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00:01Master Potter Keith Braimer-Jones and actor Marge Hogarth have made the charming
00:07coastal town of Portleli in North Wales their new home.
00:12Who knew? This is on our doorstep Marge.
00:15Yeah, I think everyone who lives here knew.
00:18I think we're the last to know.
00:22They've invested everything they have into a Grade 2 listed chapel
00:26and adjoining Sunday School.
00:28The things we do, eh Marge?
00:30I know. When does the fun start?
00:34Now, Marge.
00:36And together are turning it into something extraordinary.
00:40It doesn't have to be conventional.
00:42It's not for everyone. And that's okay!
00:46Two years after falling in love with Kap El Salim, their dream is becoming a reality.
00:53Yay!
00:55It's beautiful.
00:55While the chapel hall will one day host community events...
01:00It's like Piccadilly Circus in here!
01:03...the next phase is bringing their vision of a working pottery studio to life.
01:09We can be creative every day here.
01:11Yeah, absolutely.
01:12Taking inspiration from Nia...
01:15Yachida.
01:15Yachida.
01:16Yeah.
01:17...and far...
01:18A dolphin riding a bike.
01:20Makes sense.
01:21Does make sense.
01:22...meeting skilled artisans along the way...
01:25I've dreamt of this moment for so long.
01:27Someone making mugs of mine in Stoke-on-Trent.
01:30Yach!
01:31I love an overlocker!
01:32...and crafting unique pieces of their own.
01:35Just don't look behind you.
01:37I'm not.
01:38...as they continue on their journey to rejuvenate Kap El Salim.
01:42Yachida.
01:44Yachida.
01:45Yachida.
01:46Yachida.
01:47We're up and running.
01:48I'm running.
01:49First pots.
01:50Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
02:00In Pwllely, North Wales, one unique building has survived against all odds.
02:10The 163-year-old Grade II listed Kap El Salim was built in 1862, but suffered a devastating fire in
02:201913.
02:21This tight-knit community pulled together to ensure this non-conformist chapel was rebuilt and lived to tell another tale.
02:33Its latest chapter, and current rejuvenation story, is being written by two new guardians.
02:41Yay!
02:42Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
02:45In 2022, Keith and Marge took the plunge and poured their life savings into restoring the chapel, even after 14
02:54years of dereliction.
02:56We're going to keep all this, aren't we?
02:57We're going to keep the gallery as it is.
02:59Yeah.
03:00We'd like to grow trees in it, wouldn't we?
03:02We would, in trugs.
03:04Big trugs, so we can wheel them about.
03:06Indoor trees are just one of Keith and Marge's many unconventional ideas.
03:12See, Marge wants to put a railway carriage in here, underneath the gallery.
03:17A bit of a railway carriage.
03:19Yeah.
03:19Like an old-fashioned sliding door.
03:21And then we could have a cocktail bar in it, but it's like a reading room as well.
03:24It'd be gorgeous.
03:26With the adjoining Sunday school almost complete, soon their sights will be set upon turning the majestic chapel hall into
03:36a thriving community space.
03:39It's a wonderful space, but, I mean, you know, we need to clear all the concrete rakes.
03:45Yeah.
03:46All the platforms that the pews were on.
03:48Yeah.
03:49Are you still going to move this?
03:51Yeah, that's got to be moved.
03:52And once we've cleared it, we can really sort of think again.
03:57Yeah.
03:57But it's like anything.
03:58We can only do it at the pace we can do it at.
04:02I know.
04:03I know.
04:04Unless we win the lottery.
04:05Well, let's win the lottery then.
04:07Okay.
04:08Okay, great.
04:09Yeah.
04:10Meeting over.
04:13Whilst they wait for their lottery numbers to show up,
04:16Keith and Marge are firmly focused on finishing the final space in their living quarters.
04:22The entrance lobby.
04:26It's so weird when I look at this door.
04:29Yeah.
04:29Because this is a really big door.
04:30But when you see the yellow door.
04:32Yeah.
04:33The yellow door that will replace this door.
04:35Yes.
04:36It's enormous.
04:37I know.
04:37It's massive.
04:38And it's like a safe door.
04:39I know.
04:40It's got five industrial hinges.
04:41I know.
04:42Yeah.
04:43The metal door isn't the only unusual new feature.
04:47So we've got the yellow door.
04:49Yeah.
04:50We're having a steel staircase put in.
04:53We're going to have antlers on the wall.
04:55So it's going to have a kind of a Scottish baronial kind of feel about it.
05:00The new additions to the lobby will complement the existing light feature made by Keith and installed by electrician James.
05:08And highlight the beautifully rendered walls crafted by plasterer Daniel.
05:13I always marvel at the brilliance of Daniel.
05:19We asked him to give us something that was really rough.
05:24And if we wanted to have a sense of Scots baronial.
05:27Yeah.
05:27I know.
05:28He's made something that looks like plastered stone.
05:31I know.
05:32I know.
05:32It's great.
05:33I love it.
05:34Well it's funny isn't it this space because it really does encapsulate all the builders isn't it.
05:39Well I tell you what.
05:40Yes.
05:41Why don't we.
05:42Yes.
05:42If they'll agree.
05:44Yeah.
05:45Why don't we take a portrait.
05:47Yeah.
05:48Of all the builders.
05:49No that's a great idea.
05:50Well.
05:51And we'll frame them all along the corridor.
05:53In homage.
05:55Keith and Margie's entrance lobby will be playful in style.
06:00And serve as the vital link between the living accommodation and the chapel hall.
06:05Out goes the tired wooden door and in comes a bold daffodil yellow steel entrance that will contrast against the
06:14stone effect walls.
06:16Reclaimed vintage storage and builder portraits will add storytelling depth to the space.
06:22An industrial style staircase will climb dramatically meeting a sleek steel gantry that leads to the pottery studio.
06:32The space will surprise with antlers adorning the walls adding a unique Scottish baronial flair.
06:43Today the metal fabricators are on site to install the lobby's new steel staircase.
06:56In the chapel hall, Keith is working on the lobby's contrasting Scottish baronial features.
07:05We've been collecting antlers for about two years.
07:10I think all of them came to a natural end.
07:12They were found.
07:14And I just love them.
07:17As with most of Keith and Margie's carefully curated items, they have a story to tell.
07:24This is a particularly good one.
07:26The naturalist society, the jungle, 166 Piccadilly, London West 1.
07:34Wow.
07:35Now it's here.
07:36I love that about things though.
07:38It's amazing.
07:39If objects could talk.
07:44Today, Keith's task is to remount the antlers onto new plaques.
07:51Never done anything like this before really.
07:54Woodwork is not really my thing.
07:57But, you know, I'll give it a go.
07:58We've got plenty of wood to practise on.
08:00Let's face it.
08:02As always, Keith and Marge are keen to reuse whatever materials they can.
08:07And the chapel pews once again come in handy.
08:11They're amazingly straight for a start.
08:13They're really, really dry, pitch pine.
08:16And they're a really lovely thickness.
08:18The exact thickness that you need to put an antler on them.
08:22Which is quite brilliant.
08:26It's one thing having creative ideas and vision.
08:32But when it comes to woodwork, Keith is learning on the job.
08:37Pottery is so much better.
08:40With the pews cut into smaller, more manageable pieces.
08:44That'll go on there like that.
08:47Just like that.
08:49Keith needs to shape the plaque.
08:52But rather than making a template,
08:55Potter Keith opts for a dish.
08:58Look at that.
08:59Couldn't be better.
09:01I'm even getting good with this thing.
09:03Apparently it's called a jigsaw.
09:11Look at that.
09:14That doesn't look too bad.
09:19Never one to resist a bold look.
09:22I am in my painting outfit, yes.
09:25What does Keith say I look like?
09:27Those little things with the round glasses.
09:31What are they called?
09:33Minion.
09:35My Minion outfit.
09:38Marge is giving the plaques a moody makeover, coating them in jet black paint to play off the daffodil yellow
09:46door.
09:46It's a bold clash that sharpens the contrast and adds another layer to their Scottish baronial vision.
09:55The idea was to have, sounds ridiculous, the inside of a Scots baronial tower.
10:01Which is where the idea of having antlers comes from.
10:06Because the building is majestic and the building is enormous.
10:11So to give it that sense of majesty and history.
10:15You know, you go to National Trust properties and nine times out of ten there will be antlers.
10:24The space that these are going into, in so many ways, has been one of the hardest spaces to even
10:31think about.
10:32Because we lost the stairs, the wall died.
10:38It all died.
10:40But that space being finished, that's a real game changer.
10:44Because if you sort your entrance out, when you put your key in the door, that's the first thing you
10:51see.
10:52It keeps you motivated and enables you to keep going.
10:56Is it going on all right?
10:57Oh, is it?
11:01Yeah, that looks all right, doesn't it?
11:03Yeah.
11:04They almost look professional.
11:06Shush now.
11:06I mean, they're going to be far away.
11:09Which helps.
11:11I look better far away.
11:13And I do up close.
11:14Well...
11:15You've washed your hair and everything.
11:16I know, I have today.
11:17I can tell.
11:17They do all that.
11:18They all do all that.
11:19They all do all that.
11:20Oh, yeah.
11:21All that.
11:22Yeah, I have washed my hair.
11:31At Kap El Salem, Master Potter Keith is learning some new skills.
11:37Yeah, I think that's about right.
11:40I'm the cement boy.
11:41I was a clay boy once.
11:43I'm now the cement boy.
11:45Yeah.
11:45I'm feeding Daniel with cement.
11:48Yeah.
11:49Plasterer Daniel is finishing up a wall in the pottery studio.
11:53Daniel's amazing.
11:54I mean, you know, he's done all the plastering throughout the whole build.
11:58I mean, he's an artist.
12:00Yeah, honestly.
12:01It's like...
12:02It's a craft in itself.
12:04It really is.
12:05Keen to get the pottery studio up and running,
12:08today, Keith is giving Daniel a helping hand.
12:13What do you reckon?
12:14That looks all right, doesn't it?
12:15Yeah, that's fine.
12:16Yeah.
12:17Nice.
12:18It's a good one.
12:19Oh, yeah, you see?
12:20Oh, yeah.
12:21Me and him.
12:21You can have a job.
12:22We're like the ant and deck of cement.
12:25We'll put that off.
12:26Oh, yeah.
12:27So I'll get too wet, otherwise.
12:29Shall we tip it?
12:31Yeah, yeah.
12:32With the render mixed to a satisfactory level...
12:35Is that all right?
12:36A bit sludgy?
12:37No.
12:37OK, no.
12:38All right.
12:40Master plasterer Daniel is keen to see how his new apprentice shapes up.
12:45Do you want to have a go at...
12:46Yeah, yeah, I'll have a go.
12:47Yeah, yeah, I'll have a go.
12:48Yeah, yeah, I'll have a go.
12:48Let's go, then.
12:50Yeah.
12:51Today's lesson, the art of applying a render scratch coat.
12:55So you tip the...
12:57Right, gotcha.
12:58Clean it.
12:59Yeah.
13:00Just mix it up a bit.
13:02Yeah.
13:04Straight on them all.
13:07With the plaster ready, it's time to apply it onto the brick wall.
13:18And then from the side, you can go that way, yeah.
13:24So when you're going, yeah, just like, tilt the trowel a bit.
13:29Yeah.
13:29So you just put it on just a slight angle, yeah, open it up.
13:32Oh, I see.
13:33Yeah.
13:33OK.
13:34It's just like the wrist stick, yeah.
13:36While Keith is learning a new skill with Danielle...
13:38Look what I've done compared to what you've done.
13:41Yeah.
13:45Marge is tracking down the rest of the team to take their portraits.
13:49Can I disturb you for a minute?
13:51What do you want me to do?
13:52I just need you to stand somewhere.
13:55This photo exhibition of their trusty workforce will be hung on the lobby walls.
14:01Can you stand about there?
14:03Right.
14:03Let me see.
14:04First up, Hugh's brother, Rhys.
14:08I'm going to come in a wee bit.
14:12Great.
14:13Please don't put it on Facebook.
14:15No, of course I won't.
14:20On a build like this, what it boils down to is that you get on with the builders.
14:27They respect the building.
14:28They respect you.
14:30You respect them.
14:31Ah, these are really nice.
14:34They're all local.
14:35And they're just all master craftsmen in their own right.
14:39Yeah, it's fantastic.
14:42Last but not least, head honcho, Hugh.
14:46Hugh, can I take your photograph?
14:48No.
14:49That was a yes, wasn't it?
14:51Pretty sure it was a no, eh?
14:52I think you'll find it was probably a yes.
14:59Oh, that one's got your eyes closed.
15:01I knew you'd do that again.
15:04Nice.
15:05Great.
15:07No problem.
15:10Diolch ma.
15:11Dave Rothblom.
15:18Capel Salem stands as a beloved piece of Polleli's history.
15:22And its restoration is bringing joy to a community proud of its heritage.
15:27So the memories I have of Capel Salem is perhaps going there with the primary school, singing in the choir.
15:33I don't have a great voice but I gave it a go.
15:38If you saw the before and after of what's happened now, you know, the state of the place now, you
15:45can't believe what it looked like, honest to God.
15:47You've got to have the before and after.
15:50The building is fantastic, but the heart of the building is Keith and Marge.
15:56They're the people that are bringing that building to life and that sense of community.
16:04It's long been Keith and Marge's dream to transform the Chapel Hall into a vibrant community space filled with art
16:12and culture.
16:16Though they've cleared away years of rot and are exposing the bare bones of the building, the space now feels
16:23more fragile than ever, making their ambitious vision harder to picture.
16:27The potential is enormous because basically it's a big room that we own and a big room can do a
16:36myriad of different things.
16:38But this is the most neglected space.
16:41Yeah, well it is at the moment.
16:42And it's because it's the most complicated space.
16:44It is.
16:44And the most expensive.
16:47Yeah.
16:48Yeah.
16:49Yeah.
16:51Seeking inspiration.
16:55Today, they are in London, visiting an historic, artistic venue that like the chapel, has lived another life.
17:08We're here at Trinity Boy Wharf, aren't we Marge?
17:11We are.
17:12Which was basically where they used to make boys for ships and that.
17:17That's right.
17:18And the London, well, the London docks and beyond.
17:22But what's so amazing about it is that it's been transformed into an artist's kind of creative hub.
17:30Which is amazing.
17:32It's a perfect example of what we want to try and create in Pichelli, isn't it?
17:39In the Chapel Salam.
17:41Yeah.
17:41A space of inspiration.
17:44In the 16th century, the site at Trinity began maintaining beacons and buoys.
17:52It was a major employer, from engineers to chain testers.
17:57Over time, larger shipyards were built further down the coast.
18:03And by 1988, Trinity was an empty and derelict site.
18:11But in 1998, a phoenix rose.
18:15The site has been rejuvenated into a cultural hub, full of art and creativity.
18:24Look at that.
18:25Oh.
18:26This artistic community is full of studios and designers.
18:31And is home to the work of kinetic sculptor Andrew Baldwin.
18:36I love his little tiny flippers.
18:38I know.
18:39And his fabulous long legs.
18:40Fantastic.
18:41Yeah.
18:42A dolphin riding a bike.
18:44I mean, you know.
18:45Makes sense.
18:47Does make sense.
18:50It's beautiful.
18:51There's something about a bit of rust.
18:54I kind of like it.
18:55Well, we have got big girders in our house.
18:58Yeah.
18:58I like materials that can be weathered and worn.
19:02Like us.
19:04What?
19:04Weathered and worn.
19:06Yeah, definitely.
19:06With obvious signs of ageing.
19:08Yeah, definitely.
19:09Yeah.
19:09Yeah.
19:10Creaking.
19:11Yeah.
19:12But he's extraordinary.
19:14Yeah.
19:14He's...
19:15And what an amazing thing that you can see his work here.
19:20In London.
19:21In London.
19:22Yeah, I know.
19:22And we're not at the National Gallery.
19:24No, no.
19:25And we're not at the Tate.
19:26We're at Trinity Boy Wharf.
19:30It's not just the accessible art providing Keith and Marge with food for thoughts.
19:37Trinity's chain and boys store has been lovingly restored and transformed into a multi-purpose venue.
19:49God, I'm loving these.
19:51Oh!
19:52Those metal sort of joists.
19:55What a great space.
19:57This projection just gives it another element.
19:59Yeah.
20:00Honestly, we've got to do something with light in the main hall.
20:03It's beautiful.
20:04You know, when those pews go away, we just put the concrete down.
20:08Yeah, yeah.
20:08It makes the floor another element.
20:10No, it does.
20:11It does.
20:11Yeah, you're right.
20:12This is beautiful.
20:14It's great.
20:15You can even see the history in the walls.
20:18Of course.
20:19You know, you take a building like this and you still, after years and years and years,
20:25you still get a sense of what went on in here.
20:28Although it's now a venue.
20:30Yeah, but that's because it's been done so cleverly.
20:32Yeah.
20:33It's a nod to the past and an opportunity for the future.
20:37Yeah.
20:38I know.
20:39It's a great space.
20:40I feel like a bit of a dance, actually.
20:43Oh.
20:44Na-na-na.
20:45Na-na-na-na.
20:47It's lovely.
20:48Ha-ha.
20:49Ha-ha.
20:50Ha-ha.
20:51Ha-ha.
20:51Ha-ha.
20:52Ha-ha.
20:54Well, it's been great coming here, isn't it?
20:56Wonderful.
20:56It's happily come again.
20:58Certain aspects you can clearly see is what we're trying to do with the chapel.
21:04That's right.
21:04You have to be changing, constantly moving forward.
21:07Yeah.
21:07Or things become redundant.
21:08Yeah.
21:09I do feel inspired.
21:11Brilliant.
21:12Diane.
21:13Diane.
21:15Ha-ha-ha.
21:23Full of energy and creative vision.
21:26Everything changes but you.
21:29Keith and Marge dream of one day dancing across the floor of their own transformed venue.
21:35But first, the magic begins with the hard work.
21:40Ha-ha.
21:40By a chapel, they said.
21:41It would be fun, they said.
21:43Ha-ha.
21:43They must remove tons of concrete that once raised the pulpit and anchored the pews,
21:49to return the floor to a level stage for what's to come.
21:55This was the old platform of the set valve, the big seat.
22:00Um, the altar, the pulpit, whatever you want to call it.
22:04And, um, this is the first bit, this is the first section of the hall that's being levelled.
22:10It's all got to be levelled.
22:12Basically, all the pews were on a slight platform.
22:15That's all got to be levelled.
22:16So, have I said levelled?
22:19I think I might have said levelled quite a few times.
22:21Has it got to be levelled?
22:22It's got to be levelled.
22:23Yeah.
22:24Helping to clear the broken up plinth is handyman Robatz.
22:29Don't overfill your barrel.
22:31No.
22:32Story of my life.
22:33I've often overfilled my barrow.
22:37How hard is it to get it on the ramp?
22:39Ha-ha-ha!
22:40Don't overfill your barrow.
22:42Don't overfill your barrow.
22:44Go on, have a go.
22:46Robert's coming up behind you, so you better hurry up.
22:48Shut up!
22:50I'm a natural ramper.
22:55This back-breaking work to rejuvenate the hall.
22:58Noi!
23:01Sometimes feels more like an archaeological dig.
23:06It's a remnant of the fire that happened here.
23:121913, I think it was.
23:13And basically, they just chucked all the debris.
23:15You even get the odd roof slate from when the roof fell in.
23:21I mean, it's just extraordinary.
23:24When you peel back the layers and you understand how the building is made, it's exciting.
23:29Who doesn't love a bit of history?
23:30Discovering and honouring Capel Salem's history is something Keith and Marge strive to do.
23:37But in the grandest of rooms, this careful process will take time.
23:42We have to chip away at this space because, psychologically, if we can move forward just by doing things like
23:50this, we can use this space as a storage space.
23:55We can use it as a workshop.
23:57It just keeps you mentally moving forward, I think.
24:01I've overloaded me barra!
24:03Oh!
24:04I've overloaded it!
24:07Well, that's the last of it.
24:10Still a lot to do.
24:13Just in case you didn't realise.
24:16Just in case you didn't realise, Marge.
24:19Oh, right.
24:20Gin and tonic, anyone?
24:31It's a big day at Capel Salem.
24:34It's a big day at Capel Salem.
24:35It's a big day at Capel Salem.
24:36It's a big day at Capel Salem.
24:42Huw and his brother Rhys are installing one of the chapel's boldest features yet.
24:47A towering yellow steel lobby door.
24:52Today is a good day because our yellow door is finally going in to the door that we first ever
24:59entered into the chapel.
25:02The door that we've not been able to come through for about two years?
25:05Two years, yeah, I know.
25:06It's quite a symbolic moment, really, that door going back on.
25:10It's a really big deal because we talked about having a yellow door when we bought the building.
25:16Yeah.
25:16And we've got one.
25:17And it's metal, which means it's dry rot proof.
25:22We'll see how heavy it is, yeah?
25:24Weighing in at around 80 kilos.
25:27Quite heavy, yeah.
25:29Huw and Rhys need to manoeuvre the massive door from the chapel hall to the lobby.
25:39The yellow door going in means that it can make good that whole section.
25:43Then we've got an entrance into the house.
25:45Yeah.
25:46You've always said...
25:47Sort your hall out first.
25:49Sort your hall out first.
25:50Well, we kind of sorted it out last.
25:52But that door, I mean, it's got five hinges.
25:56Five industrial sized hinges.
25:58That's beautiful.
25:58Just hope Huw's done the measuring okay.
26:01He's done all right so far.
26:03Yeah.
26:04Yeah, he has.
26:07The moment of truth.
26:11Spot on, I think.
26:12Spot on!
26:13I think.
26:14Give or take a bit of rubble.
26:16Hmm?
26:17Give or take a bit of rubble.
26:18Yep.
26:18It'll be fine.
26:20Nice.
26:20It's a big door, isn't it?
26:21It's wide.
26:22Massive.
26:23Yeah, yeah.
26:23Absolutely massive.
26:24Biggest one like this I've ever fitted.
26:26Oh, it is, is it?
26:26Yeah.
26:27Right.
26:31This gigantic steel door is not the kind usually found in houses.
26:36It's a security door for factories or garages, that type of place.
26:42It is definitely unique to them.
26:44But I think it reflects their personalities bang on, I think, there.
26:51Working in close proximity with Keith and Marge for 18 months,
26:55who is well acquainted with their unique taste.
27:01It's been very different working with them.
27:03Erm, and it's nice with people who know what they want.
27:07So it's made life quite easy, to be fair.
27:09Erm, and yeah, beginning, thought they were mad.
27:13But now I can see their vision.
27:15It's just, it's just nice to see it all coming together and all the,
27:18the different colours and everything.
27:20It's just, everything works, to be fair.
27:35Happy days.
27:42The yellow front door marks another big step in Keith and Marge's journey to making the Llin Peninsula their forever
27:50home.
27:52Eager to fully embrace the Welsh culture.
27:55They know it's time to take the plunge and learn the language.
28:00Where have we come to, Marge?
28:03Blimey.
28:03Shall we just stop and admire the view?
28:06Today, they are heading just eight miles north to Nantgwrthairn, to begin that journey.
28:15Everybody asks you, have you been to Nantgwrthairn yet? And we hadn't.
28:22No, it's fantastic.
28:24It's really beautiful.
28:27Who knew? This is on our doorstep, Marge.
28:29Yeah.
28:30I think everyone who lives here knew.
28:33It was just us.
28:34I think we're the last to know.
28:39In the 1850s, Nantgwrthairn became a prominent granite quarry.
28:45Yeah, I mean, look, you can see the remnants of the old quarry and the buildings.
28:49I know.
28:50Where they all lived.
28:51Yeah.
28:52The history here is etched into the landscape.
28:56Yet after World War I, the granite industry declined.
29:00And in 1959, the last family left, leaving this village empty.
29:07And then a visionary man, a clever man, called Dr. Carl Claus...
29:13Yeah.
29:14..thought it would make a wonderful centre for the Welsh language.
29:17And...
29:18And he wasn't wrong.
29:19He wasn't wrong.
29:20So, they started in the 1970s...
29:23Yeah.
29:24..making it into this centre for Welsh language.
29:27Yeah.
29:27..and the first lesson was in 1982.
29:301982, yeah.
29:31Amazing.
29:32Yeah.
29:32And we're going to have a lesson, aren't we?
29:33Well, it's interesting, cos we were both at school in 1982.
29:36Yeah, yeah.
29:36And today we're going back to school.
29:38Well, look, we've got our ties on.
29:39We have got our ties on.
29:40We've got our school ties on.
29:40We're ready.
29:41I don't want to go to school!
29:43Miss, I've got a tummy ache!
29:47Keith and Marge's tutor for the day is Nia Eyre.
29:50Hello.
29:51Pranhamda!
29:52Pranhamda!
29:53Nia has been teaching here for two years.
29:55She wants to hear of Keith and Marge's experience of the Welsh language.
29:59This is our classroom chair, is it?
30:01Yeah.
30:02Nice.
30:03My father, when he came up during the war, he didn't speak Welsh,
30:07but when he went back after the war, he could sing in Welsh.
30:11Yeah.
30:11And he could understand it, but, yeah, yeah, it was quite amazing, right?
30:15So, do you remember your father being able to speak Welsh?
30:18Oh, yeah.
30:18Yes, I do, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:20Interesting.
30:20So, obviously, his parents were both Welsh.
30:22Well, I grew up watching Welsh rugby with my father.
30:26Right, OK.
30:27Yeah, we always supported Wales.
30:29Oh, yeah, yeah.
30:30Yeah, as it was growing up.
30:31As someone who isn't Welsh and doesn't have Welsh heritage,
30:34is that you come here and you find Welsh across the board.
30:40Yeah.
30:40So, although if you feel like you don't come from maybe a Welsh-speaking background...
30:44..the language still belongs to you and you're still engaged with it...
30:48Yeah, absolutely.
30:48..in some sort of way.
30:48Yeah.
30:49..so there's engagement with the Welsh language all around us, really.
30:54Tutor Nia is keen to get to work on the Welsh alphabet.
30:58So, do you mind?
31:00Do you mind?
31:01Do you mind?
31:01Ah.
31:03Ah.
31:04Ah.
31:05Ah.
31:05Ah.
31:05Ah.
31:07Ah.
31:19Yeah.
31:19Da iawn.
31:19Gwych.
31:35TH He's not...
31:36There's a facial expression, it's erось...
31:39Uh.
31:40Oohh.
31:42U...
31:42Yeah, there'n CHUH.
31:45Let's think of ordering something in a cafe then, or in a pub, okay?
31:48If you're asking, gai...
31:50Gai i...
31:51A cup of tea, maybe.
31:52Gai bannad o de?
31:54O de.
31:55O de.
31:55Gai bannad o de?
31:56Yeah.
31:57Gai bannad o de.
31:59O de.
32:00O de.
32:01O de.
32:01Gai bannad o de.
32:02Neu gai goffi?
32:04Yeah.
32:04Gai bannad...
32:06Bannad o goffi.
32:07A goffi.
32:08Gai bannad o goffi.
32:09Gai bannad o goffi.
32:10A perfect accompaniment to the tea and coffee is bara brith, a traditional Welsh fruitcake, which translates as speckled bread.
32:20Gai.
32:22Bara brith.
32:23Bara brith.
32:23Efo.
32:24Efo.
32:25Menen.
32:26Os golech yn la.
32:27Os golech yn la.
32:28Dde chi di neud yn wych?
32:30You've done brilliantly.
32:31Ddech chi di neud yn wych.
32:32Diolch yn bawl.
32:33Dda iawn.
32:34Diolch yn bawl.
32:34Diolch yn bawl.
32:36Ta-ra.
32:37Poi aml.
32:38Diolch goffi a ch throw-in yn a blow ifalls ze ella hais bod роз.
32:53Gai Fal y brith.
32:54Cewch tar?
32:56Cewch tar unrhyw fiod.
32:59Gai cappuchno.
33:00Yeah.
33:01With Marge successfully ordering both cake and a drink,
33:07Keith spots a shortcut.
33:10Dau, e?
33:11Dau?
33:11Yeah.
33:11Dach chi eisiau rin peth?
33:13Yeah?
33:19I genuinely do want to be able to, you know,
33:23I mean, to learn fluent Welsh is something.
33:26You're going to need to learn the words for sandwich
33:29and sausages.
33:31Yeah, I think...
33:32Seen as all you ever buy is sandwiches and sausages.
33:37Yeah, sandwiches. I like a sandwich. It's true.
33:49Back in Pohleli, thoughts return to finishing the lobby.
33:54And there is one vintage piece of storage
33:57that Marge thinks will fit in perfectly.
34:01What we have here is...
34:02I think it's probably French.
34:05It's a little tiny wardrobe.
34:08It's like a locker wardrobe, really.
34:10It's got two hooks in it.
34:12And I bought it a few years ago in Whitstable,
34:14hoping that one day I would do something with it.
34:16And now's the time, which is quite exciting.
34:20What we want is to create this weird kind of juxtaposition
34:24between the industrial
34:29and the sort of genteel, Scots-baronial feel.
34:36So, this will be part of our industrial
34:40as opposed to our genteel.
34:44To achieve the raw industrial-style finish
34:47that Marge is looking for,
34:49this antique steel locker needs some TLC.
34:53So, I'm trying to get off this brown paint
34:57and I'd quite like to get it back to the metal.
35:01And the joy of doing this is
35:04it won't matter if I don't get all the paint off.
35:08It'll just look distressed and that's what I'll call it.
35:13Whilst Marge gets to work with her hand sander,
35:16stripping back years of antique paints...
35:18..I'm going to just start off...
35:25..I can't see out my glasses now.
35:29Keith is reinstating one of the many treasures
35:32that came with the chapel.
35:34We've got so many of these hooks
35:36that were left here all over the chapel
35:39and I've taken them all off the bits of rotten wood
35:42and Marge has reclaimed them
35:45by sort of taking off all the paint, paint-stripping them.
35:48And they're lovely hooks.
35:49So, we need coat hooks.
35:52So, I'm just doing new bits of wood
35:54to put up on the lobby wall
35:57with some more coat hooks.
35:59They're probably Victorian, these.
36:01They're brass.
36:02They've been in this building since the year dot.
36:05They're amazing. I love them.
36:08Now, I'm doing the final coat
36:10on this bit of wood.
36:12I love this bit because...
36:14..one, because it's the final coat
36:16and I hate painting.
36:18And two, Mel, our painter,
36:21reminded me that if you...
36:23..before you put this final coat on,
36:25if you sand the wood down
36:27and make it nice and smooth,
36:29the last coat you put on
36:31will look really flat
36:32and really, yeah, like, professional.
36:35Which is not my middle name.
36:38Yeah, look at that.
36:38That's nice, Mel.
36:42It's really nice when you get a chance
36:44to reuse stuff that was in the chapel.
36:47And, boy, can we reuse the coat hooks.
36:50We've got so many.
36:52But, mind you, Marge does have quite a lot of coats.
36:55So, it's just as well, really.
37:01Marge will soon have plenty of suitably styled storage
37:04for her coats,
37:05as her sanding is slowly revealing
37:07the industrial look she was hoping for.
37:14Oh, yeah.
37:16It already looks so much better.
37:19I think it will be a combination of this
37:24with these lighter edges.
37:27And it's going to pick out the detail.
37:29It's going to be transformed.
37:32Which is great.
37:33And it will sit really nicely in that space.
37:36It's exciting.
37:38It's exciting seeing all these treasures
37:40that we've collected
37:41coming into their own
37:44and coming into our home.
37:56Keith and Marge have almost finished
37:58restoring the final area
38:00in their living space.
38:04The industrial steel staircase
38:06is fully operational.
38:08And today, Hugh and Brother Heese
38:11are on hand to help add
38:12the Scottish baronial flair.
38:16Feel the weight of that.
38:18Fancy that on your head.
38:19Jesus.
38:22They're finished, remounted antlers.
38:26I'll be excited
38:27because they'll be off the floor
38:28in the main hall.
38:30Finally, they're going up on the wall,
38:31which is great.
38:33And what a wall!
38:40Do many people ask you
38:41to put up a wall of skulls?
38:45Oh, it's like a deal, you're curious.
38:47I thought that.
38:49Never before, I don't think.
38:53That one hurt.
38:54This one.
38:55You all right?
38:56Mounting their antler collection
38:58in the entrance to their home.
39:00There.
39:00That's it.
39:02You're ruining that good wall.
39:05Don't tell the owners.
39:07Is a vision that's been years
39:09in the making.
39:10I bought Keith's first set of antlers.
39:14Christmas 21?
39:15Yeah.
39:17We kind of knew
39:18what we were going to do
39:18with them then.
39:21Get more.
39:22Get more.
39:24It's like the British Museum.
39:30Are you happy there?
39:34Is it out with the door, is it?
39:36Yeah.
39:40Nice.
39:40Yay!
39:41It looks brilliant.
39:43Nice.
39:43Spot on.
39:44Well done.
39:45Cheers for that.
39:45Good idea.
39:46Perfect, yeah.
39:48You know.
39:48And it makes sense once it's in, then.
39:49Once it's in, yeah.
39:51I know, that's right.
39:52Not that I don't believe you.
39:55It's just nice.
39:56Here we go from it.
39:58Downstairs in the snug, Marge is putting the finishing touches to the photo gallery, celebrating
40:05Hugh and his team.
40:07It's really important to remember the people that have been significant in this project.
40:16Everyone's just been an absolute delight.
40:21Which is, when you listen, you hear other people talk about building projects.
40:26One of the reasons we haven't really encountered many problems is down to this man, Hugh.
40:35Because he's got a really great team together.
40:40As Hugh and his team add the finishing touches in the entrance lobby, outside, Keith is ensuring
40:47their new yellow industrial front door has a postbox to match.
40:53But can you see what we've done here?
40:55Yellow.
40:56Yellow door.
40:58Are you a designer?
41:00I mean, you know, I don't like to say.
41:04The bold yellow postbox declares Keith and Marge's lobby officially complete.
41:10A striking contrast to the state they found it in when they first walked through their store
41:16at Kap El Salem.
41:21Yes.
41:22Oh, yes.
41:23This needs clearing up.
41:27I wouldn't do that.
41:29I'd kind of leave that, be it.
41:30Yeah, I'd just leave that.
41:31We could make that a feature.
41:32Yeah, no, that would be nice.
41:35Though one of the smallest spaces in the chapel, the lobby has been one of Keith and Marge's
41:41most significant projects, the enormity of which they recognise from the very beginning.
41:47The stairs didn't used to be like that.
41:49They didn't used to be like that.
41:50No, and the fungus has got to it and they're rotten.
41:54This floor is great, though.
41:56I know it is.
41:58One day, there'll be a line of smart waterproof coats and wellingtons in a country living photo
42:12styli.
42:14So that'll be nice one day.
42:17We'll have that one day.
42:18Yeah.
42:21Hey, look at your post box.
42:23And at last, that day has arrived.
42:26Look at that yellow door.
42:28Oh, no, I need a lovely post box.
42:29It's a thing of beauty.
42:38Gone are the rotten stairs, replaced now by a stunning industrial-style staircase that
42:46transforms the entire space.
42:51The vibrant yellow door is a symbol of Keith and Marge's bold approach.
42:57I'm going to hang my coat up.
42:59Hang my hat.
42:59We can actually hang our coats up, Marge.
43:02Eh?
43:04This space is the main conduit between the whole building, really.
43:08It's also the place you welcome people in.
43:11The lobby ties the chapel and Sunday school together, finishing off Keith and Marge's living
43:17accommodation with an industrial edge.
43:21We can start finally using this because we've got...
43:26We've got our snug in there.
43:28Yeah, I know.
43:29And it's like, that's ordered now, and this is ordered.
43:34Yeah.
43:36And then we've got this little bit here before you go into the main hall.
43:39So it really is, it's like a junction.
43:42Got my locker?
43:44Yeah, that's worked out really well.
43:47Thanks.
43:49Well, talking of this room being a junction, should we go upstairs to the studio hall?
43:53To the Scots Tower.
43:55The Scots Tower.
43:59Ascending the metal staircase...
44:01I even like the noise.
44:03Yeah.
44:06...reveals an entirely new dimension of style.
44:15When you're looking from this corner, you just see a tangle of antlers.
44:19I know, it's great.
44:20It's brilliant.
44:20And then you see the light at the top.
44:22Yeah.
44:23And those plaques from the seating of the pews works really well, doesn't it?
44:27I quite like the fact they look a bit like skateboards.
44:33Also, what I love about it is because the stairwell is quite a big stairwell,
44:37when you come up and you see these antlers, it's quite dramatic,
44:40but they don't encroach on your personal space.
44:43No, no, not at all.
44:44They don't get in the way at all, do they?
44:46No, at all.
44:46We will have fun putting baubles on them at Christmas, though.
44:52The Scottish Baronial Tower offers a dramatic new entrance
44:56into Keith's future pottery studio.
44:59Yeah, throw into the pottery.
45:01That's the gateway to our future.
45:07The completion of the lobby is the final piece of the living space puzzle,
45:12infused with character and rich history,
45:15all brought back to life by their much-trusted build team.
45:19And then we've got our gang.
45:21Yeah.
45:22They're not all there yet.
45:23They're not all there yet.
45:24But they will be.
45:26I like it because it's a simple reminder of how much work they've done.
45:31I know.
45:31And they've been brilliant.
45:33I know, yeah.
45:34Now we just need to raise the money to do the next phase.
45:39May I, Marge, may I show you in here?
45:42No, I'm not looking.
45:43Look away.
45:45We'll just close that, shall we?
45:47Yeah.
45:49Can't do it today.
45:50That's the chaos.
45:51No point in worrying about it.
45:54Celebrate the little wins.
45:59Next time, the spotlight shifts to the Potsery Studio.
46:04Bendageddick.
46:04Bendageddick.
46:05Where new windows and lights.
46:07I know it's all a bit wonky, Marge,
46:09but it's kind of the Moulin Rouge kind of effect.
46:13Right.
46:14Set the stage for Keith's 60th birthday.
46:17Can everyone make their way inside?
46:20The show is about to begin.
46:23The show is about to begin.
46:31The show is about to begin.
46:50The show is about to begin.
46:51The show is about to begin.
46:51The show is about to begin.
46:51The show is about to begin.
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