The Ebbw Vale Works Museum Promo
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Supertubing in Ebbw Vale Festival Park
on the longest supertubing ride in the UK!! :)
Town votes 'out' despite flow of European cash
Ebbw Vale, left devastated when the steelworks closed, has had more European money poured into it than perhaps any other small town in Britain. And yet this town voted 'out'.
Snow EVERYwhere @ Aneurin Bevan Stones & Ebbw Vale Festival Park (lower garden)
Winter is Coming - Wait.. no, its here!
Arguably the prettiest video I have made. The snow laden background has given me such a perfect canvas…and along with this stunning soundtrack i’ve found i’m really happy with how it has turned out.
There are two locations here. The opening (with the rocks) is the Aneurin Bevan Stones near Ebbw Vale.. (description link below) a very worthy memorial to someone that helped make the NHS possible today.. located around a couple of lakes and some great brown field walking sites.
Secondly, The lower part of Ebbw Vale festival Park (see direction link below) a very very pretty part of our little world ANY time of year.. lots of wildlife, fish, birds, flora and fauna. Steps leading up to the retail outlet to…
Music ; Charlotte Carpenter
Siren Song (Free Download)
Aneurin Bevan Stones link;
Ebbw Vale Festival Park (lower garden) directions
South Wales 2 MP4
Photographing the south Wales valleys
West Coast Clock & Watch Museum
Nestled in the quiet town of Bellingham, Washington The West Coast Clock & Watch Museum offers visitors a chance to see the largest collection of clock and wristwatch memorabilia west of the Mississippi River.
Day 3 - Big Pit
A mine in Wales
Wales voted Leave despite relying on EU funds
(1 Jul 2016) It's been 25 years since the Penallta Colliery fell silent: the river once black with soot is now green and nature has taken back its place in this valley in South Wales.
Eddie Cullen grew-up here in a family of miners and remembers the decline of the town and the sorrow at seeing the heart of his community torn away.
Everyone was frightened when the pit shut, he says.
With dire poverty and high unemployment rates, South Wales has benefited from generous grants and financing schemes from the European Union to rejuvenate the area's economy.
Yet on 23 June - the day of the UK referendum - the region voted massively to leave the EU.
The modern highway connecting Brynmawr with other former coal-mining towns in the Valleys region of South Wales was partly funded by the European Union, replacing a three-lane road known for its many deadly accidents.
In Abbw Vale, where 62 percent voted out, EU funds have also been used to improve railway lines, open museums, schools and training centres built where the steel works once stood.
Paul Thomas, who voted 'remain', worries Brexit could jeopardise these achievements.
There was going to be more development but we don't know what's going to happen now, he says.
But back in the old city centre retired truck driver John Thompson doesn't agree, saying that there's been no benefit to this area at all
Leave campaigners say many of the EU projects are gimmicky and haven't led to any tangible improvements for people.
Also, they consider the EU money as British money to begin with, since overall Britain contributes more money than it gets back from the EU.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies, was one politician to go against the party's UK leader, Prime Minister David Cameron, and vote for Britain to quit the EU
Davies used the metaphor of an out-of-control car to describe the EU, saying that people used the referendum to effectively say I want to get out, the way this car is driven, we're going to hit a brick wall.
But for one Welsh company, Brexit was the brick wall.
In Pontypridd, a town climbing up misty hillsides north of Cardiff, Jenny Hughes said her education consultancy firm lost three potential contracts the day after the referendum as European partners pulled out.
Even though Wales receives hundreds of millions of pounds annually in EU funding, more than half of the Welsh electorate voted for Britain to leave the EU.
Puzzling many analysts, the leave vote was strongest in deprived post-industrial areas that have arguably benefited the most from EU support.
Wales might have shot itself in the foot, says Ed Poole, lecturer in politics at Cardiff University, explaining that Wales has been one of the biggest net beneficiaries of being in the European Union.
A study he co-authored before the vote estimated that Wales receives a net annual benefit of 245 million (British) pounds (327 million US dollars) from the EU budget, or about 79 pounds (105 US dollars) per head.
That compares with a net contribution of 151 pounds (201 US dollars) per head for all of the United Kingdom.
It's possible, Poole says, that some voters didn't fully understand the role of EU funds in supporting their communities - or chose to ignore it.
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Big Harry's Place
BHP Newcastle Steel Works demo at Newcastle Museum Feb 2018
Also known as Big Happy Place. My babe using my S8
Years of Hardship Lead Welsh to Brexit
(2 Jul 2016)
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Hengoed, Wales - 29 June 2016
1. Various of abandoned coal mine
2. Miner Eddie Cullen walking his dog
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Eddie Cullen, Miner: (transcript below)
4. Various of abandoned coal mine
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Eddie Cullen, Miner: (transcript below)
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Near Brynmawr, Wales - 30 June 2016
6. Various of road sign indicating EU financing for the motorway
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Ebbw Vale, Wales - 30 June 2016
7. Various of new college partially financed by the EU
8. New recreational center partially financed by the EU
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Thomas, Occupational Therapist: (transcript below)
10. Various exteriors of new college financed by the EU
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Near Brynmawr, Wales - 30 June 2016
11. Street in center town with Vote Leave sign
12. Close-up Welsh flag
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Cardiff, Wales - 29 June 2016
13. Various of Ed Poole working at his desk
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ed Poole, Lecturer in Politics and International relations at Cardiff University: (transcript below)
15. Books
16. Tilt down from Ceiling of the Welsh assembly to Welsh conservative leader Andrew RT Davies
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew RT Davies, Welsh Conservative Leader: (transcript below)
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Merthyr Tydfil, Wales - 30 June 2016
18. Various of open-pit mine and surrounding landscape
STORYLINE:
IT'S BEEN 25 YEARS SINCE THE PENALLTA MINE FELL SILENT…THE RIVER, ONCE BLACK WITH SOOT, IS NOW GREEN AND NATURE HAS TAKEN BACK ITS PLACE IN THIS VALLEY IN SOUTH WALES.
SOUNDBITE (English) Eddie Cullen, Miner:
At first, everyone was frightened when the pit shut but life has got to go on and we've still done well. There has been a lot of unemployment in Wales, but we've just got to travel further for the work, like me.
WITH DIRE POVERTY AND HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, SOUTH WALES RECEIVES NEARLY $333 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION TO BRING NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND HOPE TO THE VALLEYS REGION.
BUT NONE OF THAT IMPRESSES CULLEN WHO VOTED LEAVE IN THE RECENT REFERENDUM ON EU MEMBERSHIP.
SOUNDBITE (English) Eddie Cullen, Miner:
I think everybody has just had enough, you know? They want their identity back as a country you know, rather than being run by people from outside the country.
THE MODERN HIGHWAY CONNECTING BRYNMAWR WITH OTHER FORMER COAL-MINING TOWNS WAS PARTLY FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION, REPLACING A THREE-LANE ROAD KNOWN FOR ITS MANY DEADLY ACCIDENTS.
IN EBBW VALE, WHERE 62 PERCENT VOTED OUT, EU FUNDS HAVE ALSO BEEN USED TO IMPROVE RAILWAY LINES, OPEN MUSEUMS, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND ADULT TRAINING CENTERS…
SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Thomas, Occupational Therapist:
My dad worked at the steelwork, he used to come home and tell us kids that he would have to use a push bike to go from one end of the factory to the other end of the factory. Sadly it's gone now, but with the EU funding we've got the leisure center now, we've got the college, we've got the school, we've got the hospital. It was going to be more development but we don't know what's going to happen now.
DESPITE RECEIVING MORE MONEY FROM THE EU THAN IT CONTRIBUTES, OVER HALF OF THE WELSH ELECTORATE VOTED FOR BRITAIN TO LEAVE THE EU.
PUZZLING MANY ANALYSTS, THE LEAVE VOTE WAS STRONGEST IN DEPRIVED POST-INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT HAVE ARGUABLY BENEFITED THE MOST FROM EU SUPPORT.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ed Poole, Lecturer in Politics and International relations at Cardiff University:
I'd say that unfortunately, in the long term, Wales might have shot itself in the foot on an economic basis.
SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew RT Davies, Welsh Conservative Leader:
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