Cledwyn Davies
Seeing children's programmes are the earliest memories of this interviewee, especially Andy Pandy. He talks of his wonder at seeing advertisements for the first time and the fact that owning a television was an ambition for many. He remembers watching television while he was a student in Aberystwyth and the impressions of seeing a man walking on the moon; the Iraq War and 9/11 had on him. He talks of a period of trying to live without television, but he had to give in because he missed watching sports. He remembers Aberfan and the effect of the awful black and white pictures noting that reporting disasters was much easier then. He compares the experiences of watching rugby on television and going to watch matches. The Miners' Strike is spoken of - the violence, the battle between Scargill and Thatcher and the unfairness that some of the policemen had benefitted financially from the strike which was so hard on the miners and their families. The two referendums are discussed - he didn't pay much notice to the 79 referendum but by 97, under the influence of television and Nerys Evans, he was far more supportive.
