Clydach is a village in Swansea, South Wales, that exemplifies a tight-knit community with strong social bonds, characterized by its industrial heritage (home to the Mond Nickel Works, Europe's largest nickel refinery from the 1930s), diverse population including Irish immigrants, and vibrant community institutions like the Male Voice Choir that has performed at the Principality Stadium. The community demonstrates both positive aspects (friendly locals, local pride, strong community spirit) and challenges (youth issues, drug problems in certain areas), illustrating how communities balance historical industrial significance with contemporary social dynamics.
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CLYDACH: Swansea's Tight Community
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>> Well, what's going on people? Welcome to the Central Club. This episode is brought to you by RMX, Vortex, Absolute Vans, White River Recovery, and the Jamie Birdie Group. If you haven't already, make sure you hit that like button, subscribe to the club, hit the bell button to be notified of future content. Well, it's been a while. We've been consistent with the vlogs, but we are now back. Okay, the weather's better and hopefully it stays better so we can continue to do these vlogs. Get back in the rhythm, get everyone watching the Central Club again. So, let's go. And guess what? We're off to Swansea, right?
And with Patrick Broen, one of my day ones. He's never been with me, right?
And he says, "I'm going to come out with you because we're going to Dim's Pokémon shop, right, to go and speak some business and then we're going to go and do a vlog in Clid." All right. Now, Cliduck's quite a big place considering it's a part of Swansea. It's on the outskirts, but it's a big place, right?
So, I don't know if we're going to get it all in one video, but we have to make a start, and we're going to do that today. Okay, we're on our way to Cliduck. The weather's nice. Let's see what it brings. But I cannot wait. Stay central. When it comes to trusting Absolute Vans, we are more than just a van. Yes, of course, we do the best stores in the UK. Everybody knows that.
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>> Is this where you live?
>> Yes.
>> How long have you lived in would you class part of Cluck or >> Well yeah boundary within a up there.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. How long have you lived in this area?
>> Um 20 years.
>> 20 years. Are you from Swansea or >> what made you come to this area?
>> Um well to get married.
>> Yeah. Oh it's a Welsh girl was there.
>> Yeah.
And was she from this area or?
>> Yes. Yes.
>> Yeah. And this this building here, I just what I've noticed is we come by here cuz there's like two amazing churches just by here. What is this? Is this the house? This bit here or did this used to be something else or >> Well, that that building there used to be Jenkins the chemist.
>> I was a chemist. I was. Was it? Okay.
>> Yeah. And this is where the uh I think there were two houses joined into one.
And this is where the chemist lived.
>> Okay.
the chemist had his own house like or maybe he was living there and thought I'd turn that into a chemist maybe. I don't know. Yeah. So, Clid the area um is it a good place to live or how would you describe clinic and the people of Cluck?
>> It's all right. They're uh they're very very Swansea.
>> Very Swansea. Yeah. Yeah. We're from an area in Cardiff and we're on the outskirts and uh we we like to think that just because you're not living in the city center or on the outskirts like doesn't mean you're the Cardiff if like we think we're more Cardiff on the outskirts. Do you know what I mean? So I can understand what you mean by that with Swansea, you know.
>> Well, we're kind of like on the beginning of the Swansea Valley.
>> Yeah.
>> Swansea Valley is up that way and it's a real Welsh speaking area.
>> Yeah. Clidash is probably the last of the nonWelp speaking. By by the time you go to Trabanos and Pondawa, you're getting into the real Welsh speakers.
>> Welsh speaking. Wow, that's amazing. And if there was something, well, I won't say the pros and cons of the area, but if there was anything, what do you think's lacking in Clid? What could be done to make this area a better place, especially for the youngsters and stuff?
Is there anything you you'd identify yourself or?
>> Not really. No. I mean, um, the youngsters, they they play over by the river.
>> Yeah.
>> That's something you can't >> can't do many other places either.
>> If you want a nice rough and ready upbringing, this is a good place for it.
>> Yeah.
>> And then you you can escape out of clid up the canal paths in any direction.
>> Yeah. And it's not it's quite uh funny for you to say that like um do you think it's good to have a rough and ready upbringing or do you think a sheltered life is better? I was uh I was brought up on a on a council estate and I thought it was good.
>> Yeah. Yeah. I I totally agree, mate. Um and one other thing as you come through here, you see there's like um on the maps and obviously you can see the >> the chimney stack towering. So um we haven't done our due diligence yet on the history of clinic, but what was this a an industry village? Like what is that?
>> Still is. That is the largest nickel refinery in Europe.
>> Really?
>> Yes. That's the Mond nickel works. And Mr. Ludvigond is the man who invented the process and he did >> German >> I think. So >> Ludvig Ludvig. Yeah.
>> He did it here.
>> Yep. He invented it here.
>> How many years ago do you know?
>> Around about the 1930s.
>> Wow.
Wow. That's so fascinating to hear. And does it employ a lot of people from the area?
>> I I think so. I mean, it's we've I've had the tour from of the hall, >> but they wouldn't they wouldn't let us go anywhere beyond the actual hole of of the mond cuz it's a it's an active site.
It's full of nickel. Nickel is pretty dangerous.
>> Toxic, is it?
>> Yes. It gives you lung cancer.
>> Okay, we'll try and avoid that. Maybe the drone. Maybe the drone. Yeah.
>> So, they they're all wearing detectors which detect parts per billion >> and if it gets a bit too much, stay away sort of thing. Oh, if it goes off, then they have to decontaminate themselves.
Yeah.
>> Wow. Okay.
>> It never goes off.
>> Yeah. Well, fingers. And if it did go off, would that affect the area as well then?
>> Oh, no. This is the people who work in the in the refinery.
>> I I don't actually know how many people it employs. I mean, they got big enough car park and they work in shifts.
>> Brilliant. Yeah. Interesting. Is there anywhere you advise us to go and have a look in Cla for maybe the nice historic part and also the rough and ready? Well, koi guillim is the nice bit.
>> Is this this area here?
>> It's >> Hey, there's a couple of fans.
>> It's the other side of you go up there, you see Ludvigmon and it's the other side of that on. So, it's getting on towards Trabanos.
>> Yeah.
>> Down this end. I mean, we're very proud of our canal terminus.
>> Where's that hill? Just by there, is it?
>> Yep. That's >> Oh my gosh. Just have a look at this p.
>> Oh my god. I didn't even clock this.
This is a great part to start the video really.
>> So that's a canal there.
>> Yes, this is the terminus. It used to carry on through that housing estate, but they built a housing estate.
>> And was that that that's from the nickel finer like the stuff they think of?
>> This is from the 18th century.
>> So the Mont Nickel Works is 20th century that is 18th. So two centuries before >> probably you know transporting was there any mining villages at the top or >> yeah but um it was there was a crocken wife that's the Welsh word um pottery >> we we bumped into the right man here he's given us all the gems >> it's a it was a pottery and you couldn't transport pottery by road it would be all be broken >> yeah but it would have been horseback from Yeah. So that was the only way of transporting crockery >> fragile goods.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah. And where's the uh where's the where's the um the rough and ready community? What part is it? Is it a part we should go and speak to people who are there on their doorsteps? And >> what is it name? Well, there's Craig Vellon.
>> Okay.
>> Up up up up the hill. And um I'm surprised on in most sunny days they they play over the bridge over there.
>> Yeah. Brilliant.
>> And drink.
>> And drink. We'll have a look. We're going to have a look at that quickly.
But uh what's your name? Sorry.
>> Uh Bill.
>> Bill. Oh, Portland Bill. What is that then?
>> That's just a t-shirt somebody bought for me.
>> Oh, brilliant.
>> I'm I'm forced to wear it.
>> Why Why Portland then? What's What's that about?
>> Portland Bill is a place.
>> Oh, oh my god. Now I'm being silly.
>> And it's famous for a lighthouse.
>> Portland in the UK or in America?
>> It's in Hampshire or Devon. Okay, >> Devon. Waymouth is Portland, isn't it?
You got Portland in Wemouth. I know that. Yeah, >> I know that cuz there's a prison there that I used to visit my uncle.
>> But yeah, no, thank you, Bill. Really appreciate it. Um, if you ever want to check out our video, it's on the Central Club on YouTube. Check it out.
>> Okay.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Thank you.
>> Cheers.
>> Let's go.
>> Let's go and have a look at this thing.
>> Come on in.
>> Ah, so you can see where this stopped.
Look.
>> Yeah. 100%.
>> That would have been a lock then, I imagine. Is it?
>> It's nice though, would it? Look at the little duct.
>> Lovely, mate.
>> On the other part, on the other side, it is a path. Look. And it goes up. Look.
It's nice, isn't it?
>> It's lovely.
Ah, they mad like 200 years ago as well.
Like honestly >> 300 years ago they were they were they were shipping pottery up the canal >> and in a space of 2 minutes we've got like three churches. So there's the first one.
>> Uh and then we're coming over to the other two now.
Swansea canal the Camless Abatawi.
Let's go and have a look. Shall we shops about here?
Oh, I needed a fast.
I'll cut that bit out.
>> Don't cut. Can you imagine how many people beat go past the >> crazy man?
>> Cheers, Bill.
>> Why did the Irish move the CH then?
>> Don't cut.
>> I thought so.
>> T mate.
>> Tada, mate.
>> The horse racing, didn't it?
>> Yeah. clock.
No smoking on naked light.
This must have been like a This is a start, but this must have been like a small village like this part, you know, and shops. But like I don't know if that was a church or not. Do you know what I mean? Or was that just a [ __ ] What is that? Oh, look at this part. This is lovely, mate.
a waterfall over there, mate.
>> Yeah, a clock there. But look at the church now in the [ __ ] So, you got the three compasses pub over there.
Look. So, that's like a bit of a tea junction. Dynamic rocks. Indoor climbing now. Outdoor. Look at this part. [ __ ] h is lovely, mate. So, we've got the canal which is obviously drip feeding this waterfall into the river.
M. This is [ __ ] beautiful, mate. Look at this, mate.
>> Mate, >> there's a river the other side as well, >> that Yeah. So, that must be the gut.
>> That's probably the gut of the tower.
And that's the river tower there. Look.
Oh, can we get over there?
>> Yeah. There's a bridge there, mate.
>> Let's [ __ ] have a little goosey, shall we? I love stuff like this, bro.
>> It's amazing.
>> To be honest, mate, this is this is like fair water pentain, isn't it? growing up. We live on, you know, in Cardiff, we live like Cardiff West. Yeah. Northwest really, but but west. Yeah. West the edge. You know, we live on a counter estate. If you're facing that way, you go into town. If you face that way, you you're in the woods. Like, you know what I mean? Right by St. Faggins. And look at that.
Vad RFC.
But basically what you've got like >> like we've got lots of history in our woods and stuff and like this is west of Swansea northwest on the edge and uh the history you can really see it like like when we go through penain woods which we'll do it one day and Ashcraftoft the broken bridge you know where they used to >> broken bridge we used to jump off >> and they used to trolley that didn't they down to uh um you know that was one of the old battery lines rail took over but look at the this is really murky I know It's not exactly stagnant water, is it?
Canal? I'm not sure. Maybe it is. But this is probably because of the nickel factory just by it. Look at the nickel factory, bro. Look at it.
>> I want to look at this side quickly.
John Bridge. Pont John.
Well, I guess uh it's 20 225 years that bridge has been there, mate.
>> Pon John.
>> That bridge has been there. That bridge here has been standing for 225 years, bro.
225 year old bridge.
>> You know, when you was walking on it, did you feel it kind of going through a bit?
>> Yeah, it was bouncy, was it?
>> It wasn't even a suspension bridge. Look at this brick work, though, mate.
>> Lovely.
>> This is something we'd make in a den back in the day like in it. I'll tell you one thing I want to do is I want to go in.
>> It'd be nice to see people playing out in the woods, kids playing.
>> You You're probably doing it right, but just try and get my shot in as well.
Just bear with like looking at me. Oh, bro, it's shut. Look. Oh, it's not a bridge. It's a pipe thing. Look like the one in Rada. The Radio in the pipe >> over the Taff.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> No, but look at the Oh, I can still see the surface. Oh, do you know what?
Considering right, it's next to the this big factory. Oh, it's not that dirty, bro. Look, you can see the surface.
>> It's a shame though, is it's been cut mad >> as well cuz I'm looking at the current running that way, but it's coming this way. It's like, yeah, get it, bro. I would have loved to have gone over that, but I assume that's where the the thing is, but just look, put this into context. Yeah, look how high the river goes, bro. Look at the bridge. Look at all the sticks stuck up.
That's from when the river raises. So, when the river is high and all the [ __ ] coming from the top of whatever this river starts, the river towi, look at it all.
It's mad that is it, bro.
>> Crazy. To put that into context, >> must be like a reason why it's shut off.
Do you know what I mean?
>> Wow. Kids obviously climbed on it.
That's not a foot bridge, bro. That's a pipe bridge.
>> You know, look, pipe runs there. Look.
>> Yeah, bro. I tell you where I want to go, mate.
>> Where's that?
>> It's up in the valleys.
>> Yeah.
>> That guy in there who um you from clinic.
>> Come on. Come and say hello to us.
>> He knows exactly what we're doing now.
What's happening? You all right?
>> Yeah. Can we just give me that part like it?
>> I know. What's Well, I know we didn't expect.
>> So, just like um obviously we're doing a little vlog of Cluck. Yeah.
>> This is like the 10th attempt of doing it. Every time I come up, it's raining and that. So, >> um Yeah. Tell us what's the place like?
What's this place like to grow up and live?
>> Well, it's all right, isn't it? It's not It's not the best of cities, but well, towns, >> but it's all right.
>> Yeah. Are you like both from here then?
>> I'm from here. She's from Morrison.
>> Morrison. I am.
>> Okay. So, not >> not as not as far out like.
>> Do you find them different? The people at Clinical Morrison?
>> Yeah, they are different.
>> Yeah.
>> Very necessary.
>> Very in my way.
>> Up here.
>> Really?
>> Yes.
>> Seen my way. I'm sure it's a bit >> Is that where you are? Oh, she's trying to say Morrison. She's from Clay. Look.
>> Yeah. We're coming in. We're going to do uh we're going to do Clay's Town Mayill and Penland Skat Park. They're definitely to do this year. Um and then if if you know it still does well, we'll revisit the ones we done last year as well like but >> we wanted to do Cliduck and uh see what it had to offer. What what what what's the center of the universe in in in Cluck? What does the community revolve around? Is it the sports club? Is it like what is it?
>> Yeah.
>> Sports club.
>> That one over by there. Is it?
>> Well, the fields are down there. people down there, but they closed the bridge cuz the bridge is unsafe. So, >> wait a minute.
>> All the way up.
>> Well, that was a foot bridge, was it?
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, I just thought it was a pipe bridge.
>> It collapsed. Uh, closed it off >> probably about 5 years ago.
>> But that was the only way to get there, was it? The shortcut.
>> Yeah, that was it. But they've made another route now all the way around.
So, >> interesting. Interesting. Okay. And just quickly, we always ask everyone this, what's the best part about Cluck and what's the worst part about Cluck?
>> It's hard to answer to be honest. Do you like >> um the people >> are the best?
>> They're all tidy.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> And I don't really know the worst part.
>> What needs to be done to make this place better? Is there a >> bit of a tidy up?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Good man. What's your name? Sorry.
>> Reys.
>> Reys.
>> Nice to meet you.
>> Reun. Nice to meet you, Colin. Patrick.
>> Nice to meet you.
>> Thank you very much. Do us one thing on the camera. Say stay central.
>> Stay central.
>> Have a nice day.
>> Sorry. photo with you.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> Watches you all the time.
>> Where do you want to go?
>> Anywhere.
>> You know, it's crazy.
>> I do know.
>> Nice to meet you both. Take care. All right.
>> You're up. Huh?
>> Let's go.
>> That's [ __ ] class.
>> Well, at least you know a bit more know it. Should have asked them like where where do we go? Like where's rough?
>> Oh, yeah. Is there anywhere you recommend us to go? Like any mad places or >> rough places? Rough. Rough.
>> Yeah.
>> Uh the top of the mountain >> Yeah.
>> Is there any up that way?
>> Uh >> Penry or any of them? No.
>> Pen is quite rough.
>> Yeah.
>> Mount Pleasant. No. And >> Penel is it?
>> All right.
>> Where in Penroy anywhere? But the shops, anything?
>> Uh straight up and then pass the shop.
Pass the park.
>> I'll get a noise. Cheers, mate. Ta. Bye.
people go past the pacman.
>> Well, that cried val they said. But when we we we drove past it, but it did maybe we should just go up to the shops before we leave to see if we can see anyone.
to be honest like like it's nice to [ __ ] you know go to the nitty-gritty and speak to the you know the heart of the communities and find out what the issues are but I also really like I really like just the history of things and you know like this is unbelievable this is imagine living here like >> it's nice >> is it part >> it's lovely mate lovely >> but I I would say this bit here do you know what this bit reminds me of you know when you're updating club buddy >> yeah rad that's what I was going to And you got um like gland and that is it.
>> Yeah, >> definitely mate. Definitely.
That's lovely, man.
[ __ ] lovely.
We got a dog walker. Maybe he'll speak if he comes this way.
>> Hopefully. Hopefully.
>> Yeah. Most rivers have a like look at the stagnant bit there. That's a bit horable, isn't it?
Here we are. S canal. Look.
The pump house and lower clinic aqueduct.
Pon John and the pump house. That's our little bridge here, mate.
Railway bridge, click foundry. A view of the clinic aqueduct.
>> Wow. Beautiful. This is celebrating.
>> See like this reminds me of St. >> Swansea Canal Company. Look at the coin.
>> That's a collectible, mate.
>> Reminds me of St. Fagen. Stuff like that. See?
>> Yeah. Well, it's history in it.
Heritage, mate. Absolutely love that.
Let's have a quick look by ear then, shall we?
See if we can uh mate, the amount of beeps we've had. Yeah. And I guarantee you we haven't even stepped into clinic, mate. And everyone knows we're [ __ ] here. My word. Yes, bro.
Nice whip, man. Is it? That's lovely.
>> So, this is a rock climbing thing. Yeah.
>> Thank you for shopping in a Swansea Valley. [ __ ] If I'm Look at that. Mint.
If I ever saw something Welsh, it's that supported by Kuck Mail Voice Choir.
Thank you for shopping in the Swansea Valley. Beautiful. Love it.
So, we got Don't know if this is open, but Oh, they do indoor rock.
>> It says open here, mate. This is like um cafe I think. Oh, you got dog friendly calf. Nice.
Chef Wang.
Chef Wang.
Oh.
>> Oh, I see your Swansea B.
>> Oh, here we go. Here we go.
>> Here's Chef Wang. Say hello. H the clinic tandori.
But you know the place to go in clinic in it stackers.
>> Stackers. Yeah.
>> Shout out to the stackers crew. That's what I love. That reminds me of St. Fagens. The tiled color tiles.
Hair by David.
Hair by David. If I anything I say if I say something just point.
>> Yeah. No worries.
>> Oh, I like that name though.
Inher inheritance.
Inheritance.
I've seen that logo before. I don't know what it is, though.
So, we got the riverbank.
Um, >> kickboxing karate.
>> Got the other church there.
Yeah, that looks nice, though.
>> Oh, let's have a look past the park, didn't he?
>> Yeah. Look at this shot, mate.
Right on the river, mate.
Don't even look like you're in Swansea, bro. Look. Oh, classic river restaurant on the river. Like, damn, mate. [ __ ] hell. You think you're in [ __ ] Spain?
That's really nice, mate. Is it >> lovely, mate? Lovely.
>> They should get all this done out here.
Do all that out by there. Look, get all that done out. Put a nice [ __ ] deck in up to there. I'd start chairing it up at the white bit. Get all that as extra seating. You're laughing?
Oh my god. Look at the size of the rugby club, bro.
I thought Bear Waters was small. Look at this.
Look.
Club rugby.
>> It's tiny. Look.
Yeah. Nice. And it's got it right in a four, man. That's quite good for a [ __ ] rugby club.
>> Telling you. Sorry, love.
Let's have a look.
>> Hi guys. Don't you do us a favor? Don't you don't have to record. I mean, we're doing >> I'll cover your face anyway. All right, guys. How's it going?
>> We finally come here.
>> Well, do you know what? We've just seen a big flag on the side and we said that's we wanted to know a bit more like it's all right. We >> just come back from my back.
>> All right. speak to all of you are then what's your name sir? Uh Phil Jones.
>> Phil Phil Coals they call me.
>> Phil Cockles cloud clit's actually got quite a famous choir though, haven't they? Like you I've heard of the clinic.
>> Yeah, we used to have um my vivadra up there.
>> Wow. Look at that.
>> Lovely one road in 1993.
>> Wow.
>> But 5 years later we folded for whatever reason >> and two years ago we started this choir up here now.
>> It's amazing mate voice choir. Now >> you're based from here now then are you?
Yes, we practice in the back room there.
>> And and that photo there, what is that in one of the churches around here or is that actually in the deadford?
>> No, that's in the church. Um Kant, >> that one by there, >> not there.
>> No, that's St. Mary's that is.
>> Yeah, you got a few beautiful churches around >> up there. Uh >> first left.
>> First, >> you stay there and I'll hold him and then you can go through the through the two then. Right.
>> Go on. Go on. Where to >> the chapel coupling ant is just 100 yards up the road. turn left and it's up then 100 yards up on the right. It's fabulous. It is.
>> Yeah.
>> And the top picture there is we sang in the Principality Stadium when Wales played New Zealand last November.
>> That's the pinnacle. That is it.
>> Oh, it was brilliant. That was absolutely tremendous.
>> That's a top picture there.
>> Oh, look at that.
>> We were with four other choirs, but uh >> Well, it's still a joint effort. That's still an achievement.
>> Brilliant. Yeah. Absolutely brilliant.
Yeah. And have you been part of the choir for for long or >> I was in VA in the mail voice choir same as Phil was for 10 years but I packed in because I work at about the year 2000 with it >> and then I joined this choir two years ago retired a couple years and we we just come back to now we were singing in Carlo and S Kenny for the weekend. We had a great trip. Everything went really well.
>> Wow. Was that just an event then was it or was it for a sport event?
>> It was a pan Celtic festival. There was a couple of choirs singing there.
>> It was a ladies choir from Glenn Arman was singing and they were really good.
>> Fantastic.
>> Couple of male boys choir from North Wales in there. Couple of different choirs.
>> My grandpar choir, the Red Jumpers and they drink they sing in the Angel Hotel before the the games. But he's been I think it's amazing like you know.
>> Oh, it's good. And it's good for your mental health too because you get out and mix it all. There's 30 odd of us.
>> 35 of us went to uh to Ireland.
>> 35. Exactly.
>> Great enough. Not a bad word. We had a thoroughly good time maybe.
>> Got back for you Monday morning.
>> Got a good drink as well.
>> We still haven't.
>> Is it um uh like you know people when they think of the male voice choirs, they think of you know the the the elder generation. But what's the youngest uh singer in your choir?
>> Oh, I don't know. Um, >> do you do you accept youngsters?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Gwin's in there now, isn't it? There's a few, but a lot of us are over 70.
>> I think you got to be Yeah. You got to have that voice. You got to have that experience when you sing. I think >> we do. If anybody ask you, can you sing?
I say I'm not a solo. A >> lot of these boys just join now. We never s before.
>> Never sing before, >> but it doesn't matter if you come in, you just join in.
>> That's brilliant. That's brilliant.
>> It's good for community. Well, I used to be a heroin addict and I used to be homeless and I've always thought about I'd love to do like a homeless choir.
>> Yeah.
>> You know, I think that would be brilliant. You know, imagine a homeless Welsh choir. That's fantastic. You know, um >> but out of out of 40 of us that are on the books or 42, there's only about seven or eight speak Welsh.
>> Do you speak Welsh?
>> No, I don't. My parents were Irish. So, >> I was brought up with the Irish parent.
I don't speak Welsh filers.
>> How How did you How uh how did you end up in Clen? Is it the nickel factory or >> my grandfather came over from Ireland in 1906?
>> Broen's Irish Patrick. Yeah.
>> And my mother was working for Lever Brothers doing demonstrations of soap powders and stuff like that. And they they had a bit of a exhibition on in the village hall in Cluck and she met my father in St. Benic Church.
>> So would you say Cluck is a mix then of of different It's not just W.
>> No, there's a lot of different uh >> cultures, you know. I think lots of Irish are years ago, but of course they've all grown up and moved away now.
You know what I mean?
>> Well, my family are from uh my my my dad's side Greek, the other side are from Scotland, but they're from a town called KBY and that's a steel town, you know. They all move in Scotland, you know. So, it's funny, isn't it, how >> demographics move across the UK for certain professions and trades.
>> That's right. Yeah.
>> You don't see it no more, do you?
>> Not so much. No, no. Well, there not there's not industry around you as it was.
>> The M is still going now. than works and that was employing lots of Irish came to work there and from all over the country came to work there from London from De >> seen that big stack.
>> Yeah, we just saw it. It's amazing.
>> That's the mon nickelwood >> Ludwig is that his name the fell?
>> Yeah, he was a fellow who founded the the carbonal process at Nickel.
>> Yeah, where I live top bank.
My name of my street is >> Brunner.
>> And that's >> that's what that was is the Brond as well. So >> So you're one of the oldest streets then.
>> Yeah. Brand named after the scientist and >> amazing amazing.
>> And the Globe Road I was brought up on.
They named a lot of the roads. They built all Sunny Bank on Va Road.
>> Oh, fair play. Right.
>> And cable road. A lot of houses and sunny bank. They're all named after after scientist Farad Grove Road, Grove Road, Ramsey Road. They were all named after like scientists, man.
>> So fascinating.
>> And they built hundreds of houses. It was like complete take over of the area, wasn't it? Yeah.
>> What um if I just say like moving on to now, present time. Yeah. The community of Cluck. Uh if is it I know it's changed. It's an obvious question, but is it is it changed for the better or the worst?
>> Oh, I think I think for the better.
People are far more communicative. We were in the court a week ago or two weeks ago looking for support for the choir. We had tremendous support. We were selling badges and pens and carrier bags that we had. We had a heck of it tremendous support when we sing in in Kaplan. We've sung there twice now with the school children from upon and we like a joint concert. It's been very well attended. You know >> that's amazing. We got the we got the same problem in our village as many people got in their villages all over there and the motors and >> that's what I was going to say the generation like you know what what's the problems and what needs to change do you think how can it be improved >> better police intain >> because um >> the kids are riding around the motorbikes and one day one of them >> is going to get hurt badly and then it'll all kick off and there'll be lots of reprisals and investigations but they just going through without helmets on absolute stupidity you know doing wheelies up to the village which right you know and a lot of old people perhaps it didn't bother me could be frightening you know they they going on pavements and people coming out of shopping absolute stupidity and it's not like there's you know there's mountains up there only three miles you could go on >> yeah like we used to got to remember is that there was a case or 12 jas one fell ill There's only 11 >> and the 11 of them found him guilty.
>> Then there was a new case.
>> Uh I can't remember this is solicitor represented son.
>> It was yeah know it's the Michael the one who done the card five.
>> Anyway there was another case there 12 there and the whole 12 found him guilty.
>> So 23 out of 23 people found him guilty.
Not one found him not guilty.
Do you think then this wasn't a miscarriage just as you think that he >> definitely did it in >> my opinion he definitely did it on directly >> he used to live >> in a flat review >> by my wife's mother >> there was some stories there >> he's a lunatic >> well yeah people said he weren't an angel like you know and you know he was a bit of another was he >> he was to me he was anyway >> I I got no qualms about it he definitely did I think somebody might have helped him.
Might be, but >> I don't know.
>> Interesting. Thank you, Phil. I appreciate that.
>> All right.
>> Thank you very much. We'll ask um Vincent Vince.
>> Yeah. Vince, come out here.
>> We might as well get Vincent's opinion as Well, anyway, you know what? I think you know what that is.
>> Yeah, I think >> there's more to it than meets the eye because there was talk that when he went to the house that he'd cleaned up he'd cleaned up all the all the evidence, which I don't think he'd if he was steaming and out of his head on on Pia.
He wouldn't have had the the thought to do that if he was all done in rage. It just seemed a bit too >> too clean. You know that.
>> Do you think it wasn't him?
>> H >> Do you think it was him or do you think it wasn't? I don't think I I knew the fellow was a wasn't a very nice person and they certainly didn't deserve it and poor children and woman and her grandmother. I knew them all and uh >> I don't know it just it just seemed to >> some people think some people think the police would >> police involved.
>> He found his chain.
>> Yeah, they said that. Yeah. The house.
Yeah. And he tried to find another one and grab it up and said that it wasn't his. You know, >> that's and that was the one thing that I felt cuz it wasn't as if like yeah, I can explain. He tried to lie about the chain, but you know, I've heard of Stranger Things where people plant things as well. You just don't know, do you?
>> No.
>> It's just pity they couldn't have uh >> undeniable truth like you know.
>> Yeah. Undeniable truth. Yeah. If people could have without >> you know he died in prison, didn't he?
So there still that suspicion around that >> the case stinks a bit, >> you know. people a lot of people aren't convinced that it was just him. So you know whether there was other people involved we don't know but >> tell me in one word or two words how would you describe the people of CL >> brilliant >> thank you very much lovely to meet you >> welcome and sorry and what's your name quickly >> Philip Philip Jones >> Phillip tell me in your words how how would you describe the people of Cluck >> majority you're very nice people you get a few Indians as I said earlier on but generally yeah >> good and bad everywhere in it >> good and bad nice to meet you the nail in the end.
>> God bless you.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you very much. Big up >> the fra >> what you called.
>> This is the clinic mail. Big up the click mail voice choir. God bless. Take care guys.
>> All right, guys.
>> Thank you.
>> Royal all. We'll be there. Hang on. Did you get that on camera? Tell them what you just said.
>> Yeah, we sang with it. The 10,000 voices in >> the world choir in in the PR the what was it called?
>> Cards Park. Tom Jones was singing. Um, who's what's her name now?
>> Shirley Barcy. Tom Bar. Tom Jones.
>> Not many people can say that.
>> We sang the Royal Albert all twice, haven't we, Bill?
>> We sing the Royal Albert all twice.
>> Yes, we have. Yeah.
>> Brilliant.
>> Brilliant.
>> Guys, you are the pride of Wales. You know that, don't you?
>> You know that.
>> You are.
>> You are. My Mrs. She's from Newcastle.
her mother, her grandmother, all she ever used to play was Tom Jones and male Welsh choirs.
>> They love it.
>> They love it.
>> Brilliant.
>> Well, it's when this um >> sing well is brilliant.
>> Yeah.
>> Thank you very much, guys. I'll see you all soon.
>> You're more than welcome.
>> Hey, we're going to get that church.
We're going to run around. We're going to do the shops, right?
>> Yeah. Come on then.
>> A mate. They were [ __ ] class, mate.
>> Mad, mate.
>> That's what I love. That's what I [ __ ] love about places like this.
>> Did you see all the rugby shirts in there as well? Some good ones weren't, mate.
>> Some nice rugby shirts.
>> Wow. This is the This is the one I was interested in. Look at this.
>> This is what the Americans This is when you know America, you know, cuz it's like 1700s. It's new, in it, the New World.
>> This is like what you see on films in America. This type of style. Look, 1868 like, you know, look at it. It's beautiful.
And look at it, mate. This is what's sad about it. Look to [ __ ] get down there. Get in your church. Sing some [ __ ] songs. Thank God for your [ __ ] life and your blessings. Count your blessings. Get in the churches.
>> It's a lovely building.
>> You don't have to read your Bible. Yeah, it is. But you don't have to read your Bible every [ __ ] day, mate. You know, you don't have to live it by the word word. But get down on a Sunday. Look at this one.
>> There's people walking.
I see that saysund that says 120 years.
I don't know if that's 120 years old, but it's a beautiful building to build 120 years ago. And you've only got to look at all these buildings where there's 200, 300, right, mate? We don't build buildings like we used to. We can't. We can't. These will be standing long long after the new buildings we got in all these city centers now. Hey mate, do you mind if we ask you a couple of questions?
>> Lovely jubbly. Thank you very much.
>> Good afternoon.
>> All right. How are you?
>> All good.
>> All good.
>> Cullen, what's your name?
>> Chris.
>> Go down, mate. All that. Are you uh you from >> half and half? Mrs. from Glitter.
>> She's from Cla and I'm from Swans.
>> Get on. Say hello.
>> And have you lived up? Do you live up here?
>> I've been up since 1851 now. So, >> oh see. Yeah. Cler bit.
>> Yeah. What do you think of the area? Is it a good community?
>> Cracking community.
>> Yeah.
>> Depends. Every area has got a bad air.
>> It's good and bad everywhere. All in all, it's good area up here. Good place to live.
>> Like we've just gone into the in the rugby club. We've been speaking to the old the old been down by the canal and it's a lovely place.
>> It's cracking. There's pubs all over the place. All up the road up the next road up.
>> There's pubs up there as well.
>> 15 psubs on all that. Right.
>> Shut up.
>> There's another two clubs.
>> Wow. That's >> cracking the compass on the corner there. You should have gone in there.
That's the >> I seen the Swansea badge. I gave that one. I missed that.
>> That's all right. No, that's all right.
It's all right. Well, who's now? And my card is support.
>> Yeah. Well, I don't mind if we don't do it today cuz I'm there choosing. Bye.
>> Stay central.
>> He he gave a slogan, but he said you you're not welcome. That's bad. That is >> nice to meet you, mate.
>> No. Nice one, mate. I appreciate you.
Check him out. We're coming back next season to do you right there.
>> Have a chat.
>> No, no, no. Hey, it's nice to meet you.
Yeah. No, I appreciate it.
>> Yeah. Oh, mate. I say it. I I I love Swansea. Love it. Love the people. Just hate the [ __ ] football club. And that's it, isn't it? Like it's banan.
It's the same. It's the same when Fra play [ __ ] I know a rugby team.
Exactly. That's it. As long as it stays like that, you know, keep it like that.
Bit of a rivalry. No, I think on sponsors in 90s some mad stuff all us doing it but uh >> yeah. Do any of you card fans remember this this remember this man?
>> No but um >> No, it's good. It's good.
>> Yeah, it is. And and you know next season like it'll be we'll go all over again. Like you know it's been lonely this season not having a W team to play and watching you play Rexom.
>> A shame how Newport just losing one nil down. If I had a choice, I'd have Rexom, Newport, Swansea, Card, get them all in. I won that, you know.
Right. That's how we should be.
>> They're doing well. Yeah.
>> From the north.
>> The Conference North. I think it >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. We are. We found it out.
>> JUST tell us. Just tell us quickly, Cla, in your own words. What's What's it like as a place?
>> Uh, half a half and half. They both on. on the both fingers.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Nice. Come on in. So, this is Look at that. The cow shed and bar and grill. There's so many There's so many bars up here. It's mad. Like I I This is obviously their spa. There you go.
Um we're going to I'm going to go over to Let's go to Let's go to Stackers quickly. Let's order some munch for us to go with. Come on.
Best burgers you'll get in the game.
These are Come on. Let's go and see them.
>> Best burgers in the game.
>> Well, this is all right. Look, it's a nice little like it's a beautiful little high street really when you look at it.
Nice high street. You got the nice church there. Oh yeah. Friendly people can't fi.
What's happening?
See, got a bookies.
This is the bar there. This one here.
Look at that's an old bank as well.
Look. Come here. Let's see if he's in.
Is he open?
There he is. Come on. I want to say hello.
>> Where's Josh?
>> Oh, are you blogging me?
>> Oh, okay. Fair enough. Well, happy.
>> Oh, is he? No worries. Well, say happy birthday to Kate for me. Whoever Kate is. Take care, girls. Tada.
Tada. Here we are. Look. So, basically, we're going to go and get a stack as Oh, look at the little dog. Hello. Hello.
Mate, I'm [ __ ] starving. Starving, bro. I am starving. What?
>> This is the famous stackers calling them.
>> This is the famous stackers. Yeah, stackers.
Shout out to the gang. Here they go.
>> This is the boys. Oh, and they're all in. IT'S A FULL HOUSE, BRO.
>> It's a full house. What's happening, boys? You all right?
>> Oh, they're all in. [ __ ] hell.
>> You all right, big fella? WHERE'S MY JUMPER? WHAT ARE YOU WEARING IN MY CENTRAL CLUB?
>> It's in the shed.
>> Ah, that's not what it's good for now, is it? Anything new on the menu, boys?
>> Yeah, a couple of new me.
>> Right, just make sure I have that chicken honey thing, though. Yeah, right.
>> Right. So, listen. We've got to we got to shoot. I'm running late. Is it my misses? Right.
>> But I just want to go to the top of the high street. So, wait. Put the mic on.
Whoever will or hold it. I'm literally on like I'm just going to do down there.
Speak to two, three people. If we just get our order in and then we'll [ __ ] we'll eat it quickly before we go. What you got then? What you got then? What's What's new?
>> Well, so pretty much >> Patrick, what you want, bro?
>> Go on, brother. Come on. Come on.
>> So, a couple of things we got on there in the menu. Obviously, we still >> Show them the menu. Show them the menu.
>> Here's the menu, brother. Right.
>> What's the other?
>> So, a couple of things we got on the menu that Well, pretty much sort of new.
We're doing the rice boxing and stuff obviously still anyway. But we got this massive meat platter as well. So it's not quite not. No, we've always done the meat platter really, but honestly it's the best thing you can get. Meat platter.
>> Yeah. Yeah. So it's got um chaab chicken tikka and donna and ka ka fries.
>> So well, >> it's got a large car. You can either have any of these fries really, brother.
So you got >> like now you've showed it off. I know what I'm going to do. But people know if they want that that's what they can have.
>> I'm going to have the red meats, bro.
Yeah.
>> I like the red meat. Yeah. Do it as a mix if you want. Or chicken. Hit the Donna. And I want the chicken burger.
You know the one I >> asked. Honey blaze. Yeah.
>> Yeah. No lettuce. Just mayo. Right.
>> Just mayo. No problem at all.
>> Um what you having? Do you want to say >> honey burger? No lettuce. We do.
>> We do beef as well in there. So if you want any beef burgers as well, we can do a beef burger for you if you wanted. One beef one chicken.
>> Well, honey glazing.
>> Just do us a chicken each. Do us a beef on the side and we'll share it.
>> Yeah. No problem at all. No problem.
>> Do that and a drink. Tell us what it is.
We'll be back now. Ky, do you want to say something?
with me.
>> Getting busy as always. Always busy.
>> I want to know was moving to clinic a good thing.
>> Moving the cl was a good idea to be fair. The um >> the people are are amazed around here and they've they've uh they've welcomed us with open arms. Have they?
>> Yeah. We can't >> Good community. Yeah. Well, to be fair, we've walked around for about an hour and we've just had beep beep wave shake hands. Everyone knows you really nice people. Really nice people around.
>> They are great down here. They are.
>> I couldn't think of a better place for you. Really? Under the set of your second shop, you know. What's next for Stackers then?
>> Third one could be coming soon. Could be coming soon. Yes, it is an ideal, but we've got >> I honestly think you could take a stack to Cardiff and clean up, mate.
>> Well, we could we could.
>> No, I do. Like, do you know you got burger boys? Mate, you got burger boys, >> mate. You got burger boys. Yeah, right.
They've done well to branch out, but I can't see anyone else doing the things you're doing. you, you know, the the variety you have is what's so different.
And the burgers are banging.
>> Well, we do try our best, don't we?
>> And the desserts. Got to try their cookies. And >> new dessert menu just come out now in Morrison. So, we're doing milkshakes.
Um, we're doing, uh, loaded cookies, cheesecakes, um, fruit coolers.
>> And they've had Big Joe Egan down lately. Yeah. They've had, uh, Maza Maza.
>> They've had And they've had Central Club. So, >> yeah. All the ads. All the ads.
>> Right. Listen, we're going to go and just uh finish off this vlog and then we'll end it here eating your food. All right. See you soon.
>> How much is it?
>> Uh I'll see you in a minute.
>> Boys, see you in a minute. All right.
>> See, lovely people. Hey, mate. Do you live in Cluck?
>> You from Cluck?
>> Not far. Yeah.
>> Just tell us what the place is like, mate. Is it a good place to live?
>> Best place I've ever been.
>> Ever been? You've been other places?
>> Yeah. All around the world.
>> All around the world. Thank you, brother. Cheers, mate. And you?
>> You doing?
>> Yeah. Do you want to say hello quickly?
>> Yeah.
>> Just make sure you tell your mom and dad you've been on camera. If they don't like you, they can message you.
>> I've already got my Tik Tok account, so it's fine. Um, Stackers is the best place ever.
>> Yeah. Get up stackers. That's >> up stackers, son.
>> He's doing that cuz he knows next time they'll give him a little free burger.
What do you reckon? Cla.
>> Nice place to live.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Um, does have a little issues now, but probably the best place I've ever lived.
>> Brilliant. Ever lived? Well, the same as him. You've lived other places?
>> Yeah.
>> Where too?
>> I've lived up. Oh, well yeah, I choose Cluck. Only joking. Town Hill. We still haven't done Town Hill yet. We've only heard bad things, but I think it's going to be a good community and I can't wait to go there. But nice to meet you.
What's your name?
>> Alex.
>> What's your Tik Tok?
>> Uh, let me check.
>> I do not KNOW YOUR TIK TOK ACCOUNT.
>> UM, because I got blocked and then I unblocked it.
>> Okay.
>> Alexis.
>> Alexis. Have you got a Tik Tok as well?
Have you? Alexis on Tik Tok. And >> I'm Dragon.
>> Bloody hell.
>> It's Alex. My name is Alex. You should be knowing these things. This is your promotion.
>> It's Alex.white445.
>> Brilliant. There we go. All right. Nice to meet you on the camera. Say, "Stay central."
>> Stay central.
>> I love love the youngsters.
>> Yeah, he loves it, doesn't he?
>> Yeah, they do.
>> Cuz that's what that's what's into them now. Is it?
>> He inspires him.
>> Social media is what is in for kids. the way into the the way into the the next generation is always what is fashionable in their in their time. Do you know what I mean? And I always with when I go into the schools, they love it because not only have I got a story that kind of excites them because it's a story of it sounds sad, but tragedy and and and crime. Yeah. You've got a spin, right?
You grip them with it, but then you spin it as this is not the way. Yeah. But then the other bonus I have with my story is the fact I'm on YouTube social media. So they want to know those things as well. So you try and tie the boat in.
Do you know what I mean?
>> That's how you do it. I want to see what this building is up by here.
>> Hi boys. How's it going? Good.
>> You want to say hello?
>> Right.
>> This is Clive. Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> What's Clif like? It's a place.
>> Good. Fun on the bikes.
>> Yeah. You got good place your bikes.
Yeah.
>> You're safe for now though. You're not on there.
>> No. On the pavement and that. Yeah.
Good, man. Good, man. What about you, mate? Do you like the duck?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Good places around you and stuff.
>> Yeah. Is it a safe place to live?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Good.
>> Good. Nice one, boys. Take care. All right. You support Cardiff as well, though. Yeah.
>> No.
>> Behave.
>> What's that going on?
>> YouTube.
>> YouTube. What's it?
>> Central Club.
>> Central.
>> Yeah. Boys.
And then uh we've got a little library where the uh the youngsters hang out. We got the right girls.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. This is the the clinic library.
This must be the place to be. But look at this chimney stack path. This is beautiful.
>> By looks very industrial, but it's I like that.
>> Mate, look how high it is.
>> I know, mate. We'll have to get that on the end.
>> That is massive. Like >> maybe we'll do our outro there. Oh my god. They got one of those clicker boxes down there in someone's garden, bro.
Look. Imagine trying to find that on a map.
>> Crazy. That's stack that that stackers stackers.
>> Yeah, we'll have a look now. Hey, mate.
Excuse me.
>> Hey, man. We're doing a vlog of uh Cluck.
>> Yep.
>> Are you from Cluck?
>> Yeah.
>> Could you just tell us in your own words what's it like to live here?
>> Uh it's a good place to live here and it's a very comfortable place. Find it fun to live in.
>> There's lots of places to walk to and so many more places.
>> It's beautiful scenery, isn't it? And there's a lot of history here.
>> Exactly. And especially since the sun's out right now, so it's good.
>> Go and enjoy the rest of it, brother.
What's your name?
>> Jack.
>> Jack. Nice to meet you, brother.
>> Nice to meet you.
>> Take care.
>> And you?
>> Nice guy, man.
>> So, we've got over here, we've got Hey, man. Nice glasses.
We've got a fish mongery.
>> Hey, hey, stay central. I [ __ ] love clinic. I might move here. Um Oh, we got a co-op there. Look. Nice. So, this is a fish mungery, but they also sell cookery.
Oh, this is a job in all sorts. I I swear I can see Swear I can see some Pokémon cards in here. Look at them.
Like they love us. Oh, I love this place. I haven't felt this happy since I done Oh, Ridbell. That's a That's a good one. Hawthorne Ridbell. Nah. Big up the clutter crew, man. [ __ ] all day. Uh, let's go and see the co-op.
This is one co-op I never stole from, believe it or not.
They've got a veterinary as well. Look.
Hey, we got Hey, mate. We got someone walking. Maybe you can chat to us.
>> Oh, all right then. Never mind.
>> It's all right. It's all right.
>> Yeah. Come on.
>> All right. All right. All right. All right. You stay off yesterday. Are you all right? What's your name, bro?
>> What's going on, boy?
>> Yeah. What's your name?
>> TJ.
>> TJ. What's your rules? What's your rules?
>> Don't put it on, Pat. Don't put it on.
>> Don't put me on.
>> All right. All right. All right. What's Click like, though? Is it a good place to live on them?
the [ __ ] all.
>> Oh, where you from? Are you Irish?
>> Oh, Pat, he's Irish, bro.
>> What part of Ireland you from?
>> Cork.
>> How did you end up here?
>> Oh, it's always a Welsh bird, isn't it?
>> Hey, WE JUST SPOKE TO ANOTHER GUY WHO'S IRISH. He came here cuz I'm a Welsh bird, bro. But he's actually older. He's lived here for years.
>> What are you doing? Going on a little raises, is it?
>> Look after yourself. Save.
>> I'm doing Come and say hello. I knock on the [ __ ] street.
>> I'll cover your face.
>> I lied to you.
>> Don't just don't put just put it there, Pat.
>> Um, you homeless? Got so many bags. You homeless?
>> Yeah. I've just come up to get the rest of my stuff for my flat.
>> So, you've got a flat. You don't want to live there?
>> Well, well, that's what >> that's what it was in the beginning and now. Yeah.
>> Why don't you live here then?
>> They say it's been taken off me now. out downtown like Monday to get stuff out.
>> I see. I see.
>> So, where you living now?
>> Down the beach. You know, when I get down back down.
>> Well, when the weather, I guess I can weather's getting nice. I got tent now.
>> So, >> but people will say to you, Ryan, you can put it on me. It's okay.
>> Yeah, I got it on you. I got it on you.
It's on your knee.
>> People will say, "You sure you don't mind?"
>> Well, you sure you don't want to be on camera?
>> I don't want to be on the camera.
>> Right. Listen, people will say, "Why the fuck?" Right. You had a flat. Yeah. And now you're [ __ ] homeless. Like what?
What? What the [ __ ] >> Have I ever seen how far away it is from the city to here?
>> Are you not from here then?
>> Uh, no. I'm from Click originally, but I lost my kids 10 years ago. Um, I moved back here for my children and my mother moved my children away. So, I'm down here on my own now. Um, there's there's no resources in this village whatsoever >> for support.
>> For support at all. Um, drug use comes into play. A lot of it was boredom.
>> Yeah. B. Yeah, boredom's a big one down there.
>> That's [ __ ] tough, isn't it?
>> Well, it is what it is, isn't it? But n it's just mad. Like there's nothing.
It's nothing down here at all, babe.
Right. If if you're on the drugs and on the drink even you spend your money, you can't get on a bus to go nowhere.
You you're trapped in this. And when you got orders from probation and the German drug agencies and stuff like that where you've got to be down there three times a week, how are you meant to afford that if you're act in in active addiction?
>> Yeah, I get it. I get it. I got it. I used to live well I I'm from a place called Fairwater which is like the alterate to Cardiff. Yeah. And um you know it was a nightmare to get my meth and like you know what I was missing my script all the time. I was raising to to boot to get my meth. It should be the other way round. Well well it shouldn't be it shouldn't be get your meth to go on a raise. It should be get your map and don't do anything else. But I was booting to go on the MEF.
>> Yeah. Well, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> But then go on another reason.
>> Literally. Yeah. Literally shoplifting now from from the the local shop to try and get down to get your script.
>> Yeah. Sad. Sad. Do >> you know what I mean? But yet they put you back in jail then for doing that.
And they won't give you bloody bus fed or bus. They used to give you bus passes before like SL on a DR. >> Face Face me. Face me. Go on. No. do our well >> same on a DR and years ago they used to give you a bus pass.
>> Yeah. Drug. Yeah. Or refund at least.
>> Yeah. Well, it's not even that little pass.
>> Yeah. That's what I mean. The little part nothing. You're lucky they they do give you um£3 back on a probation day.
>> So you you live in Cl, you got to get the Swansea for for probation and meth.
You miss it or you're late and you're kicked off a recall.
>> Yeah. Kicked off a recall.
>> I got it. I get it. And people no like but people might still say yeah but you still had a flat like you can still work your way around there but I do understand when there's other >> trying to work your way around it for months.
>> Yeah. What I say is try and live in your shoes and people can't you know cuz they're not you or they're not that person and everyone's circumstances are different than it.
>> Yeah definitely definitely I don't think many people would survive it anyway. I really don't.
>> Cle is it drugs around here or >> Yeah. North. Yeah. Is coke, get abundant support and alfetamine.
But >> no, no, that crack. You can get crack anyway.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But the them drugs are not drugs that you need to be going out >> to raise money to have to go and get.
It's the heroin, isn't it? Do >> you know what I mean?
>> Anything you'd say to anyone out there who would judge you? would judge me.
Suck my ass.
>> And and and to the probation and the government and those who are kicking you out who probably don't understand your situation, what would you say to them?
>> Here we go again. Because it's like the third or fourth time now they've had me do this.
>> Yeah.
>> Right. Go ahead.
>> Thank you so much. Cheers, love. Thank you. Want to say something quickly?
>> She's done it.
She was just saying about like, you know, how hard it is not to live. so far out and now you're being kicked out and [ __ ] homeless. Like >> Yeah.
>> Do you've come to Wales? Um is it been hard to get support in Wales being from Ireland?
>> Yeah. You get more support if you come off a banana boat than you would if you come out from Ireland.
>> It's true. Like >> No, it is true.
>> It is true.
>> You think because you're not from England, you're an Irish. You're a migrant. But you're saying that's not true.
>> No, they don't fall under that category.
>> They send me go home back tomorrow.
What you think of Welsh people quickly?
>> Cool. I like the Welch.
>> Yeah, they love it here.
>> Yeah. Check.
>> One of them, aren't they?
>> Huh?
>> I'm with one of them.
>> I'm with one of them. Hey, nice to meet you, though. Look. Oh, I wish you all the best. Honestly, I wish you all the best. Right. Take care of both of you.
All right. Take care. Come on. Back this way. Ta. Yes, boys.
>> What's happening? You want to say hello before we go?
>> Yeah, man. You looks like that guy in here, right, boys? Is it him?
>> Boys, >> the B Tech version. You all got my up here though, haven't you?
>> Yeah.
>> What's happening, boys? What's your names?
>> Jack, Isaac, >> you see him on the camera pad? Yeah.
>> Y >> It's his first day out.
>> Um, where you from?
>> Uh, swan. Well, Cryant originally and I moved up here, but then I I work up in Cryut and I uh do landscaping up here as well. A bit farming.
>> What do you think of your farm boys? You >> Oh, no [ __ ] Yeah. Okay. Um, what's it like your area today?
>> I think it's right, but if you go up by Gleon like Penry, that's a bit rough. Is that too?
>> So you if you go up there, there's a restaurant S and Ben. You got a set of lights. Go right up there.
>> What's it called? Penre.
>> Yeah, pen.
>> I'll have a look now then, boys. Yeah.
So what would you >> Someone said at the top of the mountain, was he?
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> What would you say needs to improve in this area?
>> I think like the kids like there's a lot of like you know idiots around like there's a lot of just people >> like they think they're bigger than they are like.
>> Yeah. I think is like the youth like >> how old are you too? I'm 15.
>> I'm 40.
>> You seem like you've got your head switch on. Is your Is your father a farmer or >> My father owns a he does a tow truck recovery business. He's been doing that for a few years and he used to do scrap metal and stuff.
>> Shows how important her father figures are in the community.
>> 14 both working like >> Yeah. But that's like remember Adam Adam and Adam and they were at Richie Club all the time, bro. Like and and he done all right. Like unfortunately Adam died.
I saw Ryan the other day like but that that's good boys that you're doing that boys. cuz you got your head switched on.
And if if there was any of the boys your age now doing what they're doing, what's what's a message you say to anyone your age?
>> No.
>> What's a message you would say to boys your age who are going down the wrong circle on the bike smoking?
>> Um turn it around. Um just work.
>> Work harder when you're younger and work less when you're older.
>> Yeah. Um well, yeah. I've always I' >> Yeah. Um I've always thought just um just honestly just work hard. Like it will all pay off. like especially especially when you're young when you can just just work as hard as you can like I >> boys >> just work as hard as you can I think really um >> so yeah like I I've always been like that though I've always wanted to work as hard as I can and just get money really but I think to to some of the >> some of the kids about around my age who do the same stuff like drugs and that uh I think honestly boys just try just try do something with your life like general just don't sit down and do cause these different habits you'll just you'll just hate yourself even more. Just share and just try try do stuff.
>> Boy, that's that's great, man. You know, like I try and educate people that it's never too late to change. You know, I was ahead of an addict at 17 and like, you know, it's never too late. But also, if you get in it early like this, like if you do this early, you just said it, work hard now and you don't have to do it when you're >> Exactly. It's like, you know, like I've I've always seen it. Obviously, when I'm first starting out, it's going to be hard, but I'd want to I'd want to I'd want to be the one who's not working for the one who worked harder. I'd want to be the owner of a business or something.
I'd want to be the one who's got all the workers coming towards me and I get all the money.
>> And my goal when I'm older is to spread the word that you can be a farmer when you're older. You can work hard when you're younger. Um there's no limit to when you should work. You just work when you want to work. Brilliant. Boys, it's lovely to meet you both.
>> Through our channel, >> Central Club, >> is it?
>> Where's on Tik Tok? Is it?
>> Yeah, YouTube. Subscribe to the YouTube.
The hour version will be on there and then the clips will be Tik Tok, Instagram, Facebook, right?
>> Got a camera, boys. Stay central.
>> Stay central.
>> Good. But it's not all good. It's not all good.
>> It's good and bad. Like >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Just got to navigate yourself away from the >> the bad things. Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Wait, where's this going?
>> YouTube, Tik Tok, Instagram.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Well, I wish you all the best girls in in your life and uh stay away from drugs. Yeah. Work hard. Work hard. Yeah, >> I just got this advice off a young boy himself and if I listen to it as a youngster, I'd be in a better position.
He said, "Work hard now, unless when you're older." And it's so true. I'm playing catchup in my life. I I was 17.
I became a heroin addict. Uh I got clean when I was 28.
>> I'm 5 years clean now. I'm doing really well for myself, but I wish I'd done it earlier, you know, or like I used to love obviously you're teenagers. I love love loved having a drink up the den we up the park with all the boys and the girls, but like I went down the wrong road. just say no to any other drugs cuz uh >> like I never fall I never fall down to addiction. I had a good family and around me, you know what I mean? Some of my mates had, >> you know, had an upbringing in me and they all ended up doing really well and I was the one who fell down that road cuz I thought I had that security like anything's possible whether you've got a good upbringing or a bad upbringing.
Trust me.
>> Thank you.
>> All right. Take care, girls. Ta.
>> Should have told him to go on Central Club.
>> Yeah, the Central Club. Yeah. On The >> Central Club on Tik Tok Instagram.
>> Tik Tok, Instagram, YouTube.
>> The Central Club.
>> Tada.
>> There's one thing I want to say to the farm to the >> Well, yeah. Big up the farming community, mate. Right. You know, the government is shafting them right now.
Go on.
>> Um, keep agriculture alive, if I got to be honest, cuz >> Amen.
>> it's um falling apart right now. on for young people >> as as as as a farmer or part of a farming family. Who is your family going to be voting in the elections?
>> Um the farmers obviously.
>> No, like like is it going to be reform labor? Conservatives?
>> Oh, Labor.
>> You're going to go labor. Are you >> No, no, no. Tell your family. I'm sure your dad's got his head screwed up.
>> I don't know what you mean. I'm not I don't look into stuff like reform miners. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Reform. What? Whatever. Something to go with farming. That's what I'm voting for. best reform.
>> No, Restore Britain. Reform. Yeah, >> restore. Reform. They're the ones I want to do.
>> There we are then.
>> And I think also what um the Irish people are doing is >> Robert Low. Robert Low is Restore Britain. He's a farmer himself.
>> Yeah. Yeah. That's why I want to >> Yeah, he is for the farmers, you know.
So, >> so uh >> keep agriculture alive. I believe you boys. Take care.
>> Nice guys. Look, they got a nice little vibe here.
the shower, the cow shed bar and grill.
>> I uh Hey, this is a lovely scenery, isn't it, with the sun's out?
>> It is. Yeah.
>> Yeah, man. Do you live in CLA?
>> Yeah, just >> Do you mind if I just have you just give me a couple of words of what you think of the place or >> it's all right?
>> Sorry.
>> No, it's it's okay. It's a nice place.
Nice village.
>> Are you from here or here or?
>> No, no, I lived in um somewhere else. I lived in England for a while.
>> Oh, really? What part?
>> Uh Bournemouth, also.
>> Oh, nice. So, >> not as nice. It's nice in Bulma, like on the south coast, isn't it? But >> do you like the people of Turk? How would you describe them?
>> Um, they're pretty pretty good.
>> Yeah, >> good.
>> Yeah, there's there's always, of course, lots of people uh different lots of uh >> different background. Yeah, different opinions. Yeah, I get it. Well, thank you very much, guys. Have a nice day.
Take care.
>> Bye.
>> I am starving now. Hey, mate. You from Ted by any chance?
>> No.
>> No, no, no worries.
Come on then. Let's get our [ __ ] food.
>> Yo, go.
>> They'll watch us on YouTube. They watch us on YouTube in every clinic. Go, [ __ ] off that guy. He's the main He's the main boy in England.
>> Go on, mate. What's the matter part, >> you know? He said this. He said, "Keep it rolling." I You know, I keep it rolling.
>> Keep it rolling.
>> Keep it rolling, G.
>> Keep it rolling, son.
>> This is like I need you. Oh, you're you're probably the Cuz you're keeping it rolling. Other people stop. So, uh maybe I should employ you as a [ __ ] streamer.
>> Streamer. Come on, let's eat that [ __ ] food. I'm starving, mate. I am starving.
>> Did you want any salad on the barbecue beef?
>> No. On the barbecue beef?
>> Yeah.
>> No.
>> You said a beef burger is it?
>> Oh, yeah. No, no f I am starving.
>> Okay, so that's your beef burger.
>> Well, look.
>> Is this for you, Mrs. >> The burger is the chicken one's for me and a chicken one for him? Yeah, >> with salad.
>> Wow. Wow.
>> No salad on my banging.
>> I know. Banging, isn't it?
>> Take a photo as well. Look at these.
That's yours. Oh, with salad.
>> No, no salad.
>> I didn't want salad. Just take it out.
>> Take it out, Pat.
>> Yeah. Give that to your misses.
>> You dick. Yeah.
>> I want to try a bite of that though.
>> Yeah. Go on.
>> Did you do a mixed donut as well? Mixed meat. Ready? Watch this. Ready? This is my This is the first thing I ever tried in stacking and it's the only thing I I think about and I crave like when I'm in card. So, I could do one of these.
coming to a place near you real soon.
>> You've been big in this place. Loads as well. Anyhow, how about that?
>> A bit of chicken in there. I promise.
Yeah.
Bang.
Bang.
>> Oh my god. Oh, meat.
>> Bang. Sauce.
>> Yeah. Garlic.
>> Garlic.
>> Garlic milk. Look at it.
>> Oh my god. Go.
>> Oh, mate. That's banging on it.
>> Banging.
>> The cheese on >> there.
>> Yeah. Try the cheese.
>> You got chocolate. Chocolate.
>> Cheese in me, bro.
>> Yeah. Go on.
for some meat.
>> Nice.
>> Oh, meat sauces on that.
>> Have a drink as well. I >> drink all [ __ ] can't get nothing today.
>> Oh, mate. That is banging.
>> Nice.
Oh, if they had a kebab like in card if they cleaned up, bro.
>> 100%. Not >> juicy, is it? It's lovely.
Honestly, there's no one in Car.
>> How you finding uh Peter?
>> Good, man. Good place, bro. Everyone's Everyone's game to talk like, you know.
>> Yeah, >> good place.
I've enjoyed it. We've been here for about an hour and a half, right? And we've only done down there.
>> You haven't been up any of the sticks?
>> No, we're going to have to come back.
This will be one video now cuz we can't keep holding it off. So, this video will go out and then we'll go back and do the estates. We'll probably come and visit you again.
>> 100%.
>> Always madness, >> huh?
>> The best guy to tell you about it. He knows what you >> tell the [ __ ] me.
>> Come here.
>> We haven't been We haven't been to the estate. So just get a little bit about what it's like at >> beach.
>> Yeah, it is >> like crackheads and that everywhere.
Just rough lots of murders.
>> Yeah, there have been a couple of like well might have been murders or whatever. Not one really sure.
>> Someone said you said over the last 10 years been some mad [ __ ] >> Yeah. Yeah. I think it's guy overdosed.
I think go up there probably about not even two 3 months ago. So there's a lot of drug users up there. A lot of police and stuff got up there as well street.
>> Yeah. Yeah. So it is quite it is some parts of CL up the top area or a lot of what they are in the high street down here like. So I said mainly it's just drug users and stuff etc really. So >> that's [ __ ] bad. And is there any support for these youngsters?
>> Well they got a community center just down there but it's not really >> the library. Everyone's banned from there.
>> Are they? Yeah.
>> So, yeah, there is there's not much.
There's a church just down the road bel that was going for um for sale for rent and they were going to put like a boxing club for the youth and stuff in there, but I don't actually >> I don't think they actually do it now cuz they still got the one up the top.
You have got like a couple of things to do in Clay, but there isn't a lot a lot compared to like say like Mor etc. and everything like that. But everyone's it's like a close-knit community down here. Do you know what I mean? It's the same. It's like another community even up in the States. Even though even though it's still Clint Ar it's just completely >> Yeah. What part? Um >> like Tyler T and then >> that's Greg Gregen. Tyler T. Um there >> yeah. Yeah then. So >> we just saw it, didn't we? What's it called?
>> What's that?
>> Cry in there. We just been there, didn't we?
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> That was a bit >> We didn't stay up there. We have to go and charge a car. But >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So what what what what are the reference name?
>> So Tyler T players avenue. Those are the street names really. So it's just a you got like two sides. You got the right right top right hand side of CL which is Sunny Bank.
>> That's Sunny Bank side and then you got like Tyler T which is Greg >> Greg Veilen area and it's just it's more like council estate houses like do you know what I mean? So because you've just got the council estate people and whatever there's a lot of drug in most council estate areas. there just a lot of drug users, a lot of things happening, >> but also there's a lot of people obviously out still out in the streets and stuff actually do you know actually get involved instead of like just being stuck in the house as well like you know what I mean? So there is good and bad in it, you know what I mean? Don't get me wrong, but it's a good good little town like village like what I mean.
>> Good.
>> It's not catching.
>> Yeah. Yeah. But >> well, when we come back now in a couple of days, you can [ __ ] show us the >> You got the overdraft and all that stuff and everything as well. Everyone knows everyone around here like I mean we've only we've been we've been here.
>> Yeah. We've been here 8 months now and like we fitted right in.
>> I'll take you in.
>> Yeah. We fitted right in into the community. We've been here about 8 9 months now. Like do you know what I mean? Everyone comes in knows us or straight away they come in just to speak to us sometimes like you know what I mean?
>> So you know that's what Stark tries to bring the plazming.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Give me two seconds.
>> Yeah. It's fine. We're going to finish here anyway. Like I think one bro down to stackers. Stay central.
>> Well, what you think of that then there mate?
>> Yeah mate. Um I think might be one of my new favorite places. especially in Swansea. Uh thoroughly enjoyed it. You know, we went on a whim. Um and we got to meet some very interesting people.
And the maddest thing about it is like we said at the beginning, I don't think we're going to do it all and we never we we probably didn't do nowhere near because as we were driving out back to Cardiff on the motorway, there was those other set of shops. There was the factory and the housing estate we didn't do either. We literally done the bottom which I don't even know if it's classed as Cluck and then the high street of Cluck. There is so much more to do. So thoroughly enjoyed it. Cannot wait to go back to Cluck. Every time I went there was to go and see Stackers, right? And it was it wasn't in the summer. It's was dark winter raining. It's the first time I've seen ClickUk in the daylight.
Absolutely loved it. I can't wait to go back. Anyone who sees this video, who's from [ __ ] who'd like to take me around the other parts, please message us. But if you just enjoy the video, please hit that like button, subscribe to the club.
Pat, did you enjoy it for your first time out, bro? Tell me.
>> Yeah, I enjoyed it to be honest, mate.
It's um it's an eye opener. It's an eye opener.
>> Was it just nice to see just see the culture? Just just to see everything about about the area to be honest with you.
>> Was did it was you like surprised by how I do my stuff and what we do or >> Yeah, to be honest, it was very busy.
just it's very busy and you've got a hectic lifestyle. It's hectic.
>> Yeah, it is quite mad, bro. But I wouldn't have it any other way, man. It is stressful. It is tiring. But I, you know, I love speaking to people telling me they watch me or they, you know, they they get they get strength from my my my work and stuff. That's what it's all about, mate. So, yeah, hopefully you'll come back again. Yeah, Pat.
>> 100%, mate. 100%.
>> Yeah, he did say I'm coming back again.
I love this. So, yeah. Hope you enjoyed it, guys. Until next time, stay central.
>> Stay central.
>> The Central Club.
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