CAERPHILLY - Past & Present
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- čas přidán 5. 02. 2013
- This is a NON PROFIT video, made for entertainment purposes only to hopefully show the changes to the Welsh town of Caerphilly over the years. If you enjoy this please check out my other videos - CAERPHILLY - The Miners Hospital, CAERPHILLY - The Bowls, and, CAERPHILLY - Pubs & Clubs.
The old photos used and many more are available in the following books ---
- Caerphilly in old picture postcards Vol 2 (1999), by John Williams & Michael Thomas
- Around Caerphilly (1995) by Simon Eckley
- Old Caerphilly & District in photographs (1979) by Howard C. Jones
- The Handbook and Guide - Caerphilly and District, 1947.
Music used to accompany the slide show is listed below (Artist/song/album) -
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - The Summer's Been Good from the Start (from 'The Blue Trees')
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (from 'Everything Must Go')
Catatonia - International Velvet (from 'International Velvet')
Super Furry Animals - Fire in my Heart (from 'Guerrilla')
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Christmas Eve (from 'Spanish Dance Troupe')
Please see end credits for list of names that gave permission for their photos to be used, and other info.......
Lovely! Great to see this town over time. How things change. Lush!
give me the old Caerphilly those were the magical days
They're all smack heads now
Thank you for such an excellent video, I moved to Caerphilly in 2008 and I think this is one of the best places to live in the country. It is fascinating to see the comparison of these places over time, and conversely what a shame it is to see that some nice old buildings have been demolished. Thanks for the drive-thru comparison at the end, this will help my wife understand where these pictures have been taken
Thanks for commenting on the video, am chuffed you liked it!
Nice video, I think Caerphilly looked better 100 years ago, but I think most of Wales did. Thanks for making and sharing. Nice song choices...the Manics lyric, I look to the future it makes me cry...rings pretty true I think.
This is fantastic.❤
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I haven't seen Club camelot since the nights I used to frequent it in 1986/87.
Haha - my pleasure! Thank you Jo for your comment - chuffed you enjoyed the video
Dim byth dileu hyn os gwelwch yn dda. 🥺💖 Dwi'n mor balch i fod yn Cymry, a dwi'n mor balch i dod o Caerffili. 🥰💖🏴
Fantastic video.
Very nostalgic video for me! Thank you for putting it all together. Fantastic job, well done!
I lived in Trethomas from 1952 until 1964. Used to spend a lot of time in Caerphilly. Then went to university in Aberystwyth. Now, at the age of 72, I live in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Barry Island Thank you for your comment, so glad you enjoyed!
Wow, 72!
That's insane!
I'm 13 haha
Really enjoyed the trip down memory lane. Caerphilly is still a great place to live and visit.
thankyou very much...I'm now dreadfully homesick ha ha....miss caerphilly and the valleys a lot....very lucky to have grown up there...great upload...brilliantly put together and the music is also spot on. Regards from Valleyboy in Germany.
Thank you for your comment, so glad you enjoyed!
Great vid. Absolutely shocking how it’s been destroyed
Except for the castle it looks like any town centre throughout the country.
That was great to see.i grew up in trethomas.lovely town
Beautiful video capturing our welsh town, I loved watching this video...feel so proud. Well done! :)
great video
Excellent work buddy! Appreciate the time and effort you've put into this, so nice to see the history of my home town. In some ways it's quite sad to see Caerphilly in it's glory days with all the banners and when it was obviously a busy hub from all the mining money to what it is today. I still love Caerphilly but you can see in this it's lost so much character.
Thank you so much for your great comment Tom, am really chuffed you enjoyed. You are right, our town has changed so much over the years - which was my main aim in making this video. I have also uploaded 2 other Caerphilly videos, recording the changes to the 'Miners Hospital' & 'The Bowls' pub - check them out if you have time. Have also almost finished 2 other videos about Caerphilly's history - will be my last (probably) - the first of these, Caerphilly's 'Pubs & Clubs' (past & present) will be uploaded in the next few weeks. Thank you again buddy
Brilliant video, i love to look back and see how things have changed, i could sit all day and watch this! thanks
cycled up that hill a few times, nearly snuffed it!
I live on Pontygwindy Road and i looks so weird people walking on the roads.
Everthing got demolished in the 90s
Bloody Brilliant that is Rhod!
I worked at bedwas bodyworks for 5 months in the mid 90s. I got a bit of stick being English as euro 96 was on and we were doing well. All friendly tho, great times with lovely people 👍
Love this video! Exciting to try and guess what the old pictures are now haha! Wish St Martins school was in it though, I think that was the boys school once upon a time (so I've heard). Well done!
Thanks a lot, I moved to Caerphilly in 66 after leaving school, lived there till 78, with a shortbreak (when I lived in Cardiff) Now living in Newport since 1981. Have u got anything on the Stadium factory and the one opposite (also made helmets), Pontygwindy ind estate, Roundabout caff, the various firm on the estate, Delyn Cartons, AC Daniels, Compact Cases, Hill Industries,etc.
First electronics firm on left hand side before Roundabout Caff, it was my first job .
Double Diamond, Energlyn Stores, the rd across the bridge before the bypass cut thro it. Caerphilly urban district bus station. Planet Gloves, Trecennydd (?) nr the tunnel.
Piccadilly bike shop, Post office and the indoor market by the Twyn, Coop nearby.
So much. Its all gone...
still an amazing video!
very well put together, great video!
What a great video I throughly enjoyed that, thanks Rhodri, oh by the way loved the car ride down the mountain, good choice of music too.
Great video 👍
Love it ... well done
brings back memories ty!
5.24 the cinema I went there in the 80s memorys
Well done Rhodri, fantastic job,professionally done.
Great video, really enjoyed it, well done and thank you xx
Thank you - glad you liked!
Very kind, thank you - glad you enjoyed
Thank you for your comment Andrew - so glad you enjoyed it. Am always tempted by new projects plus I went to school in Bargoed so know the area well and have seen huge changes over the last few years. Have got quite a few videos on the go at the moment so won't have time for a while sorry - but will be in touch. In meantime, I have uploaded videos on Caerphilly's Miners Hospital and The Bowls pub for viewing! Thanks again
Haven’t long moved here from Pontypridd, and I have to say that it is amazing in comparison. Way more to do here and a better council and much nicer roads and shops. Lovely place.
the rangers then the bluebell next to the old cinema they were thegood old days
Great Video
Chuffed you enjoyed Royston, thank you
Thanks Lisa!
Ah Caerphilly... What a town... A castle.... A Job Centre and a Greggs ... What more do you need ?
Alot of things you can do if you know where to look jus gotta walk through the town
WOO!
Thank you
Epic dude :)
Excellent video. great editing and it must have taken quite some time to source all the material. Well done.
I'm only 13 so I only know the new Caerphilly haha, I was born on Jan 3rd 2010, and this video released just over a month later 😅
Checkout: Caerphilly Castle in South Wales UK filmed July 2014 with a fantom vision 2 plus drone.
Thank you so much mialuk - glad you still enjoy! Have now made 2 other Caerphilly videos - The Bowls & Miners Hospital - check them out when you got time. Cheers
Thank you Carys for your lovely comment on my video. Just to let you know that I intend on making a Caerphilly schools video soon so St Martins will definitely be included then!!! In the meantime, I have 3 other videos on CZcams for you to hopefully enjoy (Caerphilly - Pubs & Clubs, Caerphilly - Miners Hospital & Caerphilly - The Bowls). Plus, will soon be uploading Caerphilly Past & Present part 2! Hope you like, and thanks again for your comment.
The twyn one I went to it 7 years ago I’m in year 5 now
Also the house at 2:39 the little one was my friends old house
Thank you for your comment willybizz. Have watched your 'church demolished' video a number of times of the years - nice one for capturing the moment! Plus, enjoyed your Tommy Cooper / Conehead vid!!!
I live in Caerphilly
Thank you all for your comments - so glad you enjoyed!
Excellent video, really enjoyed it, brought back some memories of when I used to visit my Dad in the late 1980's and early 1990's. I was born at the miners. I was actually brought up in Bargoed. I wonder if you could do a video of Bargoed called past and present. I have got video footage of the town from 1994 and 1997 and three books, interested.?
Does anybody watching this video remember or know of a pub called The Angel? Back in the day, when my family owned it, I believe there was also rooms to let for the night upstairs? My family owend it before WWII and shortly thereafter I think. I can't find pix of it on-line or anything. Only know the place thru family stories, but aparently, it was a huge spot for people from Caerphilly to gather.
Yeah! It's in Hendredenny, its official name is "Angel Bar & Grill." 🥰💖
@@xotbirdox Thanks so much. My mother, who was born on the second floor in 1943, and her sister also in 1945. My great parents both died in the exact rooms they were both born in some years later. My mom actually found a few pix of the place, and even some older images which thrilled her. My family name is CADLE, and they owned it back before and during WWII.
Thank you so very much for your welcome reply, great to hear from you. The video footage I have on Bargoed comes from 1994, 1997, 2002, and 2004 and they're on disc. people will notice the change in the town through the years especially with the regeneration so the video footage I have will be a nice record of how Bargoed town once looked. I look forward to hearing from you again when you have the time of course, best wishes from Andrew.
Enjoyed this video. Lived on bedwas road from 1939 to 1958 . Have some lovely memories.
Brave man!!
I live in caerphilly
id sit on that wall opp tescos as a teen
My brother did as well
Cheers Bat Man!
could you make one about bedwas?
anyone remember the video shop Piccadilly Square in the 1990s struggling to remember name
Wasn't it a branch of Blockbuster? At least it was in the 2000s. Not sure abt the 90s cause I was born in 98
Im fdom caerphilly
I been in the van mansion
Where's St martins comprehensive school on this?
Hi Tyler, have purposely missed out St Martins and many other schools in the 4 Caerphilly videos I've made so far - as I'm planning to do a video just about the history of our town's schools.
Oh cool
1:17 Caerphilly post office: dreadfull, mundane building compared to the original.
Fideo diddorol a gwerthfawr tu hwnt. O'r flwyddyn 1933 y mae'r llun o Heol Caer-dydd (munud 11:05) gan fod baner i'w gweld yn ymestyn o un ochr o'r heol i'r llall ac arni'r geiriau 'Hawddamor Blant yr Urdd'. Yn 1933 cynhaliwyd Eisteddfod Urdd Gobaith Cymru yng Nghaerffili. Eleni, yn 2015, ar ôl pedwar ugain a deuddeg o flynyddoedd, cynhelir Eisteddfod yr Urdd unwaith eto yn nhref Caerffili.
www.urdd.cymru/cy/
A very worthwhile video! The photo of Heol Caer-dydd / Cardiff Road at minute 11:05 captioned as 1930s is specifically 1933 as there is a banner across the road bearing the Welsh words 'Hawddamor Blant yr Urdd' = All the best to the children of the Urdd. The Urdd (for those unacquainted with it, pronounced approximately as 'ear' (rhyming with hear, fear, near, dear with the 'r' at the end pronounced) + th [as in this]'), or in its full form, Urdd Gobaith Cymru, the 'League of Hope of Wales', is the name of the Welsh youth movement. who held their eisteddfod (roughly, a literature and singing festival) in the town in 1933.
This year, in 2015, eighty-two years later, it will return to Caerffili.
'Hawddamor', literally 'good luck / great success' (hawdd = prosperous) + (amor = fate, fortune, success), 'plant' = children, but 'blant' when used as a vocative; 'plant yr urdd' = (the) children (of) the league.
iantoglantawe it's a comment section calm down
Could have done without the music
Pity about the American music for a Welsh town
Catatonia, Manic Street Preachers, Super Furry Animals...where do you think they come from?
I don't know anything about modern musid,but I was wondering about the American accents of the singers?@@windymiller6908
my son wants xbox thanks
sorry wat
Does anyone remember Gren Jones, a cartoonist?