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Film maker based in West Wales. With a leaning towards spoofesque humour, mockumentary, whimsey and poetry.
The Litterator
A retired telegraph pole alignment officer, with a world view all of his own, takes up litter-picking at the behest of his wife Brenda. #mockumentary #comedy #littering #telegraphpoles
Steven Spielberg, I think it was, said that a film is never finished, it's just abandoned. That is the case with this one. Please click LIKE button even if you hate it. Zero budget filmmaking needs all the help it can get.
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Steven Spielberg, I think it was, said that a film is never finished, it's just abandoned. That is the case with this one. Please click LIKE button even if you hate it. Zero budget filmmaking needs all the help it can get.
www.hiraethog.cymru/
www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org/
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The Yetis at McGrory's, Culdaff
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A medley from the Yetis at McGrory's, Culdaff, Co. Donegal on 20th August 2023. James McIvor, guitar, lead vocals, Tom Evans, Saxophone Seamus Devenny drums Rhys McBride guitar Cathal Kelly bass
Three is a crowd
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There are three people in this marriage. Derek & Brenda Roberts tell us about this third person. Made as part of IAC Summer 2023 Filmmaking Challenge. Themes of "Near Miss" and "Three's a crowd" were set on Friday evening, films to be uploaded by Sunday afternoon. Truth is, this was completed on the Saturday but I just couldn't bear to cut it to the requisite 5 minutes. So here it is... Ghost i...
Toast (When domestic appliances get too smart)
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What happens when we put too much artificial intelligence into domestic appliances. Please consider subscribing to encourage me to make more stuff to help you fritter your life away. www.hiraethog.cymru/ www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org/ _LordSpoon
Sourdough Mother and the Loaf of Glory
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Keri Evans demonstrates the feeding of a "sourdough" mother and then using it to make a wonderful sourdough loaf.
Bite Off (All British Competitive Nail Biting Championship)
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A film following celebrated nail-nibbler, Derek Roberts, in the run up to the finals of The Great British Bite Off 2018. Won 5 Stars and KPM Sponsors prize at BIAFF 2019. 15 minute cut. Mockumentary. Maybe ? www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org/ www.hiraethog.cymru/ _LordSpoon Please subscribe for eccentrically eclectic films about stuff.
An Enigma Variation
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July 1940. War rages and Germany is on the brink of invading. Time for some personal choices to be made...
Trailer for Cymru IV - The Rescue
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Apologies and acceptance for 5* award from BIAFF 2019 for Bite Off. www.hiraethog.cymru/ www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org/ _LordSpoon
The Poetry Pharmacy
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Poetry dispensation in the High Street. Deb Alma talks of her plans to convert a long-closed ironmongers shop into an Edwardian Poetry Pharmacy.
Jay on a birdfeeder
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Our garden, adjacent the river at Cwmrheidol, Nr. Aberystwyth, Christmas day 2018.
Elbonia TV
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Prof. Alexandr Petroschenko discusses various techniques for competitive nail-biting. Try any one of the internet translation services to see what he has to say. And if you find one that has the faintest clue what he's on about do please let us know. www.hiraethog.cymru/ www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org/ _LordSpoon
Wildfire at Cwmrheidol above the Vale of Rheidol railway and directly opposite my house.
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Wildfire at Cwmrheidol above the Vale of Rheidol railway and directly opposite my house.
Heart Beat (Heart of Wales Railway Line)
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Heart Beat (Heart of Wales Railway Line)
Farewell Goetre Hall (Montgomeryshire/Sir Maldwyn)
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Farewell Goetre Hall (Montgomeryshire/Sir Maldwyn)
The Curious Incident of an Idiot in the Night-Time (Conspiracy theories on steroids)
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The Curious Incident of an Idiot in the Night-Time (Conspiracy theories on steroids)
I learned to fly in a Rallye 100 40+ years ago, but some of the knobs and switches were in different places. What is the red knob above the oil temp gauge? And the two white knobs further to the left? And yet another white one beside the left-hand throttle? And where is the flaps switch - below the central throttle, I suppose...? "Bimble about", yes, that is what I used to do and would like to be doing today! Thank you!
This was my favourite plane, ever. Alas, got broken up for spares a couple of years ago after the engine came to end of it's life. The red knob, as I recall was mixture, and the two white ones are cabin air and cabin heat. The flap lever was a handbrake job. I miss this little tin parachute.
@@welshspaceagency We had one two-seat version with a "handbrake" flap lever which I got to like as it was more definite than pressing the switch and counting 2 seconds! That was the favourite for soloing in. It was corrosion from fertilizers spread on the airfield over the years that finished all our planes. They were very safe aircraft, hard to spin but fun to fly. The LE slats used to scare some passengers as they didn't know who was moving them!
@@karhukivi The wing slats were hilarious. Which is what makes my daughter laugh in this film - as they always jerked out during climb out from 04 at Welshpool.
My first aircraft bought in 2005 and sold in 2012. Fond memories of slow safe flying.
I loved that old plane.
My first aircraft bought in 2005 and sold 2012. Loved it, safe steed with fond memories.
Love this. I recall, as a child, the wind whistling through the wires on the run of about fourteen poles on the Lyneham road in Oxfordshire. All the poles and most of the cross arms were wonky, and they were of a singular character that I remember as humorous. I went back years later, around 1984, to photograph them. They were all gone
Ah . Cross arms , pots, j hooks . And aerial cables fixed pre telenco... Spoof or serious this is great fun
Glad you like it. Take a look at this then: czcams.com/video/0LumR2QMd8g/video.html
Brilliant
Brilliant . Made my day .. As a former BT Poler and Overhead survey officer of 35 years I found this excellent
I once heard that the president of Iceland does this in his spare time.
Hello Nigel. I can heartily recommend it.
Best film about litter picking I have ever watched.
Thank you Paul. ;-)
Satire lives...................Lampeter Co-op does too but The White Lion does not! Try Y Tair Pedol
Hahahahahaha!! Wonderful!!😂
Why thank you Richard. Just pouring a bit more of our nonsense into a world already gone mad. Trust you're well up there in Abercegir? We're well south of you these days.
Brilliant! I’m always looking over my shoulder now
Inside and Out Welshpool Air Show welshspaceagency LOVE LOUIS SHIRLEY
smashing Martin, thank you - are you up to member 0002 yet? It's brought a much needed smile Cyril
Hi Cyril. We just posted out a certificate for member # 1138. If you're quick you could be #1139.
How wonderfully eccentric! But seriously, these once ubiquitous structures followed one's every mile, whether travelling by road or by rail; on the road they helped predict a hidden bend whilst by rail, the rhythmic rise and fall of the wires helped lull one off to sleep, aided by the steam heated warmth and the regular clickerty-click of the rails. Now, as an active railway modeller, I am most mindful of the individuality of these sentinels. There is no such thing as a standard telegraph pole! Ignorethem at your peril!
Very funny. Also made me feel a bit queasy.
Thank you Jane. The offcuts weren't real by the way.
Excellent as ever Martin. When passing Bournville station near Birmingham I have always wanted the conductor (train manager) to say, 'Next stop Mars'. Perhaps there is a place for a walnut whip on the line somewhere too!
Thank you Anthony, and congratulations on finding my films in the wilderness of youtube. One of my film-poems just got selected for Wales International Film Festival. Look up "What Happens When You Die"
@@welshspaceagency Yes I saw it - I think it linked from your facebook page which is how I found it. You might have seen my take on the HoW line. Less poetic but more case of, 'Click, clack, click clack, baby change on the luggage rack.' czcams.com/video/jl6yav8nMlM/video.html
@@AnthonyFrancisJones That's a great wee video Anthony. And you have such happy child. HOWL is a gorgeous railway. Free to people of my age in winter months too. Meanwhile, I wonder have you ever thought of joining IAC or submitting your films to BIAFF? I am on council of both and editor of the society magazine Film & Video Maker. go to theiac.org.uk. Competition opens on 1st Sept.
@@welshspaceagency Thanks Martin. I thought of giving it a go. Was not sure which to use at the time and was a bit confused about the requirements. I read that they had to begin with quite a bit of black lead in (I suppose I could have done a quick re-edit) and possible issues that they had been on a monetised bit of CZcams already. I must have another look!
@@AnthonyFrancisJones They ask for 10 seconds of black before the start. I'll ask about that because I don't know why they do . I always have to re-edit mine too. It might be a throwback. Definitely give it a go - your science films would be worthy of some of the awards. If you join, you get my magazine for free too and cheap/free entry to the BIAFF comp.
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The carved markings on each pole - three lines of 2-3 characters. 1st line: Owner (GPO or BT) 2nd line: pole type. Length in feet (later in metres) and a letter (L, M or H - Light, Medium or Heavy [some regions had S for Stout]). So a 10M is a 10-metre Medium load pole. 3rd line: Year of production. So at 1:22 there's a pole marked GPO / 30M / 60, which translates as a GPO pole, size 30' Medium from 1960.
And the horizontal line under BT is the 3 metre mark.
Thank you. And as can be read in our book: www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org/product/telegraph-pole-appreciation-for-beginners/
Excellent as ever Martin!
"I love the smell of Bara brith in the Morning" Great footage thanks
This is BRILLIANT! X
Thank you. Do tell your friends :-)
Does it do bagels? Clever stuff! Like a bit of surrealism me! Hope you're all keeping well down there?
Hi John. All good here. Every day spent renovating. Just one more year of this to go then the big life plan kicks in. A ride off into the sunset we hope. Have a place in Donegal now so escaping the Russian owned kleptocracy that is Britain. I trust you are good, healthy and happy up there in Betws G.G?
@@welshspaceagency still here!
@@welshspaceagency Good luck in Donegal..It's a weird place though. It might not be a Klepocracy over there but everything is done on a nod and a wink and back handers. Hence the ruination of traditional coastal villages by totally innappropriate developments. Traditional houses empty and falling down next to bloody big haciendas and tacky new builds. Coming over from Wales where the planning laws are strict and vernacular architecture is preserved, I was shocked at how planning laws were non existent over there. I think its a case of the politicians and planners being in the pocket of the developers. In a way its a bit like Sicily. Money doesn't talk it swears!
Agree with all that you say about here (Donegal, from where I write presently). It's a complete fookin' mess over here. McMansions built pretty much anywhere. They are, outwardly at least, seeming to get their act together. Remains to be seen. Bungalow blight is prevalent in Donegal. (Good footy to be had at Derry City FC mind you).
terrific!
Thanks for making me smile 😊
Filming imminent in the next instalment for this character :-) Glad you liked it. Feedback like yours makes it all worthwhile.
"I soon give him the slip" hahaha love it. We should work together.
Hey, I'm glad you looked. Now, do check out 2 of my other films in my welshspaceagency account: The Pole Liner and also Bite Off. They might be up your street. Bite Off won 5* at BIAFF 2019.
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I was just making a joke with my brother about the Rimmer character in Red Dwarf and his love of 20thc telegraph poles and here I am. You should try and get Chris Barrie involved in an episode in character.
Then you Sir, should watch this: czcams.com/video/0LumR2QMd8g/video.html
Elsie magazine brought me here :) Wonderful stuff!
I think I love you <3
@@welshspaceagency it happens all the time
@@welshspaceagency have a look at my vids, maybe there's something there that will make you stop and look?
@@squirrelhughes43 I certainly did. I like your John Shuttleworth / Bo Selecta. And Wrexham is my home town (and footy club).
@@welshspaceagency me too! we should do a duo sometime by the Turf
Winston Churchill said before our U. S. Congress that "Great Britain and the United States were divided by a common language." How so true. Although, it is amazing that in North America, the utilities (electric and telcom) are also separated by a common terminology. I found it fascinating that an "H-Frame" for power system parlance was an "H-Fixture" in telephone terminology, for example. I have a book on English Calendar Construction and T. H. Carr's book, "Mains Practice," both published in the 1950s-1960s era. I was amazed at the terminology differences within. Guy wires were called "Stays." "Pylons," in the U. K., we call "Towers" or "Structures." The use of the term, "Kiosks," which is used on British Pathe news reels about the CEG Board transmission line construction, we call "unit substations" or "enclosures." Very, very interesting that two countries could have such unique nomenclature for these identical terms.
How utterly fascinating your group has formed around an interest in what we call, "open wire" artifacts. I salute you and your cause. Wonderful video with fine photographic shots of rural aerial wire structures. I can recall as a child seeing old movies about England, Scotland and Wales (Ire, too) and seeing the steel crossarm brackets supporting two porcelain insulators on each side of a railway line pole. White porcelain and very little glass. In North America, glass for telephone and railway open wire is king. Please see www.the-electric-orphanage.com for a website on open wire in this country. Meanwhile, I will greatly enjoy and find encouraging, your pursuit of older telecom artifacts of the "outside plant" category. I love your video!
Can we get an English translation?
we are, but the only Elbonians that can translate this keep getting caught at the border and shot.
Perhaps when the Elbonian Space Program 🚀 gets on its feet they’ll be able to launch a satellite 🛰 📡 and broadcast worldwide. Can’t be long now… I heard they found an old V2 and have an escaped North Korean scientist work for them now.
Love the story !!! Best Michael
This makes delicious bread that even a kitchen klutz like I can manage!
The great uruguayan comedian Ricardo Espalter used to perform a similar character in argentinian tv about 30 or 40 years before.
Hello Marcelo, this film was only ever made to be an insert into another video I made called "Bite Off". You can see the whole here: czcams.com/video/OhETf4fMwYY/video.html
@@welshspaceagency As a nail biter myself you have my attention!!! 😹😹😹 By the way, my comment about Ricardo Espalter was to signal a happy coincidence. Thanks for your answer 👍 Your channel has very interesting material and deserves to have more views and subcriptios. But it depends on the CZcams 's algorithm arbitrio.
@@DIY-valvular Thank you. I have no idea how to get more views, alas. I just enjoy making films.
Fascinating. Although I make my own bread I've never made sourdough bread. After seeing the vid I'm not sure I'd have the patience! The process seems somewhat time consuming compared to knocking out a couple of standard loaves which I can make in a few hours. It looks pretty delish though! John
Hi John, Though it seems quite the faff (phaph?) Keri has it off to a tee (tea?) and whizzes through the process every three days. And the end result is well worth it. Trust you're well up there ? :-)
Amazing how these are still standing decades later! Youd think they would have rotted at the bases long ago?
In North America, treatment of a typical Southern Yellow Pine Class 3 45' pole will last 60 years under standard conditions. That's pretty reliable information. If the pressure treated pole is poorly manufactured, you can have "shell rot" which is where the sides of the pole from top to bottom have "flaking" sections of outside wood cracking free of the core. In the U. S. we experimented with concrete poles and placed many of them for electric utility and telecom with some success. Their drawbacks were plenty. Extremely heavy, difficult to make changes (unlike wooden poles) once the pole was in the "field", and expensive. Some of the first concrete power poles used in the Americas go back to the Panama Canal construction, where they were smaller but were used to successful effect. Spalling will occur on concrete over time, but concrete doesn't rot at the base typically and because of their weight, do not require guying (or stays). What structures are now being successfully implemented are "composite poles." These are made of wooden strips pressure glued, like plywood only in long lengths. There are many new installations and they seem to be holding up quite well. Because they are rectangular from top to bottom, it is like sticking a wide stick in the ground and the ability for it to turn or radically twist is made impossible by stress on top of the pole.
Keep it updated it, sounds an uplifting idea.
I thought Isaac Asimov was dead!
A small step for mankind. Good luck with the return journey.
A fabulous poem.
Clever video Martin. Hope you've recovered from being shot in the head!
Cheers John. Just the occasional headache now and my parietal lobe still gives me a bit of gyp - especially on cold days. Remarkable really considering that was a .303 inch round from close range. :-) Trust you're well ?
Rofl, made me chuckle. Reall neatly put together video though. Quality. I used t be pole linesaman for Manwweb back in the sensible old world days.
Thank you. It always makes my day to know it pleases folk. Haven't finished with that character yet.
Support Brexit. Join the Brexit Party.
"Voting is the most sincere expression of democracy." - Except when it doesn't go the Remainers' way, in which case the thick voters should be made to vote again , "because that's democracy".
So are you saying there should never be a vote ever again? By your logic, we should accept the present Tory government for evermore as their presence in Downing St. was the will of the people. Living in a democracy allows us to campaign for as many votes on as many different scenarios as we like. I suspect you don't like that idea because you fear you may lose a further referendum on the subject? Even though the outcome would be the will of the people that you speak so highly of.
These middle class Remoan anti-democrats have no shame whatsoever and, like most Remoaners, live in their own little bubble, completely shielded from real life and the lives of ordinary people.
I'm an ordinary person. I'm very much working class too. Voting is the most sincere expression of democracy. I don't live in a bubble though. Thank you for your thoughts anyway.