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Hello. It's St David's Day this week and I've come to Port Talbot, | 0:00:04 | 0:00:08 | |
home to the UK's largest steelworks, where 4,000 workers | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
and the wider community await news of hundreds of redundancies. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
My fears are for the young people who are currently employed there. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
They've got mortgages, they've got young families. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
It's going to be devastating. Absolutely devastating. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:25 | |
And I need a former steelworker, whose recovery from a | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
life-threatening accident at work was galvanised by his male voice choir. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:34 | |
When I'm singing, I find the afterglow of it all creates a situation | 0:00:34 | 0:00:39 | |
where I'm almost like being back in work. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:42 | |
And I'm in Britain's smallest city here in Pembrokeshire, to find | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
out more about St David, patron saint of Wales. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:50 | |
And Diane's in Coventry to meet the stylist who offers spiritual advice, | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
-as well as a shampoo and set. -Make sure you do a good job! | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
We've a great selection of music from across the United Kingdom, | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
including from the Land of Song. It would be rude not to, wouldn't it? | 0:01:08 | 0:01:11 | |
We're going to start with that famous Welsh tune named after | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
the Rhondda Valley and it comes from the same church where | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
almost 55 years ago, Songs Of Praise was first broadcast. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:20 | |
-NEWSREEL: -Where once, the economic blizzards of former years | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
swept across Port Talbot, there now emerges the Abbey steelworks. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
Opened in 1951, the Port Talbot Steelworks once employed | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
tens of thousands of workers. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
But today, the company has said tough actions are needed | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
in difficult market conditions. Redundancies are inevitable | 0:04:13 | 0:04:17 | |
to secure the long-term future of the site - | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
a real concern for the people of Port Talbot. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
We don't know what's happening yet, so we'll just wait and see. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
-It's terrible. -Bad, isn't it? really bad. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
Personally, I think it'll be, Port Talbot will start to die again. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
The plant, owned by the multinational conglomerate, Tata, | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
is estimated to be losing £1 million a week. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
Workers can only wait to hear which of them will be | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
affected in the coming months. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
Port Talbot has been synonymous with steel for more than 60 years. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:49 | |
You can see why. It's such an imposing and impressive presence here. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
You can also see why job losses would cast a long shadow | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
over the community. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
750 of the 4,000 workers are at risk. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
One man facing possible redundancy is Vince Lewis, | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
who can see the blast furnaces from his home. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
-Nice to see you. -Nice to see you. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
There's no getting away from work for you. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
-You practically live in the steelworks. -I know. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
I can look out my window and I know exactly what's happening. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
What does that place mean to you? | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
I've been there almost 32 years, so it's a big part of my life, | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
part of my family's life. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:26 | |
My grandfather worked there, my father. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
My brother works there. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
-My son works here, so... -Gosh. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
Port Talbot, it's got a proud history in steel-making | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
and long may it continue, yeah. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
People watching this programme all over the world | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
without realising, maybe, will own some steel made there. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
Yes, definitely, yes. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
Your fridges, your microwaves, your car. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
You know, we make the finest quality steel in the world. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
You can tell that you're really, really proud of what you do. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
I am, yeah. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:56 | |
I'm proud of my community, I'm proud of the town | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
and I'm proud of the works, of the plant. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:00 | |
How have you managed not to be too down about what's happening? | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
I think I'm a naturally optimistic person | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
and God willing, I think that we will prevail. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
-Have you turned to your faith at all during these difficult times? -Yes. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
I'm proud of my faith. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:15 | |
I was brought up Catholic and I attend Mass. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
And yes, I think saying a little prayer and asking God maybe | 0:06:18 | 0:06:23 | |
to give the people with the power a little nudge in the right direction | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
and maybe give us a helping hand to keep it going. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
One of the many businesses that may be affected by the job losses | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
is the Docks Cafe, just down the road from the steelworks. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
I mean, I've got part-time staff. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
If jobs go, their job's going to go. You know what I mean? So... | 0:06:43 | 0:06:48 | |
At the moment, we're OK. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
But what's going to happen next month? | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
Retired steel worker and local councillor Dennis Keogh knows | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
just how ingrained steel is in this community. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
This town has grown | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
on the back of steel-making here. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
The Sandfields estate down there - | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
there are 5,000 families living down there - | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
was built as a result of this steelworks, | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
to house steelworkers. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
So there was a lot of money coming through here? | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
-At one time, it was known as Treasure Island. -Really? | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
-And Eldorado. -THEY LAUGH | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
What was it like, back in the day, then? | 0:07:20 | 0:07:22 | |
Well, it was an incredible place to work | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
because it's like a small town in there, you know. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
There is nearly 100 miles of road in there. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:30 | |
There's over 150 miles of railway line in there. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
-Goodness me! -It covers an area of roughly 20 square miles. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
Wow! | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
And how many people work there? | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
When it first opened, 22,000 | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
and they would come up from as far as Llanelli, | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
-they'd come in from Cardiff. -Goodness me! | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
It had its own station at one time. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
How do you feel seeing it as it is now? It's changed a lot. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:52 | |
It has changed a lot and that is because of technology. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
We've increased steel production but we've reduced the manpower. | 0:07:55 | 0:08:00 | |
Unfortunately, that is the way. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
Redundancies looming, they say. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
Unfortunately. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:05 | |
What impact do you think that'll have on this community? | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
My fears are for the young people who are currently employed there. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
They've got mortgages, they've got young families. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
It's going to be devastating, absolutely devastating. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:18 | |
My hope is that Tata will keep the faith | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
and will continue to make steel, | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
because we make such good quality steel. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
We'll be back here later in the programme | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
to meet some singing steelworkers who rallied around | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
when one of their own was seriously injured. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
But up next, a performance by classical singing twins, | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
Richard and Adam. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
# I believe for every drop of rain that falls | 0:08:44 | 0:08:49 | |
# A flower grows | 0:08:49 | 0:08:53 | |
# I believe that somewhere in the darkest night | 0:08:59 | 0:09:05 | |
# A candle glows | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
# I believe for everyone who goes astray | 0:09:12 | 0:09:18 | |
# Someone will come to show the way | 0:09:19 | 0:09:24 | |
# I believe | 0:09:27 | 0:09:30 | |
# I believe | 0:09:30 | 0:09:34 | |
# I believe above a storm the smallest prayer | 0:09:35 | 0:09:40 | |
# Will still be heard | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
# I believe that someone in the great somewhere | 0:09:46 | 0:09:52 | |
# Hears every word | 0:09:52 | 0:09:57 | |
# Every time I hear a newborn baby cry | 0:09:59 | 0:10:04 | |
# Or touch a leaf | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
# Or see the sky | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
# Then I know why | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
# I believe | 0:10:16 | 0:10:21 | |
# I believe above a storm the smallest prayer | 0:10:30 | 0:10:36 | |
# Will still be heard | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
# I believe that someone in the great somewhere | 0:10:42 | 0:10:48 | |
# Hears every word | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
# Every time I hear a newborn baby cry | 0:10:53 | 0:10:59 | |
# Or touch a leaf | 0:10:59 | 0:11:04 | |
# Or see the sky | 0:11:04 | 0:11:08 | |
# Then I know why | 0:11:08 | 0:11:12 | |
# I believe. # | 0:11:12 | 0:11:18 | |
This year we are sending our very own church detective, | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
Richard Taylor, on the trail of Britain's patron saints. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
Today, he's walking in the footsteps of St David. Who else? | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
His saint's day is on Tuesday. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
1st March is the first day of spring and it's also | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
the feast day of the man known affectionately in Wales | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
as Dewi Sant, St David. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
This local lad lived and worked here in Pembrokeshire | 0:11:51 | 0:11:55 | |
and to find out more, | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
I'm on my way to the beautiful city that's named after him. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
David lived about 1,500 years ago, | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
after the departure from Britain of the Christian Roman Empire | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
but before the arrival of missionaries | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
from the Roman Catholic Church. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
It was a period when Christians like David stood alone in Britain, | 0:12:11 | 0:12:15 | |
keeping the faith against pagan rivals. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
There are some fantastic stories about David. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
His birth was predicted by the wizard Merlin. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
He was a relative of King Arthur. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
He was born during a mighty thunderstorm on the cliffs | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
just along from here. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:32 | |
He saved ships at sea, he raised a child from the dead | 0:12:32 | 0:12:36 | |
and he cured the sick. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:38 | |
Whatever the legends, we do know | 0:12:42 | 0:12:44 | |
that David founded a monastery and a church just over the hill | 0:12:44 | 0:12:48 | |
on the spot where his cathedral now stands. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:50 | |
David was a monk, an abbot and a bishop | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
who spent most of his working life in this little valley. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
He and his companions led radically simple lives | 0:12:59 | 0:13:03 | |
of prayer and study and work, | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
eating only bread and water | 0:13:05 | 0:13:08 | |
and foregoing all personal possessions. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:10 | |
But how did David come to be so popular in Wales | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
that he became its patron saint? | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
One reason is that Welsh people do like a good speaker | 0:13:20 | 0:13:25 | |
and St David was one of the very best. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
He was so persuasive a preacher that people believed | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
they could see the white dove of the Holy Spirit | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
sitting on his shoulder and whispering in his ear, | 0:13:33 | 0:13:37 | |
and that on one occasion, a miracle took place | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
when the ground that he was preaching on rose up underneath him | 0:13:39 | 0:13:43 | |
to make a little hill so that people could hear him even better. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:47 | |
Whether Wales really needs another hill is another question. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
I'm meeting with the cathedral's dean to find out | 0:13:54 | 0:13:57 | |
if you can separate David fact from David fiction. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
Where did his influence come from? | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
I mean, why David as opposed to any other man? | 0:14:04 | 0:14:07 | |
I imagine he must've been a very charismatic character | 0:14:07 | 0:14:11 | |
and I think that's evidenced by the fact that, | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
you know, the cult of St David must've been | 0:14:14 | 0:14:16 | |
so strong that six centuries later, they built this great cathedral. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:21 | |
There's something very special about this place. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:25 | |
I think it's truly amazing that after all these centuries, | 0:14:25 | 0:14:28 | |
people still come here in their thousands | 0:14:28 | 0:14:32 | |
and still find hope and inspiration in this place. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
Do you think David does lie here? | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
Well, we're not sure, but when we were restoring the shrine, | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
the archaeologist did some research | 0:14:43 | 0:14:45 | |
and he thinks it's as likely as not | 0:14:45 | 0:14:47 | |
that there may be something contained within the shrine. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
CHURCH BELLS RING | 0:14:50 | 0:14:52 | |
In a sermon that he preached shortly before he died, | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
St David said, "Be joyful and keep the faith | 0:14:55 | 0:14:59 | |
"and do ye the little things that you have seen me do." | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
Coming up, Diane's off to Coventry to meet a hairdresser who provides | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
more than the usual chitchat with your cut and blow-dry. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
But first, it's to Southampton for this popular worship song. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:37 | |
I wouldn't normally travel to Coventry to get my hair done | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
but at this salon, | 0:20:35 | 0:20:36 | |
stylist Anthony Holder-Simms offers more than just a new hairdo. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:41 | |
I'm in your capable hands. Make sure you do a good job. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:45 | |
'Anthony is a partner in this busy hairdresser's | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
'and he has discovered that a strong Christian faith | 0:20:48 | 0:20:50 | |
'is every bit as important to his clients as his nimble fingers.' | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
What is it about hairdressers in general that makes people | 0:20:54 | 0:20:58 | |
confide in them so much that it's almost like a confessional? | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
They start talking to you | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
and sometimes they tell you | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
things in their life that's happened to them | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
and then they will just let off steam about everything, | 0:21:07 | 0:21:09 | |
regardless of what's going on at home, | 0:21:09 | 0:21:11 | |
what's going on with their children, what's going on at work. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
But there's times when I know that people have come | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
and you can just see that they are dealing with some stuff | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
and a lot of people just break down in front of me. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
But soon, Anthony realised that people wanted to chat | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
about more spiritual matters. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
The Bible talks about the head is the covering | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
so with that, people can come to for us to be their covering | 0:21:30 | 0:21:34 | |
so that when they feel like they're lost or | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
they feel like they can't do this, they can come to us | 0:21:37 | 0:21:39 | |
and we can just pray with them so that they can | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
know that there is a God and there is a God in their situation. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
Word got around and before he knew it, | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
Anthony had his own mini-church in the room above the salon. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:53 | |
They started to come and tell their family members, tell their friends | 0:21:53 | 0:21:58 | |
'and Thursday nights they just kept coming and coming and coming.' | 0:21:58 | 0:22:01 | |
# Praise, praise | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
# Praise, praise... # | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
And so Anthony and his team are styling | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
their own brand of passionate praise and worship | 0:22:10 | 0:22:13 | |
with a growing congregation. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:15 | |
# My chains are broke | 0:22:17 | 0:22:19 | |
# My chains... # | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
'I love singing with all my heart | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
'and I love hairdressing.' | 0:22:23 | 0:22:24 | |
I believe that I can actually talk to people more | 0:22:24 | 0:22:28 | |
so I can evangelise to people about the word of God. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
We do their hair and we do what we need to do with them | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
and make them look great, | 0:22:34 | 0:22:35 | |
but there's no point just making them look great | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
when inside, they're bleeding, inside they're down. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
In Jesus' name, Amen. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:42 | |
Like when you have a child - to me, hairdressing is my child. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
It's something that no matter what's going on, it will bring me through, | 0:22:50 | 0:22:54 | |
through God. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:55 | |
So people now know that this is the salon | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
where you have your hair done | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
and your heart, soul and spirit sorted out. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
When you work with people in anything, it's hard. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
But if God is for me, | 0:23:05 | 0:23:07 | |
and he's told me to do this, | 0:23:07 | 0:23:08 | |
no matter what...may come my way, | 0:23:08 | 0:23:10 | |
I know that God's got my back | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
because I'm doing his work. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
MALE VOICE CHOIR SINGS | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
Earlier in the programme, we saw how news of hundreds of job losses | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
at the largest steelworks in the UK is having a far-reaching effect | 0:25:08 | 0:25:12 | |
on the morale of Port Talbot and the surrounding area. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
I'm here at one of the locals, | 0:25:23 | 0:25:25 | |
trying to keep their spirits up with song. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:27 | |
THEY SING IN WELSH | 0:25:31 | 0:25:35 | |
'The 80-strong Kenfig Hill Male Voice Choir | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
'is made up of men from across the community, | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
'including steelworkers past and present.' | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
They sound brilliant. | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
For choir member Michael Down, | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
his presence here might be described as a miracle. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
Three and a half years ago, he sustained life-threatening injuries | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
after an accident at the steelworks. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:16 | |
# Amen. # | 0:26:16 | 0:26:20 | |
Take us back to that day in August, if you don't mind. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:26 | |
What exactly happened? | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
On that day, I was on a machine and somehow, | 0:26:28 | 0:26:33 | |
the machine broke into speed | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
and I was caught by the machine | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
and dragged in | 0:26:37 | 0:26:39 | |
and spun around... | 0:26:39 | 0:26:41 | |
and I was bashed about a bit. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:43 | |
-What injuries did you sustain them? -Ah... | 0:26:44 | 0:26:48 | |
Multiple fractures of my skull. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
I lost my ear, my arm, though it's back on now. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:54 | |
I broke my neck, | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
-I broke my leg and my hip... -Goodness me! | 0:26:56 | 0:27:00 | |
She was told I wouldn't speak, I wouldn't see, | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
I wouldn't talk, anything. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:05 | |
I was lucky to be alive. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:07 | |
And I'm really grateful for... whatever... | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
Whoever saved me. | 0:27:10 | 0:27:12 | |
-Who do you think saved you? -God, I think. -Really? | 0:27:12 | 0:27:15 | |
Yes, I think so. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
He says that God saved him. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
-Who did you turn to? -Well, this is it. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
I didn't have the faith to think | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
everything was going to be all right. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:26 | |
I didn't know. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:28 | |
And I remember being in the hospital, in the chapel | 0:27:28 | 0:27:32 | |
and then I was just laid down in the chapel, | 0:27:32 | 0:27:35 | |
literally on the floor and, um... I didn't have any answers. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:40 | |
I just felt I really was at the foot of the cross and it's... | 0:27:40 | 0:27:44 | |
I have turned everything over to you. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
I think, when trauma happens, | 0:27:46 | 0:27:50 | |
it chucks you out of your little bubble | 0:27:50 | 0:27:53 | |
and your comfort zone that you're in, | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
and you are forced to find a way through it, really. | 0:27:56 | 0:28:02 | |
And...it's made us better people. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:06 | |
-Which is... -Stronger people. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:09 | |
A bit of an anomaly, but it's made us, | 0:28:09 | 0:28:12 | |
we feel it's made us better people. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:15 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:28:15 | 0:28:16 | |
Just 15 months after the accident, | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
Michael received a standing ovation when, remarkably, | 0:28:18 | 0:28:22 | |
he was able to rejoin the choir. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:24 | |
When you're up there with the boys now, singing, how do you feel? | 0:28:24 | 0:28:27 | |
Marvellous. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:28 | |
I find the connection with the people around me | 0:28:28 | 0:28:32 | |
and the afterglow of it all creates a situation | 0:28:32 | 0:28:36 | |
where it's almost like being back in work. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:38 | |
And I find it really... well, absolutely rewarding. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:44 | |
Well, listen, I think you're a huge inspiration, | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
-how you can even just be smiling. -I hope I am, I hope I am. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:49 | |
-You are. -I hope I inspire other people to walk the walk. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:52 | |
# Now I've been to the Highlands of Scotland | 0:28:58 | 0:29:02 | |
# To Paree and the fountains of Rome | 0:29:02 | 0:29:08 | |
# But wherever I go | 0:29:08 | 0:29:11 | |
# In my heart I still know | 0:29:11 | 0:29:13 | |
# There's just one place that I call my home | 0:29:13 | 0:29:17 | |
# There is a land that's dear to me | 0:29:20 | 0:29:25 | |
# And it's called the land of song | 0:29:25 | 0:29:29 | |
# And it will be eternally | 0:29:31 | 0:29:36 | |
# The land where I belong | 0:29:36 | 0:29:40 | |
# A land full of warmth and laughter | 0:29:42 | 0:29:46 | |
# From the people you find in there | 0:29:46 | 0:29:51 | |
# And when they sing, they can raise the rafters | 0:29:51 | 0:29:56 | |
# With the hwyl that will fill the air | 0:29:56 | 0:30:01 | |
# And of this land, I'm proud to be | 0:30:04 | 0:30:08 | |
# Yes, I'm proud to be a part | 0:30:08 | 0:30:14 | |
# Its history, its melodies | 0:30:14 | 0:30:18 | |
# Are written on my heart | 0:30:18 | 0:30:23 | |
-# So sing -Let the voices thunder | 0:30:23 | 0:30:27 | |
# Sing, sing | 0:30:27 | 0:30:29 | |
# Till they're heard in the deeper vales | 0:30:29 | 0:30:33 | |
# Of the land you are proud to be born in | 0:30:33 | 0:30:38 | |
# The glorious land | 0:30:38 | 0:30:42 | |
# Of Wales | 0:30:42 | 0:30:46 | |
# Wales | 0:30:46 | 0:30:49 | |
# Wales. # | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 | |
And that's almost it for this week. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:57 | |
My thanks to the community here, for their warm welcome. | 0:30:57 | 0:31:00 | |
I really didn't expect anything else. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:02 | |
Next week, it's Mothering Sunday | 0:31:02 | 0:31:03 | |
and we'll be meeting the grandmothers | 0:31:03 | 0:31:06 | |
who are full-time carers to their own grandchildren. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:08 | |
Until then, it's our closing hymn for Lent. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:10 | |
Hwyl fawr. Goodbye. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:12 |