Pontypridd
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Oct 30, 2026
Chris Herstad CarneyHOST
So we've got our saxophonist, we've got a vocalist.
Chris Herstad CarneyHOST
But then in 1946, drummer Chris Slade of Uriah Heep, ACDC and Manfred Mann is born Christopher Rees in Pontypridd, Gladmorgan, Wales.
Chris Herstad CarneyHOST
So there's our drummer, 1947, We Need Ourselves, a bass player.
Chris Herstad CarneyHOST
Timothy B. Schmidt, bass guitarist for the Eagles, is born in Oakland, California.
Will JamesGUEST
It was a lot of younger players in there and some really quite older guys who probably would have moved on at the end of it.
Will JamesGUEST
But we didn't make it and an opportunity for me came at Pontypridd who were a premiership club at the time.
Will JamesGUEST
which is, again, is a Valleys club.
Will JamesGUEST
And yeah, just a sort of another level up.
DylanAUDIENCE
okay
Elis JamesHOST
it's fine there's Mooney connections I would imagine did you ever perform at the Mooney in Pontypridd?
DylanAUDIENCE
probably would have done when I was in school yeah but
Elis JamesHOST
I'm like I don't think I'd know anyone's name I'm in agony I'm in agony right now because that's the one connection as well that's fine but that is fine it's fine It's just I'm in agony.
Jon RichardsonHOST
There's a good chance I'm going to put a pair on straight away and it truly is a glorious feeling.
Jon RichardsonHOST
Richard doing the ironing in Pontypridd.
Jon RichardsonHOST
Do you iron pants? Um, I don't.
Jon RichardsonHOST
I...
Linda AdeyHOST
He was a university lecturer, which is quite interesting.
Linda AdeyHOST
He was the head of business studies at Pontypridd College in Wales.
Linda AdeyHOST
That sounds cute.
Linda AdeyHOST
Pontypridd.
Charley BourneHOST
Pontypridd.
Linda AdeyHOST
Yeah.
Linda AdeyHOST
He was a middle-aged lecturer, professional career, quite ordinary career, and not someone with a criminal background, which I think is funny.
Matt HarrisonHOST
Just, I'm curious there, Mark, you mentioned that.
Matt HarrisonHOST
Are Ponty United the old Pontypridd town, or is that a different team? I know you know the period.
Matt HarrisonHOST
I don't
Mark HarrisonHOST
know if they merged, but yeah, it's...
speaker_8NARRATOR
But ITV's investigation found racist language regularly used in conversations with reform candidates.
speaker_8NARRATOR
Martin Roberts has twice stood in local elections for reform in Wales and was the treasurer for the party in Pontypridd.
speaker_8NARRATOR
He's with ITV's undercover reporter, who tells Roberts he's originally from Leicester.
speaker_8NARRATOR
It's not what it was, man.
Paul HilleardHOST
I was in Rydvellyn.
Paul HilleardHOST
I had to run home to Pontypridd.
Paul HilleardHOST
That's about three and a half miles, running with your cock and balls.
Paul HilleardHOST
Like Winnie the Pooh.
Elis JamesHOST
Massively, yeah.
Elis JamesHOST
So what's Pontypridd from Cardiff? 12 miles?
Steff GarreroHOST
Yeah.
Elis JamesHOST
At most?
Mike BubbinsHOST
You'd love it.
Mike BubbinsHOST
They've got a nice coffee maker there.
Elis JamesHOST
It is weird how you can get to Pontypridd from Cardiff And if you fell asleep in the car, you'd think that you'd driven 100 miles in terms of how different the vibe is.
Elis JamesHOST
But it's 12 miles.
speaker_45NARRATOR
But ITV's investigation found racist language regularly used in conversations with reform candidates.
speaker_45NARRATOR
Martin Roberts has twice stood in local elections for reform in Wales and was the treasurer for the party in Pontypridd.
speaker_45NARRATOR
He's with ITV's undercover reporter, who tells Roberts he's originally from Leicester.
speaker_45NARRATOR
It's not
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