National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales preserves and celebrates the sound and moving image heritage of Wales, making it accessible to a wide range of users for enjoyment and learning. Its film collection reflects every aspect of the nation’s social, cultural and working life across the 20th century, giving a fascinating insight into Welsh filmmaking, both amateur and professional.
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Milk Lorry - last time
No more getting up at the crack of the dawn for the Davies family – milking at ‘Dolclettwr’, Taliesin, Ceredigion, comes to an end today.
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Overview
The Davies family of ‘Dolclettwr’, Taliesin, Ceredigion are giving up their dairy herd and Mrs Gwen Davies here records the milk tanker arriving at the farm for the very last time. Early morning milking is going to be a thing of the past! Also filmed are sheep at ‘Carnguwch Bach’, Llithfaen, Pwllheli, farmed by brothers Richard and Ifan Ellis (the latter marrying Mrs Davies’ daughter, Kathryn), Carnguwch Church, and a wedding at Llangynfelyn Church, Ceredigion.
Mary Gwendoline Jane Davies, known as Gwen, is one of the few female camera operators behind home movie footage in The National Screen and Sound Archive’s film collection - it was usually 'Dad' who did the shooting. She recorded family and community events and it was fortunate that she deposited her original material at the Archive before ‘Dolclettwr’ was badly damaged by a fire which consumed the video copies the Archive had provided her with. The wedding shown here was that of Iona Lewis of Taliesin at Llangynfelyn Church, near Borth, Ceredigion.
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