coming to entertain us.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- We've enjoyed ourselves.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26- We look forward to welcoming you - back in the near future.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32- Fair enough, - but why must it be so stiff?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- It's not stiff, but formal.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- There's a certain way to do it.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42- That certain way didn't - do any harm to this next bloke.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48- Our parliamentary correspondent - James Williams is in Westminster.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- He started through - YFC public speaking?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- I was sixteen.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- I was doing my GCSEs.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- I'd been a member - for a couple of years...
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- ..mainly doing public speaking.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- Me, Owain and Siriol - would be round the table...
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- ..with Margaret and Meirion - in St Clears.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19- We'd rehearse and go through it.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- There's a set order.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- The chairman welcomes us...
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- ..the speaker has his say - and gets a reaction.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- We were guided through that.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38- Margaret and Meirion - knew exactly what to do.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40- We won.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- The order is important.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- That's why so many YFC members - are now...
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- ..important.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- Public figures, I was going to say.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57- I'm a county councillor - for the Rhos-y-bol district.
0:20:57 > 0:21:03- The experiences I had in - the public speaking competitions...
0:21:03 > 0:21:09- ..and being involved with the YFC - on a county and national level...
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- ..paved the way...
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- ..and prepared me...
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- ..to be a county councillor.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- It gave me confidence.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29- It takes confidence to appear - on TV or in front of an audience.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- Public speakers don't grow on trees.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38- You need - the experience and guidance.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- When I was 15...
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- That's the point.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- You can do what you want - with the YFC.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50- You also do things - you don't want to do.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- I did public speaking.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58- I didn't always want to do, but - Ann had a way to get us to do it.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03- It boosted my confidence, - and I'm glad I did it.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09- I wasn't comfortable doing it - when I was younger.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13- But I benefited enormously.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18- I was only a youngster - when I first went to the YFC.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23- I walked in - and saw these older people.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- I was asked...
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- "..Do you want - to do public speaking?"
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- I said, "OK."
0:22:35 > 0:22:39- I've never looked back.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- Oh, Morys!
0:22:41 > 0:22:46- Who benefited the most from doing - something he didn't want to do?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- Here he is.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- I was 18 when I first - did public speaking.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- I thought everyone was sedate.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- They answered questions...
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- ..as a politician would.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- I thought it was boring.
0:23:15 > 0:23:21- Me and another bloke from Tregaron - didn't take the questions seriously.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26- We said daft things - and had a good laugh.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28- The audience loved it!
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- They'd been listening for hours.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35- I drove home that night...
0:23:35 > 0:23:39- ..wondering if they were - laughing at us or with us.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- I represented the county...
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- ..every year for six years.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- Have fun.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- That's the way to do it.
0:23:52 > 0:23:58- From Tregaron village hall - to the Millennium Centre!
0:23:58 > 0:24:02- This would be a good sheep shed.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- You could dip them here.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- If you had trouble - with the Single Payment...
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- ..you'd only have to run next door.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- Joy, what are you doing?
0:24:17 > 0:24:22- I'm going to ask - the viewers a question.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23- Is that necessary?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- Is that necessary?- - It has to be right.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- What is the question?
0:24:28 > 0:24:33- In what year was the first - public speaking competition?
0:24:33 > 0:24:38- 1932, 1942 or 1952?
0:24:39 > 0:24:44- Was the first public speaking - competition in '32, '42 or '52?
0:24:45 > 0:24:46- See you after the break.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- See you after the break.- - I can't believe you've done that.
0:24:49 > 0:24:49- .
0:24:54 > 0:24:54- *
0:24:54 > 0:24:59- Quick! When was the Young Farmers' - first public speaking competition?
0:24:59 > 0:25:00- Els, has it started?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01- Els, has it started?- - Not yet!
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- I had a shock too.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04- What are you doing?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- What are you doing?- - Nothing. It's starting.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15- I hope the Young Farmers - movement will continue.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20- It's good for young people, - it draws them out of their shell.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25- That's a nice saying, - to draw them out of their shell.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- Yes. What does "masgl" mean?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- Eggshell.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30- Right.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31- What about girls?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- What about girls?- - What about them?
0:25:33 > 0:25:37- We've heard about drawing - boys out of their shell.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38- What about the girls?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41- There are plenty of girls too.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- Back in the 1950s...
0:25:43 > 0:25:48- ..a Pembrokeshire lass was the first - Chairperson of Wales and England.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- Hardly any girls came in - at the beginning.
0:25:52 > 0:25:58- I think it was thought it was mainly - for a young professional farmer.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01- But they were all sons of farmers.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- The girls gradually came in...
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- ..to learn about - dairying and poultry.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13- In competitions, they tended - to keep to traditional activities.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17- Girls did cookery - and lads, stock judging.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- But as regards - to jobs in the club...
0:26:20 > 0:26:26- ..I'd say the roles were equal - almost from the very start.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27- Fair play!
0:26:27 > 0:26:28- Fair play!- - Fair play?
0:26:28 > 0:26:32- They knew what - they were doing in the old days...
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- ..putting girls higher up.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36- LAUGHTER
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- That's what it's all about. - Nothing changes.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42- A lot has changed!
0:26:42 > 0:26:47- In the 1960s, the girls did - the same competitions as the lads.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50- Clay pigeon shooting.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- I'm sure six - or seven girls did that.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- I ploughed for Wales. I sheared.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- I did Proficiency Tests.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- I did all the boys' work, - shearing and milking...
0:27:06 > 0:27:08- ..ploughing, stockman.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10- Well!
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- The girls were also - at the fore in travelling.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15- By bus?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- No, by plane, all over the world!
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- Do you know who was - one of the first to go?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23- Think, before answering.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25- Think, before answering.- - Have we seen her before?
0:27:25 > 0:27:26- Yes.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- My first travel - was when I was twenty.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- I won the scholarship - to go America...
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- ..and study the 4-H - movement over there...
0:27:36 > 0:27:41- ..which is equivalent to - the Young Farmers in this country.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- I spent six months out there.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- While I was there...
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- ..I had the opportunity - of meeting President Eisenhower.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- He was the president at the time.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- That was in 1957.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- Then I went and took - a party of Young Farmer girls...
0:27:59 > 0:28:03- ..over to the fashion - houses in Rome.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05- Fashion houses in Rome?!
0:28:05 > 0:28:07- Listen!
0:28:07 > 0:28:11- And I met the Pope. - We had an audience with the Pope.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Hallelujah! - I don't know what to say.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16- There's a first time for everything.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18- There's a first time for everything.- - How did I miss out on all this?
0:28:18 > 0:28:19- I didn't get the chance.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20- I didn't get the chance.- - Yes, you would have.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23- Maybe you had other - things on your mind.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- Every member in Wales - has the opportunity to travel.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29- Where do they go?
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- Seatbelt on. Off we go.
0:28:35 > 0:28:36- Australia, Canada.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39- Germany.
0:28:41 > 0:28:42- I went out to America.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- The Czech Republic, Holland.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53- When they do it, they catch the bug.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- You caught the bug, didn't you?
0:28:55 > 0:29:00- If you mean going to Kenya, - Patagonia, Poland, Ireland...
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- ..I suppose I did catch the bug.
0:29:03 > 0:29:04- How?
0:29:05 > 0:29:09- The same way anyone catches a bug, - from another person.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- Someone came to the club - to give a talk.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- I think it was - Richard John from Templeton.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- He talked about - travelling to Australia.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25- I was about 20. I don't think - I wanted to go to Australia.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- I looked to see - what else was available.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30- The county organizer helped.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34- I chose to apply - for the European Rally to Sweden.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36- I was lucky to be selected.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38- I went with a team of five...
0:29:39 > 0:29:44- ..representing Great Britain - and Ireland on the European Board.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49- Then I moved on to be - elected Chair in Latvia in 2005.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Young people now - don't think anything...
0:29:54 > 0:29:56- ..of jetting to Spain on holiday.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01- Travelling with the YFC - isn't a holiday. It's different.
0:30:01 > 0:30:02- How?
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- You stay with a family. - You're part of the family.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11- You learn about what they do, - their food, their holidays...
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- ..and their daily life.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- You stay with a member - of another movement...
0:30:17 > 0:30:18- ..and learn what they do.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- You bring new ideas home - and help develop them.
0:30:23 > 0:30:24- Develop!
0:30:24 > 0:30:29- The entertainment competitions - have certainly developed.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- Drama, half an hour - of entertainment and panto.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36- But when did it all go whoosh?!
0:30:37 > 0:30:42- Involvement in activities - like drama and the Noson Lawen...
0:30:43 > 0:30:45- ..is as old as the Young Farmers.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49- Clubs visited each other - to stage plays.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- In the 1950s, - it all began to be formalized...
0:30:52 > 0:30:56- ..and become part - of the competitions calendar.
0:30:57 > 0:31:02- One thing that knocked - the Young Farmers for a while...
0:31:03 > 0:31:05- ..was the television.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11- I remember going - to the club in Penybontfawr.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13- There was a Welsh programme on.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- No-one came out until 8.30pm.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- But TV was a temporary problem.
0:31:19 > 0:31:24- By the late 1960s, Young Farmers' - presentations were very daring.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28- Caerwedros YFC presented - the first Welsh panto ever.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34- Eglwyswrw YFC presented Becket's - challenging play Waiting For Godot.
0:31:34 > 0:31:39- And a young farmer from Tregaron - turned his back on comedies...
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- ..that weren't funny.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- A farce is a farce.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49- A bloke is in trouble. - A door closes and a woman comes is.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53- His wife arrives, she disappears. - He's in big trouble.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56- Keep still, Delyth.
0:31:57 > 0:31:58- Oh, Delyth!
0:32:01 > 0:32:03- Look what you've done.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04- Sorry.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- I said I'd write - a farce the following year.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13- It was very presumptuous, - looking back.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18- William! The psychiatrist - is snogging your grandmother!
0:32:18 > 0:32:20- LAUGHTER
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- It's part of the treatment.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28- You know the film you made - for the entertainment competition?
0:32:29 > 0:32:31- Where did you get the idea?
0:32:31 > 0:32:33- The club members.
0:32:34 > 0:32:35- You didn't give them the idea.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36- You didn't give them the idea.- - No.
0:32:36 > 0:32:41- They were a bit older and wanted - to try a different medium.
0:32:41 > 0:32:46- I don't know why, - but they decided to make a film.
0:32:46 > 0:32:47- How old was he?
0:32:48 > 0:32:49- He was 99.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- Odd they didn't stick - a flake in him.
0:32:54 > 0:32:55- It was all there.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57- The story was about a bloke...
0:32:58 > 0:33:01- ..leaving a lot of money - in his will to a nephew.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03- But...
0:33:03 > 0:33:05- "I leave to my great-nephew...
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- "..Tyddyn Isaf Farm, - the stock and machines."
0:33:09 > 0:33:10- Eh?
0:33:10 > 0:33:12- "The sole proviso...
0:33:15 > 0:33:17- "..is that he is married...
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- "..by the date - of his 26th birthday."
0:33:22 > 0:33:23- It was all there.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- A good story, tension, - romance and a bit of...
0:33:28 > 0:33:29- WHISTLES
0:33:29 > 0:33:30- We had a lot of fun.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32- How did it finish?
0:33:32 > 0:33:34- How did it finish?- - You'll have to buy the DVD.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36- Typical Cardiganshire.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39- People ask if money is important.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42- The answer is no.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44- But it helps.
0:33:45 > 0:33:46- Cheers!
0:33:46 > 0:33:48- Hooray!
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- Sometimes, I think - our comedy in Wales...
0:33:52 > 0:33:55- ..is like Arthur, - sleeping in a cave.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- But if anyone can wake him up...
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- It has come to my attention - that some people...
0:34:12 > 0:34:14- ..not all of you, I know...
0:34:14 > 0:34:19- ..have been treating my lovely - lavvy like a public convenience.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- Give him a real man's pants.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28- Look out!
0:34:29 > 0:34:30- A handy pair.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32- The trousers aren't bad either.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38- My chip saucepan burnt today.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41- I don't have a chimney.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44- I've been carrying - smoke out all day.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58- That's the biggest thing - we need now in the media...
0:34:58 > 0:34:59- ..plenty of humour.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03- In the sketches and dialogue...
0:35:04 > 0:35:08- ..it means being comic - when you say the lines...
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- ..and with the timing too.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- # It's hell to lose the soap
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- # Don't dive, for heaven's sake
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- # After looking everywhere #
0:35:24 > 0:35:24- Do you remember this?
0:35:24 > 0:35:25- Do you remember this?- - I do!
0:35:25 > 0:35:27- Where's the gadget?
0:35:29 > 0:35:29- Why did you stop it?
0:35:29 > 0:35:31- Why did you stop it?- - To provoke you, Joy!
0:35:31 > 0:35:32- And you at home.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34- Do you remember what happened next?
0:35:34 > 0:35:35- Do you remember what happened next?- - I do. See you...
0:35:35 > 0:35:39- See you in less time - than it takes to pull out the plug.
0:35:39 > 0:35:39- .
0:35:44 > 0:35:44- Subtitles
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- Subtitles- - Subtitles
0:35:47 > 0:35:49- I'm looking forward to the next bit.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51- I'm looking forward to the next bit.- - Don't press pause this time.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54- SCREAMS AND LAUGHTER
0:35:56 > 0:35:58- INAUDIBLE SONG
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- SCREAMS AND LAUGHTER
0:36:05 > 0:36:09- # Wish and wash and wish
0:36:09 > 0:36:13- # We enjoyed a wish and wash #
0:36:15 > 0:36:16- The Young Farmers' Rally.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- How do you explain it - to someone who hasn't been there?
0:36:21 > 0:36:22- I don't know.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26- Cookery, stock judging, - flower arranging, ceremonies.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- Everything Young Farmers do - in one crazy day.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- Then there's the dance.
0:36:31 > 0:36:32- Then there's the dance.- - Yes, the dance.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34- Do you remember your first dance?
0:36:34 > 0:36:36- Do you remember your first dance?- - Yes.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- I remember telling Mam - I wanted to go, in my first year.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- I know. It sounded great.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47- I remember my first dance.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52- It was in Tal-y-bont Hall. The floor - was covered in white stuff.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- I went out in the middle - with a girl.
0:36:55 > 0:37:00- Once she let go of my hand, - I was like a cow with milk fever.
0:37:00 > 0:37:05- I went through the middle of the - hall, my legs all over the place.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10- The rally was in Tal-y-bont. - It had been very wet.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15- I went to the dance in the evening. - I wasn't a dancer.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17- But it was fun.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- The Young Farmers' dances!
0:37:20 > 0:37:22- How would you describe them?
0:37:22 > 0:37:24- Wild? Very wild?
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- A lot of fun, I'd say.
0:37:26 > 0:37:31- It's a chance for the movement - to make a bit of money too...
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- ..especially these days.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38- The YFC receives public funding - on county and national level.
0:37:38 > 0:37:43- It will go down, whatever we do, - no matter how much we canvass.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- It's all down to money these days.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- Unfortunately, - every activity needs money...
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- ..to develop or sustain it.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56- It's a difficult time - for the countryside...
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- ..as it is for the rest - of the economy.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- They didn't sound too hopeful.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03- Is money scarce everywhere?
0:38:03 > 0:38:05- Is money scarce everywhere?- - Yes. That's not new.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- At the start of the 1960s, - money was so tight...
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- ..the National Office - in Aberystwyth was closed.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- I'm going back to 1960 now.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20- The Wales Office was - in Felin-fach, in Green Grove.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Miss Jane Davies - was the Welsh Secretary.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- That was it, only Miss Jane Davies.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- She asked me one day - if I would type for her.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36- So at that time, the Wales - Office was only the two of us.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- Where do the clubs get money?
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- They raise it themselves.
0:38:41 > 0:38:41- All of them?
0:38:41 > 0:38:42- All of them?- - Yes.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- If something needs doing, - they do it.
0:38:46 > 0:38:51- If they need a sign, someone finds - plywood, someone else brings paint.
0:38:51 > 0:38:56- They make the sign themselves and - a few lads put it up by the road.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- They don't ask for a grant - or help from others.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04- That's their way, - to do things themselves.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10- We drove a David Brown tractor - from Fishguard Square...
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- ..to Smithfield.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16- We left Fishguard - at 10.00am on Sunday.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- We travelled for 16 hours non-stop.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24- We changed drivers every hour.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30- We reached London in the small - hours, sooner than planned.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36- When we came back, - they thought we were heroes.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38- We were!
0:39:38 > 0:39:40- They raised more than 1,500.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- That was a lot in the mid-1970s.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46- Hello! Who are they?
0:39:46 > 0:39:48- Hello! Who are they?- - The Carmarthenshire lads.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53- They raised more than - 30,000 cycling round Wales.
0:39:53 > 0:39:59- There's a member, club or county - doing fantastic things all the time.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- At Christmas, there's carol singing.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06- No-one does more than the YFC - to maintain the tradition...
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- ..or raise as much money.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13- # The Baby awakes
0:40:14 > 0:40:17- # But little Lord Jesus
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- # No crying He makes #
0:40:21 > 0:40:26- # O come, let us adore Him
0:40:26 > 0:40:31- # Christ the Lord #
0:40:32 > 0:40:34- They're having fun.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36- Does that make you nostalgic?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38- A bit.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39- And a bit afraid.
0:40:39 > 0:40:40- And a bit afraid.- - Why?
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- I'm afraid for them...
0:40:42 > 0:40:46- ..what the YFC and - the countryside have to face.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48- Don't worry, they understand.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51- They really do.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54- As the world moves on, - so must the YFC.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58- These are hard times, - without a doubt.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- The YFC has a very - important role in education.
0:41:02 > 0:41:07- It's important - to connect town and country.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12- There aren't votes in the - countryside. Our voice isn't strong.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- It's the YFC's role - as a national movement...
0:41:15 > 0:41:19- ..to say clearly, - "We're here. We want a future here."
0:41:20 > 0:41:24- Eighty years later, - things are starting to happen.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28- Yes, like the Youth Forum - and Rural Affairs Committee.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30- Yes, and stage activities.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34- Take Llanfair Caereinion - YFC's entertainment.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39- The young people had something - to say which was important to them.
0:41:39 > 0:41:40- WHISTLES
0:41:40 > 0:41:42- Right, boys, over the top!
0:41:43 > 0:41:45- Come on, lads, go for them!
0:41:46 > 0:41:47- Come on!
0:41:47 > 0:41:48- EXPLOSION
0:41:49 > 0:41:54- They develop, become more - adventurous and express themselves.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57- They can't come to our land.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00- They can't come to our land.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03- They can't come to our land!
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- They can't come to our land!!
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- That's another story.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13- Brecknock never did - anything in Welsh in my time.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- The Welsh language - has developed a lot...
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- ..in the years we've been - involved in the county.
0:42:20 > 0:42:25- Things like the play Golau'r Epynt - did so much for the Welsh language.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- After being on stage once, - we went to the pub.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- I spoke Welsh to one lad. - He said, "Beth, give that up now.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35- "I've been trying all day."
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- It was an effort for him - to speak Welsh in the play.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- He wasn't used - to speaking Welsh socially.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- But now, he speaks Welsh - to me all the time.
0:42:45 > 0:42:50- After winning, the younger members - were proud of the Welsh language.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54- Some people say - the Welsh language is in decline...
0:42:54 > 0:42:56- ..and we can do nothing about it.
0:42:57 > 0:42:58- They should meet the Brecknock YFC.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- They should meet the Brecknock YFC.- - Or come to us in Pembrokeshire.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04- The Welsh language is so much - stronger and it's still growing.
0:43:05 > 0:43:10- If you go back 30 years, Eglwyswrw - was very isolated in Pembrokeshire.
0:43:10 > 0:43:15- Now, the Welsh competitions are - as popular as the English ones.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17- The Eisteddfod is a big success.
0:43:18 > 0:43:24- Hermon YFC is a huge success story, - winning the panto nationally.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27- We meet here for one reason alone.
0:43:28 > 0:43:29- To eat...
0:43:29 > 0:43:30- WHOOPS
0:43:31 > 0:43:32- ..the bananas.
0:43:32 > 0:43:33- Oh!
0:43:34 > 0:43:38- First, we must make the traditional - sacrifice and kill...
0:43:38 > 0:43:39- WHOOPS
0:43:40 > 0:43:40- ..the music.
0:43:40 > 0:43:41- ..the music.- - Oh!
0:43:41 > 0:43:42- Thanks.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47- A new member from England - didn't speak Welsh at first.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51- This year, she's competing - in the Welsh play.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55- It's only a few words, - but for her, it's special.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57- It's nice for us as a club too.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01- It's great. - They learn Welsh in school.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03- The YFC gives them - a reason to use it.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07- You've got it, just like Dai Baker.
0:44:07 > 0:44:12- My family background isn't Welsh. - My parents don't speak Welsh.
0:44:12 > 0:44:16- Through movements, - especially the YFC...
0:44:16 > 0:44:20- ..and Pen-y-bont YFC, - which is totally Welsh...
0:44:20 > 0:44:22- ..I work in the Welsh - language field.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26- It's odd to think - what my life would have been like...
0:44:27 > 0:44:31- ..without the YFC link - and the Welsh language.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34- That's what the YFC can do.
0:44:34 > 0:44:37- You learn the language - and the culture.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39- It's a way of life. Fantastic.
0:44:39 > 0:44:40- It's a way of life. Fantastic.- - It is.
0:44:40 > 0:44:44- You know where I see - most growth and confidence?
0:44:44 > 0:44:46- In the Eisteddfod.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53- I went to the first - YFC Wales Eisteddfod...
0:44:54 > 0:44:56- ..in the Lyric, Carmarthen.
0:44:56 > 0:45:00- It was a very boring night. - I thought, "This won't last."
0:45:02 > 0:45:04- There was hardly anyone there...
0:45:05 > 0:45:07- ..apart from the contestants.
0:45:08 > 0:45:09- It's hard to imagine.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11- It's hard to imagine.- - Look at the difference now.
0:45:16 > 0:45:17- It's you!
0:45:21 > 0:45:25- We also had - a Brecknock YFC Eisteddfod.
0:45:25 > 0:45:30- The youngsters had a chance - to go to the Wales Eisteddfod.
0:45:30 > 0:45:34- They came back, wanting to do - more next year. It's great.
0:45:35 > 0:45:36- And it is great.
0:45:36 > 0:45:40- But there's no success without work, - and no work without...
0:45:41 > 0:45:45- ..leaders, the most - patient people in the world.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47- The members are odd creatures.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51- They make you want - to tear your hair out.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54- I must admit, at times...
0:45:55 > 0:46:00- ..when the crew was smaller, - maybe, it was difficult.
0:46:00 > 0:46:05- It was quite a struggle. At times, - I'd be tearing my hair out.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09- Now, it's pure pleasure - to be with them.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12- They try their best, which is great.
0:46:13 > 0:46:18- It was a thrill for me this year to - see so many young lads in the choir.
0:46:19 > 0:46:25- Parents said they never thought the - lads would enjoy being in a choir.
0:46:27 > 0:46:31- It thrilled them that their children - wanted to be in a choir.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35- They enjoyed it too.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39- If they weren't YFC members...
0:46:41 > 0:46:43- ..they wouldn't sing in any choir.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47- That must be very special.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56- I would be nowhere - without Young Farmers.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59- It helps young people to develop.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03- I don't want my children - to grow up without the YFC.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06- Another eighty years and more.
0:47:06 > 0:47:10- It's an investment. One generation - takes care of the next.
0:47:11 > 0:47:15- It's a natural process. - It's been going for eighty years.
0:47:15 > 0:47:19- Keep young people coming. - They're the future.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21- Keep at it, boys!
0:47:23 > 0:47:24- Elen and I have enjoyed...
0:47:24 > 0:47:25- Elen and I have enjoyed...- - Whoa!
0:47:25 > 0:47:27- One clip is missing.
0:47:28 > 0:47:29- Is there?
0:47:30 > 0:47:31- Yes.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35- It's very important advice - for you, today's Young Farmers.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37- Glyn Powell, tell them.
0:47:37 > 0:47:38- Goodnight.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41- We need members.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43- Breed!
0:47:43 > 0:47:45- # To challenge oppression
0:47:46 > 0:47:50- # The future is in our hands
0:47:52 > 0:47:56- # This is our fate - and reason to live
0:47:56 > 0:47:59- # To see every child
0:47:59 > 0:48:01- # A child of God
0:48:02 > 0:48:06- # To stretch our hands - and listen to each cry
0:48:07 > 0:48:09- # To challenge oppression
0:48:09 > 0:48:14- # The future is in our hands
0:48:15 > 0:48:17- # The future
0:48:17 > 0:48:26- # Is in our hands #
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