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Agriculture and the production and sale of food have always been important in Wales. These clips show how rich the food heritage of Wales is, and how much has changed in the farming and eating habits of the Welsh during the 20th century.
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Interview with Selwyn Jones, cockle seller from Penclawdd in Carmarthen market
Language: English
Interview with Selwyn Jones, cockle seller from Penclawdd. 05/11/1990 Taste of Wales: Episode 4 Shellfish BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Carmarthen
CLIP Cymru: Interview with Selwyn Jones, cockle seller from Penclawdd in Carmarthen market
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas meets Mrs Taylor from Horton who shows him how to prepare laverbread
Language: English
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas re-visits places associated with his childhood and meets Mrs Taylor from Horton, Gower who shows him how to prepare laverbread. 13/10/1965 One Man's Wales BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Horton, Gower, Swansea
Coginio Macrell gyda Rysáit Portiwgaleg
Language: Welsh
A local resident from Porthmadog cooking mackerel using a Portuguese recipe learnt from sailors. 23/07/1973 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Porthmadog, Gwynedd
CLIP Cymru: Coginio Macrell gyda Rysáit Portiwgaleg
Adroddiad am gwch pysgota o Borth Penrhyn, Gwynedd
Language: Welsh
Report about a trawler from Port Penrhyn, Gwynedd going out fishing and an interview with the captain. 05/05/1970 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Porth Penrhyn, Gwynedd
CLIP Cymru: Adroddiad am gwch pysgota o Borth Penrhyn, Gwynedd
Pennod o'r rhaglen blant Bilidowcar gydag Angharad Mair yn blasu can o laeth
Language: Welsh
Will people in the future drink milk from cans? Angharad Mair in the studio tasting a can of milk. 21/05/1986 Bilidowcar BBC Cymru Wales
CLIP Cymru: Pennod o'r rhaglen blant Bilidowcar gydag Angharad Mair yn blasu can o laeth
Cardiff pupils' views on the school leaving age and paying for school milk
Language: English
Report on Cardiff pupils' views on the school leaving age and paying for school milk. 17/01/1967 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
CLIP Cymru: Cardiff pupils' views on the school leaving age and paying for school milk
Report on why many people buy Danish or New Zealand butter instead of award-winning Welsh butter
Language: English
Report on why many people buy Danish or New Zealand butter instead of award-winning Welsh butter. Interviews with people in a shop. 01/04/1971 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Llangefni, Anglesey
Adroddiad ar arddangosfa o grefftau traddodiadol yn Amgueddfa Werin Cymru, Sain Ffagan
Language: Welsh
Report on an exhibition of traditional crafts at the Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans including the threshing of corn. 15/11/1974 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: St Fagans, Cardiff
CLIP Cymru: Adroddiad ar arddangosfa o grefftau traddodiadol yn Amgueddfa Werin Cymru, Sain Ffagan
Chef Gilli Davies and historian Ann Newcombe together make a traditional Drover's Pie
Language: English
Report on the Welsh Pony and Cob Society Spring Sale. Chef Gilli Davies and historian Ann Newcombe discuss the use of horses for cattle droving and together make a traditional Drover's Pie. 16/05/1993 Down to Earth BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Camlad, Powys
CLIP Cymru: Chef Gilli Davies and historian Ann Newcombe together make a traditional Drover's Pie
Plwyfolion a phlant ysgol yn mwynhau cawl ar Ddydd Gŵyl Dewi yng Nghaerfyrddin
Language: Welsh
Parishioners and school children in Welsh costume enjoying cawl on St David's day in Carmarthen. 01/03/1971 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Carmarthen
CLIP Cymru: Plwyfolion a phlant ysgol yn mwynhau cawl ar Ddydd Gŵyl Dewi yng Nghaerfyrddin
Humorous report on the influence of a cup of tea on people in Wales
Language: English
Humorous report on the influence of a cup of tea on people in Wales. 03/04/1990 Between Ourselves BBC Cymru Wales
CLIP Cymru: Humorous report on the influence of a cup of tea on people in Wales
Ffilm o'r te traddodiadol a weinir i weithwyr fferm ar ôl cneifio defaid yng ngogledd Cymru
Language: Welsh
Film of the traditional farmhouse tea served to farm workers after sheep shearing in north Wales. 26/09/1978 Hyn o Fyd BBC Cymru Wales
Location: North Wales
Diwrnod Dyrnu Cymunedol yn Llangybi, Pwllheli, Gwynedd
Language: Welsh
Harri Gwyn reporting from a farm near Llangybi, Pwllheli on traditional customs associated with a communal threshing day. 04/03/1966 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Llangybi, Pwllheli
CLIP Cymru: Diwrnod Dyrnu Cymunedol yn Llangybi, Pwllheli, Gwynedd
Bywyd Ffermio Traddodiadol yng Nghlynnog
Language: Welsh
Traditional farming life in a farm in Clynnog with a family member making butter. 27/11/1964 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location; Clynnog, Gwynedd
CLIP Cymru: Bywyd Ffermio Traddodiadol yng Nghlynnog
Adroddiad ar godi tatws newydd yn Nhrefin, Sir Benfro
Language: Welsh
Report on harvesting new potatoes in Trefin, Pembrokeshire. Interview with the farmer. 07/06/1974 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Trefin, Pembrokeshire
CLIP Cymru: Adroddiad ar godi tatws newydd yn Nhrefin, Sir Benfro
Adroddiad ar effaith gwanwyn gwlyb ar gynhyrchu bwyd
Language: Welsh
Report on the impact on a wet spring on food production. Interview with a farmer about the added costs and the low level of financial support offered. 28/04/1970 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
CLIP Cymru: Adroddiad ar effaith gwanwyn gwlyb ar gynhyrchu bwyd
Report on how Indian cooking is becoming increasingly popular in Wales
Language: English
Report on how Indian cooking is becoming increasingly popular in Wales. 17/10/1983 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
CLIP Cymru: Report on how Indian cooking is becoming increasingly popular in Wales
Italian businesses, a conference, interview with a cafe owner in Merthyr Tydfil of Italian descent.
Language: English
Footage of Italian owned businesses together with footage of an Italian-Welsh business conference and an interview with a Welshman of Italian descent who opened a café in Merthyr. 07/12/1986 Another Valley: Bardi BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Two brothers, Aldo and Ron Bacchetta, in their Italian café in Porth.
Language: English
A film of two brothers, Aldo and Ron Bacchetta in their café in Porth talking about their family's history in Italy and Wales. 13/06/1998 Going Continental: The Italian Connection BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf
CLIP Cymru: Two brothers, Aldo and Ron Bacchetta, in their Italian café in Porth.
Chef Gilli Davies investigates traditional recipes for ice cream
Language: English
Chef Gilli Davies investigates traditional recipes for homemade ice cream in Italian cafes in south Wales and Denbigh Farmhouses Ices made at Gwaengynog, Denbigh. 29/10/1990 Tastes of Wales BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Gwaengynog, Denbighshire
CLIP Cymru: Chef Gilli Davies investigates traditional recipes for ice cream
Hywel Gwynfryn yn ymweld â'r Gwesty Ritz yn Llundain ac yn cyfweld y cogydd Gwyndaf Pritchard
Language: Welsh
Hywel Gwynfryn visits the Ritz Hotel in London and interviews the chef Gwyndaf Pritchard from Llanfairfechan in the kitchen. 04/11/1984 Rhaglen Hywel Gwynfryn BBC Cymru Wales
Location: London
Ffatri Siocled
Language: Welsh
The interior of a chocolate factory, producing Easter and Christmas themed items. 07/11/1972 BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil
Cook Gili Davies making Plygain toffee in the television studio kitchen
Language: English
Cook Gili Davies making Plygain toffee in the television studio kitchen. 20/12/1992 Down to Earth BBC Cymru Wales
CLIP Cymru: Cook Gili Davies making Plygain toffee in the television studio kitchen
Interview with Chris Rees, butcher in Carmarthen Market
Language: English
Interview with Chris Rees, butcher in Carmarthen Market. 08/04/2004 Counties of Wales: Episode 1 Carmarthen BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Carmarthen
CLIP Cymru: Interview with Chris Rees, butcher in Carmarthen Market