Tommy Cooper Statue in the Welsh town of Caerphilly.
Tommy Cooper Son of Caerphilly
Statue in the Welsh town of Caerphilly of the legendary comic magician Tommy Cooper who was born in this town in 1921.
The statue was unveiled in 2008 by actor Sir Anthony Hopkins and was created by sculptor James Done.
Behind the statue is Caerphilly Castle, Britain's second largest castle after Windsor.
Tommy Cooper Statue in Caerphilly has a conehead.
In the welsh town of Caerphilly Prangsters climbed the Tommy Cooper Staue, recently unveiled by the great
Sir Anthony Hopkins
And someone jammed a traffic cone on it's head.
It is unlikely that the action caused any serious damage to the bronze statue.
Very Caerphilly - Just Like That
A visit to Caerphilly Castle, the annual Big Cheese festival and the statue of local boy Tommy Cooper.
It was dark, windy and overcast, so that is reflected in the sound and vision - but this is British summer time, so what do you expect?
1970s British Icons & Poetry: Tommy Cooper/Shelley
Production: Crispin Holland
Tommy Cooper (Andrew Harrison recites Shelley's poem Ozymandias. Poem below:
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
Tommy Cooper - July 2010
We went in search of Tommy Cooper and we found Thomas Frederick Cooper, well his statue anyway
27/365 Caerphilly castle
Cultured
Projumping in Caerphilly
Me and Jono bouncing around caerphilly.
We're both really new on these things. This was my second day and Jono has had his about a week.
'Remembering the Luddite Martyrs' in Liversedge, 14th April 2012
On Saturday 14th April 2012, a sculpture in memory of the Luddites was unveiled in Liversedge, not far from Rawfolds Mill, which was attacked by Luddites on 12th April 1812, and just down the road from the Shears Inn, where local Luddites allegedly hold some of their meetings. After the official unveiling ceremony had taken place, members of Huddersfield Luddites 200 and the Luddites 200 Organising Forum held a brief ceremony to commemorate the Luddite dead and executed from the area, as well as those from other manufacturing districts across the North and Midlands of England.
The person heckling the ceremony is the Chair of the Spen Valley Civic Society who, during the official unveiling ceremony held earlier, described the assassination of the mill-owner William Horsfall as a 'senseless murder' and had warm words for General Thomas Maitland who held large parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the North of England under military occupation in 1812.
My Tribute To Tommy Cooper
Tommy Cooper was and still is considered the greatest comedian of all time. He was famous for the red fez he wore. His most famous catchphrase was probably: Just like that! He was voted for Britain's most loved comedian. This is my tribute to him. I hope you like it. Leave a comment and a rating please. Thanks!
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CASTLE!!! - Caerphilly 2009
The Medieval Market held in Caerphilly, Wales. I went with Mynydd Gwyn - the Cardiff/Wales shire in the Society for Creative Anachronism.
Filmed on location.
Music - Book of Days, Enya, 1992
(c) Blethwyn Films
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CASTLE!!!
EU referendum: Leave campaign's strength surprises Wood
The leader of Plaid Cymru has said she has been taken aback by the strength of the campaign in Wales to leave the EU.
Arguing in Cardiff for a Remain vote, Leanne Wood did not think her side had lost but said: It's close.
She was speaking alongside ex-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who said the positive case for the EU had been missing from the campaign.
But Commons leader Chris Grayling, in Caerphilly, said the Brexit case was an overwhelmingly positive one.
He was campaigning in the south Wales valleys for a Leave vote alongside Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies, Monmouth Tory MP David Davies, and UKIP AMs Nathan Gill and Mark Reckless.
'Knife edge'
The two sides have been stepping up their campaigns with just one week to go before the UK's in-out referendum on 23 June.
Talking to BBC Wales in Cardiff city centre on Thursday, Mr Salmond agreed the vote was close, describing it as nip and tuck.
There's going to be a strong remain vote in Scotland as in Northern Ireland, he said.
I'm hoping for a Remain vote in Wales to make it a Celtic triple, as it were.
It's on a knife edge in England.
Mr Salmond predicted a surge of European enthusiasm as you go deep into the European football championships.
What the campaign has been missing has been the positive aspect of Europe, he said.
Claiming the EU had been a force for peace and prosperity, Mr Salmond urged voters not to jeopardise what we've built over 60 years.
Asked if she had been taken aback by the strength of the Leave campaign in Wales, Ms Wood said: Yes, I have.
I've been quite surprised by how so many people have been able to be persuaded around this question of fear of immigration.
We've got a week now to try to persuade as many people as possible that it is in Wales' best interests to Remain as a part of the European Union, she added.
Earlier, Ms Wood said politicians in Wales wanting the UK to stay in the EU had failed to organise a proper, decent campaign.
She told BBC Radio Wales the assembly election in May had dominated all of us in Wales on the political scene.
The timing of this referendum was a bit of a disaster from a Welsh perspective, she said.
It's been very difficult and challenging.
Mr Grayling and his fellow Brexit vote campaigners gatherer around the Tommy Cooper statue in Caerphilly on Thursday, with drivers tooting their horns as they drove past.
This is a battle between those who don't like the European Union and say we should definitely leave, and those who don't like the European Union but say 'oh well, we should stay', he said.
I have to say there is little support for the EU anywhere in the United Kingdom.
Mr Grayling added: I know how tough it is in parts of the valleys - I've been here many times before.
I've seen some of the challenges in and around this area.
I've spoken to some of the people who face the consequences of migration into this area.
Positive
Mr Gill, UKIP Wales' leader, said that Leave had the momentum.
There is something in the air. We've felt it for about the last two weeks now.
He said: People are positive, they are expressing their views openly.
Asked if the event felt like a victory rally, Mr Gill said: It almost did, didn't it?
The reality is that until we see those numbers and we know that we've won we can't take if for granted.
Tommy Cooper
Thomas Frederick Tommy Cooper (19 March 1921 – 15 April 1984) was a British prop comedian and magician.
Cooper was a member of the Magic Circle, and respected by traditional magicians. He was famed for his red fez, and his appearance was large and lumbering, at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and more than 15 stone (210 lb; 95 kg) in weight.
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Caerphilly train station - train going to Penarth
Filmed 2019. Transport for Wales (formerly Arriva Trains Wales). Caerphilly has a lovely castle with a moat which is visited by ducks and geese. It also has close to the castle a statue of the comedian Tommy Cooper. I have included a link to a tourism site for the town.
Church demolished -Caerphilly Wales
Church demolished in Caerphilly a welsh town,
AMA Theatre. The Comedy Of TOMMY COOPER
AMA Theatre - The Comedy of Tommy Cooper from Annie & Ian's (The madcap comedy duo) new show, Comedy Tonight a tribute to the hero's of comedy with brand new routines. Here's Ian as Tommy Cooper with the well known song We'll meet again.
Fireworks at Caerphilly castle
Fireworks
TV's Greatest Stars - Tommy Cooper
ITV's Greatest Stars - Tommy Cooper
Team Carbo visits Caerphilly Castle
Slide show of Team Carbo's visit ot Caerphilly Castle in Wales, and shooting the catapults there - set to music.
Henry Cryer and The Statue Knight performing in Doncaster 14.5. 2011 part one
Firworks in Caerphilly
Fireworks in Caerphilly