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S4C News article on W H Crawford films Cymraeg 22 September 2005
The article (in Cymraeg) describes my grandfather's amateur 16mm cine films. His name was W H Crawford (or Bill) and his films show the Llanarmon-yn-ial and Llanferres areas of Denbighshire in the 1950s.
You can now see much more, and in better quality, on BFI Player, if you search by place in free content for “Llanferres” and “Llanarmon-yn-ial”.
The S4C article here includes brief interviews with both the National Screen and Sound Archive in Aberystwyth (who now look after the film), and a Llanferres resident, the now late John James Parry.
I inaugurated a community project at the time, led by Denbighshire Council Countryside Services, to interpret these films to local people, at a time when the content was still within living memory. Alas that time has now almost passed. The project captured quite a lot of memories, now archived at the National Screen and Sound Archive, and a later project produced education packs for local schools in both English and Cymraeg, which now form part of their national curriculum.
It is through the associated publicity that S4C spotted a potential for the local news article you see here.
Our film collection also goes back to 1930s Wallasey - but that’s another story for another time, and maybe one day another project !!
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Return to Amlwch by train (1992)
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In June 1992, passenger trains briefly returned to Amlwch as part of a feasibility study into the re-opening of the line for steam trains. The 37 minute film starts with a silent cine film of Derby Lightweight DMUs on Bangor to Amlwch services in the early 1960s, just before closure to passengers. This film has appeared on the internet many times, but the following 1992 is not something I have ...
Penmon - Sheep herding 29 April 2023
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Farmer rounds up their sheep on a quad bike with the help of a sheep dog. Rural setting of open grass fields and high limestone walls, with the sounds of the sheep and the quad bike. Actually filmed from a public road (not seen)
Wild Garlic woods - Coed y Brenhin - Llangoed
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A particularly beautiful and tranquil woodland walk on the edge of the village. Filmed on 26th April 2020, at the height of the wild garlic flowering, and including separately recorded birdsong from the same time and place.
Caim (Penmon,Anglesey) spring walk with birdsong
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Tranquil Welsh woodland walk with spring birdsong giving way to coastal cliffs at the end. Filmed in my local area on Anglesey in quiet tranquil times during the Coronavirus pandemic of spring 2020. The film aims to give a glimpse of rural glades to all the many visitors who could not visit because of lockdown.
DIY Dalek of Llanddona Beach
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Beach fun with a Doctor Who theme, Isle of Anglesey, North Wales. A new Dalek is 'born'.
Dolgellau to Bangor car journey
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Speeded up journey from car camera - with selected slower sections - plus an eclectic collection of sound effects and music to accompany. I have no idea what I had in my mind when I put that together!
Llangollen International Eisteddfod - Informal Encores 2 July 1996
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We see spontaneous dancing and singing by performers after the formal performances had finished. Dancers from different countries mingle in their national costumes and dance just for the fun of it. Entente cordiale.
Wensleydale Lament - 'last' passenger train 2 January 1993
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Despite the gloom of the day and some unfortunate camera work (and the wrong date printed onto the video!) this record of the end of the Northallerton to Redmire branch railway line was, happily, in vane, as the line later re-opened as The Wensleydale Railway - a heritage line. But on a foggy day in January 1993, no one knew this as a train of inter-city liveried Mk1 coaches topped by a pair of...
Newcastle steam special 44767 George Stephenson 28 December 1994 plus other trains that day
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Edited 8mm analogue video showing trains at Newcastle including Class 56 coal, IC225, Pacer and Sprinter, but the main feature is a steam special trip around the Blyth and Tyne route to Bedlington and Morpeth and back. After this, we also see the special (one of a number of trips that day) pass Manors, before we take the (still relatively new) Metro back to Monument, and a Class 156 Sprinter DM...
Trains at Grange 3: Jubilee Class Steam locomotive 45699 Galatea calls
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The LMS Stanier design Jubilee Class steam locomotive No. 45699 "Galatea" calls at Grange-over-Sands with the Railtour "The Great Britain IX" - and if I am not mistaken, she has a slight squeak! The date is 26 April 2016.
Trains at Grange 2
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This second batch of clips from the Grange-over-Sands area covers operation between 2015 and 2018 The Class 37 push-pull loco hauled passenger trains feature, although Classes 47 and 57 appear on a special while Class 68s dominate the nuclear flask trains. Normal services are predominantly DMU, and Classes 142, 153, 156, 158 and 185 are seen. The 158s are in Scotrail livery and were on driver t...
A very windy garden!
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Ex hurricane Ophelia, as experienced on the Isle of Anglesey on the afternoon of 16th October 2017. The main wind and rain passed over Ireland, but in nearby Wales we still had quite a bettering - although in my case no real damage was done except to hasten the autumn leaf fall. Some time lapse sequences illustrate that we had sun as well as rain during this. The wind continued into the night.
5 x Class 37 + a Class 66 depart Crewe - plus various other trains captured within about 10 minutes
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Changing trains at Crewe Station I captured a number of trains including a number of light DRS locos including Class 37, 66, as well as Virgin Voyagers and Pendolinos
Beaumaris Church Tower Tour
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Looking around the tower in St Mary's Church Beaumaris, including the view, the clock and bells. 19 June 2014
Trains including Class 37s and DMUs at Grange-over-Sands Cumbria
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Trains including Class 37s and DMUs at Grange-over-Sands Cumbria
Kents Bank Class 37 wheelslip
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Kents Bank Class 37 wheelslip
Who's the slowest to get through the flood?
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Who's the slowest to get through the flood?
A55 road Holyhead to Llanfairpwll
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A55 road Holyhead to Llanfairpwll
Ceilidh - Llangoed Village Hall - 17 July 2015
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Ceilidh - Llangoed Village Hall - 17 July 2015
Northern Snowdonia tour in spring
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Northern Snowdonia tour in spring
Approaching Blaenau Ffestiniog from south on old dissused railway from Trawsfynydd
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Approaching Blaenau Ffestiniog from south on old dissused railway from Trawsfynydd
Blacko Water Barrowford walk with Mike and Master Daniel Warner aged 2
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Blacko Water Barrowford walk with Mike and Master Daniel Warner aged 2
Llangollen to Carrog steam train - locomotive Foxcote Manor - in 1996
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Llangollen to Carrog steam train - locomotive Foxcote Manor - in 1996
Llandudno Junction and Llanfair PG - Class 37/101/150/156/158 passenger trains
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Llandudno Junction and Llanfair PG - Class 37/101/150/156/158 passenger trains
Beating the Bounds Beaumaris Part 2 of 3: Crowning the Queen and Turf ceremony
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Beating the Bounds Beaumaris Part 2 of 3: Crowning the Queen and Turf ceremony
Beating the Bounds Beaumaris Part 3 of 3: getting wet around Llangoed
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Beating the Bounds Beaumaris Part 3 of 3: getting wet around Llangoed
Beaumaris Xmas Victorian Christmas Fair Parade 2014
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Beaumaris Xmas Victorian Christmas Fair Parade 2014
Beating the Bounds Beaumaris Part 1 of 3: to Cefn Farm and crossing the roof
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Beating the Bounds Beaumaris Part 1 of 3: to Cefn Farm and crossing the roof
Caim cliffs thunder storm walk - Penmon Llangoed Anglesey UK
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Caim cliffs thunder storm walk - Penmon Llangoed Anglesey UK

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  • @jamescoughlan9881
    @jamescoughlan9881 21 день тому

    Great footage! Couldn't see it thro due to choice of over the top music! "Crass"😮

    • @john-of-the-north
      @john-of-the-north 21 день тому

      You can always view it without sound. The real sound was a lot of wind noise so you are not missing much. With hindsight, I don’t like the music much myself. But remember that for copyright reasons my choice is bery limited.

  • @NBMoto547
    @NBMoto547 2 місяці тому

    I wonder if trains will ever run on that line again

  • @wendydavies2887
    @wendydavies2887 4 місяці тому

    Hi John Wendy from Llangoed (of the Christmas video fame) I'd love to do this caim walk for our next church walk in March but forget where it starts?? Thanks

    • @john-of-the-north
      @john-of-the-north 4 місяці тому

      The path is shown On the map image I attach here. Hoping this helps. Ask again if not. I might be interested in coming on the walk if it’s open to all. Please note the path goes to the cliff top and then stops. You cannot get down to the beach and need to retrace your steps again (unless of course there was a one off arrangement with a landowner).

    • @john-of-the-north
      @john-of-the-north 4 місяці тому

      Sorry I can’t work out how to attach a photo to a UA-cam comment. Please see your Facebook messenger and I’ll try and put it there!

  • @Coloribus2004
    @Coloribus2004 5 місяців тому

    Like this if you would rather ride this than a pacer.

  • @ododargo
    @ododargo 8 місяців тому

    hi i lived in grange in the 60s and 70s there was no sea grass bk then the river kent changes its channel every now and then bk in the late 60s part of the prom far side of the pool was torn down in a hugh storm

  • @davewinst1
    @davewinst1 11 місяців тому

    The tide hasn’t been back in since 😂

  • @alexishamer6427
    @alexishamer6427 11 місяців тому

    I remembered travelling 🧭 🧳 in the2 and 3 car class 101 many previous years ago in the year 1992. I went on the train 🚊 that ran from Plymouth to Gunnislake via Bere Alston and Calstock in Devon, southwest of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 on Wednesday 1st July 1992 aged 16 years old. The train 🚆 ran past Chelfham Senior School 🏫 in Bere Alston, now called Quay View School 🏫. I have been on the class 101 and/or class 102 ran from Exeter to Barnstaple via Crediton and Eggesford. Class 101 and 102 has a toilet 🚽 🚻 and slam doors 🚪. 👍

  • @beautifulflorida
    @beautifulflorida Рік тому

    Beautiful nature and amazing walk!

  • @michaellyall6528
    @michaellyall6528 Рік тому

    Wish they trains were still operating from glasgow, great memories having them!

  • @billrobbins5874
    @billrobbins5874 Рік тому

    Thank you, what a beautiful area. Hoping it doesn't get any worse there for you all. ♥️👍♥️

  • @Th0ughtm0nger
    @Th0ughtm0nger Рік тому

    It is not pronounced "Yosemite" like "Vegemite". It is pronounced like "Yosemitee". But thank you for the video.

    • @john-of-the-north
      @john-of-the-north Рік тому

      Thank you, I stand corrected. I found that out shortly after posting. (I'm not from America).

  • @DrewWithington
    @DrewWithington Рік тому

    Thank you Brain Eno for writing a soundtrack for this video.

  • @chriss312
    @chriss312 Рік тому

    Does it ever flood over the train track

    • @john-of-the-north
      @john-of-the-north Рік тому

      Thankfully no, as the railway embankment is much higher and also acts as a flood barrier.

  • @doreenfawcett9717
    @doreenfawcett9717 2 роки тому

    Needs dealing with now

  • @doreenfawcett9717
    @doreenfawcett9717 2 роки тому

    Very scary

  • @StechaReal
    @StechaReal 2 роки тому

    Quality video mate

  • @koreanature
    @koreanature 2 роки тому

    I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.

  • @LakelandDamproofing
    @LakelandDamproofing 2 роки тому

    I was there in the comadore pub on the front that day I’m from ulverston

  • @lmgrss
    @lmgrss 2 роки тому

    🎼👎

  • @stantam10
    @stantam10 2 роки тому

    Great info and to the point!

  • @idatipping2428
    @idatipping2428 2 роки тому

    Amazing views, 👏👏

  • @FERNweh101
    @FERNweh101 2 роки тому

    I remember this.Thanks.

  • @MrMattSteele
    @MrMattSteele 2 роки тому

    00:36 - this is a great shot, if you missed it you missed it but you caught it really well. Great video friend!

  • @gerardlemoine1597
    @gerardlemoine1597 2 роки тому

    Heureux les simples d’esprit....

  • @andrewgardner9615
    @andrewgardner9615 2 роки тому

    I think that the waves maybe even bigger over the last day?

  • @martinwilliams9776
    @martinwilliams9776 2 роки тому

    Gobeithio ei cherdded yn fuan👍

  • @omaralideq5633
    @omaralideq5633 2 роки тому

    It’s Mogadishu, liido beach, during Italian colony

  • @buffplums
    @buffplums 2 роки тому

    Haha I love the bit at the end very very clever well done

  • @alan.lorenzetti
    @alan.lorenzetti 2 роки тому

    Great tip! Mine got blurred after applying the size reduction filter. However, applying the black and white filter sorted it out reducing the file size by a factor of 3.

  • @peroddvarfinsdahl2986
    @peroddvarfinsdahl2986 2 роки тому

    It gets worse and worse all over the world. Read the New Testament about what is happening. REPENT Read Matthew Jesus died for your sins and wants you to be saved and baptized.

  • @navmantogo
    @navmantogo 2 роки тому

    I was born in Carmyle over 64 years ago and I can remember steam trains going into Glasgow on a line that's been taken away now

  • @Martincars56
    @Martincars56 2 роки тому

    Excellent video

  • @MelliaBoomBot
    @MelliaBoomBot 2 роки тому

    oh how lovely, home x

  • @MelliaBoomBot
    @MelliaBoomBot 2 роки тому

    I am from outside Beaumaris and I honestly did not know there was so much to this. Brilliant and informative video, thank you.

  • @MelliaBoomBot
    @MelliaBoomBot 2 роки тому

    brilliant, I love storms.

  • @MelliaBoomBot
    @MelliaBoomBot 2 роки тому

    I moved to France nearly a decade ago to be with my other half. This is type of video that makes me home sick.Grey windy days, Brits being excited by a bit of a flood so the whole family comes to see it, a bag of chips on the way home...cup of tea when you get in..lovely.

  • @MelliaBoomBot
    @MelliaBoomBot 2 роки тому

    Im here from the Beaumaris Friends facebook page and this is a fantastic video. Smashing thanks very much.

    • @john-of-the-north
      @john-of-the-north 2 роки тому

      Thanks Mellia. Did you spot it’s just part 1 of 3 so there are also videos for parts 2 and 3 too?

  • @Aesthetic_Princess667
    @Aesthetic_Princess667 2 роки тому

    from Holyhead to Llanfairpwllgwyngyll down A55 towards Bangor, Conwy and Caernarfon.

  • @raptorgator
    @raptorgator 2 роки тому

    This stuff gives me crazy anxiety but I still like to watch 😅🤣

  • @lilygilboy5644
    @lilygilboy5644 3 роки тому

    Hello there, My name is Lily Gilboy. I'm writing to you from Blast! Films where we make Saving Lives at Sea. We've come across this footage of yours and were wondering if you'd be happy for us to potentially use it in an episode. If this sounds like something you'd be happy with, please do send an email to lgilboy @ blastfilms . co . uk with the title of this video. Apologies for all of the spaces in that email address, it's just so UA-cam hopefully doesn't recognise this comment as spam. Kind Regards, Lily

  • @bradleygaming4182
    @bradleygaming4182 3 роки тому

    cool

  • @gloriouskodachrome
    @gloriouskodachrome 3 роки тому

    Great video, really captures the atmosphere, unlike my effort of train only coverage. Great to see my beloved MG Maestro parked up at Bedale, worth a fortune now if only I kept it :( . Really need to dig the cine footage out one day I took along side the video coverage...

    • @john-of-the-north
      @john-of-the-north 3 роки тому

      Yes do dig out your cine. It is of historical interest now. Thank you for your kind words about my very wobbly tame video. I had to borrow the video camera and was very unfamiliar - hence the error arising during the day of a date (the wrong date too!) being printed on the image.

  • @MelliaBoomBot
    @MelliaBoomBot 3 роки тому

    Ah, down The Glen? beautiful. To get my bearings, are you walking towards Lleiniog?

  • @ajo3085
    @ajo3085 3 роки тому

    It doesn't matter how smart we get or how technologically advanced we become, when Mother Nature decides to flex her muscles, we have to just sit back and learn our place again.

    • @ryanm5555
      @ryanm5555 2 роки тому

      yeah all we can do is learn from things like this

    • @TribusMontibus
      @TribusMontibus 2 роки тому

      Yes, I’m always amused when people give their boats haughty names like ‘wave dancer’ or something like that. Nature is powerful and has infinite patience. If we’re not careful, it wipes us out, effortlessly and uncaring. But, with all that raw power, it is always fascinating to be at sea.

  • @weaselworm8681
    @weaselworm8681 3 роки тому

    Neat. Really enjoyed that.

  • @yo1347
    @yo1347 3 роки тому

    ¿ Cómo se llama la melodía desde el minuto 1: 05 , en adelante ?

  • @PowderedCowsMusic
    @PowderedCowsMusic 3 роки тому

    Good luck for BTB '21!

  • @snapey1254
    @snapey1254 3 роки тому

    I would have been scared at the spooky house

  • @laurencemoore3042
    @laurencemoore3042 3 роки тому

    I can remember running along that footpath nearly forty years ago. It was a cold September day, with a strong wind and driving rain. The tide wasn`t as high as this but still full enough to send a few whitecaps over the sea wall. As i set out from a friends house i ran against the wind. it was so strong i felt as if was running in concrete and that a huge hand rested on my chest pushing me back. Back then i was a serious athlete and used to hard training but the first three miles to my turn point was harder than some marathons i`ve finished. it normally took me about 18 minutes to reach a headland and turn for home back the way i had come. But that day when i got to the headland and glanced at my watch i saw it had taken me nearly thirty minutes and i felt shattered, all the energy sucked out of me. i turned for home and instantly everything changed. as I recovered and ran faster it felt like the hand was now pushing me along faster and i was really flying. I felt young, strong and alive and have never forgotten it. thanks for this.

    • @Jo.King_
      @Jo.King_ 10 місяців тому

      Such a beautiful spot. Where is it exactly?

  • @VashtiInez
    @VashtiInez 3 роки тому

    Mesmerizing!