Stop the Rundown of St David's Hospital
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Albert Alexander talks to David Parry-Jones
- Cardiff/Caerdydd
- 2002
Stop the Rundown of St David's Hospital
The Area Health Authority is preparing to close the Minor Casualty Unit at St David's Hospital, Cardiff, and feelings are running high at a meeting between the Authority and local residents. Issues aired include the difficulty of attracting consultants, with great arguments put forward from the floor being met by less than impressive responses from the Authority. There is a feeling that the Authority has already decided on its course of action - that, as a resident put it, the arguments for closure are the results, not the reasons for, the closure. Contributions include an impassioned intervention by a man who highlights the lack of Welsh language speech therapy provision. Footage of a street protest is included.
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Our Cardiff
Old Cardiff was thriving docklands, Tiger Bay, trolley buses and trams. New Cardiff is docks regeneration and gentrification. Cardiffians must somehow hold fast and muddle through….
The Welsh capital's global exports included coal, iron, and culture in many hues. Its famous Tiger Bay, where shipworkers from all over the world settled to create a thriving, diverse community, produced Shirley Bassey; Roald Dahl lived in nearby Llandaff, and between the two locations is Ivor Novello's birthplace.
The city has long been home to BBC Wales, ITV Wales and S4C, but the 1980s also saw it grow to be a buzzing hub for independent production, animators (the likes of Joanna Quinn, Phil Mulloy and Gerald Conn) and workshop creativity, earning it the label 'media City'. Cardiff was the backdrop to Justin Kerrigan's exploration of 1990s nightclub culture in Human Traffic, while today the city's Roath Lock BBC studios are home to Casualty, Dr Who and long-running soap Pobl y Cwm.
This collection takes us under the skin of Cardiff, with items that hold the the place both in close affection and at arm's length - some highlighting the best of the city while others hold its failings up to scrutiny. All in all they show Cardiff to be, in the words of one of Gritty Films' titles, just a cool place.
18 videos in this collection
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Albert Alexander talks to David Parry-Jones
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Stan Stennett talks to David Parry-Jones
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Yr Eglwys Newydd
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Tiger Bay Nation
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The Welsh Connection
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Just a Cool Place
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Adamsdown Health Group, Beresford Road
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Cardiff Sikh Community and Temple - 1
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Cardiff Sikh Community and Temple - 2
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Cardiff Sikh Community and Temple - 3
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Computer Training in Adamsdown
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Fandaliaeth
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The Original Cowboys Were Welshmen
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Rhyw Anesmwythyd yn y Gwynt
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Some Cardiff Memories
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South Glamorgan
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Splott Adventure Asks Why?
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