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Our Welsh Chapel Dream S03E04
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00:01Master Potter Keith Braimer-Jones and actor Marge Hogarth have made the charming
00:07coastal town of Port Lely 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,
00:50their 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 near...
01:15Yachida.
01:15Yachida.
01:16Yeah.
01:17...and far.
01:18A dolphin riding a bike.
01:20Makes sense.
01:21Does make sense.
01:22Meeting 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.
01:30Yeah!
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.
01:42Right side!
01:44Hit Kap El Salim!
01:47We're up and running.
01:48I'm running.
01:49First pots.
01:50Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
02:01In 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 Marge's second phase of rejuvenating Kap El Salim
02:18is in sight.
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,
02:36the final piece of Keith and Marge's phase two puzzle is readying the Sunday school for their pottery studio dream.
02:43However, there's one more significant landmark to celebrate first.
02:50Apparently, someone is having a birthday party.
02:55Yeah.
02:55And 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. I'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, well, we've got quite a lot of friends and family coming, haven't we?
03:19We have. And?
03:20We're having a cabaret.
03:21And we've got very dear friends of us coming to perform.
03:24And a 50-plus piece... piece, do you call them piece?
03:28Male voice choir.
03:29A set.
03:30Gang, gang.
03:31They're 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 Cap El 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. I want people to enjoy the building.
04:17Yeah. Yeah, 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 plan 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.
05:24Good to see you, mate.
05:25All right.
05:25Yeah, well done.
05:26Yeah, yeah, good.
05:27Yeah, good.
05:27What was the drive like? It'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.
06:09And 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.
06:25Yeah!
06:26It's great.
06:28Who doesn't want that?
06:30No, it's 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.
07:01Blimey!
07:01Ready to go.
07:03That almost looks good.
07:04Almost, eh.
07:06Sash windows became widespread across the UK in the Georgian and Victorian eras.
07:12Cap El 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!
07:23Look at that!
07:25This'll open, won't it?
07:26Yeah.
07:26This'll all slide over 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.
07:39Er, just checking to make sure I've got pairs in the weights.
07:44Sash window systems use hidden weights, connected by cords and pulleys, to perfectly balance the window sashes, allowing them to
07:53glide open and stay put at any height.
07:57Go to school, Cap.
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.
08:10I know, I know, amazing.
08:14Amazing.
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, it's just, it's wonderful.
08:30The painstaking job of restoring the 16, 132 year old windows in the Sunday School Hall is finally coming to
08:39a close.
08:44Bendigedi.
08:45Bendigedi.
08:47Can't actually remember what they looked like before.
08:49No.
08:49Well, like that, but...
08:50But worse than that.
08:51Knackered.
09:01There's something about it being on the roadside.
09:03It makes it feel like it's really nearly finished.
09:08You sometimes forget you're actually at that final point where you're being able to realise your vision and your dreams.
09:17Absolutely fantastic.
09:28In Portleli, North Wales, Hyw and Brother Hys are levelling the car park in preparation for Keith's birthday celebrations.
09:42To ensure guests have the perfect welcome, Keith and Marge are heading 75 miles across North Wales to a valley
09:52nestled within Halkyn Mountain.
09:55All in search of Welsh produce to serve at the party.
09:59I'm very excited about tasting some gin.
10:02Oh, I know. I could do with a gin.
10:03Ooh, I love a gin, mate.
10:06I know, Marge. I know.
10:10They are here to meet husband and wife team, Fiona and Simon, who run a gin distillery from a container
10:17in their back garden.
10:19Hello!
10:20Hello!
10:20Hi there!
10:20Hello!
10:21Hello!
10:21Bore da!
10:22Bore da!
10:23Very nice.
10:24Good to see you.
10:25Yeah, yeah.
10:25Last time we saw a container we were sleeping in it.
10:29So, yeah.
10:29That's true.
10:30This is a lot better.
10:33Halkyn offers a unique set of floras.
10:36To capture the landscape's flavour in their gin, Fiona and Simon handpick local botanicals.
10:43I've never foraged before.
10:45Well, there you go.
10:46First time for everything.
10:47Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:47Today, Keith and Marge are helping them forage for gorse.
10:52This has a lovely coconut aroma to it. So, coconut and vanilla. It kind of reminds me of holidays. Sun
10:59cream and ice cream.
11:03When we take it back, it will then go in the alcohol and the water and then we'll put it
11:07all into the still.
11:09What, and that really makes the taste?
11:10Yes, yes. So, you get a gentle, gentle aroma and flavour of the coconut and a slight of vanilla as
11:16well.
11:17Wow.
11:17So, it truly does add to it.
11:18So, how much do you need?
11:19So, we need about eight petals for one bottle of gin.
11:23What, only eight petals? Is that right?
11:25Wow.
11:25Do you think we've got enough now for a few bottles?
11:28I think we've got plenty between us.
11:30Yes. Let's go make some gin.
11:31Is that right?
11:32Yes.
11:32Do we get to drink it?
11:33Yes.
11:36Keith's running.
11:37Quick! Back to the container.
11:42Fiona and Simon's Gin is built from a traditional base of juniper, coriander and angelica roots.
11:50They've invited Keith and Marge to create their own gin by choosing further flavours from citrus, herbs and spices.
11:57We've got pink grapefruit, so it's just the rind off that we'll use.
12:01Lemon and the dehydrated lime.
12:04Are you all right with the lemon?
12:05Yeah, absolutely.
12:06Absolutely.
12:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:07And then we have bay leaf and thyme and mint.
12:10Lemon with mint is delicious.
12:13With mint.
12:13So, we can put some lemon.
12:15Yeah.
12:15No, that's good.
12:15No, that's good.
12:16And then the next flat spice, we have Q-Beb, black peppercorn and grains of paradise.
12:23Wow.
12:23It's got to be paradise.
12:25It's got to be grains of paradise.
12:25Just because it's called paradise.
12:27Grains of paradise are a member of the ginger family, bringing warmth to the flavour.
12:32All that's left to add is the sweetness.
12:35And then finally, we've got honey and vanilla.
12:39Nice.
12:39So, the thing about the honey is each batch is different, depending on where the bees go, so you get
12:43different flavours and different floral notes.
12:45Normally, I would go vanilla, vanilla, vanilla, but you've really sold me on the honey.
12:50Yeah, yeah, absolutely, honey, yeah.
12:56It's in the garden-based shipping container distillery, where Simon and Fiona craft recipes with precision.
13:03Here, every miniscule detail makes a monumental difference.
13:07A quarter teaspoon of honey.
13:09Well, you can taste that coming through.
13:11And half a medium-sized leaf of nettle.
13:14Yeah.
13:14I'd be putting in bunches.
13:16Yeah, I know, so would I.
13:17Ruining it.
13:18I would be overcompensating.
13:20Once measured, the botanicals are combined with neutral grain spirit and fresh spring water.
13:27Before distillation begins, the still needs to be sealed to ensure a consistent botanical extraction process.
13:35You can use PTFE tape, but we've always got bread in the house, so we use bread.
13:39Oh, yeah, bread.
13:40A traditional way of doing it was with rye, wasn't it?
13:42Yeah.
13:43But this does the trick.
13:44I'll let you, um...
13:46Just a tiny bit.
13:47Yeah.
13:49It's almost like making a pot, Keith.
13:51A little bit of hand-building.
13:54Yeah, I've never been good at hand-building.
13:56You're natural.
13:58A work of art.
14:00A hot plate heats the grain spirit and water.
14:03The alcohol vapours then rise through the still, infusing with the botanicals before condensing back into a flavoured liquid, which
14:12is the gin.
14:13So once you've collected that, then we start collecting the hearts of the gin.
14:18The distilling process needs an hour before any tasting can take place.
14:22Come on, Marge.
14:23Does this mean I'll get a drink?
14:24A little sample in the tasting room.
14:25So Fiona sneaks off with Marge to the tasting shed.
14:29I've been waiting hours for this.
14:32Well deserved.
14:34Fiona and Simon won Gin of the Year at the 2024 Wales Distilled Awards, with Simon's distilling gaining high recognition.
14:44Just to finish off a perfect evening.
14:47Si received Distiller of the Year as well, and everything he does he has to work that little bit harder.
14:52So to receive this was just absolutely incredible for him.
14:55So, so very proud of him and what he's achieved.
14:59See how that one's cladier than that one?
15:02Yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:04Up until 2013, Simon was a full-time civil engineer, but one day changed everything.
15:12So we've not always aspired to be gin distillers, but unfortunately Simon suffered a massive brain injury back in 2013,
15:20which only turned our lives upside down, but it changed our path in the future.
15:26You've managed to sort of recover quite remarkably.
15:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:29Well they say, er, the best recovery is in the first six months.
15:35Oh, okay.
15:36And then it slows down, but mine has been constant.
15:45During Simon's recovery, Fiona bought him a gin still to keep his engineer mind active.
15:53And the rest is history.
15:55I think we're now they all.
15:58Yeah, we're done.
16:00We finally launched in November 2018.
16:05So it was a learning curve.
16:07Our world just turned into something wonderful, to be honest with you.
16:12Cariad means love in Welsh, and it's here in Holkin that love has been poured into a special gin for
16:20Keith and Marge, raising a glass to Keith's 60th.
16:26Well, hey, we have a gin.
16:31Well, before we taste it, I just want to say thank you.
16:34Oh.
16:34Because we've had such a lovely, lovely day.
16:37Thank you ever so much.
16:38Yeah, cheers.
16:39You're very good health.
16:40Yucky dar.
16:41Well done, guys.
16:43That's all right, isn't it?
16:44It's delicious.
16:45That's really nice.
16:46I fancy a night out now, you know.
16:48Well, you can have a night out at Capel Salon.
16:50At the party.
16:57Back in Pellele, Keith and Marge have a plan to illuminate the Sunday School Hall, reinventing it as a dynamic
17:05party venue with a distinct cabaret flair.
17:08It's cable for the festoon lights, but I'm just trying to find the end, because we've ordered so much of
17:17it.
17:19I've always been a fan of this kind of lighting.
17:23Festoon lighting.
17:23I didn't know it was called festoon lighting. I've always called it circus lights.
17:28The word festoon originates from the Italian word festone, which means festive ornaments.
17:35I just love it. It's a joyful thing.
17:39These festoons are self-assembly.
17:42One long length of fabric-covered cable and bulb holders that need to be clipped into place.
17:48It's a lot of effort for something that hopefully will work.
17:53This decorative lighting was bought for the chapel hall, which means there's a lot of it.
17:58You can use this festoon lighting in your huge 3,000 square foot chapel.
18:05But if you use it in your 3,000 square foot chapel, you need about 50 metres of it.
18:10It's more expensive.
18:12For a distinct and measured look, Keith and Marge are clipping each bulb exactly one metre apart.
18:18There's a hundred of these to put on the one length, and then there's another 60 to put on the
18:24other ones.
18:28With help from electrician James, they can hang the 50 metres of lights, ready to dazzle Keith's cabaret dreams into
18:35reality.
18:36I know it's all a bit wonky, Marge, but it's kind of the Moulin Rouge kind of effect is what
18:42I'm going for.
18:43Right, right.
18:46The things we do, eh, Marge?
18:47I know. When does the fun start?
18:53After hours of dedicated clipping and hanging, the time arrives to see if Kap El Salim is ready for its
19:00Moulin Rouge moment.
19:02Ready?
19:03Where am I switching them on, James?
19:05There, there, there.
19:06There's a light switch.
19:07Yeah, that one.
19:09Yay!
19:11That works really well.
19:13It's beautiful.
19:14Looks great, doesn't it?
19:15It's that lovely yellow warm light.
19:17I know, it's great.
19:20That fanning out of the lights is gorgeous.
19:23No, it's great. It looks good.
19:26Happy birthday, Keith.
19:30Well, that's one job done.
19:31Next.
19:34Next.
19:39With a cabaret venue coming together, Keith and Marge can think about performances.
19:45This evening they have headed to the local town of Bethesda to sound out one set of voices that encapsulates
19:52Wales.
19:54We're doing a little bit of a cabaret for the party and we've got other people playing, but then hopefully
20:00the grand finale is a bit of a surprise.
20:03We've come to see Penryn Cor.
20:07Penryn Cor.
20:08Yeah.
20:09And they are apparently the best of the best in this area.
20:14Yeah.
20:14They've played at Glastonbury with Damon Albarn, so.
20:18And there's 50 of them.
20:20Cora Penryn are a Welsh male voice choir that was founded in the 19th century.
20:26To ensure the party is steeped in Welsh heritage, Keith and Marge hope the choir will be the crowning moment.
20:33Welcome both.
20:36They are led by musical director Owain Arwell Davis.
20:41Shall we sing you what we're going to do on the day?
20:43Yes, please.
20:43Oh yeah, I'd love to hear that.
20:45I think you're going to really like this one.
20:46So you're doing Ace of Spades Motorhead, is that right?
20:49Yeah, that's the one.
20:51But there's a nice story behind this one, because we had the pleasure of recording this down in the Maid
20:55of Ale Studios.
20:56Radio One commissions us to do it.
20:58Wow.
20:58Yeah.
20:59You'll know the tune, but it's got Welsh hymn words on it.
21:02Oh, fabulous.
21:03By Williams, Williams, Panta Kellen.
21:08Wow.
21:10I've recorded a slate on this one.
21:12Amazing.
21:13That's the slate being split.
21:16This part of Wales is world-renowned for its high-quality slate.
21:21Cora Penryn was born from those industrial roots.
21:24In the 1880s, workers from the Penryn quarry formed the choir.
21:29While the slate industry has declined, 135 years later, the choir are still going strong.
21:37We don't know the floor of Ohio State of France.
21:54Kenglyn, this is where we will compare it to the choir and cry.
22:01What is the battle for us along the Arts, and is in the 1880s?
22:07Till first bring Samt, I let ya forth,
22:16With him in him, a fire.
22:22Samt, Samt, Samt,
22:24In bed I know, with all that come,
22:32O'i byl i di o'r blan
22:42Cora Penryn have performed all over the world.
22:47The next gig at Capel Salem in Porleli
22:49will ensure the chapel's Welsh history is well and truly honoured.
23:02HE SONG
23:06APPLAUSE
23:11Fantastic.
23:12Shall you start it?
23:13Yeah, yeah.
23:14Thank you very much.
23:16Yeah, the words is basically about the pilgrimage
23:18and then coming back home to...
23:21And singing your anthem at home.
23:23Yeah, yeah, it's got a lot of in the words.
23:26You're floored 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 fantastic fantastic the amazing
23:35bunch of boys it's just wonderful to see them together and there's a camaraderie
23:40they stick together they support each other yeah and yourselves we'll see you
23:48on the 31st yeah looking forward to it very much good the party out the party
23:56is about bringing all those people together that have helped us along the
24:00way isn't it yeah you know a celebration of our new life in Wales yeah and there
24:05is no better way to celebrate I mean the voices yeah that's just incredible are
24:11they yeah the depths of the sound it's almost like the vocal equivalent of our
24:16underfloor heating do you know what I mean yeah it does get into your bones doesn't
24:22it really does yeah yeah that's guy oh look at the Sun walking off into the sunset
24:32quite literally that's West studies yeah that's where our chapel is
24:48at Kap El Salem after 14 years of dereliction plans are well underway to host the first major
24:55celebration the tents arrived which is really good slightly bigger than I intended yeah it's gonna be a
25:07squeeze I think Keith is making sure the Sunday school hall is prepped and ready
25:13for the family and friends coming to celebrate his 60th yeah so shall I do it really tight then
25:23while Keith works away Madge has headed 150 miles northeast to West Yorkshire Hebden Bridge was once a
25:33textile powerhouse historically known as trouser town producing around 20,000 pairs a week
25:40Marge is here to make Keith a very special birthday present with friends who uphold Hebden's textile
25:48heritage today we've come to see dear friends of ours in Hebden Bridge and they make beautiful beautiful
25:58clothes for men Keith needs a new pair of dungarees he wears dungarees every day to work in and we're
26:06going to make him a special gift for his birthday because he has a very very very big birthday this
26:14year very big
26:19Ed Oxley is one of the co-founders of Hebdo Co who specialise in making men's clothing using British
26:26manufacturers today they are going to make Keith a one-off set of dungarees as a birthday treat hello oh
26:35Marge how are you welcome to Hebden Bridge I'm very well good to see you again I'm good I'm good
26:42I've
26:43brought a pair of Keith's work where dungarees he wears them every day fantastic so this is a really
26:48great start and this is how we usually work we'll start with something often of it like a vintage sample
26:53and then we'll get our design take out the bad bits put in whatever better bits we want brilliant
26:59keen to install new ideas into Keith's work where Ed shows Marge some hard-wearing military gear that
27:06has lasted a lifetime that's British Land Army from the Second World War and this corduroy would
27:12have been woven here in Hebden Bridge and the bridge is made here and you can see how you know
27:17they've
27:17been worn repaired worked in that's a real history but the cutting to enable you to move is just yeah
27:25so
27:25this this panel here when you bend your leg that disappears yeah yeah with fresh ideas from bygone
27:32eras it's time for March to work with in-house designer and pattern cutter Amelia I think the
27:39pattern cutting is wizardry thank you very much it's an extraordinary skill Keith's dungarees at his potting
27:46uniform over time Marge has always tried to make improvements I always put this piece in mm-hmm
27:54because the straps fall off when he's throwing yeah and obviously because he wears them to throw yeah
28:01he's he's leaning needs to have plenty of space in the shoulders because these have got this horrible
28:07bit of elastic but obviously he doesn't want them sort of dangling between his knees when he's stood up
28:12no M&M style so no he doesn't want that and I don't want that preferably not yeah with design
28:23ideas new and old in place
28:25Amelia and Marge set about copying the former dungarees panels to paper for a template so that is this paper
28:33form so for Keith's new work with Amelia has chosen a classic Italian denim to give it a hard wearing
28:45edge so we fold the fabric right and then we're
28:49cutting everything once everything's a mirror image so these are the notches they don't look like much to us but
29:01when a machinist knows what they're looking for then they know where to fold notches are fabric code providing a
29:07marker so two pieces come together correctly when sewn in the factory I mean there's hundreds of years of history
29:14in those techniques because that hasn't changed
29:21I'm a lot less gung-ho than you Amelia has to be said
29:27well we've got the bib we've got a pocket how many more panels are there well in jeans I think
29:35there's 26 or something like that so thank you so much for doing this no problem he'll be absolutely
29:43thrilled with his birthday present but there's obviously quite a lot to do and I think I'm just going to
29:48slow you up yeah
29:49yeah thank you Amelia will plan and cut out the remaining panels so they can be sent to one of
29:57their trusted manufacturers and brought to life
30:06in port lelly capel salem was once a place where people came together friends family and neighbors to share in
30:15the joys of singing and sense of community
30:19having been abandoned in 2010 it's been 15 years as the chapel has had a mass congregation
30:37a local pub is lending its support by loaning their sound system for the party it's like the good old
30:44days
30:48you 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 that's brilliant that is quite amazing housed within it will be a gin bar provided by new friends
31:11Fiona and Simon
31:13serving the gin they all made together
31:15how are you
31:17a 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
31:25really
31:26yeah just to make sure yeah
31:28excellent yeah well I'm looking forward to tasting it yeah brilliant
31:30is one enough one isn't yeah okay yeah not one gin I'm just we you know one no one
31:36one
31:37yeah
31:39while Fiona and Simon set up
31:41Keith and Marge are adding their own sparkle
31:44ensuring the hall feels exuberance with creative budget-friendly flourishes
31:50we're covering the back wall with tinsel
31:53that's gonna work isn't it
31:54it looks amazing
31:57this intrepid couple have put their heart and soul into opening the doors of Cap El Salem to their friends
32:04and family
32:05showcasing their vision for the future by bringing in local producers statement art and a 50 strong Welsh male voice
32:13choir
32:14so out there we've got wonderful deluxe hot dogs from Colin
32:18and we've got carry our gin
32:19hey that we haven't tasted it yet
32:21that'll be good
32:22yeah
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 brilliant brilliant
32:40hiya
32:41you all right
32:42hi love
32:43how are you all right
32:44good thank you
32:45good to see you
32:46early happy man
32:47yeah good to see you
32:48oh brilliant
32:49oh love
32:51oh
32:51can everyone make their way inside
32:56the show is about to begin
33:07at Cap El Salem
33:09the first party in 15 years has started
33:13get a drink first and then the cabaret is going to start at about 7.30
33:19for many of the guests it's the first time they have 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 and the painting and the timber work
33:36friend and fellow judge from the great pottery throwdown Rich Miller is also impressed
33:42I've holidayed here as a kid because my mum is from two miles up the road
33:46I've seen this chapel from the outside for many years but 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 Keith and Marge have put on a cabaret style line up
34:05got a few of our friends playing up on the stage
34:07we've got Sophie Sirota with her electronic viola
34:11we've got the lunar tractors
34:12got a Dalvis
34:13he's called Derrick
34:15he sounds like Elvis
34:15please welcome
34:17Dalvis
34:21with Wales affectionately known as the land of song
34:24there's no better way to celebrate than with a 50 strong Welsh male voice choir
34:37Cora Penryn's opening song is fitting for Cap El Salen
34:42the show yeah
34:43did you have water right now
34:44斜械谢 the 褉邪蟹胁 angular
35:10the first one
37:20The choir's performance isn't the only surprise.
38:29Absolutely fantastic.
38:32Core amazing.
38:33It's been a long time and let's hope they do more because it's great.
38:41To be invited to someone's birthday is always special with a 60th birthday but to be here
38:45this evening, a chapel in Wales that's been sort of reinvented and then to have such a
38:50vast audience and the choir to be singing amongst the most stunning singing in there.
38:55Letting the days go by
38:58Letting the days go by
39:00Into the blue again
39:02Once in a lifetime
39:24Ladies and gentlemen, truly, truly a once in a lifetime experience.
39:31With performances over, there's just one thing left for Keith and Marge to do, taste their gin.
39:39All right.
39:40Hello.
39:41Hello.
39:41Hello.
39:41How are you?
39:42Oh God.
39:43We haven't seen you all night.
39:44We've been a bit busy.
39:45It couldn't get anywhere near you.
39:47So have you still got any emerging left?
39:48Well, we didn't come empty-handed.
39:51Oh, fantastic.
39:53Shall we make it a double?
39:54Yes.
39:55And have you enjoyed your evening?
39:57Oh, it's been fabulous.
39:59It really has.
40:00And the singing.
40:01Oh, gosh.
40:02The choir.
40:03Oh.
40:04Excellent.
40:05A pembluid hafis jawniti.
40:07Oh.
40:08And yechidda.
40:09Yechidda.
40:11Yechidda.
40:12Yechidda.
40:15Beautiful.
40:17It's lovely, isn't it?
40:18Yeah.
40:19Yeah.
40:19Cheers.
40:36Cheers.
40:36This year, Kap El Salim's Sunday School Hall has served as a multi-purpose space.
40:42With 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,
40:59which is my studio.
41:03Downstairs in the snack, Marge 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 face.
41:42It's a very special time, yeah.
41:45And it's one that I've always visualised.
41:50From the start, the vision was clear.
41:53Killed's over there, because that's where those big RSJs are.
41:57Yeah.
41:58It feels just about right, really.
42:00Just about right for what we've got to do.
42:03I visualise 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.
42:15And that's what you do.
42:18You visualise that, and that's your goal.
42:22From pigeon droppings to dry rots, it's taken a two-year tireless effort to revive the Sunday School Hall.
42:31And now, at last, it's ready to fulfil its true purpose.
42:38Becoming Keith's Pottery Studio.
42:47Hello, Lolly.
42:48Hello.
42:50Got something for you.
42:52It looks like a present.
42:54It is a present.
42:55Is it?
42:56Wow.
43:00Dungarees!
43:00Yeah.
43:01I made the pocket.
43:02Oh.
43:03I cut it out with scissors.
43:05That's the best bit.
43:06Well, I...
43:06I 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.
43:13Yeah?
43:13Like a suit.
43:18Everything's easier now we live here.
43:20Everything.
43:22It's the start.
43:23Yeah.
43:24It'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.
43:37Nice.
43:37Give us a twirl, then.
43:43It's Super Potter!
43:44Oh.
43:44Oh, I'm a bit giddy now.
43:47It's excitement.
43:48Nice.
43:49I'll take that off, though, now.
43:51Right, then.
43:52You'd better make some pots.
43:53You can have that.
43:54Thanks.
43:54Thanks, lovely.
43:55Cheers.
43:56Thanks.
43:57All right.
44:02Right.
44:07I'm opening my legs more, because I don't want to get these dirty.
44:13Now Keith has a dedicated space.
44:15This is the first time he's been able to take on any paid work.
44:19I am making some little prototypes for some architecture awards.
44:28So eight throne vases, but all with different clay, to 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.
45:05I'm running.
45:06First pots.
45:10In me new dungarees.
45:12Well, I think we should celebrate.
45:14Yeah, I think so.
45:25You always said, when you'd made your first pot, you'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 Capel Salon mugs.
45:41Yeah.
45:42Cheers to that.
45:43Cheers, yeah.
45:44Yeah, here we are.
45:45Yeah, here we are.
45:48Yeah, here we are.
46:14You're not getting a rest.
46:16You're not.
46:16No, you're not.
46:17No.
46:19What would we do with a rest anyway?
46:21I know.
46:22Who needs that?
46:23Nobody wants that.
46:24Yeah.
46:29Well, happy birthday, Keith, and hello sunshine.
46:33The distinct waft of something grilled is in the air.
46:37Jamie's Ultimate Barbecue starts next Tuesday at 8 here 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.
46:49The End.
46:58Thank you, everybody.
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