CAERPHILLY - Past & Present

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  • Опубліковано 5 лют 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.......

КОМЕНТАРІ • 97

  • @theboss-vr1jj
    @theboss-vr1jj 9 років тому +6

    give me the old Caerphilly those were the magical days

  • @lesdrinkwater490
    @lesdrinkwater490 Рік тому +1

    Lovely! Great to see this town over time. How things change. Lush!

  • @Daves_Cave
    @Daves_Cave 10 років тому +5

    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

    • @Aphywel
      @Aphywel  10 років тому

      Thanks for commenting on the video, am chuffed you liked it!

  • @xotbirdox
    @xotbirdox 2 роки тому +2

    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. 🥰💖🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @kylakemp9000
    @kylakemp9000 11 місяців тому +1

    This is fantastic.❤

  • @Robtaff
    @Robtaff 11 років тому +1

    Fantastic video.

  • @whitters1980
    @whitters1980 10 років тому +5

    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.

  • @JoGCam
    @JoGCam 10 років тому +2

    Thank you, thank you, thank you. I haven't seen Club camelot since the nights I used to frequent it in 1986/87.

    • @Aphywel
      @Aphywel  10 років тому

      Haha - my pleasure! Thank you Jo for your comment - chuffed you enjoyed the video

  • @barryisland5942
    @barryisland5942 5 років тому +2

    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.

    • @Aphywel
      @Aphywel  5 років тому +1

      Barry Island Thank you for your comment, so glad you enjoyed!

    • @JoshTheWoz
      @JoshTheWoz Рік тому

      Wow, 72!
      That's insane!
      I'm 13 haha

  • @sallyredmore
    @sallyredmore 9 років тому +4

    Beautiful video capturing our welsh town, I loved watching this video...feel so proud. Well done! :)

  • @TheDiamond909
    @TheDiamond909 10 років тому +3

    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.

    • @Aphywel
      @Aphywel  10 років тому

      Thank you for your comment, so glad you enjoyed!

  • @brianridout9380
    @brianridout9380 6 років тому

    Really enjoyed the trip down memory lane. Caerphilly is still a great place to live and visit.

  • @Jonners97
    @Jonners97 11 років тому +1

    cycled up that hill a few times, nearly snuffed it!

  • @Timbollew
    @Timbollew 10 років тому +6

    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.

    • @Aphywel
      @Aphywel  10 років тому +1

      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

  • @lucyfisher6806
    @lucyfisher6806 10 років тому +2

    great video

  • @gareth441
    @gareth441 2 роки тому +2

    Great vid. Absolutely shocking how it’s been destroyed

    • @windymiller6908
      @windymiller6908 7 місяців тому

      Except for the castle it looks like any town centre throughout the country.

  • @xmrjoycex
    @xmrjoycex 7 років тому +3

    I live on Pontygwindy Road and i looks so weird people walking on the roads.

  • @mialuk
    @mialuk 11 років тому

    Brilliant video, i love to look back and see how things have changed, i could sit all day and watch this! thanks

  • @mialuk
    @mialuk 10 років тому +1

    still an amazing video!

  • @CPNPT
    @CPNPT 9 років тому +2

    very well put together, great video!

  • @vainparasite
    @vainparasite 4 роки тому +1

    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 👍

  • @carysmarie2478
    @carysmarie2478 10 років тому +2

    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!

  • @martinwilliams5957
    @martinwilliams5957 3 роки тому

    That was great to see.i grew up in trethomas.lovely town

  • @Aphywel
    @Aphywel  11 років тому +1

    Thank you - glad you liked!

  • @knuts67
    @knuts67 11 років тому

    Great video, really enjoyed it, well done and thank you xx

  • @isabelleheart5099
    @isabelleheart5099 11 років тому

    brings back memories ty!

  • @Aphywel
    @Aphywel  11 років тому +1

    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

  • @74lisaevans
    @74lisaevans 11 років тому

    Bloody Brilliant that is Rhod!

  • @denineace1
    @denineace1 11 років тому

    Love it ... well done

  • @yuckerj
    @yuckerj 11 років тому

    Well done Rhodri, fantastic job,professionally done.

  • @royking26
    @royking26 11 років тому

    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.

  • @theboss-vr1jj
    @theboss-vr1jj 9 років тому +2

    5.24 the cinema I went there in the 80s memorys

  • @frostycola42
    @frostycola42 4 роки тому +3

    Everthing got demolished in the 90s

  • @passtheparcel2007
    @passtheparcel2007 8 років тому +4

    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...

  • @Aphywel
    @Aphywel  11 років тому

    Very kind, thank you - glad you enjoyed

  • @maltesegirl3480
    @maltesegirl3480 3 роки тому

    Great video 👍

  • @Aphywel
    @Aphywel  11 років тому

    Thanks Lisa!

  • @Aphywel
    @Aphywel  10 років тому +1

    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 UA-cam 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.

  • @theboss-vr1jj
    @theboss-vr1jj 9 років тому +2

    the rangers then the bluebell next to the old cinema they were thegood old days

  • @Aphywel
    @Aphywel  11 років тому

    Thank you

  • @Josh-by8er
    @Josh-by8er 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @Aphywel
    @Aphywel  11 років тому

    Chuffed you enjoyed Royston, thank you

  • @careybluejay
    @careybluejay 11 років тому

    Epic dude :)

  • @angelawaller7629
    @angelawaller7629 9 років тому +1

    Great Video

  • @denniswilliams7347
    @denniswilliams7347 6 років тому +4

    The twyn one I went to it 7 years ago I’m in year 5 now

    • @denniswilliams7347
      @denniswilliams7347 6 років тому +1

      Also the house at 2:39 the little one was my friends old house

  • @user-qi5vj9zy9t
    @user-qi5vj9zy9t 2 роки тому +1

    Ah Caerphilly... What a town... A castle.... A Job Centre and a Greggs ... What more do you need ?

    • @kushcloud420
      @kushcloud420 Рік тому

      Alot of things you can do if you know where to look jus gotta walk through the town

  • @Aphywel
    @Aphywel  10 років тому

    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

  • @NaapheaOW
    @NaapheaOW 8 років тому

    WOO!

  • @willybizz
    @willybizz 10 років тому

    Excellent video. great editing and it must have taken quite some time to source all the material. Well done.

  • @Aphywel
    @Aphywel  11 років тому

    Thank you all for your comments - so glad you enjoyed!

  • @thegamingkingdom4382
    @thegamingkingdom4382 5 років тому +1

    I live in Caerphilly

  • @garyagnesini
    @garyagnesini 10 років тому +1

    Checkout: Caerphilly Castle in South Wales UK filmed July 2014 with a fantom vision 2 plus drone.

  • @JoshTheWoz
    @JoshTheWoz Рік тому +1

    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 😅

  • @Aphywel
    @Aphywel  10 років тому

    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!!!

  • @Loverboy19691
    @Loverboy19691 11 років тому

    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.?

  • @anthonydavid5121
    @anthonydavid5121 2 роки тому

    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.

    • @xotbirdox
      @xotbirdox 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah! It's in Hendredenny, its official name is "Angel Bar & Grill." 🥰💖

    • @anthonydavid5121
      @anthonydavid5121 2 роки тому +1

      @@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.

  • @Loverboy19691
    @Loverboy19691 11 років тому

    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.

    • @sylivamain1331
      @sylivamain1331 4 роки тому

      Enjoyed this video. Lived on bedwas road from 1939 to 1958 . Have some lovely memories.

  • @theboss-vr1jj
    @theboss-vr1jj 9 років тому +2

    id sit on that wall opp tescos as a teen

    • @rhys5766
      @rhys5766 6 років тому

      My brother did as well

  • @gruffowens5499
    @gruffowens5499 4 роки тому

    I live in caerphilly

  • @Aphywel
    @Aphywel  11 років тому

    Brave man!!

  • @Aphywel
    @Aphywel  11 років тому

    Cheers Bat Man!

  • @jonathanlewis2011
    @jonathanlewis2011 8 років тому

    could you make one about bedwas?

  • @jamesfincher4130
    @jamesfincher4130 10 років тому +1

    Im fdom caerphilly

  • @emilygibbs2857
    @emilygibbs2857 5 років тому

    I been in the van mansion

  • @anthonyperrett7234
    @anthonyperrett7234 3 роки тому

    anyone remember the video shop Piccadilly Square in the 1990s struggling to remember name

    • @xotbirdox
      @xotbirdox 2 роки тому

      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

  • @tylerb2150
    @tylerb2150 10 років тому

    Where's St martins comprehensive school on this?

    • @Aphywel
      @Aphywel  10 років тому +1

      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.

    • @tylerb2150
      @tylerb2150 10 років тому

      Oh cool

  • @iantoglantawe
    @iantoglantawe 9 років тому +2

    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.

  • @cymro6537
    @cymro6537 2 роки тому

    1:17 Caerphilly post office: dreadfull, mundane building compared to the original.

  • @maltesegirl3480
    @maltesegirl3480 3 роки тому

    Could have done without the music

  • @johnmulvey5121
    @johnmulvey5121 Рік тому

    Pity about the American music for a Welsh town

    • @windymiller6908
      @windymiller6908 7 місяців тому

      Catatonia, Manic Street Preachers, Super Furry Animals...where do you think they come from?

    • @johnmulvey5121
      @johnmulvey5121 7 місяців тому

      I don't know anything about modern musid,but I was wondering about the American accents of the singers?@@windymiller6908

  • @gailcrowe727
    @gailcrowe727 2 роки тому

    Does anyone remember Gren Jones, a cartoonist?

  • @jojo1011able
    @jojo1011able 3 роки тому

    my son wants xbox thanks

  • @Achilles22
    @Achilles22 Місяць тому

    Awful music , ughhhhhh 😢😢