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00:01Master Potter Keith Braimer-Jones and actor Marge Hogarth have made the charming coastal town of Portleli in North Wales
00:10their 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 and 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!
01:03The next phase is bringing their vision of a working pottery studio to life.
01:09You 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.
01:30I love an overlocker!
01:32...and crafting unique pieces of their own.
01:35Just don't look behind you.
01:37I'm not.
01:38As they continue on their journey to rejuvenate Kap El Salim.
01:47We're up and running.
01:48I'm running.
01:49First pots.
02:00In the seaside town of Po Lleli, a sleeping giant is slowly rising from its slumber.
02:10After two years of restoration, the end of Keith and Margie's second phase of rejuvenating Kap El Salim is in
02:18sight.
02:20We might actually pull it off.
02:23Their bespoke brutalist courtyard and minimalist guest bedroom are complete.
02:29While the entrance lobby has a playful mix of industrial and Scottish baronial styles,
02:35the final piece of Keith and Margie's phase two puzzle is readying the Sunday school for their pottery studio dream.
02:44However, there's one more significant landmark to celebrate first.
02:51Apparently, someone is having a birthday party.
02:55Yeah.
02:56And apparently, we've invited quite a lot of people.
03:00I think so.
03:02How do you feel about turning 60?
03:06I'm all right.
03:07I'm really all right.
03:08I just wish I was 50 because then I'd be able to do more things.
03:13Well, you'll be celebrating in style.
03:16Yeah.
03:16Well, we've got quite a lot of friends and family coming, haven't we?
03:19We have.
03:19And?
03:20We're having a cabaret.
03:21And we've got very dear friends of ours coming to perform.
03:24And a 50 plus piece.
03:26Piece?
03:27Do you call them piece?
03:28Male voice choir.
03:29Set.
03:30Set.
03:31Gang.
03:31There are a gang of 50 blokes.
03:33Wow.
03:33That just happened to sing really quite well.
03:36Wow.
03:40For the first time in 15 years, the magical tradition of Welsh singing will return to Capell Salim.
03:48The hall will welcome friends, both new and old, to share in this truly special occasion.
03:54So, yeah, the guests will be here.
03:56Yeah.
03:56Strewn around.
03:57They won't be strewn, Keith.
03:59They'll be ram-o'd.
04:01The thing is, you know, although it's my birthday, it's more than that, isn't it?
04:06It's a celebration that we're on the other side of winning.
04:09The fact that there's quite a lot of locals coming as well is good.
04:13I want people to see the building.
04:15I want people to enjoy the building.
04:17Yeah.
04:17Yeah, absolutely.
04:18Because a lot of people have got us to this point.
04:21Well, you know, what better way of celebrating that than by having a party, really?
04:27Absolutely.
04:28Yeah.
04:29Wait till they see the sculpture going up in the car park.
04:32No.
04:38Beyond resurrecting the old tradition of Welsh singing, Keith and Marge also planned to introduce some new ones.
04:45All right.
04:46Yeah, good.
04:48Including a thought-provoking art piece that promises to spark conversation.
04:55This is our kinetic sculpture.
04:58A dolphin riding a bike.
05:00I mean, you know, who doesn't want that?
05:03They first saw this sculpture at Trinity Boy Wharf in London.
05:09Brilliant.
05:11Keen to showcase artists at the chapel for years to come, they have invited Andrew Baldwin to install his sculpture
05:18as an exhibition for the party.
05:21It looks better than I remember it.
05:23Good to see you, mate.
05:25All right.
05:25Yeah, well done.
05:26Yeah, yeah, good.
05:27Yeah, good.
05:27What was the drive like?
05:28It's long, isn't it?
05:30Having made the trip to Pullelli, strapped to the trailer of Andrew's car...
05:34I just think about all the people that have seen him on the motorway.
05:37I know.
05:37How brilliant.
05:39..it's gaining further attention from the new neighbours.
05:47Never seen a dolphin on a bike.
05:50Dreamt about it.
05:53Good, isn't it?
05:57Yeah, what's going on?
06:03It's all about a trip I did to Iceland on a boat.
06:06And I got in a big storm and I didn't eat enough.
06:08And I started hallucinating.
06:11And this is one of my hallucinations.
06:17With a few tweaks from Andrew, his fever dream made real is up and running in its full glory.
06:24Yeah!
06:26It's great.
06:28Who doesn't want that?
06:30It looks great.
06:37Next, on Keith and Marge's long-to-do list, is ensuring the Sunday School Hall is back to its former
06:43glory.
06:45God, look at the light that comes in.
06:47The hall is blessed with 16 windows, with each one being lovingly restored by local builder and master carpenter, Hugh.
06:56Today, they are installing the final two at the front of the hall.
07:00Blimey!
07:02Ready to go.
07:03That almost looks good.
07:04Almost there.
07:06Sash windows became widespread across the UK in the Georgian and Victorian eras.
07:12Capell Salems were over a century old and full of rot.
07:16To save the sash, Hugh and Brother Heese made a new frame to house them in.
07:21Look at that!
07:24This'll open, won't it?
07:26Yeah.
07:26This'll all slide and be there.
07:28Absolutely brilliant, yeah.
07:29The new cars and everything will put the weights on once we know it's fitting.
07:33Another historic feature being rescued are the original cast iron counterweights.
07:39Err, just checking to make sure I've got pairs in the weights.
07:44Sash window systems use hidden weights, connected by cords and pulleys,
07:49to perfectly balance the window sashes, allowing them to glide open and stay put at any height.
07:56Now what, good as gold.
07:59It's amazing, it's a design classic.
08:01When I was young I saw those.
08:03But when you think they've been in for, what, 100 and what years?
08:06Yeah, 100, yeah.
08:07We're reusing, they'll do another 100 years now, hopefully.
08:09I know, I know, amazing.
08:13Amazing.
08:15Marge and I have often said, the windows are the eyes of a building.
08:21And if you can keep the windows as they were, and restore them, or remake them,
08:27it's just, it's wonderful.
08:30The painstaking job of restoring the 16 132-year-old windows in the Sunday School Hall
08:37is finally coming to a close.
08:45Bendageddick.
08:46Can't actually remember what they looked like before.
08:49No.
08:49Well, like that, but...
08:50But worse around.
09:01There's something about it being on the roadside.
09:03It makes it feel like it's, it's really nearly finished.
09:07You sometimes forget, you're actually at that final point where you're being able to realise your vision and your dreams.
09:17Absolutely fantastic.
09:18It's really fantastic.
09:28In Pwllelly, North Wales, Hyw and Brother Hys are levelling the car park
09:34in preparation for Keith's birthday celebrations.
09:42to ensure guests have the perfect welcome Keith and Marge are heading 75 miles across North
09:50Wales to a valley nestled within Hulkin Mountain all in search of Welsh produce to serve at the
09:58party I'm very excited about tasting some gin oh I know I could do with a gin oh I love
10:05a gin I
10:06know Marge I know they are here to meet husband and wife team Fiona and Simon who run a gin
10:15distillery from a container in their back garden last time we saw a container we were sleeping in it
10:28so yeah this is a lot better Hulkin offers a unique set of floras to capture the landscape's
10:38flavour in their gin Fiona and Simon handpick local botanicals I've never foraged before today Keith and
10:49Marge are helping them forage for gorse this has a lovely coconut aroma to it so coconut and vanilla
10:57it kind of reminds me of holidays sun cream and ice cream when we take it back it will then
11:04go in the
11:05alcohol and the water and then we'll put it all into the still what and that really makes the taste
11:10yes
11:11yes so you get a gentle gentle aroma and flavor of the coconut and the slight of vanilla as well
11:16so it
11:17truly does how much do you need so we need about eight petals for for one bottle of gin only
11:23eight
11:23petals is that right yeah do you think we've got enough now for a few bottles I think we've got
11:28plenty between us yes let's go make some gin he's running quick back to the container Fiona and Simon's
11:44gin is built from a traditional base of juniper coriander and angelica roots they have invited Keith
11:51and Marge to create their own gin by choosing further flavors from citrus herbs and spices we've got a
11:58pink grapefruit so it's just the rind off that we'll use lemon and the dehydrated lime you all right
12:04with the lemon yeah absolutely absolutely yeah and then we have bay leaf time and mint lemon with with
12:11mint delicious so we can put some lemon yeah no that's good and then the next flat spice we have
12:18Q
12:19Bev black peppercorn and grains of paradise it's got to be paradise just because it's called paradise
12:26grains of paradise are a member of the ginger family bringing warmth to the flavor all that's left to
12:33add is the sweetness and then finally we've got honey and vanilla so the thing about the honey is each
12:41batch is different depending where the bees go so you get different flavors and different floral notes
12:45normally I would go vanilla vanilla vanilla but you've really sold me on the honey yeah yeah absolutely honey
12:51yeah it's in the garden based shipping container distillery where Simon and Fiona craft recipes with
13:02precision here every miniscule detail makes a monumental difference a quarter teaspoon of honey but you can
13:09taste that coming through and half a medium-sized leaf of nettle yeah I'd be putting in one yeah I
13:16know
13:16so die overcompensating once measured the botanicals are combined with neutral grain spirits and fresh
13:25spring water before distillation begins the still needs to be sealed to ensure a consistent botanical
13:33extraction process you can use PTFE tape but we've always got bread in the house so we use bread and
13:39a traditional way of doing it was with rye wasn't it so and but this does the trick I'll let
13:45you um just a
13:46tiny bit it's almost like making a pot key a little bit of hand building a hot plate heats the
14:02grain spirit
14:02and water the alcohol vapors then rise through the still infusing with the botanicals before condensing
14:10back into a flavored liquid which is the gin so once you've collected that then we start collecting
14:16the the hearts of the gin the distilling process needs an hour before any tasting can take place come
14:23on Marge does this mean a little sample in the tasting room so Fiona sneaks off with Marge to the
14:28tasting shed I've been waiting hours for this well deserved Fiona and Simon won gin of the year at the
14:372024 Wales distilled awards with Simon's distilling gaining high recognition just to finish off a
14:45perfect evening I received distiller of the year as well and everything he does he has to work that
14:51little bit harder so to receive this was just absolutely incredible for him so so very proud of
14:57him and what he's achieved up until 2013 Simon was a full-time civil engineer but one day changed
15:11everything so we've not always aspired to be in distillers but unfortunately Simon suffered a
15:17massive brain injury back in 2013 which the only turned our lives upside down but it changed our our path
15:25in
15:25the future you've managed to sort of recover quite remarkably yeah yeah yeah well they say you won't even the
15:33best recovery is in
15:34the first six months okay and then slows down or mine has been okay students during Simon's recovery Fiona bought
15:49him a gin still to keep his engineer mind active and the rest is history we finally launched in November
16:032018 so
16:05it was a learning curve our world just turned into something wonderful to be honest video Cariad means love in
16:14Welsh and it's here in Holkin that love has been poured into a special gin for Keith and Marge raising
16:21a glass to Keith's
16:2560th
16:26well hey we have a June well we taste it I just want to say thank you oh because we've
16:34had such a lovely
16:35lovely day thank you ever so much yeah cheers very good health yucky da well done guys that's all right
16:43isn't
16:44it it it's delicious that's really nice I fancy a night out now you know you could have a night
16:49out at
16:49Capel Salon at the party back in Pellelly Keith and Marge have a plan to illuminate the Sunday School Hall
17:04reinventing it as a dynamic party venue with a distinct cabaret flair it's cable for the festoon lights
17:12but I'm just trying to find the end because we've ordered so much of it I've always been a fan
17:21of this
17:21kind of lighting festoon lights I didn't know it was called festoon lighting I've always called it
17:26circus lights the word festoon originates from the Italian word festone which means festive ornaments I
17:34just love it it's a joyful thing these festoons are self-assembly one long length of fabric covered
17:44cable and bulb holders that need to be clipped into place it's a lot of effort for something that
17:50hopefully will work this decorative lighting was bought for the chapel hall which means there's a lot
17:57of it you can use this festoon lighting in your huge 3,000 square foot chapel but if you use
18:06it in
18:06your 3,000 square foot chapel you need about 50 meters of it it's more expensive for a distinct and
18:13measured look Keith and Marge are clipping each bulb exactly one meter apart there's a hundred of these to
18:20put on the one length and then there's another 60 to put on the other ones with help from electrician
18:29James they can hang the 50 meters of lights ready to dazzle Keith's cabaret dreams into reality I know
18:36it's all a bit wonky large but it's kind of the moulin rouge kind of effect is what I'm going
18:42for right
18:45the things we do a march when does the fun stuff after hours of dedicated clipping and hanging the
18:57time arrives to see if capital salem is ready for its moulin rouge moments ready where am I switching
19:04them on James there there there there's a light switch yeah that one that works really well
19:12it's beautiful it's beautiful looks great doesn't it it's that lovely yellow warm light I know it's
19:17great that fanning out of the lights yeah gorgeous no it's great it looks good happy birthday Keith
19:27oh that's one job done next
19:39with a cabaret venue coming together Keith and Marge can think about performances this evening they
19:46have headed to the local town of Bethesda to sound out one set of voices that encapsulates Wales we're
19:54doing a little bit of a cabaret for the party and we've got other people playing but then hopefully the
20:01grand finale it's a bit of a surprise we've come to see Penrin core and they are apparently the best
20:12of the best in this area yeah they've played at Glastonbury with Damon Albarn so and there's 50 of
20:18them Cora Penrin are a Welsh male voice choir that was founded in the 19th century to ensure the party
20:28is
20:28steeped in Welsh heritage Keith and Marge hope the choir will be the crowning moments welcome both thank
20:35you they are led by musical director Owen Arwell Davis shall we sing you what we're gonna do on the
20:43day I'd love
20:44to hear that I think you're gonna really like this one so you're doing ace of spades motorhead is that
20:48right yeah that's the one but there's a nice story behind this one because we had the pleasure of recording
20:55this down in the maid of ale studios radio one commissions us to do it wow yeah you'll know the
21:00tune but it's got
21:00Welsh hymn words on it fabulous by williams williams panther kelling wow and you can I've recorded a slate on
21:11this one amazing that's the slate being split this part of Wales is world-renowned for its high-quality
21:19slates Cora Penrin was born from those industrial roots in the 1880s workers from the Penrin quarry formed
21:28the choir while the slate industry has declined 135 years later the choir are still going strong
21:58with Growl sayin' and back nowadays the choir is both Aubrey and the choir is mostly
22:11haha I hit my own mother, they get record this song and I do for 80000 years later the choir
22:28is only one
22:28the choir is too long and it's almost thank the choir to be here in their lives in your hands
22:28picles my mind
22:42Cora Penrhyn have performed all over the world.
22:46The next gig at Capel Salem in Porlleli will ensure the chapel's Welsh history is well and truly honoured.
23:16The next gig at Capel Salem in Porlleli will ensure the chapel's Welsh history is well and truly honoured in
23:25the world.
23:26You'll floor them with that.
23:28And how often do you meet?
23:29Once a week, yeah.
23:30And we do about 30 concerts a year as well.
23:33Fantastic.
23:33Fantastic.
23:34They're an amazing bunch of boys.
23:37It's just wonderful to see them together.
23:39And there's a comrade raised, you know, it's a bit of support.
23:42They stick together, they support each other.
23:45It's wonderful.
23:45It's really lovely to meet you.
23:46Yeah, and yourselves.
23:47We'll see you on the 31st.
23:48Yeah, brilliant.
23:49Looking forward for it, very much.
23:51Diolchamau.
23:51Oh, diolchamau.
23:56The party's about bringing all those people together that have helped us along the way, isn't it?
24:01Yeah.
24:02You know.
24:02A celebration of our new life in Wales.
24:05Yeah, yeah.
24:05And there is no better way to celebrate.
24:08I mean, the voices.
24:09Yeah.
24:09They're just incredible, aren't they?
24:11Yeah.
24:12The depth of the sound.
24:13It's almost like the vocal equivalent of our underfloor heating.
24:18Do you know what I mean?
24:19Yeah.
24:20It just gets into your bones, doesn't it?
24:22Into your bones.
24:22Yeah, it really does, yeah.
24:23Yeah.
24:26God, look at that sky.
24:28Oh, look at the sun.
24:29Walking off into the sunset.
24:33Quite literally.
24:35That's West, that is.
24:36Yeah.
24:37That's where our chapel is.
24:48At Kap El Salem, after 14 years of dereliction, plans are well underway to host the first
24:55major celebration.
24:56The tent's arrived, which is really good.
25:01Slightly bigger than I intended.
25:03Yeah.
25:06It's going to be a squeeze, I think.
25:09Keith is making sure the Sunday school hall is prepped and ready for the family and friends
25:14coming to celebrate his 60th.
25:17Yeah?
25:18So shall I do it really tight, then?
25:19Yeah, let's do it.
25:23While Keith works away, Marge has headed 150 miles northeast to West Yorkshire.
25:31Hebden Bridge was once a textile powerhouse, historically known as Trousertown, producing around
25:3820,000 pairs a week.
25:41Marge is here to make Keith a very special birthday present with friends who uphold Hebden's
25:47textile heritage.
25:49Today we've come to see dear friends of ours in Hebden Bridge.
25:54And they make beautiful, beautiful, beautiful clothes for men.
26:00Keith needs a new pair of dungarees.
26:02He wears dungarees every day to work in.
26:04And we're going to make him a special gift for his birthday because he has a very, very, very
26:12big birthday this year.
26:15Very big.
26:19Ed Oxley is one of the co-founders of Hebdo Co, who specialise in making men's clothing
26:25using British manufacturers.
26:28Today, they are going to make Keith a one-off set of dungarees as a birthday treat.
26:33Hello.
26:35Hello, Marge.
26:35How are you?
26:36Welcome to Hebden Bridge.
26:37I'm very well.
26:38Good to see you.
26:39Lovely to see you again.
26:40You all right?
26:41Yeah, I'm good.
26:41I'm good.
26:42I've brought a pair of Keith's workwear dungarees.
26:45You wear them every day.
26:46Fantastic.
26:47So this is a really great start, and this is how we usually work.
26:50We'll start with something, often like a vintage sample.
26:53And then we'll get our design, take out the bad bits, put in whatever better bits we want.
26:59Brilliant.
27:00Keen to install new ideas into Keith's workwear, Ed shows Marge some hard-wearing military gear
27:06that has lasted a lifetime.
27:08That's British Land Army from the Second World War.
27:11And this corduroy would have been woven here in Hebden Bridge, and the britches made here.
27:15And you can see how, you know, they've been worn, repaired, worked in.
27:19That's a real history.
27:20But the cutting to enable you to move is just incredible.
27:25Yeah, so this panel here, when you bend your leg, that disappears.
27:28Yeah, yeah.
27:30With fresh ideas from bygone eras, it's time for Marge to work with in-house designer and
27:36pattern cutter, Amelia.
27:37I think pattern cutting is wizardry.
27:41Thank you very much.
27:42It is an extraordinary skill.
27:44Keith's dungarees are his potting uniform.
27:46Over time, Marge has always tried to make improvements.
27:50I always put this piece in because the straps fall off when he's throwing.
27:58Yeah.
27:58And obviously because he wears them to throw, he's bent over, so he needs to have plenty
28:03of space in the shoulders, because these have got this horrible bit of elastic.
28:08But obviously he doesn't want them sort of dangling between his knees when he's stood up.
28:12No.
28:12M&M style-y.
28:15So we can fix that.
28:16No, he doesn't want that, no.
28:17And I don't want that.
28:20Preferably not.
28:21Yeah.
28:21With design ideas new and old in place, Amelia and Marge set about copying the former dungarees
28:29panels to paper for a template.
28:31So that is this in paper form.
28:34So we'll cut this out.
28:37For Keith's new workwear...
28:39This is lovely.
28:40Amelia has chosen a classic Italian denim to give it a hard-wearing edge.
28:46So we fold the fabric and then we're cutting everything once, everything's a mirror image.
28:56So these are the notches, they don't look like much to us, but when a machinist knows what
29:02they're looking for, then they know where to fold.
29:05Notches are fabric coat providing a marker, so two pieces come together correctly when sewn
29:11in the factory.
29:12I mean, there's hundreds of years of history in those techniques, because that hasn't changed.
29:21I'm a lot less gung-ho than you, Amelia, it has to be said.
29:27Well, we've got the bib, we've got a pocket.
29:31How many more panels are there?
29:33Well, in jeans, I think there's 26 or something like that, so...
29:39Thank you so much for doing this.
29:40No problem.
29:41He'll be absolutely thrilled with his birthday present.
29:45But there's obviously quite a lot to do, and I think I'm just going to slow you up.
29:49Yeah, I'll get on.
29:52Amelia will plan and cut out the remaining panels, so they can be sent to one of their
29:57trusted manufacturers and brought to life.
30:06In Port Lely, Kap El Salim was once a place where people came together.
30:12Friends, family and neighbours to share in the joys of singing and sense of community.
30:19Having been abandoned in 2010, it's been 15 years since the chapel has had a mass congregation.
30:28But all that is about to change.
30:33All right.
30:34All right, Keith, how you doing, mate?
30:36How are you?
30:37Fantastic.
30:38A local pub is lending its support by loaning their sound system for the party.
30:43It's like the good old days.
30:44A bit more, a bit more.
30:46We're going to come down a bit.
30:48I'm going to go again.
30:49You know when it's a decent sound system, when they have to use straps to strap it all down?
30:55That's when you know it's great.
30:59Out in the car park, a marquee tent has been erected.
31:03Oh, wow.
31:04That's brilliant.
31:05That is quite amazing.
31:07Housed within it will be a gin bar, provided by new friends Fiona and Simon,
31:13serving the gin they all made together.
31:15How are you?
31:16Good, how are you?
31:18A bit stressed, but it's all right.
31:20How's the gin then?
31:21Yeah, it's good.
31:22Yeah?
31:22We have tried it a few times.
31:25Just to make sure.
31:26Yeah, just to make sure, yeah.
31:28Excellent, yeah.
31:29Well, I'm looking forward to tasting it.
31:30Yeah, brilliant.
31:31Is one enough?
31:32One is enough.
31:32Yeah, OK.
31:33Yeah.
31:34Not one gin, I'm just, you know, one...
31:36No, one gin's nothing.
31:37Yeah, yeah.
31:39While Fiona and Simon set up,
31:42Keith and Marge are adding their own sparkle,
31:44ensuring the hall feels exuberant with creative, budget-friendly flourishes.
31:50We're covering the back wall with tinsel.
31:53That's going to work, isn't it?
31:54It looks amazing.
31:57This intrepid couple have put their heart and soul
32:01into opening the doors of Cap El Salim to their friends and family,
32:05showcasing their vision for the future
32:07by bringing in local producers,
32:10statement art
32:11and a 50-strong Welsh male voice choir.
32:14So out there, we've got wonderful deluxe hot dogs from Colin
32:17and we've got Cariad gin.
32:20Hey, we haven't tasted it yet.
32:22That'll be good.
32:23Marge marks the occasion by wearing her newly fixed dress
32:27and for Keith, all that's left is to greet their guests.
32:31So shall we go out and welcome them in?
32:37Brilliant.
32:38Brilliant.
32:39Brilliant.
32:40Hiya.
32:41You all right?
32:42Hi, love.
32:43How are you?
32:44You all right?
32:44Good to see you.
32:46Early happy birthday.
32:47Yeah, good to see you.
32:49Oh, brilliant.
32:50Oh, love.
32:52Can everyone make their way inside?
32:56The show is about to begin.
33:00Go on.
33:07At Cap El Salim,
33:09the first party in 15 years has started.
33:13Get a drink first
33:15and then the cabaret's going to start at about 7.30.
33:19For many of the guests,
33:20it's the first time they've seen the revamped Sunday School Hall.
33:24Oh, wow.
33:27Builder Hugh is pleased with the reaction.
33:29Very happy with the finish in the end.
33:31Everyone pointing out the plastering
33:33and the painting and the timber work.
33:37Friend and fellow judge from the great pottery throwdown,
33:40Rich Miller, is also impressed.
33:42I've holidayed here as a kid
33:43because my mum is from two miles up the road.
33:46I've seen this chapel from the outside for many years,
33:49but to actually step in has been really special.
33:53I just think they've created such a wonderful space.
33:58To ensure everyone is entertained and in good voice,
34:02Keith and Marge have put on a cabaret-style line-up.
34:05We've got a few of our friends playing up on the stage.
34:08We've got Sophie Sirota with her electronic viola.
34:11We've got the lunar tractors.
34:13We've got a Dalvis.
34:14He's called Derek.
34:15He sounds like Elvis.
34:16Please welcome Dalvis!
34:21With Wales affectionately known as the land of song,
34:25there's no better way to celebrate
34:27than with a 50-strong Welsh male voice choir.
34:37Cora Penryn's opening song is fitting for Cap El Salen.
34:42D'wishwyr fydach chi napo dyn gynta mae.
34:44If you know the first one, please join in.
34:47If you know the first one, please join in.
34:51Yma o hyd is an anthem of Welsh resilience and survival.
34:56It means, still here.
35:27MUSIC PLAYS
35:48MUSIC PLAYS
36:12MUSIC CONTINUES
36:42MUSIC CONTINUES
36:45Yes, it's really really wonderful to see you all here old friends and new friends and there's a lot of
36:51local people here as well
36:53Yeah
36:55New friends, which is fantastic. I know it's my birthday
36:59But this event if you like this celebration is far more than that. It's about celebrating
37:06Community for Marge and I and you know you only do this kind of project
37:11once in a lifetime
37:13Keen to honor welsh singing traditions
37:19The choir's performance isn't the only surprise
37:25And you may find yourself living in a suck-dunk sack and you may find yourself in another part of
37:32the world
37:33But you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
37:38And you may find yourself in a beautiful house
37:43With a beautiful wife
37:45And you may ask yourself
37:47Well
37:49How did I get here
37:50Letting the days go by
37:53Water flowing under the ground
37:55Into the blue again
37:57Into the silent water
37:58Under the rocks and stones
38:01There is water under the ground
38:23We saw a few people and they were quite tearful
38:25Into the blue again
38:27Absolutely fantastic
38:31Core amazing
38:33It's been a long time
38:34And let's hope they do more
38:36And let's hope they do more
38:36Because it's great
38:37Letting the days go by
38:39Water flowing underground
38:47Into the blue again
39:02Water flowing underground
39:04Once in a lifetime
39:23Time
39:24Ladies and gentlemen, truly, truly a once in a lifetime experience
39:31With performances over
39:33There's just one thing left for Keith and Marge to do
39:37Taste their gin
39:38Alright
39:39Hello
39:40Hello
39:41How are you?
39:43Oh good
39:43We haven't seen you all night
39:44We've been a bit busy
39:45It couldn't get anywhere new
39:46So have you still got any margin left?
39:48Well
39:49We didn't come empty handed
39:51Oh
39:51Fantastic
39:53Shall we make it a double?
39:55Yes
39:56And have you enjoyed your evening?
39:57Oh it's been fabulous
39:58It really has
39:59And the singing
40:01Oh gosh
40:02The choir
40:03It's just beautiful
40:04Excellent
40:05A penblwydd hapus iawn i ti
40:07Ah
40:07And iach i da
40:09Diolchon bawl
40:10Diolchon bawl
40:11Yeah great
40:12Iach i da
40:15Beautiful
40:17It's lovely isn't it?
40:18Yeah
40:18Cheers
40:19Cheers
40:36This year Kap El Salim's Sunday School Hall has served as a multi-purpose space
40:41With the party over it can begin the life Keith and Marge dreamed of
40:48I can finally put out some of the equipment for the studio which is great
40:53We're finally getting to the stage where this room is going to be used for what it's meant to be
41:00Which is my studio
41:03Downstairs in the snack
41:04Marge has one final birthday surprise for Keith
41:09These are the dungarees that have been made for Keith
41:17Not only has he got dungarees to work in but he's got a jacket
41:24And it's wonderful
41:26Keith is a man who his work is his life and his life is his work
41:31So it's a very special outfit
41:35New trousers new phase
41:42It's a really special time yeah
41:45And it's one that I've always visualised
41:50From the start the vision was clear
41:53Killed over there
41:54Because that's where those big RSJs are
41:57Yeah
41:57It feels just about right really just about right for what we've got to do
42:02I visualised myself in front of the back doorway with a cup of tea
42:08And I've just thrown a couple of hundred pots behind me
42:11And I'm just having a breather and I'm having a cup of tea looking out into the garden
42:16And that's what you do
42:18You visualise that and that's your goal
42:22From pigeon droppings to dry rots
42:26It's taken a two year tireless effort to revive the Sunday school hall
42:31And now
42:33At last
42:35It's ready to fulfill its true purpose
42:38Becoming Keith's pottery studio
42:47Hello lovey
42:48Hello
42:50Got something for you
42:52It looks like a present
42:53It is a present
42:55Is it?
42:56Wow
42:59Dungarees!
43:00Yeah
43:00I made the pocket
43:02Oh
43:02I cut it out with scissors
43:04That's the best bit
43:05Well I could tell
43:07I didn't like to say
43:09I'll go and try these on then
43:11Shall I try on the jacket as well?
43:12Yeah
43:12Yeah?
43:13Like a suit
43:18Everything's easier now we live here
43:20Everything
43:22It's the start
43:23Yeah, it's the start
43:26It's been a long time coming
43:31They're almost too good to work in
43:33They're great
43:35Eh?
43:36Nice
43:38Give us a twirl then
43:42It's super potter
43:44Oh
43:44I'm a bit giddy now
43:47It's excitement
43:48Nice
43:49I'll take that off though now
43:50Right then
43:52You'd better make some pots
43:53You can have that
43:54Thanks
43:54Thanks lovely
43:55Cheers
43:56Thanks
43:57Alright
44:02Right
44:07I'm opening my legs more
44:08I'm opening my legs more
44:09Because I don't want to get these dirty
44:11Let's see
44:12Now Keith has a dedicated space
44:15This is the first time he's been able to take on any paid work
44:20I am making some little prototypes for some architecture awards
44:28So eight throne vases
44:30So eight throne vases
44:30But all with different clay
44:32To sort of symbolise the different materials in architecture
44:44I could literally sit and watch all day
44:48Could you?
44:49Yeah
45:03And that's it?
45:04We're up and running?
45:06I'm running first pots
45:10In my new dungarees
45:12Well, I think we should celebrate
45:14Yeah, I think so
45:25You always said
45:26When you'd made your first pot
45:29Yeah
45:29You'd have a cup of tea in the doorway
45:31You didn't think you'd be on a scaffold bridge
45:34Yet here we are
45:35Yeah, here we are
45:37In the glorious sunshine
45:39Drinking champagne out of our kapal salam mugs
45:41Yeah
45:42Cheers to that
45:43Cheers, yeah
45:44Dachydar
45:45Dachydar
45:48Completing this phase isn't the beginning of the end
45:51But more
45:52The end of the beginning
45:56So you've just got to make more pots now
45:58So we can get the chapel done
46:01Quite a lot of pots, I think, Marge
46:03Quite a lot of pots
46:06Still quite a lot to do
46:11Just in case you thought you were getting a rest
46:14You're not getting a rest
46:16No, you're not, no
46:19What would we do with a rest anyway?
46:21I know
46:22Nobody wants that
46:24Yeah
46:29Well, happy birthday, Keith
46:31And hello, sunshine
46:33The distinct waft of something grilled is in the air
46:36Jamie's Ultimate Barbecue starts next Tuesday at 8
46:39Here on Channel 4
46:41Now, what turns you on?
46:43That's the question the group are answering next here as intimacy ramps up in Virgin Island
46:49Yep
46:57Here on Channel 5
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