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-Hello and welcome

-to Straeon Tafarn...

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-..as I, Dewi Pws Morris,

-visit pubs across Wales...

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-..and perform gigs

-with the band Radwm.

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-I arrive early to meet the locals

-and learn about the area's history.

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-Today, I'm in the Wild West -

-in Pembrokeshire.

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-We're lucky to still have the area.

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-We nearly lost it to the French.

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-Je ne sais pas!

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-A number of films

-have been made here.

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-CAR HORN

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-CAR HORN

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-Sheep... baaa!

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-If you're in the south...

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-..it's the last place you'll see

-before reaching Ireland.

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-Where am I? Fishguard, of course.

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-The pub in question

-is The Ship Inn in Lower Fishguard.

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-At a new pub, nothing beats

-getting down to business...

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-..with a local girl.

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-Hedydd reveals a drinking scam

-at The Ship Inn in the early 1900s.

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-The police aren't watching,

-are they?!

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-Selling alcohol on a Sunday

-was illegal.

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-However, they had a system here.

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-Empty beer bottles were left

-on the doorstep of the pub.

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-They were miraculously filled

-and delivered to local houses.

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-One Sunday morning,

-two policemen hid...

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-..in the Baptist chapel

-across the road.

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-The pub was under surveillance

-and the landlord was taken to court.

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-He was fined 2...

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-..and costs of six shillings

-and sixpence for running a racket.

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-Moonshine in Fishguard!

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-I like that. Rules are made

-to be broken from time to time.

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-As you stroll around the village,

-you can't miss the old cannons...

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-..that were here

-long before moonshine.

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-Hedydd explained their significance.

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-That's quite a story!

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-It involves 1,400 French soldiers.

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-It happened

-after the French Revolution.

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-They sailed in four galleons

-and landed near Strumble Head.

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-It was the period

-following the French Revolution.

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-The French were eager to spread

-the revolution to Britain.

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-I think that rough seas

-forced them to this area.

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-I doubt they intended

-to attack Fishguard!

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-The Welsh knew nothing of the attack

-until they spotted the four ships.

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-Word had come from St David's.

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-A farmer

-must have used his spyglass...

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-..and noticed the two frigates,

-a corvette and a sloop...

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-..sailing towards the coast

-flying British flags.

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-He knew from previous experience

-that they were French vessels.

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-There had been a warning...

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-..but the locals were so stunned

-by this attack...

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-..that their response

-was far from professional.

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-There was a lot

-of toing and froing...

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-..before they manned the defences

-and won the battle.

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-Was it a ferocious battle?

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-Was it a ferocious battle?

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-Definitely.

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-Many were killed, yet the French

-also showed some mercy.

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-One young mother

-had just given birth.

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-When she was faced with

-a fight or flight decision...

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-..she was unable to flee

-because she was too weak.

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-When the soldiers

-attacked that farm...

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-..she showed them her baby

-and they left her in peace.

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-Is it true that Jemima Nicholas...

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-..dressed a group of women

-in petticoats to resemble dragoons?

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-It isn't necessarily a bad thing

-to take advantage of that story.

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-The story I was taught in school...

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-..is that the ladies

-wore red petticoats...

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-..and resembled soldiers

-from a distance.

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-Jemima Nicholas, a local lady...

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-..gathered a group of women

-in order to attack the French.

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-They brought their captives

-to Fishguard.

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-Troops are usually led by men.

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-Was she a colourful character?

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-Was she a colourful character?

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-I'm sure she was.

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-We don't know a lot about her...

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-..but she got an annual pension

-for her contribution...

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-..and she lived to a ripe old age.

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-The French arrived by sea.

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-As we gaze around the bar...

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-..it's obvious

-that the sea is a strong influence.

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-I bumped into Martin Lewis,

-who had many maritime tales to tell.

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-Lower Fishguard was a busy spot

-during the 15th century.

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-Thanks to research, we now know...

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-..that the area boasted

-a wool and cotton industry.

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-But fishing

-was the staple industry...

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-..with the main focus

-on the herring industry.

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-It was a thriving industry

-at the start of the 19th century.

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-The boats docked in the harbour...

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-..before the fish were processed

-and exported.

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-A gentleman by the name

-of Samuel Fenton...

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-..made regular trips to Italy.

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-He produced smoked herring.

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-It was a livelihood

-for many local residents.

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-I estimate that dozens of men

-worked in the industry.

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-It was a profitable industry.

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-It made Samuel Fenton a wealthy man.

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-He died a bachelor, but he had

-a nephew called Richard Fenton.

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-People might be familiar

-with Richard Fenton...

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-..due to his detailed accounts

-of his travels in Pembrokeshire...

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-..published in A Historical Tour

-Through Pembrokeshire.

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-He inherited the wealth

-of his uncle, Samuel Fenton.

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-When the herring industry

-collapsed...

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-..he built a large mansion

-called Glyn-y-Mel.

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-He did this in order to employ

-many of the fishermen...

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-..who had lost their livelihoods.

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-He built the house

-as a means to employ the locals.

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-He saw that people were suffering

-and he pitied them.

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-They didn't have any money

-due to the herring shortage.

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-In the past, this area boasted

-businessmen with a conscience...

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-..unlike the bankers of today!

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-Maritime heroines are also found.

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-Let's step forward to World War II.

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-The sea can be very cruel.

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-The events of 13th June, 1941...

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-..are described as the darkest day

-in the area's maritime history.

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-The SS St Patrick was a ferry...

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-..that regularly sailed

-between Fishguard and Rosslare.

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-The Germans bombed the ferry

-as it returned to Fishguard.

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-It sank suddenly.

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-Thirty people drowned, including

-the captain and his 20-year-old son.

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-However, many were saved,

-thanks to a brave crew...

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-..that included the stewardess,

-Elizabeth May Owen.

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-May found six passengers

-trapped on the bottom deck...

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-..and led them, one by one,

-to the safety of the upper decks.

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-She believed everyone was safe...

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-..until one more voice

-called from the lower deck.

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-She returned for the seventh time.

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-The St Patrick

-was sinking quickly...

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-..so May and the seventh passenger

-had to jump into the sea.

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-Amazingly, May kept the seventh

-person afloat for two hours...

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-..until the lifeboat arrived.

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-The government awarded her

-the George Medal for her bravery.

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-Yes, the sea can be cruel

-and yet even in this tragic tale...

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-..the story of May Owen

-offers a glimmer of hope.

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-I love touring Wales,

-meeting the locals...

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-..and listening to their stories,

-which aren't in short supply!

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-Pembrokeshire boasts

-a wonderful Welsh dialect.

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-It's full of unique words.

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-Martin was eager to recite a poem

-in the local dialect by Dewi Emrys.

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-He wasn't born in Fishguard,

-but he grew up in the area.

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-His father

-was an Independent minister...

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-..who came to Rhosycaerau chapel

-on Strumble Head...

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-..when Dewi Emrys

-was seven years old.

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-As a result, he spent

-the next 15 years of his life here.

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-He wrote a piece of poetry

-about Pwllderi.

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-Many consider this piece

-about Pwllderi...

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-..to be the most important poem

-written in a Welsh dialect.

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-He was a very talented man.

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-In 1926, he won the Crown

-at the Eisteddfod in Swansea.

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-Following this, he won

-the Eisteddfod Chair four times.

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-People grew weary of Dewi Emrys...

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-..so the officials changed

-the rules of the Eisteddfod.

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-As a result, no-one can win

-the Chair more than twice.

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-However, it's believed that he

-composed poems for other entrants...

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-..who went on to win chairs.

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-On one such occasion...

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-..his winning poem

-was attributed to D Jones.

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-D Jones was the landlord

-of The Eagle Inn.

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-People doubt the credibility

-of his victory...

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-..because this D Jones

-was almost illiterate...

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-..but the chair

-sat in the pub for many years.

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-Martin, would you do me the honour

-of reading a poem by Dewi Emrys?

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-He wrote this about Pwllderi,

-his favourite place.

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-"That's a mixture of noise

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-"The screams of the witches,

-the howling dogs

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-"The cries and whistles

-and a thousand curses

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-"That are echoing through the caves

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-"And your thoughts turn

-to one horrific night

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-"The poor sailor on the rocks

-shouting, shouting, shouting

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-"No-one answers, but only the

-old birds on the rocks can hear him

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-"And the old hawks

-like a multitude of demons

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-"Wait for the light

-to fade from his eyes

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-"These are the thoughts

-that come to you

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-"When you sit above Pwllderi."

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-Dewi Emrys sounds quite a character.

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-I wish someone

-would help me with my poems!

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-That's enough poetry.

-Let's go to the cinema.

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-Nothing beats an old film.

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-In 1955, one of the world's biggest

-film stars arrived here.

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-The film was Moby Dick

-and the actor was Gregory Peck.

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-Moby Dick is the story of one man's

-obsession with catching a whale.

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-A model of the beast was built

-here in Lower Fishguard.

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-It weighed 12 tonnes

-and was 75 feet long...

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-..and was made from old oil tanks

-covered with canvas.

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-It was a very clever design.

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-They pumped it full of air

-and it would rise to the surface.

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-When the air was released,

-it sank to the depths of the ocean.

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-The model was such a success...

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-..that Warner Brothers insured it

-for a considerable amount.

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-However, at the end of the film...

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-..Moby Dick broke free

-and escaped into the ocean.

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-The lifeboat searched and searched,

-but the whale was never found.

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-Just as Nessie hides in Loch Ness...

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-..I like to think of Moby Dick

-skulking beneath the waves here.

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-Another film was set

-in this small harbour too...

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-..the Dylan Thomas classic,

-Under Milk Wood from the 1970s.

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-Some claim that Lower Fishguard,

-the home of The Ship Inn...

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-..was the inspiration for Llareggub,

-Dylan Thomas's imaginary village.

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-"Time passes.

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-"Listen. Time passes.

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-"An owl flies home past Bethesda,

-to a chapel in an oak.

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-"And the dawn inches up.

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-"Stand on this hill.

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-"This is Llareggub Hill.

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-"Old as the hills,

-high, cool, and green...

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-"..and from this small circle

-of stones...

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-"..made not by druids

-but by Mrs Beynon's Billy...

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-"..you can see the town below you,

-sleeping in the first of the dawn."

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-Many Welsh actors

-starred in the film.

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-I was too young to appear in it

-but, incredibly, Hedydd did.

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-She must be older than she looks!

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-I was a four-year-old girl.

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-I lived in the village

-with my family.

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-My grandparents

-owned a shop on the quay.

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-The film crew chose to transform

-their shop into a sweet shop.

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-It was a dream come true

-for a young girl.

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-At the end of filming...

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-..the village children were given

-free rein to eat the contents.

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-It's a very sweet memory!

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-Can you remember

-any specific scenes from that time?

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-I recall gazing out

-of my bedroom window.

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-It's twilight

-and it's the end of the film.

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-Ryan is riding a pig

-along the road...

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-..and the villagers are dancing

-wildly in their pyjamas.

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-I have all sorts of memories.

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-Which celebrities came here?

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-There was Elizabeth Taylor,

-Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton.

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-However, we had local celebrities

-such as Ruth Madoc and Olwen Rees.

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-After a bit of luck and a few calls,

-Olwen Rees herself popped by!

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-I played a little girl

-called Gwennie.

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-Iris Jones played my mother.

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-The lines were "Captain Cat's

-got a nose like a strawberry!"

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-"He's crying," and so on.

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-He said "You can do that and also

-help the children with the song...

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-"..Gwennie Kiss The Boys.

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-"And of course,

-you will work with Peter O'Toole."

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-The crew only filmed here

-for three weeks...

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-..but they took the place over

-for those three weeks.

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-I didn't spend a lot of time

-in school during that period.

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-I was in nursery school...

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-..but was brought home in a minibus

-to shoot the necessary scenes.

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-One evening, after supper...

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-..Ryan decided to show these people

-that the Welsh could really sing.

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-I didn't really want to sing,

-but he said that I had to!

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-I chose to sing Huna Blentyn.

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-"How many verses?" I asked.

-"Do them all," was the reply.

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-Brian Gascoigne

-happened to be there.

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-He was arranging the film score

-and he asked if I knew any more.

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-I told him that I knew

-a number of songs...

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-..such as Y Golomen, A Ei Di'r

-Deryn Du and other folk songs.

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-On the following Sunday...

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-..we recorded these songs

-in the downstairs kitchen.

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-They chose Huna Blentyn

-to play over the end credits.

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-What was Angharad Rees like?

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-Angharad Rees

-had quite a risque scene.

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-She had to walk along the quay...

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-..wearing only a pair of stilettos

-and some French knickers.

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-They had to do something

-about her chest.

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-She was invited into Jessie's home

-on the quay.

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-Jessie helped to attach a sheet

-to her chest with Elastoplast...

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-..to keep her warm.

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-Jessie told Angharad that her aunt

-would love to meet her...

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-..but she was bedridden.

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-Angharad went upstairs, held the

-aunt's hand and chatted to her.

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-They spoke about fashion,

-the Rolls Royce...

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-..the fur coats and sunglasses...

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-..and all the carry-on

-taking place on the quay.

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-To this day, Jessie thinks

-the world of Angharad Rees...

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-..for showing such kindness.

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-Fair play to Angharad

-for spending time with the locals...

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-..instead of drinking in The Ship

-with the crew members!

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-A plaque in the bar

-thanks the pub for the welcome.

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-Dylan Thomas would have had

-a whale of a time!

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-Is that the time? The band

-will be here for the gig soon.

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-It's a shame

-they missed the stories.

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-What song is apt for The Ship Inn?

-Lawr Ar Lan Y Mor, of course!

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-# I met a fair maiden

-down by the sea

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-# Down by the sea, down by the sea

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-# I met a fair maiden

-down by the sea

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-# Down by the sea

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-# Oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you

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-# The girl down by the sea

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-# Oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you

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-# The girl down by the sea

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-# I asked for a little kiss

-down by the sea

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-# Down by the sea, down by the sea

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-# I asked for a little kiss

-down by the sea

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-# Down by the sea

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-# Oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you

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-# The girl down by the sea

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-# Oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you

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-# The girl down by the sea

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-# I got a little kiss

-down by the sea

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-# Down by the sea, down by the sea

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-# I got a little kiss

-down by the sea

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-# Down by the sea

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-# Oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you

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-# The girl down by the sea

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-# Oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you

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-# The girl down by the sea

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-# One day, I'll marry her

-down by the sea

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-# Down by the sea, down by the sea

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-# One day, I'll marry her

-down by the sea

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-# Down by the sea

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-# Oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you

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-# The girl down by the sea

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-# Oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you

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-# The girl down by the sea

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-# Oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you

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-# The girl down by the sea

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-# Oh-oh-oh I love you, I love you

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-# The girl down by the sea #

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-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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-Oh, I enjoyed that!

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-"The Ship Inn will keep you at ease

-from the wind and raging seas

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-"Let's sing and cheer

-and drink plenty of beer

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-"Travelling in a van is a breeze!"

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-Goodnight.

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-# Lleucu Llwyd, you are beautiful

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-# Lleucu Llwyd,

-you're worth the world to me

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-# Lleucu Llwyd, you're an angel

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-# Lleucu Llwyd,

-I love you, you, you #

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