Lwmp o Jaman!
From the collection of
Lighting Up the Past
- Rhyl
- 2003
Lwmp o Jaman!
One mishap leads to another for a youngster in Caernarfon, all in the unique local lingo.
Caernarfon has a distinctive Welsh dialect, with many words and expressions that are unique to the town and its surroundings. Caernarfon people are colloquially called 'Cofis', and in this film by Ysgol Maesincla pupils a young Cofi descibes, in full dialect and rhyming couplets, his escapade-packed day and a chain of unfortunate events that starts with his failure to pay for a cake in a café, involves royalty, and winds up behind bars. The famed Caernarfon deadpan humour abounds.
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Our North Wales
North Wales is undeniably stunning, but it's worth looking behind the castles, crags and beautiful coastline to uncover some of its unique voices and stories…
North Wales is renowned for its landscape - its mountains, seascapes, rivers and waterfalls have been the backdrop for enough turbulent history to fill whole libraries.
Historic and legendary figures abound, but the region has also produced heroes of film, TV and broadcasting, such as the Rhyl-based early film pioneer Arthur Cheetham, Academy Award-winning actor Hugh Griffith, director and actor Emlyn Williams and latterly director Sara Sugarman and actor Rhys Ifans - all good 'gogs', as people from 'gogledd Cymru' are known.
In this collection you'll find films ranging from celebration of the region's myths and legends, to revelations of what it was really like to work in one of the area's major industries, and introductions to some burning local issues.
9 videos in this collection
1
Lighting Up the Past
2
Gwrachod Llanddona
3
A Miner's Story
4
Stori Derfel Gadarn
5
Kyffin Williams talks to David Parry-Jones
6
Lwmp o Jaman!
7
Coch Bach y Bala
8
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