Braichmelyn used to be my playground when I was growing up as a youngster. Used to hop over the back wall of the garden and away we went. Nice video. Thanks for sharing.
@@andrewhume9467 No way how amazing how the devil are you? I have the fondest memories of you old friend 😃 Dodging sports in Pen y Bryn in the computer room. How's life treating you?
Perhaps in the 80s or earlier things were like that, but I have lived there for a large chunk of my life and I can categorically say I have never heard of that before, but it is a well recycled rumour that seems to exist about a number of Welsh towns. Tourism is important to the area, it's really not in Wales' best interest to put off tourists by refusing to speak English. A good deal of people in North Wales are, like me, first language English speakers/Welsh born but English heritage. It's not a foreign language if it's the language of the region, it's a local language spoken by locals. It may come as a surprise but there are some Welsh people in some areas who don't speak English as a first language and who at school got low grades for English, just as an English kid might for French.
Braichmelyn used to be my playground when I was growing up as a youngster. Used to hop over the back wall of the garden and away we went. Nice video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, that means a lot! I went there when I was younger a few times, nice for a bit of peace and quiet.
How the devil are you old friend I've got very fond memories of you and I Dodging sports lol how's life treating you?
It's funny I was thinking about you very recently
@@christopherbaileyhughes9982 Doing OK Christopher. Thanks! Nice to hear from you.
@@TheBestTravelChannel as is most of the area! I miss it.
‘Little people on bicycles’ lol love it! You’re a legend! By far the best TH-cam channel on here!
The surgeon also had the world record for being able to perform an amputation very quickly.
is this my old school buddy Chris from Gerlan?
@@andrewhume9467 No way how amazing how the devil are you? I have the fondest memories of you old friend 😃 Dodging sports in Pen y Bryn in the computer room. How's life treating you?
Bethesda is another of those places where (allegedly) the locals insist on speaking a foreign language just to pss off English tourists!
Perhaps in the 80s or earlier things were like that, but I have lived there for a large chunk of my life and I can categorically say I have never heard of that before, but it is a well recycled rumour that seems to exist about a number of Welsh towns.
Tourism is important to the area, it's really not in Wales' best interest to put off tourists by refusing to speak English. A good deal of people in North Wales are, like me, first language English speakers/Welsh born but English heritage.
It's not a foreign language if it's the language of the region, it's a local language spoken by locals.
It may come as a surprise but there are some Welsh people in some areas who don't speak English as a first language and who at school got low grades for English, just as an English kid might for French.
We INSIST on speaking Welsh because we are Welsh. Tourists aren't around all year, every year. It's people like yourself that causes trouble.
@@Howget66 pwy yt tin meddwl yw pobl fel fi? Cymry iawn yw pobl pesda.