Legendary Cardiff folk group, The Hennessys, perform at the Swansea Festival in 1987 with the Harri Webb song ‘The Steelworks Song‘ about the future of Port Talbot steelworks. 30 years later the future of the Port Talbot steelworks and it’s community still raises passions.
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A segment from the magazine programme ‘Here Today’ in 1960. This is one of the creepiest films in the collection, and an alleged inspiration for the famous scene in the Toy Story film!
Please don’t have nightmares!
(There is no audio on this clip)
Darn o’r rhaglen gylchgrawn ‘Here Today’ yn 1960. Un o’r ffilmiau mwyaf arswydus yn y casgliad, ac yn ôl rhai, yr ysbrydoliaeth i’r olygfa enwog yn y ffilm Toy Story! Peidiwch a chael hunllefau!
(Does dim sain ar y clip yma)
In this clip filmed near Bwlch Newydd, Trimsaren, Carmarthnshire we see a gang of school boys taking part in the levitation craze that swept through West Wales during the late 1960s’.
Interesting fact: The first boy interviewd is noted tv producer Ronw Protheroe.
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Another clip from the HTV West collection and this time it’s K-nockers or Clackers as they were called in Wales. The craze swept the schoolyards in the early seventies. Perceived as dangerous many schools banned children taking the toy into school; the toy remains on the banned list of toys to this day.
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In Wales we want to take the stress out of Pancake Day, so that’s why we invented the ‘Pancake o Matic‘. Perfect pancakes every time guaranteed (Traditional Welsh ladies costume optional).
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It’s that time of year again when young and old ask each other ‘what do
you want for Christmas?’. The children in this clip are asked this and
their requests are somewhat modest
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Ladies. Have you ever wanted to know how to enter and exit a car gracefully? This clip, from the Welsh Language magazine programme Seren Wib, takes a look at a modeling school teaching etiquette to aspiring models and actresses.
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