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Established in 2001, the National Library of Wales Screen and Sound Archive holds an unrivalled collection of films, TV and radio broadcasts, video tapes and sound recordings relating to Wales and the Welsh, from 1898 to the present day. The collection spans multiples formats and genres, both professional and amateur.
Stan Stennett reveals how his stage and television career evolved despite the most unpromising start in life.
Interview with Stan Stennett, comedian, actor, entertainer and musician. Stennett talks of his difficult childhood, having been raised by his grandmother and aunts. He describes the emergance of his many talents: comedy, acting, guitar playing, and of his wartime experiences when he meets Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan. Formative experience was gained in shows such as Welsh Rarebit and The Black and White Minstrels, with later success in Coronation Street and Crossroads, and he evokes warm memories of starring in pantomime. He names figures such as Mai Jones, Johnny Ray, Bob Hope and Danny Kaye among those he has worked with and admired.
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….