LLanelli a town in Wales with a surprising history ... and great ice cream!
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- Опубліковано 27 кві 2023
- LLanelli a town in Wales with a surprising history ... and great ice cream!
Join us in Llanelli, where we discover fabulous buildings, interesting people and lots of surprising facts!
Visiting towns in Wales is always interesting and fun, especially when we discover all the hidden stories and characters that have become part of the past but have a relevance today.
The ice cream taste test was sooo good! I am looking forward to going back and having another one :)
Loved Caroline's tour of the gardens! I learned some brand new names for plants, all very useful! 😉 What an incredibly kind and generous gift the house and gardns were for LLanelli! It's ttue that LLanelli does seem to have a bit of everything. What a lovely place to visit or live! Even bricks to be found. So something for everyone!! I loved it. And the ice-cream looked so delish especially the turkish delight. It's all been brilliant. Thank you!
That's great, I knew Caroline was good at French, but I was surprised by her knowledge of Latin 😄 We had considered living in the area, but prices are rising since the regeneration has started, but it's still a possible retirement destination, or if our UA-cam channel goes viral, an ideal location for a couple of aging "Digital Nomads" 😄😂 The Turkish Delight ice cream was delicious! 🍦 thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
Wonderful journey as always! ❤
Thank you so much Angela, we really appreciate your encouraging comment, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
A beautiful video! One of my ancestors immigrated from Germany and made a living as a jeweller and clockmaker in Llanelli, Stepneystreet.
So glad you enjoyed our trip to Llanelli and thank you for sharing your family connection... It's a small world 🤠🙂🐼
Awesome to meet you both ❤🏴
Great to meet you too Keith. 🙂😎🐼🐼
Here I am again! 😲 So much for saying you wouldn't see much of me. 🤣🤣 You two are just so darn lovable is all. 😂🥰 I was jealous of your ice cream. 😆😂 Never mind. It'll soon be ice cream season here in Ontario, Canada. 😁 Lovely architecture, and nice to see how they're preserving it. See you next time, probably. 😂 Bye for now. 😊😘🤗💖👍
It's always a joy to know you're with us and to see you in the chat Noralee. Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words. I did think the ice cream might make a few people jealous, but good to hear that you'll be enjoying one soon 🍦 It is impressive how the planners insist on preserving the external look of a building even when the rest is demolished and restructured for a modern use. See you soon??? 😄😂 thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
Awesome video , a great town and all it's finery . Loved the History !!! Thanks for the ride Phil and Caroline . ( the Ice Cream was wonderful ) . ❤🧡💚💙🤎🤍
"Awesome" is good!! Thank you so much and we're so pleased that you enjoyed seeing the town of Llanelli in all it's finery, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼 PS. The ice cream was very nice 🍦🍧
What a stunning house with such an interesting history. Caroline is a classic as always lol. And what delicious looking ice-cream! Yum Yum Yum! Thank you my lovelies xx Teresa 🇦🇺❤
Yes Teresa, it was a stunning house with an incredible view too. As you say, Caroline does have a unique approach to all things horticultural 😂 We did enjoy our ice creams 🍦🍧 Thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
I really need to come to wales!!!!! I followed Keith on his tiktok. 😊 that drift wood was massive! Use it as a flag post in your garden lol. 😂
I have a log almost as long that I brought home from the beach where I was living at the time. It's been used as a scratching post for 41 years, and is still going strong. 😲😁
A flag pole on my shed 🤔 You've got me thinking now Adam 😄 When you do come to Wales Manky said he'll be your tour guide for a day. ⭐🐼⭐ thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
I'm so happy to visit Llanelli next week!! Coming from Germany to Wales to meet a friend in Llanelli (mudlarker as me too). Thank you for so much information and I do want to try that ice cream when I'm there.
Wow, that amazing timing... Hope you had a wonderful time with your friends, and had the chance to try the 🍦 🍧 ice cream. 😎🙂🐼🐼
Great to see someone portray the depth of its history and look at the lovely architecture of its past. Sadly at street level it’s mainly pound shops, pawn brokers, charity shops or whitewashed windows with to let signs.
Over the past 40yrs I’ve watched Llanelli decline from being a thriving town, to one that’s just trying to survive.
Of it wasn’t for the strong community spirit that’s still alive and strong, it wouldn’t have much going for it apart from the indoor market.
Thanks for the encouraging comment Bernie. We live in the Welsh Valleys and I worked in the mines until they closed, so we've seen the devastation that so much of Wales has gone through and felt it's impact. But we love to go out and share the beauty of our land and the history that made us the nation that we are. And we echo your sentiment, that it's the "Strong community spirit" that will see the dragon rise again stronger than ever. Thanks for watching. 🤠😎🐼
Hello Bernard me old mate.!! lol.!
@@griffspeed Hiya mate, hope you’re keeping well and it’s good to know that HRC has a neighbour I know that’s a reprobate but a decent chap.😉
Time for my midnight trip to Wales😄
Hope you enjoy your midnight trip, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
Saw my favorite yellow roses.
That's lovely Peggy... they are so beautiful.. thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
You definitely live in a stunning place, Wales is awesome. Thank you for sharing your part of the world. Take care 👍🙏❤️
Thank you Chris, we've lost all the heavy industry, and with it a lot of jobs, so it has been a difficult few decades, but Wales is beautiful and that beauty has been enhanced by the change of recent years, so rather than shipping coal and steel around the world, we can now share the natural wonders of Wlaes with the world via the magic of UA-cam. Thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
Such lovely gardens!
They were lovely Hazel, so glad you liked them too. 🙂😎🐼🐼
Loved your trip to Llanelli, Ive always wondered what was there. I really want to visit now😊
It's a great place Ann and well worth a visit, we'll definitely be going back, as there's still more to see. Thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
What a wonderful town Llanelli , the history was amazing. The architecture stunning and still stands today! The couple who gave their beautiful home to the town so they could enjoy the gardens was awesome. I don’t think even back then people would give a mansion away to anyone! What a lovely place to enjoy. Phil you always outdo yourself with the stunning places you take us! Caroline’s narration of the beautiful plants 🪴 was fantastic and funny 😄 the whole video was perfectly made. You both always do a great travel video! Have a lovely Saturday and Sunday ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💜
Well said Susan, it is a wonderful town, and we loved filming down there. Having a history that is full of tales of exploitation and hardship, it was lovely to tell the tale of a couple who marked their 1st wedding anniversary by giving their mansion and grounds to the people of the town. I do love the history, but Caroline's Latin stole the show this time 😄😂 Thank you so much for your very encouraging comment and as always thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
i was thinking that bit of drift wood looked like Angus cow horns { thats a pretty big cow] LOL 🦘🦘🐨🐨
A very, very big cow Sue 🐮 😄 thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
Oooh, that green looked like mint chocolate chip. My favorite.
They had a nice selection of flavours there Kathleen, 🍦🍧 and it was very good quality too. Thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
Always fun to follow you on your journey🤩
It's always great to know you're coming along with us Kristina, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
I’ve been in the old Buckley house before, and even had a pint of Buckley’s Best when I turned 18 on a visit to Wales. Think I have a beer mat somewhere. I had a Buckley’s mat and an old Brenin beermat the barkeeper gave me. Never had a Brenin or even know if it was around when I was drinking age
A nostalgic video with memories of celebrations past, that's great to hear... Wales has had it's fair share of excellent breweries, with Brains of Cardiff being the most famous, but the Crown Brewery at Pontyclun produced Brenin Bitter, and that was judged to be the best brewery-conditioned beer In 1983, so they did rather well too. And of course as well as Buckley's there was another brewer local to Llanelli, Felinfoel who were the first brewers in the UK to introduce beer in a can! So glad we stirred a few memories, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
Splendid superb
Thank You 😎🙂🐼🐼
Hello from West Virginia
Hello in West Virginia, from the valleys of South Wales, thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
This just popped up on my home page and what a delight it was to watch. You've told me things about my town that I had no idea about! I actually live just across the road from Parc Howard and we spend loads of time there; at one point last year, me and the kids were part of the volunteer gardeners for the park. My favourite ice cream from St Elli's Bay is the peach one, absolutely delicious. This was such a brilliant video. I've subscribed to your channel and I'm really looking forward to watching more from you both. Stacey xx
Well Stacey, as they say, it is a small world... volunteer gardeners sounds like a great idea. So glad you enjoyed the video and the history. We did enjoy our ice cream 🍧🍦 and peach flavour sounds lovely too. Thanks for the sub, hope you enjoy our other videos, and we host a Happy Hour Live on Saturday nights at 9pm. Have Fun 😎🐼🙂
Great video. Did you know that Inkerman Street was named after the battle of Inkerman because a lot of soldiers from Llanelli were lost to the charge of the light brigade.
No, I didn't know that, thanks for sharing and thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
How lovely to see Llanelli town,I got married in a little chapel in llanelli and we lived and worked nearby,but this bargoed girl was very homesick for the valleys and moved back home after two years.
and we have a week off work soon so we are going down to the millenium coastal path just to try the turkish delight ice-cream!
It looks like a great place to live Debbie. 🙂😎🐼🐼
That sounds like a great plan Debbie, don't forget to tell Ashleigh you saw the Ice-cream shop on Lets Go with the Johnsons 🍦😎🍧😎
Wow, the ice cream looked very yummy!! Loved the tour of the gardens and town. I'm still trying to figure out the sound of the town's name and how it's spelled! 😀 Great video as usual!!!
It was awesome ice cream Joni, and some interesting flavours too. here's a link to help you with the town's name www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+llanelli+in+welsh&rlz=1C1JZAP_enGB938GB939&oq=pronounce+Llanelli&aqs=chrome.3.0i512j0i22i30j0i390i650l2.15200j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_dR9OZKqzAZTQgQbw1YHIAQ_30 Thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
great video and i hope you come down to the Stradey park hotel to join us on our peaceful protest. Come on down for a cup of tea and a welsh cake
Glad you liked the video, and thanks for the invitation 🤠😎🐼
That's a nice tree, I wanna visit Wales someday honestly.
I'm gonna try and learn it, it's hard lol.
Hope you get to visit Wales, there's such a lot to see in such a small country 😎🐼🙂🐼
@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons yeah
Awwww it would of been nice to meet you. There’s a river that runs underneath the town close to the church. I have since found out that there was 2 castles in the area. 1 is more a stately house and the other was knocked down but the mount is still there. Now a pond/lake
We will be back Pat, so drop us an email (mudlarking@aol.com) and we can let you know when we make our plans. Thanks for all the interesting info and thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
Appleby Cumbria are doing a archaeology dig & anyone can help them
That sounds like a lot of fun and a very interesting opportunity Heather. 🙂😎🐼🐼
Double dog dare you 2 to go on the zipline
You're on Laura... I'll do it next time 😄😂
Where was Manky on this trip?
He decided to stay home this time Dawn and have quality time with his sister. But he will be back ⭐🐼⭐🐼⭐
I was wondering are you no longer doing mudlarking videos? I really miss those 😊
We've had to stop the mudlarking due to health issues Helen. We may occasionally join our friends who mudlark while we're travelling, but we can't create a weekly series, so rather that stop the channel where we've made so many new friends, we've kept the travel and history bits. We miss the mudlarking too, but safety had to come first and we should have made the change sooner, but didn't want to stop. Take care and as always thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼
@@LetsgowithTheJohnsons thanks for replying such a shame but it happens and at least you’re discovering new and interesting content to add to your channel. 👍🙂
Hi there, I'm thinking about investing in a property in Llanelli. Do you think this would be bonkers?
We love Llanelli, but taking a trip or a holiday is one thing... when it comes to investing you have to do your research. Hope your plans work out for you 😎🙂🐼
Yes bonkers:)) Its been on the decline for years .
The video is well done, but it doesn't show the place properly. It shows the 'best bits', not the lack-lustre shop fronts that need renovating. Also, don't travel down station road in the dark evenings, you'll be the recipient of a hammer attack most likely, from one of the smack heads the council has housed there. By hammer attack, I actually mean a real hammer will be used.
There's also a load of smack heads walking about the town centre on most days, as the place is (sadly) a pit. There are good parts to the town (away from the centre) but if your investing only to make money, think carefully and do your research well.
As a local, I can say we don't have ice cream from there so big must be for your camera
Yes Sara, they have 3 options and we had the double 🍦🍧 so the standard would be half the size, but they were very tasty. Thanks for watching 🙂😎🐼🐼